Kernel

[GIT] kbuild setlocalversion fix
Hi Linus, There is a fix to the Makefile not to run scripts/setlocalversion and various git commands on every invocation. This was also the case previously with CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y, but after 85a256d (kbuild: improve version string logic) it happens during every build. Dmitry Torokhov complained that make... 2 Jul 2010 09:05

Per superblock shrinkers V2
Did you plan to resubmit this with the few review comments addressed? I'd really hate to not see this in 2.6.36. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Ple... 11 Jul 2010 23:47

[PATCH] Fixed division by zero bug in kernel/padata.c
When boot CPU(typically CPU #0) is excluded from padata cpumask and user enters halt command from console, kernel faults on division by zero; This occurs because during the halt kernel shuts down each non-boot CPU one by one and after it shuts down the last CPU that is set in the padata cpumask, the only worki... 2 Jul 2010 09:05

perf: perf interface for uprobes
Masami Hiramatsu wrote: Srikar Dronamraju wrote: perf: perf interface for uprobes Changelog from v4: Merged to 2.6.35-rc3-tip. Changelog from v3: (addressed comments from Masami Hiramatsu) * Every process id has a different group name. * event name starts with functi... 2 Aug 2010 09:13

xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #4]
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:57:28AM +0100, David Howells wrote: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available, including file creation time, inode version and data version where available through the underlying filesystem. Can you describe the expected atomicity requirements for the reques... 2 Jul 2010 07:59

scsi: add sd_unprep_fn to free discard page
> sd_unprep() uses rq->buffer to free discard page allocated in sd_prepare_discard(). Eeek. Accessing it using the bio in both haves seems a lot cleaner than abusing this. Especially as we don't really need a mapped page anyway at least for WRITE SAME implementation. - return scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(sdp, ... 5 Jul 2010 06:42

Do not try to disable hpet if it hasn't been initialized before
On 06/21/2010 06:14 PM, stefano(a)stabellini.net wrote: - if (is_hpet_capable()) { - unsigned int cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_CFG); + unsigned int cfg; You changed this earlier from unsigned long to unsigned int, but it is wrong (though it works because bits 32-63 of the HPET_CFG register are unused). Can you... 2 Jul 2010 06:54

Closed source userspace graphics drivers with an open source kernel component
Luc, can you please take your corporate bullshit out of this? I can assume you know Dave personally and should be clearly aware that he's everything but a corporate drone. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More major... 14 Jul 2010 19:50

reiserfs locking (v2)
Code with munmap produces: [ 54.152356] [ 54.152358] ======================================================= [ 54.152363] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] [ 54.152367] 2.6.35-rc3-dbg-git6-00502-g94feaba-dirty #65 [ 54.152371] ----------------------------------------------------... 3 Jul 2010 05:50

workqueue: implement and use WQ_UNBOUND
On 07/02/2010 11:17 AM, Tejun Heo wrote: Hello, David, Arjan. These four patches implement unbound workqueues which can be used as simple execution context provider. I changed async to use it and will also make fscache use it. This can be used by setting WQ_UNBOUND on workqueue creation. Works que... 21 Jul 2010 12:27