Kernel

fib6_del() bug from 2.6.34-rc1 still present in 2.6.34
Shan Wei <shanwei(a)cn.fujitsu.com> wrote: Hi, I saw the warning on 2.6.34-rc3. But on net-next tree the warning disappeared. So I think the bug is fixed in net-next tree. My NIC driver is r8169. The net-next tree is newer than 2.6.34, maybe the fix is not queued to 2.6.34. So the warning also be pres... 24 May 2010 06:52

[GIT Pull] timer fixes for 2.6.35-rc1
Linus, Please pull the latest timers-for-linus-urgent git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git timers-for-linus-urgent Thanks, tglx ------------------> Thomas Gleixner (1): timekeeping: Fix timezone update kernel/time.c | 8 ++++---- 1 files... 24 May 2010 06:52

[PROPOSAL] NMI & register clash handling infrastructure
Hi, This is my first post to the group, please excuse me, If I unknowingly miss to follow writing ethics. Proposal/Need: I was working on providing accurate process usage support, and writing a kernel module, I configured cpu-core-unhalted-event and configured LVT (local vector table) with NMI (non-mask... 24 May 2010 06:52

[RFC][PATCH] crypto: disable tests when they are not enabled
Don't compile in and don't schedule cryptomanager's tests when CONFIG_CRYPTO_TESTS is not set. This saves quite some time during kernel initialization. Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <virtuoso(a)slind.org> CC: Herbert Xu <herbert(a)gondor.apana.org.au> CC: linux-kernel(a)vger.kernel.org CC: linux-crypto(a)vger.kerne... 24 May 2010 05:48

ptrace: PTRACE_GETFDPIC: fix the unsafe usage of child->mm
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland(a)redhat.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ... 24 May 2010 04:44

host panic on kernel 2.6.34
Hi all I build latest kvm 37dec075a7854f0f550540bf3b9bbeef37c11e2a, based on kernel 2.6.34, after kvm and kvm_intel module loaded, then /etc/init.d/kvm start, a few minutes later, the system will panic. kernel: 2.6.34 kvm: 37dec075a7854f0f550540bf3b9bbeef37c11e2a qemu-kvm: 69dd59a66aaf56d1e8e4c96d0a0923c9cf8f79a0... 1 Jun 2010 02:11

[PATCH] drm/i915: Convert more trace events to DEFINE_EVENT
Convert i915_gem_object_clflush to DEFINE_EVENT, and save ~0.5K: text data bss dec hex filename 13204 2732 12 15948 3e4c i915_trace_points.o.orig 12668 2732 12 15412 3c34 i915_trace_points.o No change in functionality. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.c... 24 May 2010 04:44

[PATCH 7/8] tracing: Remove redundant raw_init callbacks
raw_init callback is optional. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.com> --- kernel/trace/trace_export.c | 8 +------- kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 10 +--------- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c index 8536e2a.... 24 May 2010 04:44

[PATCH 3/8] tracing: Convert some timer events to DEFINE_EVENT
Use DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS, and save ~2.3K: text data bss dec hex filename 7018823 2031888 7251132 16301843 f8bf13 vmlinux.o.orig 7016727 2031696 7251132 16299555 f8b623 vmlinux.o 5 events are converted: timer_class: timer_init, timer_expire_exit, timer_cancel hrtimer_cl... 24 May 2010 04:44

[PATCH 4/8] tracing: Conver more sched events to DEFINE_EVENT
Convert sched_wait_task to DEFINE_EVENT, and save ~1K: text data bss dec hex filename 104595 9424 4992 119011 1d0e3 kernel/sched.o.orig 103619 9344 4992 117955 1ccc3 kernel/sched.o No change in functionality. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.com> --- include/t... 24 May 2010 04:44