Merge branch 'linus' into release

Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core

Merge reason: Pick up kernel/softirq.c update for dependent fix.

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

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

Conflicts:
arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S

Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (134 commits)
powerpc/nvram: Enable use Ge

Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (134 commits)
powerpc/nvram: Enable use Generic NVRAM driver for different size chips
powerpc/iseries: Fix oops reading from /proc/iSeries/mf/*/cmdline
powerpc/ps3: Workaround for flash memory I/O error
powerpc/booke: Don't set DABR on 64-bit BookE, use DAC1 instead
powerpc/perf_counters: Reduce stack usage of power_check_constraints
powerpc: Fix bug where perf_counters breaks oprofile
powerpc/85xx: Fix SMP compile error and allow NULL for smp_ops
powerpc/irq: Improve nanodoc
powerpc: Fix some late PowerMac G5 with PCIe ATI graphics
powerpc/fsl-booke: Use HW PTE format if CONFIG_PTE_64BIT
powerpc/book3e: Add missing page sizes
powerpc/pseries: Fix to handle slb resize across migration
powerpc/powermac: Thermal control turns system off too eagerly
powerpc/pci: Merge ppc32 and ppc64 versions of phb_scan()
powerpc/405ex: support cuImage via included dtb
powerpc/405ex: provide necessary fixup function to support cuImage
powerpc/40x: Add support for the ESTeem 195E (PPC405EP) SBC
powerpc/44x: Add Eiger AMCC (AppliedMicro) PPC460SX evaluation board support.
powerpc/44x: Update Arches defconfig
powerpc/44x: Update Arches dts
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Fix up conflicts in drivers/char/agp/uninorth-agp.c

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powerpc: Remove use of a second scratch SPRG in STAB code

The STAB code used on Power3 and RS/64 uses a second scratch SPRG to
save a GPR in order to decide whether to go to do_stab_bolted_* or
to h

powerpc: Remove use of a second scratch SPRG in STAB code

The STAB code used on Power3 and RS/64 uses a second scratch SPRG to
save a GPR in order to decide whether to go to do_stab_bolted_* or
to handle a normal data access exception.

This prevents our scheme of freeing SPRG3 which is user visible for
user uses since we cannot use SPRG0 which, on RS/64, seems to be
read-only for supervisor mode (like POWER4).

This reworks the STAB exception entry to use the PACA as temporary
storage instead.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

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powerpc: Use names rather than numbers for SPRGs (v2)

The kernel uses SPRG registers for various purposes, typically in
low level assembly code as scratch registers or to hold per-cpu
global infos s

powerpc: Use names rather than numbers for SPRGs (v2)

The kernel uses SPRG registers for various purposes, typically in
low level assembly code as scratch registers or to hold per-cpu
global infos such as the PACA or the current thread_info pointer.

We want to be able to easily shuffle the usage of those registers
as some implementations have specific constraints realted to some
of them, for example, some have userspace readable aliases, etc..
and the current choice isn't always the best.

This patch should not change any code generation, and replaces the
usage of SPRN_SPRGn everywhere in the kernel with a named replacement
and adds documentation next to the definition of the names as to
what those are used for on each processor family.

The only parts that still use the original numbers are bits of KVM
or suspend/resume code that just blindly needs to save/restore all
the SPRGs.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

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powerpc: Rename exception.h to exception-64s.h

The file include/asm/exception.h contains definitions
that are specific to exception handling on 64-bit server
type processors.

This renames the file

powerpc: Rename exception.h to exception-64s.h

The file include/asm/exception.h contains definitions
that are specific to exception handling on 64-bit server
type processors.

This renames the file to exception-64s.h to reflect that
fact and avoid confusion.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

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