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[tip:x86/fpu] x86: Avoid unnecessary __clear_user() and xrstor in signal handling
Commit-ID: 8e221b6db4477643fefc885a97ea9889ac733140 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8e221b6db4477643fefc885a97ea9889ac733140 Author: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha(a)intel.com> AuthorDate: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:23:37 -0700 Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa(a)linux.intel.com> CommitDate: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 16:31:04... 6 Jul 2010 21:08

2.6.35-rc4 - include/linux/fdtable.h:85 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ] --------------------------------------------------- include/linux/fdtable.h:85 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1 no locks held by compiz/4286. stac... 6 Jul 2010 21:08

[PATCH v2] panasonic-laptop: fix acpi_pcc_write_sset return value
In current implementation, acpi_pcc_write_sset return 1 if write is successful, 0 if write is failed. But all the callers consider acpi_pcc_write_sset return 0 if write is successful and return negtive if write is failed. This patch changes the implementation of acpi_pcc_write_sset to return 0 if write is succes... 6 Jul 2010 21:08

[PATCH] OCFS2: Allow huge (> 16 TiB) volumes to mount
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Joel Becker <Joel.Becker(a)oracle.com> wrote: Thus, I propose the following jbd2 patch. �jbd2 people, what do you think: diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c index bc2ff59..7922d87 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c @@ -1365,6 +1... 6 Jul 2010 21:08

[PATCH 15/49] memblock: Make memblock_find_region() out of memblock_alloc_region()
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> This function will be used to locate a free area to put the new memblock arrays when attempting to resize them. memblock_alloc_region() is gone, the two callsites now call memblock_add_region(). Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.o... 6 Jul 2010 20:02

[PATCH 10/49] memblock: Change u64 to phys_addr_t
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> Let's not waste space and cycles on archs that don't support >32-bit physical address space. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> --- include/linux/memblock.h | 44 +++++++++--------- mm/memblock.c | 114 +++++++... 6 Jul 2010 20:02

[PATCH 11/49] memblock: Remove unused memblock.debug struct member
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> --- include/linux/memblock.h | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h index 3b41f61..5abb06b 100644... 6 Jul 2010 20:02

[PATCH 02/49] memblock: Rename memblock_region to memblock_type and memblock_property to memblock_region
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> --- arch/microblaze/mm/init.c | 4 +- arch/powerpc/mm/hash_utils_64.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c | 26 +++--- arch/powerpc/platforms/emb... 6 Jul 2010 20:02

[PATCH 44/49] x86, memblock: Use memblock_debug to control debug message print out
Also let memblock_x86_reserve_range/memblock_x86_free_range could print out name if memblock=debug is specified will also print ther name when reserve_memblock_area/free_memblock_area are called. -v2: according to Ingo, put " if (memblock_debug) " in one place Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai(a)kernel.org> -... 6 Jul 2010 20:02

[PATCH 37/49] x86,memblock: Add memblock_x86_reserve_range/memblock_x86_free_range
they are wrappers for core versions. they are taking start/end/name instead of base/size. will make x86 conversion more easy could add more debug print out -v2: change get_max_mapped() to memblock.default_alloc_limit according to Michael Ellerman and Ben change to memblock_x86_reserve_range and mem... 6 Jul 2010 20:02