Merge commit 'v2.6.39-rc4' into next

Merge branch 'linus' into perf/core

Merge reason: Pick up upstream fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Merge branch 'for-2.6.39' into for-2.6.40

Merge branch 'fix/misc' into topic/misc

Merge branch 'fix/hda' into topic/hda

Merge branch 'timer-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timer-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:

Merge branch 'timer-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timer-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
RTC: rtc-omap: Fix a leak of the IRQ during init failure
posix clocks: Replace mutex with reader/writer semaphore

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posix clocks: Replace mutex with reader/writer semaphore

A dynamic posix clock is protected from asynchronous removal by a mutex.
However, using a mutex has the unwanted effect that a long running c

posix clocks: Replace mutex with reader/writer semaphore

A dynamic posix clock is protected from asynchronous removal by a mutex.
However, using a mutex has the unwanted effect that a long running clock
operation in one process will unnecessarily block other processes.

For example, one process might call read() to get an external time stamp
coming in at one pulse per second. A second process calling clock_gettime
would have to wait for almost a whole second.

This patch fixes the issue by using a reader/writer semaphore instead of
a mutex.

Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3C20110330132421.GA31771%40riccoc20.at.omicron.at%3E
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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Merge branch 'x86-platform-next' into x86-platform

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus-1

* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6: (9356 commi

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus-1

* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6: (9356 commits)
[media] rc: update for bitop name changes
fs: simplify iget & friends
fs: pull inode->i_lock up out of writeback_single_inode
fs: rename inode_lock to inode_hash_lock
fs: move i_wb_list out from under inode_lock
fs: move i_sb_list out from under inode_lock
fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and prune_icache
fs: Lock the inode LRU list separately
fs: factor inode disposal
fs: protect inode->i_state with inode->i_lock
lib, arch: add filter argument to show_mem and fix private implementations
SLUB: Write to per cpu data when allocating it
slub: Fix debugobjects with lockless fastpath
autofs4: Do not potentially dereference NULL pointer returned by fget() in autofs_dev_ioctl_setpipefd()
autofs4 - remove autofs4_lock
autofs4 - fix d_manage() return on rcu-walk
autofs4 - fix autofs4_expire_indirect() traversal
autofs4 - fix dentry leak in autofs4_expire_direct()
autofs4 - reinstate last used update on access
vfs - check non-mountpoint dentry might block in __follow_mount_rcu()
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NOTE!

This merge commit was created to fix compilation error. The block
tree was merged upstream and removed the 'elv_queue_empty()'
function which the new 'mtdswap' driver is using. So a simple
merge of the mtd tree with upstream does not compile. And the
mtd tree has already be published, so re-basing it is not an option.

To fix this unfortunate situation, I had to merge upstream into the
mtd-2.6.git tree without committing, put the fixup patch on top of
this, and then commit this. The result is that we do not have commits
which do not compile.

In other words, this merge commit "merges" 3 things: the MTD tree, the
upstream tree, and the fixup patch.

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Merge branch 'linus' into release

Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent

Merge reason: Merge upstream commits to avoid conflicts in upcoming patches.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin' into spi/next

Pull in Linus' tree to pick up changes required for the langwell gpio fixes

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into sh-latest

Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:

Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (62 commits)
posix-clocks: Check write permissions in posix syscalls
hrtimer: Remove empty hrtimer_init_hres_timer()
hrtimer: Update hrtimer->state documentation
hrtimer: Update base[CLOCK_BOOTTIME].offset correctly
timers: Export CLOCK_BOOTTIME via the posix timers interface
timers: Add CLOCK_BOOTTIME hrtimer base
time: Extend get_xtime_and_monotonic_offset() to also return sleep
time: Introduce get_monotonic_boottime and ktime_get_boottime
hrtimers: extend hrtimer base code to handle more then 2 clockids
ntp: Remove redundant and incorrect parameter check
mn10300: Switch do_timer() to xtimer_update()
posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks
posix-timers: Cleanup namespace
posix-timers: Add support for fd based clocks
x86: Add clock_adjtime for x86
posix-timers: Introduce a syscall for clock tuning.
time: Splitout compat timex accessors
ntp: Add ADJ_SETOFFSET mode bit
time: Introduce timekeeping_inject_offset
posix-timer: Update comment
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Fix up new system-call-related conflicts in
arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
(name_to_handle_at()/open_by_handle_at() vs clock_adjtime()), and some
due to movement of get_jiffies_64() in:
kernel/time.c

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posix-clocks: Check write permissions in posix syscalls

pc_clock_settime() and pc_clock_adjtime() do not check whether the fd
was opened in write mode, so a clock can be set with a read only fd.

[

posix-clocks: Check write permissions in posix syscalls

pc_clock_settime() and pc_clock_adjtime() do not check whether the fd
was opened in write mode, so a clock can be set with a read only fd.

[ tglx: We deliberately do not return -EPERM as we want this to be
distingushable from the capability based permission check ]

Signed-off-by: Torben Hohn <torbenh@gmx.de>
LKML-Reference: <1299173174-348-4-git-send-email-torbenh@gmx.de>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at>
Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks

This patch adds support for adding and removing posix clocks. The
clock lifetime cycle is patterned after usb devices. Each clock is
represented by a standard

posix clocks: Introduce dynamic clocks

This patch adds support for adding and removing posix clocks. The
clock lifetime cycle is patterned after usb devices. Each clock is
represented by a standard character device. In addition, the driver
may optionally implement custom character device operations.

The posix clock and timer system calls listed below now work with
dynamic posix clocks, as well as the traditional static clocks.
The following system calls are affected:

- clock_adjtime (brand new syscall)
- clock_gettime
- clock_getres
- clock_settime
- timer_create
- timer_delete
- timer_gettime
- timer_settime

[ tglx: Adapted to the posix-timer cleanup. Moved clock_posix_dynamic
to posix-clock.c and made all referenced functions static ]

Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at>
Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20110201134420.164172635@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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