Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (39 commits)
  cfq-iosched: Fix a gcc 4.5 warning and put some comments
  block: Turn bvec_k{un,}map_irq() into static inline functions
  block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges
  block: Make the integrity mapped property a bio flag
  block: Fix double free in blk_integrity_unregister
  block: Ensure physical block size is unsigned int
  blkio-throttle: Fix possible multiplication overflow in iops calculations
  blkio-throttle: limit max iops value to UINT_MAX
  blkio-throttle: There is no need to convert jiffies to milli seconds
  blkio-throttle: Fix link failure failure on i386
  blkio: Recalculate the throttled bio dispatch time upon throttle limit change
  blkio: Add root group to td->tg_list
  blkio: deletion of a cgroup was causes oops
  blkio: Do not export throttle files if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=n
  block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
  block: revert bad fix for memory hotplug causing bounces
  Fix compile error in blk-exec.c for !CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
  block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
  block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O
  cfq: improve fsync performance for small files
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts due to __rcu sparse annotation in include/linux/genhd.h

init/Kconfig

@@ -661,11 +661,14 @@ config BLK_CGROUP
 
 	Currently, CFQ IO scheduler uses it to recognize task groups and
 	control disk bandwidth allocation (proportional time slice allocation)
-	to such task groups.
+	to such task groups. It is also used by bio throttling logic in
+	block layer to implement upper limit in IO rates on a device.
 
 	This option only enables generic Block IO controller infrastructure.
-	One needs to also enable actual IO controlling logic in CFQ for it
-	to take effect. (CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED=y).
+	One needs to also enable actual IO controlling logic/policy. For
+	enabling proportional weight division of disk bandwidth in CFQ seti
+	CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED=y and for enabling throttling policy set
+	CONFIG_BLK_THROTTLE=y.
 
 	See Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt for more information.
 

init/do_mounts.c

@@ -58,6 +58,62 @@ static int __init readwrite(char *str)
 __setup("ro", readonly);
 __setup("rw", readwrite);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+/**
+ * match_dev_by_uuid - callback for finding a partition using its uuid
+ * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
+ * @data:	opaque pointer to a 36 byte char array with a UUID
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	u8 *uuid = data;
+	struct hd_struct *part = dev_to_part(dev);
+
+	if (!part->info)
+		goto no_match;
+
+	if (memcmp(uuid, part->info->uuid, sizeof(part->info->uuid)))
+			goto no_match;
+
+	return 1;
+no_match:
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
+ * @uuid:	36 byte char array containing a hex ascii UUID
+ *
+ * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
+ * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct.  This does not search
+ * by filesystem UUIDs.
+ *
+ * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
+ */
+static dev_t __init devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
+{
+	dev_t res = 0;
+	struct device *dev = NULL;
+	u8 uuid[16];
+
+	/* Pack the requested UUID in the expected format. */
+	part_pack_uuid(uuid_str, uuid);
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, uuid, &match_dev_by_uuid);
+	if (!dev)
+		goto done;
+
+	res = dev->devt;
+	put_device(dev);
+
+done:
+	return res;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  *	Convert a name into device number.  We accept the following variants:
  *
@@ -68,6 +124,8 @@ __setup("rw", readwrite);
  *         of partition - device number of disk plus the partition number
  *	5) /dev/<disk_name>p<decimal> - same as the above, that form is
  *	   used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
+ *	6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
+ *	   unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
  *
  *	If name doesn't have fall into the categories above, we return (0,0).
  *	block_class is used to check if something is a disk name. If the disk
@@ -82,6 +140,18 @@ dev_t name_to_dev_t(char *name)
 	dev_t res = 0;
 	int part;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+	if (strncmp(name, "PARTUUID=", 9) == 0) {
+		name += 9;
+		if (strlen(name) != 36)
+			goto fail;
+		res = devt_from_partuuid(name);
+		if (!res)
+			goto fail;
+		goto done;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (strncmp(name, "/dev/", 5) != 0) {
 		unsigned maj, min;