Kernel

wait_for_completion_interruptible does not wait !! [During PM suspend]
On 06/20/2010 09:42 AM, Suresh Rajashekara wrote: On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby(a)gmail.com> wrote: On 06/20/2010 08:52 AM, Suresh Rajashekara wrote: The ioctl waits on a completion variable (using wait_for_completion_interruptible). ... I tried wait_for_completion inst... 20 Jun 2010 04:50

wait_for_completion_interruptible does not wait !! [During PM suspend]
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby(a)gmail.com> wrote: On 06/20/2010 08:52 AM, Suresh Rajashekara wrote: The ioctl waits on a completion variable (using wait_for_completion_interruptible). ... I tried wait_for_completion instead, but now the kernel refuses to suspend. Do you c... 20 Jun 2010 04:50

[GIT PULL] hwmon fixes for 2.6.35
Hi Linus, Please pull hwmon subsystem fixes for Linux 2.6.35 from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging.git hwmon-for-linus drivers/hwmon/i5k_amb.c | 6 ++++++ drivers/hwmon/k10temp.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- drivers/hwmon/k8temp.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3... 20 Jun 2010 03:45

[tip:x86/urgent] x86: Fix rebooting on Dell Precision WorkStation T7400
Commit-ID: 890ffedc7c3e95595926379e28ad2e16e7d7c613 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/890ffedc7c3e95595926379e28ad2e16e7d7c613 Author: Thomas Backlund <tmb(a)mandriva.org> AuthorDate: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:32:25 +0300 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> CommitDate: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:24:13 +0200 x86: ... 20 Jun 2010 03:45

[31/31] HWPOISON: Add a madvise() injector for soft page offlining
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 02:19:35PM +0800, Michael Kerrisk wrote: Hi Andi, On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Andi Kleen <andi(a)firstfloor.org> wrote: .TP .BR MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE " (Since Linux 2.6.33) Soft offline the pages in the range specified by .I addr and .IR length . Th... 26 Jun 2010 20:39

wait_for_completion_interruptible does not wait !!
I have an application which calls the ioctl of the codec driver to know the status of the headset. The ioctl waits on a completion variable (using wait_for_completion_interruptible). The variable is completed in the interrupt handler, which happens on headset insertion/removal. Once the variable is completed, ... 28 Jun 2010 09:29

PM: Avoid losing wakeup events during suspend
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:05:35AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: Hi, One of the arguments during the suspend blockers discussion was that the mainline kernel didn't contain any mechanisms allowing it to avoid losing wakeup events during system suspend. Generally, there are two problems in that ... 25 Jun 2010 17:34

[PATCH] [RFC] kvm: time accelerator/decelerator for kvm guests
This patch adds functionality to accelerate/decelerate VM guests. The patch provides a outline of the considered feature. Currently the functionality is limited for the x86 architecture and kvm-clock sources. No APIC/PIC/HPET support. Furthermore, the tunable variables are compile time static and some sysfs accesso... 20 Jun 2010 00:19

[ANNOUNCE] Open Cworthy 6-19-2010 x86_64 Fixes
http://cworthylinux.googlecode.com/files/cworthy-06-19-2010.tar.gz FIXES Fixed NWSCREEN pointer size mismatch on x86_64 Fixed build problems on x86_64 Fixed Memory Overwrite glibc message on Fedora 13 x86_64 Upgraded memset and memcpy functions for x86_64 Tested on a 4 processor opteron HP Proliant running ... 19 Jun 2010 22:10

[PATCH 0/3] b43: logging cleanups
Just some small cleanups Joe Perches (3): drivers/net/wireless/b43: Use local ratelimit_state drivers/net/wireless/b43: Logging cleanups drivers/net/wireless/b43: Rename b43_debug to b43_debugging drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h | 17 +-- drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.c | 16 +- driver... 19 Jun 2010 19:59