Kernel

[ANNOUNCE] BFS CPU scheduler v0.318 for 2.6.34
This is to briefly announce the availability of the desktop interactivity focused BFS CPU scheduler v0.318 for the new stable linux 2.6.34 kernel. This version is also available for 2.6.32 and 2.6.31. http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/ Apart from resyncing with the new kernel, the changes in this version ... 20 May 2010 04:04

[RFC] watchdog: f71808e_wdt: new watchdog driver for Fintek F71808E
Hi Giel, On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 02:17:43PM +0100, Giel van Schijndel wrote: Add a new watchdog driver for the Fintek F71808E Super I/O chip. Updated patch: * fixes a bug where detection wouldn't function properly if a non-Fintek device was found (or a wrong Super I/O port chosen). * Add ... 26 May 2010 03:45

[PATCH -V11 5/9] vfs: Support null pathname in readlink
From: NeilBrown <neilb(a)suse.de> This enables to use readlink to get the link target name from a file descriptor point to the link. This can be used with open_by_handle syscall that returns a file descriptor for a link. We can then use this file descriptor to get the target name. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb... 20 May 2010 04:04

[PATCH -V11 8/9] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64
Add sys_name_to_handle_at and sys_open_by_handle_at syscalls for x86_64 Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S | 2 ++ arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h | 4 ++++ fs/compat.c | 11 +++++++++++ fs/open.c ... 20 May 2010 04:04

[PATCH -V11 7/9] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
This patch adds sys_name_to_handle_at and sys_open_by_handle_at syscalls to x86_32 Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h | 4 +++- arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 in... 20 May 2010 04:04

2.6.34-ck1
These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity with specific emphasis on the desktop, but suitable to any workload. Apply to 2.6.34: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/2.6/2.6.34/2.6.34- ck1/patch-2.6.34-ck1.bz2 Broken out tarball: http://www.kernel.or... 20 May 2010 17:13

[PATCH -V10 7/9] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
This patch adds sys_name_to_handle_at and sys_open_by_handle_at syscalls to x86_32 Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h | 4 +++- arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 in... 20 May 2010 04:04

[PATCH -V10 0/9] Generic name to handle and open by handle syscalls
Hi, The below set of patches implement open by handle support using exportfs operations. This allows user space application to map a file name to file handle and later open the file using handle. This should be usable for userspace NFS [1] and 9P server [2]. XFS already support this with the ioctls XFS_IOC_PATH... 20 May 2010 04:04

sched: fix updating sd->balance_interval in idle_balance()
On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 16:45 -0700, Nikhil Rao wrote: sd->balance_interval is updated incorrectly when SD_BALANCE_NEWIDLE is not set in sd->flags. This patch updates sd->balance_interval only when we balance the domain. I really need more than that. Why is it wrong, what are the (measurable) effects of c... 20 May 2010 04:04

[PATCH -V10 5/9] vfs: Support null pathname in readlink
From: NeilBrown <neilb(a)suse.de> This enables to use readlink to get the link target name from a file descriptor point to the link. This can be used with open_by_handle syscall that returns a file descriptor for a link. We can then use this file descriptor to get the target name. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb... 20 May 2010 04:04