Kernel

2.6.35-rc* regression: ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI *
Just tried 2.6.35-rc4-00086-g2aa72f6 on Celeron 900 + i815 chipset PC. I get these errors during bootup, and all interrupts become XT-PIC: [ 0.087302] pnp: PnP ACPI init [ 0.087482] ACPI: bus type pnp registered [ 0.087999] ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 8 [ 0.087999] ERROR: Unable to locate ... 9 Jul 2010 03:59

Add trace event for munmap
On 07/08/2010 10:05 AM, Eric B Munson wrote: This patch adds a trace event for munmap which will record the starting address of the unmapped area and the length of the umapped area. This event will be used for modeling memory usage. Sounds like a useful trace point to me. Signed-of-by: Eric B Munson<e... 8 Jul 2010 14:44

[PATCH] firewire: core: integrate software-forced bus resets with bus management
Date: From: Stefan Richter <stefanr(a)s5r6.in-berlin.de> Subject: firewire: core: integrate software-forced bus resets with bus management Bus resets which are triggered - by the kernel drivers after updates of the local nodes' config ROM, - by userspace software via ioctl shall be deferred until after >=2 s... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

PROBLEM: Oops while umounting nfs shared partition, 2.6.32-2.6.34
Hello! I have repetitious (in Oops using kernel from 2.6.32 to 2.6.34. On host called "wzor" i start up nfs server, nfs is serving data from separate partition. When a few clients connect to this server using udp, start copying filef from and to this server, i run: umount /data/nfs ; /etc/init.d/nfs stop (some... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

[PATCH] Add trace event for munmap
This patch adds a trace event for munmap which will record the starting address of the unmapped area and the length of the umapped area. This event will be used for modeling memory usage. Signed-of-by: Eric B Munson <emunson(a)mgebm.net> --- include/trace/events/mm.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mm/mm... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

[PATCH 1/2] drivers:staging:ti-st: Update TODO
From: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy(a)ti.com> An important TODO was to remove global references in TI-ST driver, thereby providing a context to the driver. This should also serve as a small step in removal of the single device limit. Signed-off-by: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy(a)ti.com> --- drivers/staging/ti-st/TODO | ... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

[PATCH 0/2] drivers:staging:ti-st: Providing contexts
From: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy(a)ti.com> Alan / Greg, A small step (hopefully in right direction) to move this driver out of staging, into a right place in mainline. The patch set has, * Update TODO to add the requirement to remove global references. * The 2nd patch addresses the issue by removing the global... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

[GIT PULL] block/io bits for 2.6.35
Hi, Last fixes for this kernel, I believe. This includes two regression fixes for splice, along with the writeback fixes that we talked about a few days ago. Please pull. git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block.git for-linus Changli Gao (2): splice: direct_splice_actor() should not use pos in sd ... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

[PATCH v2] spufs: use llseek in all file operations
The default for llseek is changing, so we need explicit operations everywhere. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd(a)arndb.de> Cc: Jeremy Kerr <jk(a)ozlabs.org> Cc: linuxppc-dev(a)ozlabs.org --- Same as previous version, but no longer breaking the existing llseek operation in spufs_*box_info_fops. Pushed out to my bk... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

ima: add default rule for initramfs files
On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 17:08 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote: This patch modifies the default policy shipped with IMA, in order to avoid measurements of files in the initial ramdisk. Those files can be measured early in the boot process by the bootloader. The patch applies to latest version of the mainline kernel... 8 Jul 2010 10:15