Kernel

[GIT pull] scheduler fixes for 2.6.35
Linus, Please pull the latest sched-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git sched-fixes-for-linus Thanks, tglx ------------------> Alex,Shi (1): sched: Fix over-scheduling bug Peter Zijlstra (1): sched: Fix PROVE_RCU vs cpu_... 28 Jun 2010 07:19

[GIT pull] perf fixes for 2.6.35
Linus, Please pull the latest perf-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perf-fixes-for-linus Thanks, tglx ------------------> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (2): perf record: Don't call newt functions when not initialized perf ses... 28 Jun 2010 07:19

[GIT pull] timer fixes for 2.6.35
Linus, Please pull the latest timers-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git timers-fixes-for-linus Thanks, tglx ------------------> Peter Zijlstra (1): nohz: Fix nohz ratelimit kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 5 +---- 1 files ch... 28 Jun 2010 07:19

[PATCHv2] vhost-net: add dhclient work-around from userspace
Userspace virtio server has the following hack so guests rely on it, and we have to replicate it, too: Use port number to detect incoming IPv4 DHCP response packets, and fill in the checksum for these. The issue we are solving is that on linux guests, some apps that use recvmsg with AF_PACKET sockets, don't kn... 28 Jun 2010 07:19

dmatest:got "__dma_request_channel (fail)" dmesg
Hi, I try to load dmatest module in linux-2.6.34 on Ubuntu x86_64 Server system but when I loaded dmatest module, I got "__dma_request_channel:fall ((null))"  message. It seems unable to allocate DMA channel. But I found /proc/dma was registed to cascade mode like # cat /proc/dma  4:cascade So I thought DM... 28 Jun 2010 07:19

[GIT pull] genirq fixes for 2.6.35
Linus, Please pull the latest irq-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git irq-fixes-for-linus Thanks, tglx ------------------> Thomas Gleixner (1): genirq: Deal with desc->set_type() changing desc->chip kernel/irq/manage.c | ... 28 Jun 2010 07:19

[GIT pull] x86 fixes for 2.6.35
Linus, Please pull the latest x86-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git x86-fixes-for-linus out-of-topic modifications in x86-fixes-for-linus: -------------------------------------------------- arch/um/include/asm/arch_hweight.h # 055c472: um,... 28 Jun 2010 06:15

[GIT pull] core fixes for 2.6.35
Linus, Please pull the latest core-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git core-fixes-for-linus Thanks, tglx ------------------> Daniel J Blueman (1): rcu: apply RCU protection to wake_affine() Paul E. McKenney (1): idr: fix... 28 Jun 2010 06:15

KVM: MMU: fix direct sp's access corruptted
On 06/25/2010 03:06 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote: Consider using small page to fit guest's large page mapping: If the mapping is writable but the dirty flag is not set, we will find the read-only direct sp and setup the mapping, then if the write #PF occur, we will mark this mapping writable in the read-only... 1 Jul 2010 08:51

KVM: MMU: fix forgot to flush all vcpu's tlb
On 06/25/2010 03:06 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote: After remove a rmap, we should flush all vcpu's tlb Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong<xiaoguangrong(a)cn.fujitsu.com> --- arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c... 28 Jun 2010 06:15