Merge tag 'v3.12-rc5' into stable/for-linus-3.13

Linux 3.12-rc5

Because the Stefano branch (for SWIOTLB ARM changes) is based on that.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

* tag 'v3.12-rc5': (550 commits)
  Linux 3.12-rc5
  watchdog: sunxi: Fix section mismatch
  watchdog: kempld_wdt: Fix bit mask definition
  watchdog: ts72xx_wdt: locking bug in ioctl
  ARM: exynos: dts: Update 5250 arch timer node with clock frequency
  parisc: let probe_kernel_read() capture access to page zero
  parisc: optimize variable initialization in do_page_fault
  parisc: fix interruption handler to respect pagefault_disable()
  parisc: mark parisc_terminate() noreturn and cold.
  parisc: remove unused syscall_ipi() function.
  parisc: kill SMP single function call interrupt
  parisc: Export flush_cache_page() (needed by lustre)
  vfs: allow O_PATH file descriptors for fstatfs()
  ext4: fix memory leak in xattr
  ARC: Ignore ptrace SETREGSET request for synthetic register "stop_pc"
  ALSA: hda - Sony VAIO Pro 13 (haswell) now has a working headset jack
  ALSA: hda - Add a headset mic model for ALC269 and friends
  ALSA: hda - Fix microphone for Sony VAIO Pro 13 (Haswell model)
  compiler/gcc4: Add quirk for 'asm goto' miscompilation bug
  Revert "i915: Update VGA arbiter support for newer devices"
  ...

4 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 7f38e40fee08..2429515c05c2 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -99,11 +99,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
 
 	See Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt for more information.
 
-config CMDLINE_PARSER
+config BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
 	bool "Block device command line partition parser"
 	default n
 	---help---
-	Parsing command line, get the partitions information.
+	Enabling this option allows you to specify the partition layout from
+	the kernel boot args.  This is typically of use for embedded devices
+	which don't otherwise have any standardized method for listing the
+	partitions on a block device.
+
+	See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt for more information.
 
 menu "Partition Types"
 
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index 4fa4be544ece..671a83d063a5 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ)	+= cfq-iosched.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK_COMPAT)	+= compat_ioctl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY)	+= blk-integrity.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARSER)	+= cmdline-parser.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER)	+= cmdline-parser.o
diff --git a/block/partitions/Kconfig b/block/partitions/Kconfig
index 87a32086535d..9b29a996c311 100644
--- a/block/partitions/Kconfig
+++ b/block/partitions/Kconfig
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ config SYSV68_PARTITION
 
 config CMDLINE_PARTITION
 	bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
-	select CMDLINE_PARSER
+	select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
 	help
-	  Say Y here if you would read the partitions table from bootargs.
+	  Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs.
 	  The format for the command line is just like mtdparts.
diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.c b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
index 56cf4ffad51e..5141b563adf1 100644
--- a/block/partitions/cmdline.c
+++ b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2013 HUAWEI
  * Author: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com>
  *
- * Read block device partition table from command line.
- * The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device.
- * It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
+ * Read block device partition table from the command line.
+ * Typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices.
+ * It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
  * by absolute address of data on the block device.
  * Users can easily change the partition.
  *
  * The format for the command line is just like mtdparts.
  *
- * Verbose config please reference "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt"
+ * For further information, see "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt"
  *
  */