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[PATCHv8 2.6.35-rc4-tip 10/12] perf: Re-Add make_absolute_path
revert_make_absolute_path From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> perf: Re-Add make_absolute_path perf probe for uprobes would use make_absolute_path. make_absolute_path can be used to convert a file name to a dso name. so if user specifies the function to be traced as malloc@/lib/libc.so.6 it... 8 Jul 2010 13:37

[PATCHv8 2.6.35-rc4-tip 5/12] uprobes: Uprobes (un)registration and exception handling.
uprobes: Uprobes (un)registration and exception handling. Changelog from V5: - Merged user_bkpt and user_bkpt_xol layers into uprobes. Changelog from V2: - Introduce TIF_UPROBE flag. - uprobes hooks now in fork/exec/exit paths instead of tracehooks. - uprobe_process is now part of the mm struct... 8 Jul 2010 13:37

[PATCHv8 2.6.35-rc4-tip 3/12] uprobes: Slot allocation for Execution out of line(XOL)
uprobes: Slot allocation for Execution out of line(XOL) Changelog from V5: Merged into uprobes. Changelog form V3: * Added a memory barrier after the slot gets initialized. Changelog from V2: (addressing Oleg's comments) * Removed code in !CONFIG_UPROBES_XOL * Functions now pass pointer to uprobe... 8 Jul 2010 13:37

[PATCHv8 2.6.35-rc4-tip 1/12] mm: Move replace_page() / write_protect_page() to mm/memory.c
mm: Move replace_page() / write_protect_page() to mm/memory.c User bkpt will use background page replacement approach to insert/delete breakpoints. Background page replacement approach will be based on replace_page and write_protect_page. Now replace_page() loses its static attribute. Signed-off-by: Srikar D... 8 Jul 2010 13:37

linux-next: Tree for July 8 (staging/spectra)
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:10:22 +1000 Stephen Rothwell wrote: Hi all, Changes since 20100707: The i.MX tree mismerge has been fixed. The omap tree gained a conflict (involving serveral files) against the arm tree. --------------------------------------------------------------------------... 8 Jul 2010 13:37

Inject asynchronous page fault into a guest if page is swapped out.
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 07:24:56PM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote: If guest access swapped out memory do not swap it in from vcpu thread context. Setup slow work to do swapping and send async page fault to a guest. Allow async page fault injection only when guest is in user mode since otherwise guest may ... 8 Jul 2010 13:37

linux-next: Tree for July 8 (nouveau)
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:10:22 +1000 Stephen Rothwell wrote: Hi all, Changes since 20100707: The i.MX tree mismerge has been fixed. The omap tree gained a conflict (involving serveral files) against the arm tree. --------------------------------------------------------------------------... 8 Jul 2010 18:06

[PATCH] Cleancache: shim to Xen Transcendent Memory
[PATCH] Cleancache: shim to Xen Transcendent Memory This companion patch to the cleancache V3 patchset (see http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/6/21/411) provides one consumer for the proposed cleancache internal kernel API. This user is Xen Transcendent Memory ("tmem"), supported in Xen 4.0+. (A second user, zcache, wil... 8 Jul 2010 13:37

sysfs bug when using tun with network namespaces
Hello, # tunctl -u ml -t tap1 works as expected, but # unshare -n /bin/bash # tunctl -u ml -t tap1 Jul 8 18:03:59 doris kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jul 8 18:03:59 doris kernel: kernel BUG at fs/sysfs/file.c:540! Jul 8 18:03:59 doris kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ... 10 Jul 2010 11:37