This patch is on behalf of Stephen Backway <stev391@email.com>, and
represents two patches I received (and some subsequent whitespace
cleanup I had due to how I pulled the patches).
From the original author:
a) Add DVB support for the Leadtek Winfast PxDVR3200 H.
b) The tuner callback previously checked the command 3 times:
1) To see if it was the XC2028_RESET_CLK
2) To see if it was not the XC2028_RESET_TUNER
3) To see if it was the XC2028_RESET_TUNER
This patch removes the third check.
Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Backway <stev391@email.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Add support for the DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express card, based on
work by Chris Pascoe and Stephen Backway.
Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com>
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Thanks to Sistema Fenix (http://www.sistemafenix.com.br/) and CDI Brasil
(www.cdibrasil.com.br/) for sponsoring this development.
Signed-off-by: Gilberto <gilberto@sistemafenix.com.br>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Thanks to Sistema Fenix (http://www.sistemafenix.com.br/) and CDI Brasil
(www.cdibrasil.com.br/) for sponsoring this development.
Signed-off-by: Gilberto <gilberto@sistemafenix.com.br>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (43 commits)
ext4: Rename ext4dev to ext4
ext4: Avoid double dirtying of super block in ext4_put_super()
Update ext4 MAINTAINERS file
Hook ext4 to the vfs fiemap interface.
generic block based fiemap implementation
ocfs2: fiemap support
vfs: vfs-level fiemap interface
ext4: fix xattr deadlock
jbd2: Fix buffer head leak when writing the commit block
ext4: Add debugging markers that can be used by systemtap
jbd2: abort instead of waiting for nonexistent transaction
ext4: fix initialization of UNINIT bitmap blocks
ext4: Remove old legacy block allocator
ext4: Use readahead when reading an inode from the inode table
ext4: Improve the documentation for ext4's /proc tunables
ext4: Combine proc file handling into a single set of functions
ext4: move /proc setup and teardown out of mballoc.c
ext4: Don't use 'struct dentry' for internal lookups
ext4/jbd2: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write to the superblock
ext4: use percpu data structures for lg_prealloc_list
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* 'x86-v28-for-linus-phase4-D' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (186 commits)
x86, debug: print more information about unknown CPUs
x86 setup: handle more than 8 CPU flag words
x86: cpuid, fix typo
x86: move transmeta cap read to early_init_transmeta()
x86: identify_cpu_without_cpuid v2
x86: extended "flags" to show virtualization HW feature in /proc/cpuinfo
x86: move VMX MSRs to msr-index.h
x86: centaur_64.c remove duplicated setting of CONSTANT_TSC
x86: intel.c put workaround for old cpus together
x86: let intel 64-bit use intel.c
x86: make intel_64.c the same as intel.c
x86: make intel.c have 64-bit support code
x86: little clean up of intel.c/intel_64.c
x86: make 64 bit to use amd.c
x86: make amd_64 have 32 bit code
x86: make amd.c have 64bit support code
x86: merge header in amd_64.c
x86: add srat_detect_node for amd64
x86: remove duplicated force_mwait
x86: cpu make amd.c more like amd_64.c v2
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* 'x86-v28-for-linus-phase3-B' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (74 commits)
AMD IOMMU: use iommu_device_max_index, fix
AMD IOMMU: use iommu_device_max_index
x86: add PCI IDs for AMD Barcelona PCI devices
x86/iommu: use __GFP_ZERO instead of memset for GART
x86/iommu: convert GART need_flush to bool
x86/iommu: make GART driver checkpatch clean
x86 gart: remove unnecessary initialization
x86: restore old GART alloc_coherent behavior
revert "x86: make GART to respect device's dma_mask about virtual mappings"
x86: export pci-nommu's alloc_coherent
iommu: remove fullflush and nofullflush in IOMMU generic option
x86: remove set_bit_string()
iommu: export iommu_area_reserve helper function
AMD IOMMU: use coherent_dma_mask in alloc_coherent
add AMD IOMMU tree to MAINTAINERS file
AMD IOMMU: use cmd_buf_size when freeing the command buffer
AMD IOMMU: calculate IVHD size with a function
AMD IOMMU: remove unnecessary cast to u64 in the init code
AMD IOMMU: free domain bitmap with its allocation order
AMD IOMMU: simplify dma_mask_to_pages
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* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (236 commits)
[ARM] 5300/1: fixup spitz reset during boot
[ARM] 5295/1: make ZONE_DMA optional
[ARM] 5239/1: Palm Zire 72 power management support
[ARM] 5298/1: Drop desc_handle_irq()
[ARM] 5297/1: [KS8695] Fix two compile-time warnings
[ARM] 5296/1: [KS8695] Replace macro's with trailing underscores.
[ARM] pxa: allow multi-machine PCMCIA builds
[ARM] pxa: add preliminary CPUFREQ support for PXA3xx
[ARM] pxa: add missing ACCR bit definitions to pxa3xx-regs.h
[ARM] pxa: rename cpu-pxa.c to cpufreq-pxa2xx.c
[ARM] pxa/zylonite: add support for USB OHCI
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: use ioremap() and offset for register access
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: introduce pxa27x_clear_otgph()
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: use platform_get_{irq,resource} for the resource
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: move OHCI controller specific registers into the driver
[ARM] ohci-pxa27x: introduce flags to avoid direct access to OHCI registers
[ARM] pxa: move I2S register and bit definitions into pxa2xx-i2s.c
[ARM] pxa: simplify DMA register definitions
[ARM] pxa: make additional DCSR bits valid for PXA3xx
[ARM] pxa: move i2c register and bit definitions into i2c-pxa.c
...
Fixed up conflicts in
arch/arm/mach-versatile/core.c
sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-ac97.c
sound/soc/pxa/pxa2xx-i2s.c
manually.
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1075 commits)
myri10ge: update driver version number to 1.4.3-1.369
r8169: add shutdown handler
r8169: preliminary 8168d support
r8169: support additional 8168cp chipset
r8169: change default behavior for mildly identified 8168c chipsets
r8169: add a new 8168cp flavor
r8169: add a new 8168c flavor (bis)
r8169: add a new 8168c flavor
r8169: sync existing 8168 device hardware start sequences with vendor driver
r8169: 8168b Tx performance tweak
r8169: make room for more specific 8168 hardware start procedure
r8169: shuffle some registers handling around (8168 operation only)
r8169: new phy init parameters for the 8168b
r8169: update phy init parameters
r8169: wake up the PHY of the 8168
af_key: fix SADB_X_SPDDELETE response
ath9k: Fix return code when ath9k_hw_setpower() fails on reset
ath9k: remove nasty FAIL macro from ath9k_hw_reset()
gre: minor cleanups in netlink interface
gre: fix copy and paste error
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* 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus: (49 commits)
MIPS: RB532: provide GPIO_BUILTIN_NR and irq_to_gpio/gpio_to_irq
MIPS: Move ptrace prototypes to ptrace.h
MIPS: Ptrace support for HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS
MIPS: Scheduler support for HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS.
MIPS: Watch exception handling for HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS.
MIPS: Probe watch registers and report configuration.
MIPS: Add HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS definitions and support code.
MIPS: Add HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS configure option.
MIPS: Replace use of <asm-generic/uaccess.h> with native implementations.
MIPS: TXx9: Add TX4939 ATA support (v2)
MIPS: Rewrite spinlocks to ticket locks.
MIPS: IP checksums: Optimize adjust of sum on buffers of odd alignment.
MIPS: IP checksums: Remove unncessary .set pseudos
MIPS: IP checksums: Remove unncessary folding of sum to 16 bit.
MIPS: Move headfiles to new location below arch/mips/include
MIPS: Alchemy: rename directory
MIPS: Optimize get_user and put_user for 64-bit
MIPS: TXx9: Implement prom_free_prom_memory
MIPS: TXx9: Add RBTX4939 board support
MIPS: TXx9: Add TX4939 SoC support
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.alsa-project.org/alsa-kernel: (258 commits)
ALSA: hda: VREF powerdown for headphones
ALSA: hda: STAC_HP_M4
ALSA: ASoC: Check for machine type in GTA01 machine driver
ALSA: mtpav - Fix race in probe
ALSA: usb-audio: dynamic detection of MIDI interfaces in uaxx-quirk
ALSA: Add a note on dependency of RTC stuff
ALSA: ASoC: add new param mux to dapm_mux_update_power
ALSA: Increase components array size
ALSA: ASoC: Correct inverted Mic PGA Switch control in wm8510 driver
ALSA: hda: comment typo fix
ALSA: hda: comment typo fix
ALSA: hda - Fix PCI SSID for ASROCK K18N78FullHD-hSLI
ALSA: snd-usb-audio: support for Edirol UA-4FX device
ALSA: usb - Fix possible Oops at USB-MIDI disconnection
ALSA: hda - Fix another ALC889A (rev 0x100101)
ALSA: hda: add more board-specific information for Realtek ALC662 rev1
ALSA: Correct Vladimir Barinov's e-mail address
ALSA: cs46xx: Add PCI IDs for TerraTec and Hercules cards
ALSA: hda: SPDIF stream muting support
ALSA: hda: appletv support
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The Routerboard 532 bootloader passes the korina ethernet
MAC adapter address to the kernel on the command line.
Document this in the kernel-parameters file.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
The ext4 filesystem is getting stable enough that it's time to drop
the "dev" prefix. Also remove the requirement for the TEST_FILESYS
flag.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
* 'rcu-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (21 commits)
rcu: RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs for Classic RCU, fix
rcu: RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs for Classic RCU
rcu: add rcu_read_lock_sched() / rcu_read_unlock_sched()
rcu: fix sparse shadowed variable warning
doc/RCU: fix pseudocode in rcuref.txt
rcuclassic: fix compiler warning
rcu: use irq-safe locks
rcuclassic: fix compilation NG
rcu: fix locking cleanup fallout
rcu: remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE definition from rcupreempt.c
rcu: fix classic RCU locking cleanup lockdep problem
rcu: trace fix possible mem-leak
rcu: just rename call_rcu_bh instead of making it a macro
rcu: remove list_for_each_rcu()
rcu: fixes to include/linux/rcupreempt.h
rcu: classic RCU locking and memory-barrier cleanups
rcu: prevent console flood when one CPU sees another AWOL via RCU
rcu, debug: detect stalled grace periods, cleanups
rcu, debug: detect stalled grace periods
rcu classic: new algorithm for callbacks-processing(v2)
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6:
selinux: Fix an uninitialized variable BUG/panic in selinux_secattr_to_sid()
selinux: use default proc sid on symlinks
file capabilities: uninline cap_safe_nice
Update selinux info in MAINTAINERS and Kconfig help text
SELinux: add gitignore file for mdp script
SELinux: add boundary support and thread context assignment
securityfs: do not depend on CONFIG_SECURITY
selinux: add support for installing a dummy policy (v2)
security: add/fix security kernel-doc
selinux: Unify for- and while-loop style
selinux: conditional expression type validation was off-by-one
smack: limit privilege by label
SELinux: Fix a potentially uninitialised variable in SELinux hooks
SELinux: trivial, remove unneeded local variable
SELinux: Trivial minor fixes that change C null character style
make selinux_write_opts() static
* 'sched-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (38 commits)
sched debug: add name to sched_domain sysctl entries
sched: sync wakeups vs avg_overlap
sched: remove redundant code in cpu_cgroup_create()
sched_rt.c: resch needed in rt_rq_enqueue() for the root rt_rq
cpusets: scan_for_empty_cpusets(), cpuset doesn't seem to be so const
sched: minor optimizations in wake_affine and select_task_rq_fair
sched: maintain only task entities in cfs_rq->tasks list
sched: fixup buddy selection
sched: more sanity checks on the bandwidth settings
sched: add some comments to the bandwidth code
sched: fixlet for group load balance
sched: rework wakeup preemption
CFS scheduler: documentation about scheduling policies
sched: clarify ifdef tangle
sched: fix list traversal to use _rcu variant
sched: turn off WAKEUP_OVERLAP
sched: wakeup preempt when small overlap
kernel/cpu.c: create a CPU_STARTING cpu_chain notifier
kernel/cpu.c: Move the CPU_DYING notifiers
sched: fix __load_balance_iterator() for cfq with only one task
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Add documentation for the new "purge" cio_ignore parameter.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (37 commits)
[SCSI] zfcp: fix double dbf id usage
[SCSI] zfcp: wait on SCSI work to be finished before proceeding with init dev
[SCSI] zfcp: fix erp list usage without using locks
[SCSI] zfcp: prevent fc_remote_port_delete calls for unregistered rport
[SCSI] zfcp: fix deadlock caused by shared work queue tasks
[SCSI] zfcp: put threshold data in hba trace
[SCSI] zfcp: Simplify zfcp data structures
[SCSI] zfcp: Simplify get_adapter_by_busid
[SCSI] zfcp: remove all typedefs and replace them with standards
[SCSI] zfcp: attach and release SAN nameserver port on demand
[SCSI] zfcp: remove unused references, declarations and flags
[SCSI] zfcp: Update message with input from review
[SCSI] zfcp: add queue_full sysfs attribute
[SCSI] scsi_dh: suppress comparison warning
[SCSI] scsi_dh: add Dell product information into rdac device handler
[SCSI] qla2xxx: remove the unused SCSI_QLOGIC_FC_FIRMWARE option
[SCSI] qla2xxx: fix printk format warnings
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.02.01-k8.
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Ignore payload reserved-bits during RSCN processing.
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Additional residual-count corrections during UNDERRUN handling.
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* 'for-2.6.28' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (132 commits)
doc/cdrom: Trvial documentation error, file not present
block_dev: fix kernel-doc in new functions
block: add some comments around the bio read-write flags
block: mark bio_split_pool static
block: Find bio sector offset given idx and offset
block: gendisk integrity wrapper
block: Switch blk_integrity_compare from bdev to gendisk
block: Fix double put in blk_integrity_unregister
block: Introduce integrity data ownership flag
block: revert part of d7533ad0e132f92e75c1b2eb7c26387b25a583c1
bio.h: Remove unused conditional code
block: remove end_{queued|dequeued}_request()
block: change elevator to use __blk_end_request()
gdrom: change to use __blk_end_request()
memstick: change to use __blk_end_request()
virtio_blk: change to use __blk_end_request()
blktrace: use BLKTRACE_BDEV_SIZE as the name size for setup structure
block: add lld busy state exporting interface
block: Fix blk_start_queueing() to not kick a stopped queue
include blktrace_api.h in headers_install
...
This merges phase 1 of the x86 tree, which is a collection of branches:
x86/alternatives, x86/cleanups, x86/commandline, x86/crashdump,
x86/debug, x86/defconfig, x86/doc, x86/exports, x86/fpu, x86/gart,
x86/idle, x86/mm, x86/mtrr, x86/nmi-watchdog, x86/oprofile,
x86/paravirt, x86/reboot, x86/sparse-fixes, x86/tsc, x86/urgent and
x86/vmalloc
and as Ingo says: "these are the easiest, purely independent x86 topics
with no conflicts, in one nice Octopus merge".
* 'x86-v28-for-linus-phase1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (147 commits)
x86: mtrr_cleanup: treat WRPROT as UNCACHEABLE
x86: mtrr_cleanup: first 1M may be covered in var mtrrs
x86: mtrr_cleanup: print out correct type v2
x86: trivial printk fix in efi.c
x86, debug: mtrr_cleanup print out var mtrr before change it
x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M, v3
x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M, cleanup
x86: change MTRR_SANITIZER to def_bool y
x86, debug printouts: IOMMU setup failures should not be KERN_ERR
x86: export set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw
x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M
x86: mtrr_cleanup prepare to make gran_size to less 1M
x86: mtrr_cleanup safe to get more spare regs now
x86_64: be less annoying on boot, v2
x86: mtrr_cleanup hole size should be less than half of chunk_size, v2
x86: add mtrr_cleanup_debug command line
x86: mtrr_cleanup optimization, v2
x86: don't need to go to chunksize to 4G
x86_64: be less annoying on boot
x86, olpc: fix endian bug in openfirmware workaround
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The sbpcd tester program is not included in the kernel source tree,
so remove the reference to it.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Reported-by: Nick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Replace the no longer working links and email address in the
documentation and in source code.
Signed-off-by: Márton Németh <nm127@freemail.hu>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Describe the sysfs files that were introduced in the ibmaem driver.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
This example isn't the proper way to handle scatterlists (can't handle
sg chaining).
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Update the description of fifo_batch to match the current implementation,
and include a description of how to tune it.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Carroll <aaronc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
This updates xt_recent to support the IPv6 address family.
The new /proc/net/xt_recent directory must be used for this.
The old proc interface can also be configured out.
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb: (33 commits)
V4L/DVB (9103): em28xx: HVR-900 B3C0 - fix audio clicking issue
V4L/DVB (9099): em28xx: Add detection for K-WORLD DVB-T 310U
V4L/DVB (9092): gspca: Bad init values for sonixj ov7660.
V4L/DVB (9080): gspca: Add a delay after writing to the sonixj sensors.
V4L/DVB (9075): gspca: Bad check of returned status in i2c_read() spca561.
V4L/DVB (9053): fix buffer overflow in uvc-video
V4L/DVB (9043): S5H1420: Fix size of shadow-array to avoid overflow
V4L/DVB (9037): Fix support for Hauppauge Nova-S SE
V4L/DVB (9029): Fix deadlock in demux code
V4L/DVB (8979): sms1xxx: Add new USB product ID for Hauppauge WinTV MiniStick
V4L/DVB (8978): sms1xxx: fix product name for Hauppauge WinTV MiniStick
V4L/DVB (8967): Use correct XC3028L firmware for AMD ATI TV Wonder 600
V4L/DVB (8963): s2255drv field count fix
V4L/DVB (8961): zr36067: Fix RGBR pixel format
V4L/DVB (8960): drivers/media/video/cafe_ccic.c needs mm.h
V4L/DVB (8958): zr36067: Return proper bytes-per-line value
V4L/DVB (8957): zr36067: Restore the default pixel format
V4L/DVB (8955): bttv: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in radio_open
V4L/DVB (8935): em28xx-cards: Remove duplicate entry (EM2800_BOARD_KWORLD_USB2800)
V4L/DVB (8933): gspca: Disable light frquency for zc3xx cs2102 Kokom.
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Correct firmware type to MTS
Correct audio routing for composite/s-video
Add DVB-T detection.
This patch uses the eeprom hash method for detection as the vendor/product
ids are also used for the DIGIVOX_AD. This may be a clone of the same
product. Explanatory text has been added prior to the hask look-up in
anticipation that it may help others.
The following has been tested to work:
Analogue TV (PAL-I)
Composite In
DVB-T (UK Crystal Palace)
USB AUDIO
The following has not been tested but probably works:
S-Video In
Signed-off-by: Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org>
Signed-off-by: Douglas Schilling Landgraf <dougsland@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
The "Documentation" section of this file mentions that when an interface
change is made, I should be CCed with info about the change (so that
man-pages can document it). Additionally request that this info be CCed
to the new linux-api@vger.kernel.org list.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mention that patches that change the kernel-userland interface should
be CCed to the new list linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Basic vfs-level fiemap infrastructure, which sets up a new ->fiemap
inode operation.
Userspace can get extent information on a file via fiemap ioctl. As input,
the fiemap ioctl takes a struct fiemap which includes an array of struct
fiemap_extent (fm_extents). Size of the extent array is passed as
fm_extent_count and number of extents returned will be written into
fm_mapped_extents. Offset and length fields on the fiemap structure
(fm_start, fm_length) describe a logical range which will be searched for
extents. All extents returned will at least partially contain this range.
The actual extent offsets and ranges returned will be unmodified from their
offset and range on-disk.
The fiemap ioctl returns '0' on success. On error, -1 is returned and errno
is set. If errno is equal to EBADR, then fm_flags will contain those flags
which were passed in which the kernel did not understand. On all other
errors, the contents of fm_extents is undefined.
As fiemap evolved, there have been many authors of the vfs patch. As far as
I can tell, the list includes:
Kalpak Shah <kalpak.shah@sun.com>
Andreas Dilger <adilger@sun.com>
Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
With modern hard drives, reading 64k takes roughly the same time as
reading a 4k block. So request readahead for adjacent inode table
blocks to reduce the time it takes when iterating over directories
(especially when doing this in htree sort order) in a cold cache case.
With this patch, the time it takes to run "git status" on a kernel
tree after flushing the caches via "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
is reduced by 21%.
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
