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* [PATCH] Kdump documentation updateManeesh Soni2006-01-101-70/+79
| | | | | | | | | Update the kdump documentation to reflect the changes due to recent kernel config option changes for kexec and kdump. Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: x86_64: add elfcorehdr command line optionVivek Goyal2006-01-101-3/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header stored by the crashed kernel. This command line option will be passed by the kexec-tools to capture kernel. Changes in this version : - Added more comments in kernel-parameters.txt and in code. Signed-off-by: Murali M Chakravarthy <muralim@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kdump: x86_64: add memmmap command line optionakpm@osdl.org2006-01-101-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ) From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> - This patch introduces the memmap option for x86_64 similar to i386. - memmap=exactmap enables setting of an exact E820 memory map, as specified by the user. Changes in this version: - Used e820_end_of_ram() to find the max_pfn as suggested by Andi kleen. - removed PFN_UP & PFN_DOWN macros - Printing the user defined map also. Signed-off-by: Murali M Chakravarthy <muralim@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Nellitheertha <nharipra@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6Linus Torvalds2006-01-092-6/+261
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| * [PATCH] PCI Error Recovery: documentationlinas@austin.ibm.com2006-01-091-0/+246
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Various PCI bus errors can be signaled by newer PCI controllers. Recovering from those errors requires an infrastructure to notify affected device drivers of the error, and a way of walking through a reset sequence. This patch adds documentation describing the current error recovery proposal. Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
| * [PATCH] PCI: document sysfs rom file interfaceJesse Barnes2006-01-091-6/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | idr gently pointed out today that not only is the sysfs rom file interface somewhat unintuitive (despite my efforts and initial implementation), but it's also undocumented! This patch to Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt corrects the latter problem; the former is a userland ABI now though, so we're stuck with it for awhile at least. Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* | Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/mutex-2.6Linus Torvalds2006-01-092-8/+149
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| * | [PATCH] mutex subsystem, documentationIngo Molnar2006-01-092-8/+149
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add mutex design related documentation. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
* | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivialLinus Torvalds2006-01-094-5/+5
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| * | | Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: indentation fixAdrian Bunk2006-01-101-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
| * | | spelling: s/retreive/retrieve/Adrian Bunk2006-01-101-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
| * | | spelling: s/usefull/useful/Adrian Bunk2006-01-102-3/+3
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* | | Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serialLinus Torvalds2006-01-091-0/+2
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| * | [SERIAL] Make the number of UARTs registered configurable.Dave Jones2006-01-071-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Also add a nr_uarts module option to the 8250 code to override this, up to a maximum of CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS This should appease people who complain about a proliferation of /dev/ttyS & /sysfs nodes whilst at the same time allowing a single kernel image to support the rarer occasions of lots of devices. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
* | | Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvbLinus Torvalds2006-01-097-11/+40
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| * | | V4L/DVB (3336): Bluebird firmware hosting moved to common dvb firmware dir ↵Michael Krufky2006-01-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | on linuxtv.org - Get_dvb_firmware script updated accordingly: - my $url = "http://www.linuxtv.org/~mkrufky/dvb-usb-bluebird-01.fw"; + my $url = "http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/dvb-usb-blue$ Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3311): DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital PCI supportChris Pascoe2006-01-091-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Support for DVB reception on the PCI half of the DViCO DVB-T Dual Digital. Signed-off-by: Chris Pascoe <c.pascoe@itee.uq.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3295): Add analog support for LifeView FlyDVB Trio.Peter Missel2006-01-091-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Add support for LifeView FlyDVB Trio. - all analog inputs are supported and working, including FM radio - TO DO: dvb & remote control Signed-off-by: Peter Missel <peter.missel@onlinehome.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3294): Add Kworld/Vstream Xpert DVB-T card with cx22702 tuner.Manenti Marco2006-01-091-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Add Kworld/Vstream Xpert DVB-T card with cx22702 tuner. Signed-off-by: Manenti Marco <marco_manenti@colman.it> Signed-off-by: Nickolay V. Shmyrev <nshmyrev@yandex.ru> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3287): Add DViCO Bluebird firmware to dvb_get_firmware scriptMichael Krufky2006-01-091-1/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Add DViCO Bluebird firmware to dvb_get_firmware script, for FusionHDTV USB devices. - Use usb alt setting 0 for EP4 transfer (dvb-t), - Use usb alt setting 7 for EP2 transfer (atsc) - Added comment to lgdt330x.c to indicate support for DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB Gold. Thanks to: Jeff Lee <JeffLee@dvico.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3242): make the firmware dir docs consistent in the v4l-dvb tree.Ville Skytt\ä2006-01-093-3/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - make the firmware dir documentation and comments consistent in the v4l-dvb tree. Signed-off-by: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3220): Add support for VP-3054 HDTV boardChris Pascoe2006-01-091-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Added support for VP-3054 (aka DigitalNow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro!). - This board has a secondary I2C bus and remote control. - Added a new module to handle secondary I2C bus on this board. Signed-off-by: Chris Pascoe <c.pascoe@itee.uq.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3218): Whitespace cleanupsMichael Krufky2006-01-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - minor whitespace cleanups Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3216): saa7134 card #58 has a newer revision with a new subsystem IDRicardo Cerqueira2006-01-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Added new ID for different revision of card #58. It's the same card, but with a tda8275a instead of a tda8275 Signed-off-by: Ricardo Cerqueira <v4l@cerqueira.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3196): correct Thomson DTT 761x frequency rangesMichael Krufky2006-01-091-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Corrected Thomson DTT 7611 tuner programming, based on spec sheet - renamed to Thomson DTT 761x - applies to DTT 7611 7611A 7612 7613 7613A 7614 7615 7615A (DTT 7610 is similar, but slightly different programming) - corrected frequency ranges for analog and digital modes Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3166): "Philips 1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in" - fix typo.Michael Krufky2006-01-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - "Philips 1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in" - fix typo. Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3092): Add support for another Nova-T-PCI PCI subdevice 0x9001Steven Toth2006-01-091-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Add support for another Nova-T-PCI PCI subdevice 0x9001 Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L/DVB (3089): Adding support for the Hauppauge HVR1100 and HVR1100-LP ↵Steven Toth2006-01-091-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | products. - Add support for the Hauppauge HVR1100 and HVR1100-LP products. - Add i2c_gate_ctrl callback function to dvb_frontend_ops struct. Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L (1007): Add support for KWorld DVB-S 100Vadim Catana2006-01-091-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Add support for KWorld DVB-S 100, based on the same chips as Hauppauge Nova-S Plus (CX23883/CX24123/CX24109), without the Intersil ISL6421, which is used for LNB control. - LNB voltage and tone are controled by LNBDC and LNBTone bits from register 0x29 of the CX24123 demodulator. - The MO_GP0_IO register from CX23883 is used to turn LNB power on and off. Signed-off-by: Vadim Catana <skystar@moldova.cc> Acked-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L (0990): Enable IR support for the Nova-S-PlusSteven Toth2006-01-091-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Enable IR support for the Nova-S-Plus. Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L (0979): Added V4L support for the Nova-S-Plus and Nova-SE2 DVB-S productsSteven Toth2006-01-091-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Added V4L support for the Nova-S-Plus and Nova-SE2 DVB-S products. - Basic DVB-S support is working, analog video inputs work. - It has one or two fixme comments, primarily analog GPIOs (audio) and eeprom parsing. - CX24123 code (in cx88-dvb.c) disabled until the - cx24123 module is added to dvb-kernel cvs. Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L (1023): Added Hauppauge ImpactVCB boardSteven Toth2006-01-091-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Modifications to bttv to support the Hauppauge ImpactVCB product (Model #64900). Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L (1019): Added basic support (tv + radio) for TerraTec Cinergy 250 PCIJörg Schummer2006-01-091-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Added "TerraTec Cinergy 250 PCI" board (tv and radio). - svideo not tested - IR yet not working Signed-off-by: Jörg Schummer <joerg.schummer@web.de> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
| * | | V4L (963): Explicit compat_ioctl32 handler to em28xxMauro Carvalho Chehab2006-01-091-1/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - Included explicit compat_ioctl32 handler. - removed extra line on cardlist. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
* | | | [PATCH] Fix more "if ((err = foo() < 0))" typosAlexey Dobriyan2006-01-091-1/+2
| |_|/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Another reason to use: ret = foo(); if (ret < 0) goto out; Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | | Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc-mergeLinus Torvalds2006-01-092-2/+529
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| * | | [PATCH] Documentation/powerpc: index updateNicolas Kaiser2006-01-091-2/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add three files not mentioned in Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX. Sort alphabetically. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@nikai.net> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
| * | | [PATCH] spufs: The SPU file system, baseArnd Bergmann2006-01-091-0/+521
| | |/ | |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is the current version of the spu file system, used for driving SPEs on the Cell Broadband Engine. This release is almost identical to the version for the 2.6.14 kernel posted earlier, which is available as part of the Cell BE Linux distribution from http://www.bsc.es/projects/deepcomputing/linuxoncell/. The first patch provides all the interfaces for running spu application, but does not have any support for debugging SPU tasks or for scheduling. Both these functionalities are added in the subsequent patches. See Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt on how to use spufs. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arndb@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
* | | [PATCH] Update cyblafb driverKnut Petersen2006-01-096-45/+81
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a major update to the cyblafb framebuffer driver. Most of the stuff has been tested in the mm tree. Main advantages: ============ - vxres > xres support - ywrap and xpan support - much faster for almost all modes (e.g. 1280x1024-16bpp draws more than 41 full screens of text instead of about 25 full screens of text per second on authors Epia 5000) - module init/exit code fixed - bugs triggered by console rotation fixed - lots of minor improvements - startup modes suitable for high performance scrolling in all directions This diff also contains a lot of white space fixes. No side effects are possible, only one single graphics core is affected. Signed-off-by: Knut Petersen <Knut_Petersen@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | | [PATCH] update bonding.txt to not show ip address on slavesEric Paris2006-01-091-2/+0
| |/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ifenslave, as of abi version 2, does not set the ip address on the slave interfaces. The documentation example however still shows that the ensalved interfaces should have the same IP as the master. The patch simply removes the lines from the example which should no longer appear. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> bonding.txt | 2 -- 1 files changed, 2 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
* | [PATCH] Add a section about inlining to Documentation/CodingStyleArjan van de Ven2006-01-081-3/+31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adds a bit of text to Documentation/Codingstyle to state that inlining everything "just because" is a bad idea Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: diffstat optionsRandy Dunlap2006-01-081-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add desired 'diffstat' options to use for kernel patches. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] remove gcc-2 checksAndrew Morton2006-01-081-26/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Remove various things which were checking for gcc-1.x and gcc-2.x compilers. From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Some documentation updates and removes some code paths for gcc < 3.2. Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] block/stat.txtAndy Isaacson2006-01-081-0/+82
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I couldn't find any docs explaining the contents of /sys/block/<dev>/stat, so I wrote up the following. I'm not completely sure it's accurate - Jens, could you give a yea or nay on this? In particular, the counts of read/write IOs and read/write sectors are incremented in different places - it looks like they both increment as the request is being finished, but I'm not completely sure of that. Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] update to the initramfs docsRob Landley2006-01-081-1/+71
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Based on questions people have asked me. Repeatedly. Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] Documentation: Small applying-patches.txt updateJesper Juhl2006-01-081-11/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Minor update to Documentation/applying-patches.txt Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] ext3: external journal device as a mount optionJohann Lombardi2006-01-081-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The patch below adds a new mount option to allow the external journal device to be specified. The syntax is as follows: # mount -t ext3 -o journal_dev=0x0820 ... where 0x0820 means major=8 and minor=32. Signed-off-by: Johann Lombardi <johann.lombardi@bull.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] Updated CPU hotplug documentationAshok Raj2006-01-081-0/+357
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thanks to Nathan Lynch for the review and comments. Thanks to Joel Schopp for the pointer to add user space scipts. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] docs: updated some code docsXose Vazquez Perez2006-01-083-28/+63
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* | [PATCH] keys: Permit running process to instantiate keysDavid Howells2006-01-082-10/+36
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Make it possible for a running process (such as gssapid) to be able to instantiate a key, as was requested by Trond Myklebust for NFS4. The patch makes the following changes: (1) A new, optional key type method has been added. This permits a key type to intercept requests at the point /sbin/request-key is about to be spawned and do something else with them - passing them over the rpc_pipefs files or netlink sockets for instance. The uninstantiated key, the authorisation key and the intended operation name are passed to the method. (2) The callout_info is no longer passed as an argument to /sbin/request-key to prevent unauthorised viewing of this data using ps or by looking in /proc/pid/cmdline. This means that the old /sbin/request-key program will not work with the patched kernel as it will expect to see an extra argument that is no longer there. A revised keyutils package will be made available tomorrow. (3) The callout_info is now attached to the authorisation key. Reading this key will retrieve the information. (4) A new field has been added to the task_struct. This holds the authorisation key currently active for a thread. Searches now look here for the caller's set of keys rather than looking for an auth key in the lowest level of the session keyring. This permits a thread to be servicing multiple requests at once and to switch between them. Note that this is per-thread, not per-process, and so is usable in multithreaded programs. The setting of this field is inherited across fork and exec. (5) A new keyctl function (KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY) has been added that permits a thread to assume the authority to deal with an uninstantiated key. Assumption is only permitted if the authorisation key associated with the uninstantiated key is somewhere in the thread's keyrings. This function can also clear the assumption. (6) A new magic key specifier has been added to refer to the currently assumed authorisation key (KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY). (7) Instantiation will only proceed if the appropriate authorisation key is assumed first. The assumed authorisation key is discarded if instantiation is successful. (8) key_validate() is moved from the file of request_key functions to the file of permissions functions. (9) The documentation is updated. From: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> Build fix. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Alexander Zangerl <az@bond.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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