2.5.63-mm1

Andrew Morton
2003-02-27T10:58:15Z

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.63/2.5.63-mm1/

. Tons of changes to the anticipatory scheduler. It may not be working
very well at present. Please use "elevator=deadline" if it causes
problems.

. Updated smalldevfs patch.

. A fix for the VMA-based reverse mapping patch.

. Added Ingo's latest CPU scheduler update.

. Lots of random fixes.

linus.patch

Latest from Linus

-initial-jiffies.patch
-user-times-jiffies-wrap-fix.patch
-put_page-speedup.patch
-slab-batchcount-limit-fix.patch
-crc32-speedup-2.patch
-flush-tlb-all-2.patch
-linux-2.5.62-early_ioremap_A0.patch
-linux-2.5.62-x440disco_A0.patch
-use-find_get_page.patch
-irda-interruptible-sleep.patch
-dget-BUG.patch
-disk-accounting-fix.patch
-hugh-inode-pruning-race-fix.patch
-kill-bogus-wakeup-messge.patch
-dont-sync-with-stopped-pdflush.patch
-irq-balance-disable-fix.patch
-oom-killer-dont-spin-on-same-task.patch
-add-missing-global_flush_tlb-calls.patch
-ext3-O_SYNC-speedup.patch
-remove-MAX_BLKDEV-from-genhd.patch

Merged

+separate.patch

My contribution to the spelling bee.

+rpc_rmdir-fix.patch

Fix the NFS oops

+ppc64-scruffiness.patch

Fix some warnings

-reiserfs_file_write-4.patch
+reiserfs_file_write-5.patch

Updated (I don't think it changed)

+limit-write-latency.patch

Fix potential source of write-vs-write latency in VFS

+lockd-lockup-fix-2.patch

Updated patch from Neil for an NFS server deadlock

+loop-hack.patch

Fix an OOM and oops in loop

+flock-fix.patch

File locking fix from Matthew

+sysfs-dget-fix-2.patch

Fix a sysfs dentry race (this isn't right)

+irq-sharing-fix.patch

Fix SA_INTERRUPT for shared interrupts

+anticipation_is_killing_me.patch
+as-fix-hughs-problem.patch
+as-cleanup.patch
+as-start-stop-anticipation-helpers.patch
+as-cleanup-2.patch
+as-cleanup-3.patch
+as-cleanup-3-write-latency-fix.patch
+as-handle-exitted-tasks.patch
+as-handle-exitted-tasks-fix.patch
+as-no-plugging-and-cleanups.patch
+as-remove-debug.patch
+as-track-queued-reads.patch
+as-accounting-fix.patch
+as-nr_reads-fix.patch
+as-tuning.patch
+as-disable-nr_reads.patch

Anticipatory scheduler work

smalldevfs.patch

Updated

-smalldevfs-dcache_rcu-fix.patch

Folded into smalldevfs.patch

+objrmap-X-fix.patch

Fix VMA-based reverse mapping

+per-cpu-disk-stats.patch

Use per-cpu data for disk accounting

+presto_get_sb-fix.patch

Fix an intermezzo oops

+on_each_cpu.patch
+on_each_cpu-ldt-cleanup.patch

preempt-safety for smp_call_function()

+notsc-panic.patch

x86 TSC cleanup

+alloc_pages_cleanup.patch

Code consolidation

+ext2-handle-htree-flag.patch

ext2 htree back-compatibility

+sched-a3.patch

CPU scheduler update

+mpparse-typo-fix.patch

Fix a printk bug

+i386-no-swap-fix.patch

Fix ia32 CONFIG_SWAP=n

+remove-hugetlb_key.patch
+hugetlbpage-doc-update.patch
+hugetlb-valid-page-ranges.patch

Hugetlbpage work

All 88 patches:

linus.patch
Latest from Linus

separate.patch

mm.patch
add -mmN to EXTRAVERSION

rpc_rmdir-fix.patch
Fix nfs oops during mount

ppc64-reloc_hide.patch

ppc64-pci-patch.patch
Subject: pci patch

ppc64-e100-fix.patch
fix e100 for big-endian machines

ppc64-aio-32bit-emulation.patch
32/64bit emulation for aio

ppc64-64-bit-exec-fix.patch
Subject: 64bit exec

ppc64-scruffiness.patch
Fix some PPC64 compile warnings

sym-do-160.patch
make the SYM driver do 160 MB/sec

kgdb.patch

nfsd-disable-softirq.patch
Fix race in svcsock.c in 2.5.61

report-lost-ticks.patch
make lost-tick detection more informative

devfs-fix.patch

ptrace-flush.patch
cache flushing in the ptrace code

buffer-debug.patch
buffer.c debugging

warn-null-wakeup.patch

ext3-truncate-ordered-pages.patch
ext3: explicitly free truncated pages

deadline-dispatching-fix.patch
deadline IO scheduler dispatching fix

nfs-unstable-pages.patch
"unstable" page accounting for NFS.

limit-write-latency.patch

reiserfs_file_write-5.patch

tcp-wakeups.patch
Use fast wakeups in TCP/IPV4

lockd-lockup-fix-2.patch
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: 2.4.20 NFS server lock-up (SMP)

rcu-stats.patch
RCU statistics reporting

ext3-journalled-data-assertion-fix.patch
Remove incorrect assertion from ext3

nfs-speedup.patch

nfs-oom-fix.patch
nfs oom fix

sk-allocation.patch
Subject: Re: nfs oom

nfs-more-oom-fix.patch

nfs-sendfile.patch
Implement sendfile() for NFS

rpciod-atomic-allocations.patch
Make rcpiod use atomic allocations

linux-isp.patch

isp-update-1.patch

remove-unused-congestion-stuff.patch
Subject: [PATCH] remove unused congestion stuff

aic-makefile-fix.patch
aicasm Makefile fix

loop-hack.patch
loop: Fix OOM and oops

atm_dev_sem.patch
convert atm_dev_lock from spinlock to semaphore

flock-fix.patch
flock fixes for 2.5.62

sysfs-dget-fix-2.patch

irq-sharing-fix.patch
fix irq sharing and SA_INTERRUPT on x86

as-iosched.patch
anticipatory I/O scheduler

as-comments-and-tweaks.patch
antsched: commentary and

as-hz-1000-fix.patch
Fix anticipatory scheduler for HZ=100

as-tidy-up-rename.patch
tidy up AS rename

anticipation_is_killing_me.patch

as-update-1.patch
AS update

as-break-anticipation-on-write.patch
AS break on write

as-break-if-readahead.patch
detect overlapping reads and writes

as-fix-hughs-problem.patch
Add a pointer to the queue into struct as_data

as-cleanup.patch
anticipatory scheduler cleanups

as-start-stop-anticipation-helpers.patch
AS: add anticipation stop/start helper functions

as-cleanup-2.patch
Subject: [PATCH] some cleanups 2

as-cleanup-3.patch
AS: more cleanups

as-cleanup-3-write-latency-fix.patch
Fix as-cleanup-3

as-handle-exitted-tasks.patch

as-handle-exitted-tasks-fix.patch
fix for as IO contexts

as-no-plugging-and-cleanups.patch
AS no plugging + cleanups

as-remove-debug.patch

as-track-queued-reads.patch
AS: track queued reads

as-accounting-fix.patch
AS: track queued reads (fix)

as-nr_reads-fix.patch
AS: read accounting fix

as-tuning.patch
AS: tuning

as-disable-nr_reads.patch
AS: disable per-process in-flight read logic

readahead-shrink-to-zero.patch
Allow VFS readahead to fall to zero

cfq-2.patch
CFQ scheduler, #2

smalldevfs.patch
smalldevfs

objrmap-2.5.62-5.patch
object-based rmap

objrmap-X-fix.patch
objrmap fix for X

oprofile-up-fix.patch
fix oprofile on UP (lockless sync)

update_atime-speedup.patch
speed up update_atime()

ext2-update_atime_speedup.patch
Use one_sec_update_atime in ext2

ext3-update_atime_speedup.patch
Use one_sec_update_atime in ext2

UPDATE_ATIME-to-update_atime.patch
Rename UPDATE_ATIME to update_atime

per-cpu-disk-stats.patch
Make diskstats per-cpu using kmalloc_percpu

presto_get_sb-fix.patch
fix presto_get_sb() return value and oops.

on_each_cpu.patch
fix preempt-issues with smp_call_function()

on_each_cpu-ldt-cleanup.patch

notsc-panic.patch
Don't panic if TSC is enabled and notsc is used

alloc_pages_cleanup.patch
clean up redundant code for alloc_pages

ext2-handle-htree-flag.patch
ext2: clear ext3 htree flag on directories

sched-a3.patch
"HT scheduler", sched-2.5.63-A3

mpparse-typo-fix.patch
fix typo in arch/i386/kernel/mpparse.c in printk

i386-no-swap-fix.patch
allow CONFIG_SWAP=n for i386

remove-hugetlb_key.patch
remove dead hugetlb_key forward decl

hugetlbpage-doc-update.patch
hugetlbpage documentation update

hugetlb-valid-page-ranges.patch
hugetlb: fix MAP_FIXED handling