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hugetlb, HWPOISON: soft offlining for hugepage
> +void isolate_hwpoisoned_huge_page(struct page *hpage) +{ + lock_page(hpage); + __isolate_hwpoisoned_huge_page(hpage); + unlock_page(hpage); +} This assumes all other users (even outside this file) who lock always do so on the head page too. Needs some double-checking? } else { pr_deb... 5 Jul 2010 06:42

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hugetlb: hugepage migration core
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 02:47:25PM +0900, Naoya Horiguchi wrote: diff --git v2.6.35-rc3-hwpoison/mm/migrate.c v2.6.35-rc3-hwpoison/mm/migrate.c index e4a381c..e7af148 100644 --- v2.6.35-rc3-hwpoison/mm/migrate.c +++ v2.6.35-rc3-hwpoison/mm/migrate.c @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ #include <linux/security.h> #... 8 Jul 2010 03:43

Removing dead CONFIG_DIAGNOSTICS
On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 01:23:02PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote: No comments received and seems to make sense so queued for 2.6.36. Thanks, Ralf -- 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://... 5 Jul 2010 06:42

hugetlb: pin oldpage in page migration
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 02:47:24PM +0900, Naoya Horiguchi wrote: This patch introduces pinning the old page during page migration to avoid freeing it before we complete copying. This race condition can happen for privately mapped or anonymous hugepage. Patch looks good. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this ... 7 Jul 2010 03:38

bluetooth: btmrvl_sdio: silence warning
On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 12:01:22PM +0400, Kulikov Vasiliy wrote: Clone checking of ret to simplify the code. This patch silences a compiler warning: drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c: In function 'btmrvl_sdio_verify_fw_download': drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c:80: warning: 'fws1' may be used uninitialize... 8 Jul 2010 18:06

[PATCH] dell-laptop: make dell_laptop_i8042_filter() static
Make dell_laptop_i8042_filter() static as it's used only in dell-laptop.c Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c index ... 5 Jul 2010 05:38

[PATCH] block: remove unused REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK
You prefer to keep this for future possible users? This can be applied to block's for-2.6.36. = From: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> Subject: [PATCH] block: remove unused REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK Nobody uses REQ_TYPE_LINUX_BLOCK (and its REQ_LB_OP_*). Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.to... 5 Jul 2010 05:38

[PATCH] U6715 8250 serial like driver
Some modifications in 16550A/8250 serial driver and clock management specificity Signed-off-by: Philippe Langlais <philippe.langlais(a)stericsson.com> --- drivers/serial/8250.c | 26 ++++++- drivers/serial/8250_u6.c | 179 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/serial/Kconfig | 19... 5 Jul 2010 05:38

[regression] Crash in wb_clear_pending() (was: Linux 2.6.35-rc4)
* Linus Torvalds <torvalds(a)linux-foundation.org> wrote: [...] And filesystem writeback performance issues, etc. It's all good. Christoph Hellwig (11): writeback: fix writeback completion notifications writeback: queue work on stack in writeback_inodes_sb writeback: enforce s_umoun... 5 Jul 2010 05:38