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Konstantin Khlebnikov 78c1d78488 radix-tree: introduce bit-optimized iterator
A series of radix tree cleanups, and usage of them in the core pagecache
code.

Micro-benchmark:

lookup 14 slots (typical page-vector size)
in radix-tree there earch <step> slot filled and tagged
before/after - nsec per full scan through tree

* Intel Sandy Bridge i7-2620M 4Mb L3
New code always faster

* AMD Athlon 6000+ 2x1Mb L2, without L3
New code generally faster,
Minor degradation (marked with "*") for huge sparse trees

* i386 on Sandy Bridge
New code faster for common cases: tagged and dense trees.
Some degradations for non-tagged lookup on sparse trees.

Ideally, there might help __ffs() analog for searching first non-zero
long element in array, gcc sometimes cannot optimize this loop corretly.

Numbers:

CPU: Intel Sandy Bridge i7-2620M 4Mb L3

radix-tree with 1024 slots:

tagged lookup

step  1      before  7156        after  3613
step  2      before  5399        after  2696
step  3      before  4779        after  1928
step  4      before  4456        after  1429
step  5      before  4292        after  1213
step  6      before  4183        after  1052
step  7      before  4157        after  951
step  8      before  4016        after  812
step  9      before  3952        after  851
step  10     before  3937        after  732
step  11     before  4023        after  709
step  12     before  3872        after  657
step  13     before  3892        after  633
step  14     before  3720        after  591
step  15     before  3879        after  578
step  16     before  3561        after  513

normal lookup

step  1      before  4266       after  3301
step  2      before  2695       after  2129
step  3      before  2083       after  1712
step  4      before  1801       after  1534
step  5      before  1628       after  1313
step  6      before  1551       after  1263
step  7      before  1475       after  1185
step  8      before  1432       after  1167
step  9      before  1373       after  1092
step  10     before  1339       after  1134
step  11     before  1292       after  1056
step  12     before  1319       after  1030
step  13     before  1276       after  1004
step  14     before  1256       after  987
step  15     before  1228       after  992
step  16     before  1247       after  999

radix-tree with 1024*1024*128 slots:

tagged lookup

step  1      before  1086102841  after  674196409
step  2      before  816839155   after  498138306
step  7      before  599728907   after  240676762
step  15     before  555729253   after  185219677
step  63     before  606637748   after  128585664
step  64     before  608384432   after  102945089
step  65     before  596987114   after  123996019
step  128    before  304459225   after  56783056
step  256    before  158846855   after  31232481
step  512    before  86085652    after  18950595
step  12345  before  6517189     after  1674057

normal lookup

step  1      before  626064869  after  544418266
step  2      before  418809975  after  336321473
step  7      before  242303598  after  207755560
step  15     before  208380563  after  176496355
step  63     before  186854206  after  167283638
step  64     before  176188060  after  170143976
step  65     before  185139608  after  167487116
step  128    before  88181865   after  86913490
step  256    before  45733628   after  45143534
step  512    before  24506038   after  23859036
step  12345  before  2177425    after  2018662

* AMD Athlon 6000+ 2x1Mb L2, without L3

radix-tree with 1024 slots:

tag-lookup

step  1      before  8164        after  5379
step  2      before  5818        after  5581
step  3      before  4959        after  4213
step  4      before  4371        after  3386
step  5      before  4204        after  2997
step  6      before  4950        after  2744
step  7      before  4598        after  2480
step  8      before  4251        after  2288
step  9      before  4262        after  2243
step  10     before  4175        after  2131
step  11     before  3999        after  2024
step  12     before  3979        after  1994
step  13     before  3842        after  1929
step  14     before  3750        after  1810
step  15     before  3735        after  1810
step  16     before  3532        after  1660

normal-lookup

step  1      before  7875        after  5847
step  2      before  4808        after  4071
step  3      before  4073        after  3462
step  4      before  3677        after  3074
step  5      before  4308        after  2978
step  6      before  3911        after  3807
step  7      before  3635        after  3522
step  8      before  3313        after  3202
step  9      before  3280        after  3257
step  10     before  3166        after  3083
step  11     before  3066        after  3026
step  12     before  2985        after  2982
step  13     before  2925        after  2924
step  14     before  2834        after  2808
step  15     before  2805        after  2803
step  16     before  2647        after  2622

radix-tree with 1024*1024*128 slots:

tag-lookup

step  1      before  1288059720  after  951736580
step  2      before  961292300   after  884212140
step  7      before  768905140   after  547267580
step  15     before  771319480   after  456550640
step  63     before  504847640   after  242704304
step  64     before  392484800   after  177920786
step  65     before  491162160   after  246895264
step  128    before  208084064   after  97348392
step  256    before  112401035   after  51408126
step  512    before  75825834    after  29145070
step  12345  before  5603166     after  2847330

normal-lookup

step  1      before  1025677120  after  861375100
step  2      before  647220080   after  572258540
step  7      before  505518960   after  484041813
step  15     before  430483053   after  444815320	*
step  63     before  388113453   after  404250546	*
step  64     before  374154666   after  396027440	*
step  65     before  381423973   after  396704853	*
step  128    before  190078700   after  202619384	*
step  256    before  100886756   after  102829108	*
step  512    before  64074505    after  56158720
step  12345  before  4237289     after  4422299		*

* i686 on Sandy bridge

radix-tree with 1024 slots:

tagged lookup

step  1      before  7990        after  4019
step  2      before  5698        after  2897
step  3      before  5013        after  2475
step  4      before  4630        after  1721
step  5      before  4346        after  1759
step  6      before  4299        after  1556
step  7      before  4098        after  1513
step  8      before  4115        after  1222
step  9      before  3983        after  1390
step  10     before  4077        after  1207
step  11     before  3921        after  1231
step  12     before  3894        after  1116
step  13     before  3840        after  1147
step  14     before  3799        after  1090
step  15     before  3797        after  1059
step  16     before  3783        after  745

normal lookup

step  1      before  5103       after  3499
step  2      before  3299       after  2550
step  3      before  2489       after  2370
step  4      before  2034       after  2302		*
step  5      before  1846       after  2268		*
step  6      before  1752       after  2249		*
step  7      before  1679       after  2164		*
step  8      before  1627       after  2153		*
step  9      before  1542       after  2095		*
step  10     before  1479       after  2109		*
step  11     before  1469       after  2009		*
step  12     before  1445       after  2039		*
step  13     before  1411       after  2013		*
step  14     before  1374       after  2046		*
step  15     before  1340       after  1975		*
step  16     before  1331       after  2000		*

radix-tree with 1024*1024*128 slots:

tagged lookup

step  1      before  1225865377  after  667153553
step  2      before  842427423   after  471533007
step  7      before  609296153   after  276260116
step  15     before  544232060   after  226859105
step  63     before  519209199   after  141343043
step  64     before  588980279   after  141951339
step  65     before  521099710   after  138282060
step  128    before  298476778   after  83390628
step  256    before  149358342   after  43602609
step  512    before  76994713    after  22911077
step  12345  before  5328666     after  1472111

normal lookup

step  1      before  819284564  after  533635310
step  2      before  512421605  after  364956155
step  7      before  271443305  after  305721345	*
step  15     before  223591630  after  273960216	*
step  63     before  190320247  after  217770207	*
step  64     before  178538168  after  267411372	*
step  65     before  186400423  after  215347937	*
step  128    before  88106045   after  140540612	*
step  256    before  44812420   after  70660377		*
step  512    before  24435438   after  36328275		*
step  12345  before  2123924    after  2148062		*

bloat-o-meter delta for this patchset + patchset with related shmem cleanups

bloat-o-meter: x86_64

add/remove: 4/3 grow/shrink: 5/6 up/down: 928/-939 (-11)
function                                     old     new   delta
radix_tree_next_chunk                          -     499    +499
shmem_unuse                                  428     554    +126
shmem_radix_tree_replace                     131     227     +96
find_get_pages_tag                           354     419     +65
find_get_pages_contig                        345     407     +62
find_get_pages                               362     396     +34
__kstrtab_radix_tree_next_chunk                -      22     +22
__ksymtab_radix_tree_next_chunk                -      16     +16
__kcrctab_radix_tree_next_chunk                -       8      +8
radix_tree_gang_lookup_slot                  204     203      -1
static.shmem_xattr_set                       384     381      -3
radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag_slot              208     191     -17
radix_tree_gang_lookup                       231     187     -44
radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag                   247     199     -48
shmem_unlock_mapping                         278     190     -88
__lookup                                     217       -    -217
__lookup_tag                                 242       -    -242
radix_tree_locate_item                       279       -    -279

bloat-o-meter: i386

add/remove: 3/3 grow/shrink: 8/9 up/down: 1075/-1275 (-200)
function                                     old     new   delta
radix_tree_next_chunk                          -     757    +757
shmem_unuse                                  352     449     +97
find_get_pages_contig                        269     322     +53
shmem_radix_tree_replace                     113     154     +41
find_get_pages_tag                           277     318     +41
dcache_dir_lseek                             426     458     +32
__kstrtab_radix_tree_next_chunk                -      22     +22
vc_do_resize                                 968     977      +9
snd_pcm_lib_read1                            725     733      +8
__ksymtab_radix_tree_next_chunk                -       8      +8
netlbl_cipsov4_list                         1120    1127      +7
find_get_pages                               293     291      -2
new_slab                                     467     459      -8
bitfill_unaligned_rev                        425     417      -8
radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag_slot              177     146     -31
blk_dump_cmd                                 267     229     -38
radix_tree_gang_lookup_slot                  212     134     -78
shmem_unlock_mapping                         221     128     -93
radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag                   275     162    -113
radix_tree_gang_lookup                       255     126    -129
__lookup                                     227       -    -227
__lookup_tag                                 271       -    -271
radix_tree_locate_item                       277       -    -277

This patch:

Implement a clean, simple and effective radix-tree iteration routine.

Iterating divided into two phases:
* lookup next chunk in radix-tree leaf node
* iterating through slots in this chunk

Main iterator function radix_tree_next_chunk() returns pointer to first
slot, and stores in the struct radix_tree_iter index of next-to-last slot.
 For tagged-iterating it also constuct bitmask of tags for retunted chunk.
 All additional logic implemented as static-inline functions and macroses.

Also adds radix_tree_find_next_bit() static-inline variant of
find_next_bit() optimized for small constant size arrays, because
find_next_bit() too heavy for searching in an array with one/two long
elements.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: rework comments a bit]
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@openvz.org>
Tested-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-28 17:14:37 -07:00
Documentation Ext4 commits for 3.3 merge window; mostly cleanups and bug fixes 2012-03-28 10:02:55 -07:00
arch kdump x86: fix total mem size calculation for reservation 2012-03-28 17:14:36 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-03-20 18:11:21 -07:00
crypto crypto: crc32c should use library implementation 2012-03-23 16:58:38 -07:00
drivers nbd: rename the nbd_device variable from lo to nbd 2012-03-28 17:14:37 -07:00
firmware [SCSI] isci, firmware: Remove isci fallback parameter blob and generator 2012-01-16 11:34:37 +04:00
fs fs/proc/namespaces.c: prevent crash when ns_entries[] is empty 2012-03-28 17:14:37 -07:00
include radix-tree: introduce bit-optimized iterator 2012-03-28 17:14:37 -07:00
init init/do_mounts.c: print error code on mount failure 2012-03-23 16:58:38 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-03-22 09:04:48 -07:00
kernel pidns: add reboot_pid_ns() to handle the reboot syscall 2012-03-28 17:14:36 -07:00
lib radix-tree: introduce bit-optimized iterator 2012-03-28 17:14:37 -07:00
mm mm: only IPI CPUs to drain local pages if they exist 2012-03-28 17:14:35 -07:00
net Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2012-03-28 10:01:29 -07:00
samples samples/rpmsg: add an rpmsg driver sample 2012-02-08 22:54:05 +02:00
scripts checkpatch: check for quoted strings broken across lines 2012-03-23 16:58:37 -07:00
security usermodehelper: kill umh_wait, renumber UMH_* constants 2012-03-23 16:58:41 -07:00
sound ARM: driver specific updates 2012-03-27 16:41:24 -07:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-03-27 16:52:32 -07:00
usr initramfs: Use KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP for generated entries 2011-04-18 14:27:52 +02:00
virt/kvm KVM: Fix __set_bit() race in mark_page_dirty() during dirty logging 2012-02-01 11:42:32 +02:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore debian build directory 2011-07-01 15:21:24 +02:00
.mailmap mailmap: Fix up some renesas attributions 2011-11-11 16:28:24 +09:00
COPYING [PATCH] update FSF address in COPYING 2005-09-10 10:06:29 -07:00
CREDITS Merge branch 'for-3.3' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2012-01-14 12:26:41 -08:00
Kbuild kbuild: Fix missing system calls check on mips. 2011-11-09 14:37:44 +01:00
Kconfig kbuild: migrate all arch to the kconfig mainmenu upgrade 2010-09-19 22:54:11 -04:00
MAINTAINERS remoteproc/rpmsg: new subsystem 2012-03-27 16:30:09 -07:00
Makefile Linux 3.3 2012-03-18 16:15:34 -07:00
README Update version number references in README 2011-07-01 13:25:34 -07:00
REPORTING-BUGS REPORTING-BUGS: add get_maintainer.pl blurb 2009-08-18 16:31:13 -07:00

README

	Linux kernel release 3.x <http://kernel.org/>

These are the release notes for Linux version 3.  Read them carefully,
as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong. 

WHAT IS LINUX?

  Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by
  Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across
  the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

  It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix,
  including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand
  loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management,
  and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.

  It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
  accompanying COPYING file for more details. 

ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?

  Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher),
  today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and
  UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, Cell,
  IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
  Xtensa, Tilera TILE, AVR32 and Renesas M32R architectures.

  Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures
  as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the
  GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has
  also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although
  functionality is then obviously somewhat limited.
  Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a
  userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML).

DOCUMENTATION:

 - There is a lot of documentation available both in electronic form on
   the Internet and in books, both Linux-specific and pertaining to
   general UNIX questions.  I'd recommend looking into the documentation
   subdirectories on any Linux FTP site for the LDP (Linux Documentation
   Project) books.  This README is not meant to be documentation on the
   system: there are much better sources available.

 - There are various README files in the Documentation/ subdirectory:
   these typically contain kernel-specific installation notes for some 
   drivers for example. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what
   is contained in each file.  Please read the Changes file, as it
   contains information about the problems, which may result by upgrading
   your kernel.

 - The Documentation/DocBook/ subdirectory contains several guides for
   kernel developers and users.  These guides can be rendered in a
   number of formats:  PostScript (.ps), PDF, HTML, & man-pages, among others.
   After installation, "make psdocs", "make pdfdocs", "make htmldocs",
   or "make mandocs" will render the documentation in the requested format.

INSTALLING the kernel source:

 - If you install the full sources, put the kernel tarball in a
   directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) and
   unpack it:

		gzip -cd linux-3.X.tar.gz | tar xvf -

   or
		bzip2 -dc linux-3.X.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -


   Replace "XX" with the version number of the latest kernel.

   Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a (usually
   incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used by the library header
   files.  They should match the library, and not get messed up by
   whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be.

 - You can also upgrade between 3.x releases by patching.  Patches are
   distributed in the traditional gzip and the newer bzip2 format.  To
   install by patching, get all the newer patch files, enter the
   top level directory of the kernel source (linux-3.x) and execute:

		gzip -cd ../patch-3.x.gz | patch -p1

   or
		bzip2 -dc ../patch-3.x.bz2 | patch -p1

   (repeat xx for all versions bigger than the version of your current
   source tree, _in_order_) and you should be ok.  You may want to remove
   the backup files (xxx~ or xxx.orig), and make sure that there are no
   failed patches (xxx# or xxx.rej). If there are, either you or me has
   made a mistake.

   Unlike patches for the 3.x kernels, patches for the 3.x.y kernels
   (also known as the -stable kernels) are not incremental but instead apply
   directly to the base 3.x kernel.  Please read
   Documentation/applying-patches.txt for more information.

   Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this
   process.  It determines the current kernel version and applies any
   patches found.

		linux/scripts/patch-kernel linux

   The first argument in the command above is the location of the
   kernel source.  Patches are applied from the current directory, but
   an alternative directory can be specified as the second argument.

 - If you are upgrading between releases using the stable series patches
   (for example, patch-3.x.y), note that these "dot-releases" are
   not incremental and must be applied to the 3.x base tree. For
   example, if your base kernel is 3.0 and you want to apply the
   3.0.3 patch, you do not and indeed must not first apply the
   3.0.1 and 3.0.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel
   version 3.0.2 and want to jump to 3.0.3, you must first
   reverse the 3.0.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying
   the 3.0.3 patch.
   You can read more on this in Documentation/applying-patches.txt

 - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around:

		cd linux
		make mrproper

   You should now have the sources correctly installed.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

   Compiling and running the 3.x kernels requires up-to-date
   versions of various software packages.  Consult
   Documentation/Changes for the minimum version numbers required
   and how to get updates for these packages.  Beware that using
   excessively old versions of these packages can cause indirect
   errors that are very difficult to track down, so don't assume that
   you can just update packages when obvious problems arise during
   build or operation.

BUILD directory for the kernel:

   When compiling the kernel all output files will per default be
   stored together with the kernel source code.
   Using the option "make O=output/dir" allow you to specify an alternate
   place for the output files (including .config).
   Example:
     kernel source code:	/usr/src/linux-3.N
     build directory:		/home/name/build/kernel

   To configure and build the kernel use:
   cd /usr/src/linux-3.N
   make O=/home/name/build/kernel menuconfig
   make O=/home/name/build/kernel
   sudo make O=/home/name/build/kernel modules_install install

   Please note: If the 'O=output/dir' option is used then it must be
   used for all invocations of make.

CONFIGURING the kernel:

   Do not skip this step even if you are only upgrading one minor
   version.  New configuration options are added in each release, and
   odd problems will turn up if the configuration files are not set up
   as expected.  If you want to carry your existing configuration to a
   new version with minimal work, use "make oldconfig", which will
   only ask you for the answers to new questions.

 - Alternate configuration commands are:
	"make config"      Plain text interface.
	"make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
	"make nconfig"     Enhanced text based color menus.
	"make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
	"make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
	"make oldconfig"   Default all questions based on the contents of
			   your existing ./.config file and asking about
			   new config symbols.
	"make silentoldconfig"
			   Like above, but avoids cluttering the screen
			   with questions already answered.
			   Additionally updates the dependencies.
	"make defconfig"   Create a ./.config file by using the default
			   symbol values from either arch/$ARCH/defconfig
			   or arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig,
			   depending on the architecture.
	"make ${PLATFORM}_defconfig"
			  Create a ./.config file by using the default
			  symbol values from
			  arch/$ARCH/configs/${PLATFORM}_defconfig.
			  Use "make help" to get a list of all available
			  platforms of your architecture.
	"make allyesconfig"
			   Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to 'y' as much as possible.
	"make allmodconfig"
			   Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to 'm' as much as possible.
	"make allnoconfig" Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to 'n' as much as possible.
	"make randconfig"  Create a ./.config file by setting symbol
			   values to random values.

   You can find more information on using the Linux kernel config tools
   in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt.

	NOTES on "make config":
	- having unnecessary drivers will make the kernel bigger, and can
	  under some circumstances lead to problems: probing for a
	  nonexistent controller card may confuse your other controllers
	- compiling the kernel with "Processor type" set higher than 386
	  will result in a kernel that does NOT work on a 386.  The
	  kernel will detect this on bootup, and give up.
	- A kernel with math-emulation compiled in will still use the
	  coprocessor if one is present: the math emulation will just
	  never get used in that case.  The kernel will be slightly larger,
	  but will work on different machines regardless of whether they
	  have a math coprocessor or not. 
	- the "kernel hacking" configuration details usually result in a
	  bigger or slower kernel (or both), and can even make the kernel
	  less stable by configuring some routines to actively try to
	  break bad code to find kernel problems (kmalloc()).  Thus you
	  should probably answer 'n' to the questions for
          "development", "experimental", or "debugging" features.

COMPILING the kernel:

 - Make sure you have at least gcc 3.2 available.
   For more information, refer to Documentation/Changes.

   Please note that you can still run a.out user programs with this kernel.

 - Do a "make" to create a compressed kernel image. It is also
   possible to do "make install" if you have lilo installed to suit the
   kernel makefiles, but you may want to check your particular lilo setup first.

   To do the actual install you have to be root, but none of the normal
   build should require that. Don't take the name of root in vain.

 - If you configured any of the parts of the kernel as `modules', you
   will also have to do "make modules_install".

 - Verbose kernel compile/build output:

   Normally the kernel build system runs in a fairly quiet mode (but not
   totally silent).  However, sometimes you or other kernel developers need
   to see compile, link, or other commands exactly as they are executed.
   For this, use "verbose" build mode.  This is done by inserting
   "V=1" in the "make" command.  E.g.:

	make V=1 all

   To have the build system also tell the reason for the rebuild of each
   target, use "V=2".  The default is "V=0".

 - Keep a backup kernel handy in case something goes wrong.  This is 
   especially true for the development releases, since each new release
   contains new code which has not been debugged.  Make sure you keep a
   backup of the modules corresponding to that kernel, as well.  If you
   are installing a new kernel with the same version number as your
   working kernel, make a backup of your modules directory before you
   do a "make modules_install".
   Alternatively, before compiling, use the kernel config option
   "LOCALVERSION" to append a unique suffix to the regular kernel version.
   LOCALVERSION can be set in the "General Setup" menu.

 - In order to boot your new kernel, you'll need to copy the kernel
   image (e.g. .../linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage after compilation)
   to the place where your regular bootable kernel is found. 

 - Booting a kernel directly from a floppy without the assistance of a
   bootloader such as LILO, is no longer supported.

   If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO which
   uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf.  The
   kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or
   /boot/bzImage.  To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image
   and copy the new image over the old one.  Then, you MUST RERUN LILO
   to update the loading map!! If you don't, you won't be able to boot
   the new kernel image.

   Reinstalling LILO is usually a matter of running /sbin/lilo. 
   You may wish to edit /etc/lilo.conf to specify an entry for your
   old kernel image (say, /vmlinux.old) in case the new one does not
   work.  See the LILO docs for more information. 

   After reinstalling LILO, you should be all set.  Shutdown the system,
   reboot, and enjoy!

   If you ever need to change the default root device, video mode,
   ramdisk size, etc.  in the kernel image, use the 'rdev' program (or
   alternatively the LILO boot options when appropriate).  No need to
   recompile the kernel to change these parameters. 

 - Reboot with the new kernel and enjoy. 

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG:

 - If you have problems that seem to be due to kernel bugs, please check
   the file MAINTAINERS to see if there is a particular person associated
   with the part of the kernel that you are having trouble with. If there
   isn't anyone listed there, then the second best thing is to mail
   them to me (torvalds@linux-foundation.org), and possibly to any other
   relevant mailing-list or to the newsgroup.

 - In all bug-reports, *please* tell what kernel you are talking about,
   how to duplicate the problem, and what your setup is (use your common
   sense).  If the problem is new, tell me so, and if the problem is
   old, please try to tell me when you first noticed it.

 - If the bug results in a message like

	unable to handle kernel paging request at address C0000010
	Oops: 0002
	EIP:   0010:XXXXXXXX
	eax: xxxxxxxx   ebx: xxxxxxxx   ecx: xxxxxxxx   edx: xxxxxxxx
	esi: xxxxxxxx   edi: xxxxxxxx   ebp: xxxxxxxx
	ds: xxxx  es: xxxx  fs: xxxx  gs: xxxx
	Pid: xx, process nr: xx
	xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

   or similar kernel debugging information on your screen or in your
   system log, please duplicate it *exactly*.  The dump may look
   incomprehensible to you, but it does contain information that may
   help debugging the problem.  The text above the dump is also
   important: it tells something about why the kernel dumped code (in
   the above example it's due to a bad kernel pointer). More information
   on making sense of the dump is in Documentation/oops-tracing.txt

 - If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump
   as is, otherwise you will have to use the "ksymoops" program to make
   sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred).
   This utility can be downloaded from
   ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ .
   Alternately you can do the dump lookup by hand:

 - In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can
   look up what the EIP value means.  The hex value as such doesn't help
   me or anybody else very much: it will depend on your particular
   kernel setup.  What you should do is take the hex value from the EIP
   line (ignore the "0010:"), and look it up in the kernel namelist to
   see which kernel function contains the offending address.

   To find out the kernel function name, you'll need to find the system
   binary associated with the kernel that exhibited the symptom.  This is
   the file 'linux/vmlinux'.  To extract the namelist and match it against
   the EIP from the kernel crash, do:

		nm vmlinux | sort | less

   This will give you a list of kernel addresses sorted in ascending
   order, from which it is simple to find the function that contains the
   offending address.  Note that the address given by the kernel
   debugging messages will not necessarily match exactly with the
   function addresses (in fact, that is very unlikely), so you can't
   just 'grep' the list: the list will, however, give you the starting
   point of each kernel function, so by looking for the function that
   has a starting address lower than the one you are searching for but
   is followed by a function with a higher address you will find the one
   you want.  In fact, it may be a good idea to include a bit of
   "context" in your problem report, giving a few lines around the
   interesting one. 

   If you for some reason cannot do the above (you have a pre-compiled
   kernel image or similar), telling me as much about your setup as
   possible will help.  Please read the REPORTING-BUGS document for details.

 - Alternately, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you
   cannot change values or set break points.) To do this, first compile the
   kernel with -g; edit arch/i386/Makefile appropriately, then do a "make
   clean". You'll also need to enable CONFIG_PROC_FS (via "make config").

   After you've rebooted with the new kernel, do "gdb vmlinux /proc/kcore".
   You can now use all the usual gdb commands. The command to look up the
   point where your system crashed is "l *0xXXXXXXXX". (Replace the XXXes
   with the EIP value.)

   gdb'ing a non-running kernel currently fails because gdb (wrongly)
   disregards the starting offset for which the kernel is compiled.