Kernel

[RFC][PATCH 0/1] kmemleak: Fix false positive with alias
Hi, This is another version of "kmemleak: Fix false positive", which introduces another alias tree to keep track of all alias address of each objects, based on the discussion(*1) You can also find the previous one(*2), which uses special scan area for alias addresses with a conversion function. Compared wit... 18 Jun 2010 02:38

[PATCH] perf: Makefile fix for Perl scripting
Fix a typo introduced by recent Makefile changes. Without it, Perl scripting support won't get compiled in. Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi(a)gmail.com> --- tools/perf/Makefile | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile index 6aa2fe... 18 Jun 2010 01:33

perf: Rework the PMU methods
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 06:00:35PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: -static void x86_pmu_stop(struct perf_event *event) +static void x86_pmu_stop(struct perf_event *event, int flags) { - struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); - struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw; - int idx = hwc-... 10 Jul 2010 10:30

perf: installed python -report scripts have bogus paths
Hi, On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 16:54 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote: Hi, I was looking at the perf trace and python scripting support. But I quickly ran into an issue. I compiled with: $ make prefix=/usr $ make prefix=/usr install All the scripts are installed in /usr/libexec/perf-core/scripts/..... 18 Jun 2010 01:33

CRED: Release spinlock before commit_creds().
Quoting Tetsuo Handa (penguin-kernel(a)I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp): reparent_to_kthreadd() is calling commit_creds() with tasklist_lock held. But commit_creds() calls key_fsuid_changed()/key_fsgid_changed()/proc_id_connector() which may sleep. Release tasklist_lock before calling commit_creds(). Signed-off-by: T... 18 Jun 2010 00:27

[PATCH] HID: Documentation for hidraw
Documenation for the hidraw driver. Signed-off-by: Alan Ott <alan(a)signal11.us> --- The information in this patch relies on: [PATCH v2] HID: Add Support for Setting and Getting Feature Reports from hidraw which has been applied by Jiri Kosina. Please provide comments. I'm sure someone here will have a b... 18 Jun 2010 00:27

[PATCH 2/2] x86: ioremap: fix normal ram range check
Check for norma RAM in x86 ioremap() code seems to not work for the last page frame in the specified physical address range. Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji(a)jp.fujitsu.com> --- arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.34/arch/x86/mm/ior... 18 Jun 2010 00:27

[BUG][PATCH 0/2 (v.3)] x86: ioremap() problem in X86_32 PAE
Hi, Here is a updated version (v.3) of patchset to fix ioremap() related problem found in x86 32-bit mode. The problem is that ioremap() maps wrong address for the device to which phisical addres higer than 32-bit is assigned (ioat device in my case). The v.3 patches are: - [PATCH 1/2] x86: ioremap: fix wro... 18 Jun 2010 00:27

[PATCH 2.6.29.6 - 2.6.35-rc3] CRED: Release spinlock before commit_creds().
reparent_to_kthreadd() is calling commit_creds() with tasklist_lock held. But commit_creds() calls key_fsuid_changed()/key_fsgid_changed()/proc_id_connector() which may sleep. Release tasklist_lock before calling commit_creds(). Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel(a)I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> --- kernel/exit.c ... 17 Jun 2010 23:22

[PATCH] ASoC: Fix overflow bug in SOC_DOUBLE_R_SX_TLV
When SX_TLV widgets are read, if the gain is set to a value below 0dB, the mixer control is erroniously read as being at maximum volume. The value read out of the CODEC register is never sign-extended, and when the minimum value is subtracted (read; added, since the minimum is negative) the result is a number gre... 17 Jun 2010 23:22