Kernel

[PATCH 0/8] Fix gcc 4.6.0 set but not used warning messages.
First and foremost, I must thank anybody taking the time to even look at these(I know you people have better things to be doing). And secondly here is my try at trying to fix some of the warning messages spammed by gcc 4.6.0 when building the kernel. Some of them I removed, and some of them I just shut ... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

kbuild: fix LOCALVERSION handling to match description
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Andy Whitcroft wrote: In the commit below the version string handling was modified, adding a '+' where no other version information was supplied: commit 85a256d8e0116c8f5ad276730830f5d4d473344d Author: David Rientjes <rientjes(a)google.com> Date: Wed Jan 13 13:01:05... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

[PATCH 4/8]drivers:tmp.c Fix warning: variable 'rc' set but not used
Im getting this warning when compiling: CC drivers/char/tpm/tpm.o drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c: In function 'tpm_gen_interrupt': drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c:508:10: warning: variable 'rc' set but not used The below patch gets rid of the warning, but I'm not sure if it's the best solution. Signed-off-by: Justin P.... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

[PATCH 7/8]ieee1394/sdp2 Fix warning: variable 'unit_characteristics' set but not used
Temporary fix until something is resolved to fix the below warning: CC [M] drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.o drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.c: In function 'sbp2_parse_unit_directory': drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.c:1353:6: warning: variable 'unit_characteristics' set but not used Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock(a)gmail.co... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

[PATCH 5/8]drm:drm_gem Fix warning: variable 'dev' set but not used
Probably not even a fix for this warning: CC [M] drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.o drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c: In function 'drm_gem_handle_delete': drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c:188:21: warning: variable 'dev' set but not used Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c ... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

[PATCH 6/8]i2c:i2c_core Fix warning: variable 'dummy' set but not used
could be a right solution, could be wrong here is the warning: CC drivers/i2c/i2c-core.o drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c: In function 'i2c_register_adapter': drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c:757:15: warning: variable 'dummy' set but not used Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/i2c/i... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

[PATCH 2/8]bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c Fix warning: variable 'tty' set but not used
Im getting this while building: CC [M] drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.o drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c: In function 'hci_uart_send_frame': drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c:213:21: warning: variable 'tty' set but not used the below fixed it for me, but am not sure if it's correct. Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

[PATCH 1/8]reiserfs:stree.c Fix variable set but not used.
Not sure if this is correct or not. the below patch gets rid of this warning message produced by gcc 4.6.0 fs/reiserfs/stree.c: In function 'search_by_key': fs/reiserfs/stree.c:602:6: warning: variable 'right_neighbor_of_leaf_node' set but not used Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock(a)gmail.com> ... 14 Jun 2010 17:21

blackfin: Remove *(.text.*) pattern from the linker script
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 08:38, Matt Fleming wrote: From: Matt Fleming <matthew.fleming(a)imgtec.com> Drop the pattern from the linker script because the pattern is now provided by TEXT_TEXT. Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matthew.fleming(a)imgtec.com> once the vmlinux.lds.h change gets merged: Acked-by:... 14 Jun 2010 16:15

vmscan: Update isolated page counters outside of main path in shrink_inactive_list()
On 06/14/2010 07:17 AM, Mel Gorman wrote: When shrink_inactive_list() isolates pages, it updates a number of counters using temporary variables to gather them. These consume stack and it's in the main path that calls ->writepage(). This patch moves the accounting updates outside of the main path to reduce s... 14 Jun 2010 16:15