Kernel

[GIT PULL 0/2] perf improvement and fix
Hi Ingo, Please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 perf Regards, - Arnaldo Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (2): perf newt: Make <- exit the ui_browser perf newt: Fix the 'A'/'a' shortcut for annotate tools/perf/util/newt.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed,... 15 May 2010 20:16

[PATCH 1/2] perf newt: Make <- exit the ui_browser
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Right now that means that pressing the left arrow willl make the symbol annotation window to exit back to the main symbol histogram browser. This is another improvement on the UI fastpath, i.e. just the arrows and enter are enough for most browsing. Suggested-... 15 May 2010 20:16

460EX on-chip SATA driver <Kernel 2.6.33> < resubmission >
On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 21:44 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: Hello. Rupjyoti Sarmah wrote: This patch enables the on-chip DWC SATA controller of the AppliedMicro processor 460EX. Signed-off-by: Rupjyoti Sarmah <rsarmah(a)appliedmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Miesfeld <mmiesfeld(a)appliedmicr... 17 May 2010 06:56

net/caif: Use kzalloc
Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> wrote: Use kzalloc rather than the combination of kmalloc and memset. Thank you, this look good to me. Acked-by: Sjur Br�ndeland <sjur.brandeland(a)stericsson.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.ke... 18 May 2010 02:44

[PATCH v2] mm: Consider the entire user address space during node migration
This patch uses mm->task_size instead of TASK_SIZE to ensure that the entire user address space is migrated. mm->task_size is independent of the calling task context. TASK SIZE may be dependant on the address space size of the calling process. Usage of TASK_SIZE can lead to partial address space migration if the... 15 May 2010 19:10

Staging: quatech_usb2: Convert eos semaphore to mutex
Am Samstag, 15. Mai 2010 23:40:02 schrieb Alessio Igor Bogani: The eos semaphore is used as a mutex so replace it with a real mutex. Documentation/mutex-design.txt states that a mutex must not be used from within an interrupt handler. Is this outdated? Regards Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: se... 16 May 2010 17:56

[PATCH] Staging: quatech_usb2: Convert eos semaphore to mutex
The eos semaphore is used as a mutex so replace it with a real mutex. Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani(a)texware.it> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/quatech_daqp_cs.c | 15 ++++++++------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/quatech_daqp_c... 15 May 2010 18:05

[PATCH 32/37] drivers/net/wireless/p54: Use kmemdup
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use kmemdup when some other buffer is immediately copied into the allocated region. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; statement S; @@ - to = \(kmal... 15 May 2010 18:05

[PATCH 27/37] drivers/input/touchscreen: Use kmemdup
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use kmemdup when some other buffer is immediately copied into the allocated region. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; statement S; @@ - to = \(kmal... 15 May 2010 18:05

[PATCH 31/37] drivers/infiniband/core: Use kmemdup
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use kmemdup when some other buffer is immediately copied into the allocated region. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; statement S; @@ - to = \(kmal... 15 May 2010 18:05