[PATCH v2] powerpc/fadump: return error when fadump registration fails

- log an error message when registration fails and no error code listed in the switch is returned - translate the hv error code to posix error code and return it from fw_register - return the posix error code from fw_register to the process writing to sysfs - return EEXIST on re-registration

[PATCH] ALSA: declare snd_kcontrol_new structures as const

Declare snd_kcontrol_new structures as const as they are only passed an argument to the function snd_ctl_new1. This argument is of type const, so snd_kcontrol_new structures having this property can be made const. Done using Coccinelle: @r disable optional_qualifier@ identifier x; position p; @@ s

[GIT PULL] Please pull powerpc/linux.git powerpc-4.12-4 tag

Hi Linus, Please pull some more powerpc fixes for 4.12: The following changes since commit e41e53cd4fe331d0d1f06f8e4ed7e2cc63ee2c34: powerpc/mm: Fix virt_addr_valid() etc. on 64-bit hash (2017-05-19 13:04:35 +1000) are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux

[PATCH] powerpc: Convert VDSO update function to use new update_vsyscall interface

This converts the powerpc VDSO time update function to use the new interface introduced in commit 576094b7f0aa ("time: Introduce new GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL", 2012-09-11). Where the old interface gave us the time as of the last update in seconds and whole nanoseconds, with the new interface we get t