[git pull] pstore changes

[git pull] pstore changes

[Luck, Tony]

Hi Linus,

please pull from:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git pstore-efi

This will update the files shown below - adding a new pstore backend that
uses EFI variables as persistant storage.

Thanks!

-Tony

 Documentation/ABI/testing/pstore    |    6 +
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 +
 drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c            |   20 ++-
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c          |  243 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 fs/pstore/inode.c                   |   12 +-
 fs/pstore/internal.h                |    2 +-
 fs/pstore/platform.c                |   30 +++-
 include/linux/efi.h                 |    6 +
 include/linux/pstore.h              |    9 +-
 9 files changed, 296 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

Matthew Garrett (5):
      pstore: Extend API for more flexibility in new backends
      pstore: Add extra context for writes and erases
      pstore: Make "part" unsigned
      pstore: Allow the user to explicitly choose a backend
      efi: Add support for using efivars as a pstore backend

Mike Waychison (4):
      efivars: String functions
      efivars: introduce utf16_strncmp
      efivars: Use string functions in pstore_write
      efivars: Introduce PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES

[git pull] pstore changes

[Luck, Tony]

Hi Linus,

please pull from:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux.git pstore
	HEAD=b238b8fa93353ab50c9a2b1e2fa47a0ab01c37cd

This will update the files shown below.

Thanks!

-Tony

 drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c   |   12 +++--
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c |   19 +++++----
 fs/pstore/inode.c          |   40 +++++++++++++++++--
 fs/pstore/internal.h       |    2 +-
 fs/pstore/platform.c       |   93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 include/linux/pstore.h     |    6 +-
 6 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

Chen Gong (1):
      pstore: make pstore write function return normal success/fail value

Don Zickus (1):
      pstore: change mutex locking to spin_locks

Tony Luck (1):
      pstore: defer inserting OOPS entries into pstore

[git pull] pstore changes

[Luck, Tony]

Hi Linus,

please pull from:

	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux.git pstore
	HEAD=2174f6df7891fa331800beb72634c969f017900b

This will update the files shown below.

Thanks!

-Tony

 drivers/acpi/apei/erst.c   |    6 ++++--
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c |    8 +++++---
 fs/pstore/inode.c          |    3 ++-
 fs/pstore/platform.c       |   36 ++++--------------------------------
 include/linux/pstore.h     |   12 +++++-------
 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

Kees Cook (2):
      pstore: pass reason to backend write callback
      pstore: gracefully handle NULL pstore_info functions