Kernel

gconfig: fix build failure on fedora 13
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:22:28AM +0100, Richard Kennedy wrote: Making gconfig fails on fedora 13 as the linker cannot resolve dlsym. Adding libdl to the link command fixes this. make shows this error :- /usr/bin/ld: scripts/kconfig/kconfig_load.o: undefined reference to symbol 'dlsym@@GLIBC_... 27 May 2010 11:29

Staging: vme: devices: vme_user.c: Fix checkpatch.pl issues.
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:42 +0000, nanakos(a)wired-net.gr wrote: From: Nanakos Chrysostomos <nanakos(a)wired-net.gr> This patch resolves checkpatch.pl issues in the vme_user.c file. Signed-off-by: Nanakos Chrysostomos <nanakos(a)wired-net.gr> --- Looks fine, thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list: s... 27 May 2010 11:29

perf: fix use_browser infinite loop bug in annotate
Em Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:50:01PM +0200, Stephane Eranian escreveu: This patch fixes an infinite loop problem with perf annotate when the TUI is not used. When the perfconfig file is not found use_browser remains at -1, when found and tui is disabled use_browser = 0. Thus the correct test for TUI is use_br... 27 May 2010 12:37

[PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors
Hi, ext Arjan van de Ven wrote: it's really inconvenient to have such drivers hidden in the architecture code; it's much more convenient for cpuidle developers if they're all in one place. why? Think of it this way: you're not putting the NIC driver for your SOC in a architecture direct... 28 May 2010 13:45

slub crashes on dma allocations
So S390 has NUMA and the minalign is allowing very small slabs of 8/16/32 bytes? Try this patch From: Christoph Lameter <cl(a)linux-foundation.org> Subject: SLUB: Allow full duplication of kmalloc array for 390 Seems that S390 is running out of kmalloc caches. Increase the number of kmalloc caches to a s... 1 Jun 2010 10:51

intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors
Len Brown <lenb(a)kernel.org> writes: From: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> This EXPERIMENTAL driver supersedes acpi_idle on modern Intel processors. (Nehalem and Atom Processors). For CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=y, intel_idle probes before acpi_idle, no matter if CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y or =m. Boot wi... 30 May 2010 05:45

virtio: put last seen used index into ring itself
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 03:07:52PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: I missed the spec patch, can you repost it? Still work in progress, but here it is. Note I am still debating with myself whether we should split avail idx and flags into separate cache lines. diff --git a/virtio-spec.lyx b/virtio-spec.lyx index ed3... 31 May 2010 09:45

[BUG] perf: buildid not managed properly when cmd path is relative
Hi, I ran into another problem while running more tests with perf record, perf buildid-list. I do the following: $ perf record foo/noploop 5 $ perf buildid-list 54b1e7cc3cf52e0db255aab44ce7538eb62655b8 [kernel.kallsyms] 875ae61623e89f408b425ca0486a9ec99e3ac73e /home/eranian/perfmon/official/tip/build/tool... 27 May 2010 10:22

drivers/usb/serial: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereference
Hi Julia, On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:37:39PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> The assignment seems completely unnecessary if mos7840_port is NULL. [...] --- drivers/usb/serial/mos7840.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/seri... 3 Jun 2010 14:31

[PULL REQ] IXP4xx (ARM): pull request
Linus, The following changes since Linus 2.6.34 are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git ixp4xx Krzysztof Hałasa (5): IXP4xx: Prevent HSS transmitter lockup by disabling FRaMe signals. IXP4xx: Fix ixp4xx_crypto little-endian oper... 27 May 2010 09:15