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

Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into next

Merge branch 'linus' into x86/x2apic

Merge branch 'linus' into pci-for-jesse

Merge branch 'linus' into core/generic-dma-coherent

Conflicts:

kernel/Makefile

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

Merge branch 'linus' into timers/nohz

Merge branch 'linus' into x86/amd-iommu

Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cleanups

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

Conflicts:

Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
drivers/atm/Makefile
drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-m

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

Conflicts:

Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
drivers/atm/Makefile
drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c
net/8021q/vlan.c
net/iucv/iucv.c

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Merge branch 'linus' into x86/kprobes

Merge commit 'origin/master'

Manual merge of:

arch/powerpc/Kconfig
arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
arch/ppc/kernel/smp.c

Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096

Conflicts:

arch/x86/xen/smp.c
kernel/sched_rt.c
net/iucv/iucv.c

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

Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockup

Conflicts:

kernel/softlockup.c

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 into for-rmk

Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (61 commits)
ext4: Documention updat

Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (61 commits)
ext4: Documention update for new ordered mode and delayed allocation
ext4: do not set extents feature from the kernel
ext4: Don't allow nonextenst mount option for large filesystem
ext4: Enable delalloc by default.
ext4: delayed allocation i_blocks fix for stat
ext4: fix delalloc i_disksize early update issue
ext4: Handle page without buffers in ext4_*_writepage()
ext4: Add ordered mode support for delalloc
ext4: Invert lock ordering of page_lock and transaction start in delalloc
mm: Add range_cont mode for writeback
ext4: delayed allocation ENOSPC handling
percpu_counter: new function percpu_counter_sum_and_set
ext4: Add delayed allocation support in data=writeback mode
vfs: add hooks for ext4's delayed allocation support
jbd2: Remove data=ordered mode support using jbd buffer heads
ext4: Use new framework for data=ordered mode in JBD2
jbd2: Implement data=ordered mode handling via inodes
vfs: export filemap_fdatawrite_range()
ext4: Fix lock inversion in ext4_ext_truncate()
ext4: Invert the locking order of page_lock and transaction start
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vfs: add hooks for ext4's delayed allocation support

Export mpage_bio_submit() and __mpage_writepage() for the benefit of
ext4's delayed allocation support. Also change __block_write_full_page
so

vfs: add hooks for ext4's delayed allocation support

Export mpage_bio_submit() and __mpage_writepage() for the benefit of
ext4's delayed allocation support. Also change __block_write_full_page
so that if buffers that have the BH_Delay flag set it will call
get_block() to get the physical block allocated, just as in the
!BH_Mapped case.

Signed-off-by: Alex Tomas <alex@clusterfs.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

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Merge /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

consolidate generic_writepages and mpage_writepages

Clean up massive code duplication between mpage_writepages() and
generic_writepages().

The new generic function, write_cache_pages() takes a func

consolidate generic_writepages and mpage_writepages

Clean up massive code duplication between mpage_writepages() and
generic_writepages().

The new generic function, write_cache_pages() takes a function pointer
argument, which will be called for each page to be written.

Maybe cifs_writepages() too can use this infrastructure, but I'm not
touching that with a ten-foot pole.

The upcoming page writeback support in fuse will also want this.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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Merge ../linus

Merge branch 'master' into gfs2

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

Manually resolve conflict in include/mtd/Kbuild

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>

Merge branch 'master' into upstream

Merge branch 'master' into upstream

Merge branch 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block

* 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block: (67 commits)
[PATCH] blk_queue_start_tag() shared map race fix

Merge branch 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block

* 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block: (67 commits)
[PATCH] blk_queue_start_tag() shared map race fix
[PATCH] Update axboe@suse.de email address
[PATCH] fix creating zero sized bio mempools in low memory system
[PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK: blk_congestion_wait() fix
[PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK internal.h cleanups
[PATCH] BLOCK: Make USB storage depend on SCSI rather than selecting it [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove no-longer necessary linux/buffer_head.h inclusions [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove no-longer necessary linux/mpage.h inclusions [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the msdos device ioctl compat stuff to the msdos driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the Ext3 device ioctl compat stuff to the Ext3 driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the Ext2 device ioctl compat stuff to the Ext2 driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the ReiserFS device ioctl compat stuff to the ReiserFS driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move common FS-specific ioctls to linux/fs.h [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move the loop device ioctl compat stuff to the loop driver [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move __invalidate_device() to block_dev.c [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Dissociate generic_writepages() from mpage stuff [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Remove dependence on existence of blockdev_superblock [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Move extern declarations out of fs/*.c into header files [try #6]
[PATCH] BLOCK: Don't call block_sync_page() from AFS [try #6]
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[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]

Make it possible to disable the block layer. Not all embedded devices require
it, some can make do with just JFFS2, NFS, ramfs, e

[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]

Make it possible to disable the block layer. Not all embedded devices require
it, some can make do with just JFFS2, NFS, ramfs, etc - none of which require
the block layer to be present.

This patch does the following:

(*) Introduces CONFIG_BLOCK to disable the block layer, buffering and blockdev
support.

(*) Adds dependencies on CONFIG_BLOCK to any configuration item that controls
an item that uses the block layer. This includes:

(*) Block I/O tracing.

(*) Disk partition code.

(*) All filesystems that are block based, eg: Ext3, ReiserFS, ISOFS.

(*) The SCSI layer. As far as I can tell, even SCSI chardevs use the
block layer to do scheduling. Some drivers that use SCSI facilities -
such as USB storage - end up disabled indirectly from this.

(*) Various block-based device drivers, such as IDE and the old CDROM
drivers.

(*) MTD blockdev handling and FTL.

(*) JFFS - which uses set_bdev_super(), something it could avoid doing by
taking a leaf out of JFFS2's book.

(*) Makes most of the contents of linux/blkdev.h, linux/buffer_head.h and
linux/elevator.h contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK being set. sector_div() is,
however, still used in places, and so is still available.

(*) Also made contingent are the contents of linux/mpage.h, linux/genhd.h and
parts of linux/fs.h.

(*) Makes a number of files in fs/ contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

(*) Makes mm/bounce.c (bounce buffering) contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

(*) set_page_dirty() doesn't call __set_page_dirty_buffers() if CONFIG_BLOCK
is not enabled.

(*) fs/no-block.c is created to hold out-of-line stubs and things that are
required when CONFIG_BLOCK is not set:

(*) Default blockdev file operations (to give error ENODEV on opening).

(*) Makes some /proc changes:

(*) /proc/devices does not list any blockdevs.

(*) /proc/diskstats and /proc/partitions are contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

(*) Makes some compat ioctl handling contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

(*) If CONFIG_BLOCK is not defined, makes sys_quotactl() return -ENODEV if
given command other than Q_SYNC or if a special device is specified.

(*) In init/do_mounts.c, no reference is made to the blockdev routines if
CONFIG_BLOCK is not defined. This does not prohibit NFS roots or JFFS2.

(*) The bdflush, ioprio_set and ioprio_get syscalls can now be absent (return
error ENOSYS by way of cond_syscall if so).

(*) The seclvl_bd_claim() and seclvl_bd_release() security calls do nothing if
CONFIG_BLOCK is not set, since they can't then happen.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

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