Kernel

[PATCH] rtc/m48t59: redundant condition judgement
It is safe to deallocate a NULL pointer. so 'if (m48t59)' is redundant condition judgement, so I remove it. Signed-off-by: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t... 4 Jun 2010 04:51

[PATCH]Device tree update for the 460ex DWC SATA<resubmission>
Device tree update for the Applied micro processor 460ex on-chip SATA Signed-off-by: Rupjyoti Sarmah <rsarmah(a)appliedmicro.com> --- arch/powerpc/boot/dts/canyonlands.dts | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/canyonlands.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts... 4 Jun 2010 04:51

mmotm 2010-06-03-16-36 lots of suspected kmemleak
Hi, With mmotm 2010-06-03-16-36, I gots tuns of kmemleaks [ 667.904928] kmemleak: 3179 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) [ 1270.774766] kmemleak: 24037 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) [ 1873.679754] kmemleak: 2256 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/ker... 9 Jun 2010 05:21

Commit cfecde435dda78248d6fcdc424bed68d5db6be0b turns screen blank
The following commit causes screen to become blank. Upon boot up, screen becomes blank (monitor can't sync to pc) with i915 compiled in the kernel. With i915 as module, system boots up fine, but becomes blank as soon as the module is loaded. Reverting it solves the problem. Problem only happens only Dell O... 4 Jun 2010 04:51

writeback: limit write_cache_pages integrity scanning to current EOF
Even if there still are potential livelocks after this it's a big step in the right direction, so Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch(a)lst.de> -- 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.k... 4 Jun 2010 04:51

lglock: introduce special lglock and brlock spin locks
Le vendredi 04 juin 2010 à 16:43 +1000, Nick Piggin a écrit : pièce jointe document texte brut (kernel-introduce-brlock.patch) This patch introduces "local-global" locks (lglocks). These can be used to: - Provide fast exclusive access to per-CPU data, with exclusive access to another CPU's data allowe... 25 Jun 2010 06:38

Commit 9b8c4a0b215e603497daebe8ecbc9b1f0f035808 broken X11 pointer
The following commit broke X11 mouse pointer. Symptom is "mouse pointer" on X11 cannot change "shape" when positioned to the frames of xterm window. Reverting it makes it work again. Running on X.Org X Server 1.8.99. Xterm 258. Lenovo X201s. Thanks, Jeff commit 9b8c4a0b215e603497daebe8ecbc9b1f0... 4 Jun 2010 04:51

writeback: Add tracing to write_cache_pages
On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 09:55:25AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: Add a trace event to the ->writepage loop in write_cache_pages to give visibility into how the ->writepage call is changing variables within the writeback control structure. Of most interest is how wbc->nr_to_write changes from call to call, espe... 4 Jun 2010 04:51

[git pull] Input updates for 2.6.35-rc1
Hi Linus, Please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus or master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus to receive updates for the input subsystem. Changelog: --------- Dan Carpenter (1): Input: tps6507x-ts - a couple work que... 4 Jun 2010 04:51

writeback: tracing and fixes V3.
Not sure what the rules for new tracepoints are, but in addition to the fixes I'd really love to see the tracepoints in 2.6.35. -- 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/majordo... 8 Jun 2010 04:44