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[PATCH] Add mdr as maintainer of qla1280 driver.
From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen(a)redhat.com> As discussed with Mike Reed, add him as the maintainer of the qla1280 driver as I no longer have any hardware and he is actively looking after it. Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen(a)redhat.com> --- MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+... 30 Jun 2010 09:46

[PATCH] x86-64: adjust frame type at paranoid_exit:
As this isn't an exception or interrupt entry point, it doesn't have any of the hardware provide frame layouts active. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich(a)novell.com> --- linux-2.6.35-rc3/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ 2.6.35-rc3-x86_64-unwind-annotations/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -1365,7 +1364,7 @@ paran... 30 Jun 2010 09:46

x86: enlightenment for ticket spin locks - Xen implementation
On 06/30/2010 01:31 PM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 30.06.10 at 12:07, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy(a)goop.org> wrote: On 06/29/2010 04:32 PM, Jan Beulich wrote: Use the (alternative instructions based) callout hooks to the ticket spinlock code to enlighten ticket locks when running f... 5 Jul 2010 19:58

[PATCH] x86-64: fix CFI coverage for error_entry()
The scope should really extend to the end of the function, not the return location. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich(a)novell.com> --- linux-2.6.35-rc3/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ 2.6.35-rc3-x86_64-unwind-annotations/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -1442,7 +1441,6 @@ error_swapgs: error_sti: TRACE_IRQS... 30 Jun 2010 09:46

[PATCH] x86-64: fix unwind annotations in syscall stubs
With the return address removed from the stack, these should really refer to their caller's register state. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich(a)novell.com> --- linux-2.6.35-rc3/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ 2.6.35-rc3-x86_64-unwind-annotations/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -714,9 +714,8 @@ END(ptregscall_com... 30 Jun 2010 09:46

[PATCH 1/5] staging: slicoss: Change return codes to -EYYY.
Change defined STATUS_XXX return codes to standard -EYYY. Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/sl... 30 Jun 2010 09:46

fs,btrfs: Allow kswapd to writeback pages
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:34:47PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote: As only kswapd and memcg are writing back pages, there should be no danger of overflowing the stack. Allow the writing back of dirty pages in btrfs from the VM. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel(a)csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.maso... 19 Jul 2010 14:39

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x86: enlightenment for ticket spin locks - base implementation
On 06/30/2010 01:52 PM, Jan Beulich wrote: I fail to see that: Depending on the hypervisor's capabilities, the two main functions could be much smaller (potentially there wouldn't even be a need for the unlock hook in some cases), What mechanism are you envisaging in that case? That appears to be a me... 30 Jun 2010 09:46

pcrypt: sysfs interface
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 08:39:39PM +0400, Dan Kruchinin wrote: [snip] @@ -390,6 +427,9 @@ static int __init pcrypt_init(void) if (!pcrypt_dec_padata) goto err_free_padata; + if (pcrypt_init_sysfs() != 0) + goto err_free_padata; We leak pcrypt_dec_padata if pcrypt_init_sysfs() fails. p... 30 Jun 2010 09:46