Kernel

[RFC][PATCH 01/11] blkiocg async: Make page_cgroup independent from memory controller
This patch makes page_cgroup independent from memory controller so that kernel functionalities other than memory controller can use page_cgroup. This patch is based on a patch posted from Ryo Tsuruta on Oct 2, 2009 titled "The new page_cgroup framework". Signed-off-by: Hirokazu Takahashi <taka(a)valinux.co.jp> ... 8 Jul 2010 23:39

[RFC][PATCH 05/11] blkiocg async: __set_page_dirty_nobuffer not to record process info
For same reason of introducing block_commit_write_noiotrack() in the previous patch, this patch introduces __set_page_dirty_nobuffer_noiotrack(). redirty_page_for_writepage() calls __set_page_dirty_nobuffers_noiotrack() because overwriting the process info for iotrack isn't needed when redirtying. Signed-off-b... 8 Jul 2010 23:39

linux-next: manual merge of the wireless tree with the net tree
Hi John, Today's linux-next merge of the wireless tree got a conflict in drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.h between commit ba2d3587912f82d1ab4367975b1df460db60fb1e ("drivers/net: use __packed annotation") from the net tree and commit 34dd2aaac4a4b908c093980a9894fd878aeb6deb ("wl1271: moved scan operations ... 9 Jul 2010 07:14

Warning message when using sparse
On recent kernels, sparse reports the following message for every source file that is processed. The warning does not seem to affect the results. I'm not sure when the problem started, but I think it was with 2.6.35-rc1. CHECK drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_rf.c /home/finger/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/a... 9 Jul 2010 18:19

Compat-wireless for 2.6.32.y, 2.6.33.y, 2.6.34.y and 2.6.35-rc updated
Each of these kernel releases have been used as bases for new respective compat-wireless updates: * compat-wireless-2.6.32.16.tar.bz2 * compat-wireless-2.6.33.6.tar.bz2 * compat-wireless-2.6.34.1.tar.bz2 * compat-wireless-2.6.35-rc4.tar.bz2 The last one actually has a bit extra stuff, whatever Linus h... 8 Jul 2010 21:27

linux-next: build failure after merge of the infiniband tree
Hi all, After merging the infiniband tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) failed like this: make[2]: *** No rule to make target `firmware/qlogic/sd7220.fw', needed by `__fw_modbuild'. Stop. Probably caused by commit bd4d621eacaa6455da1c23260909da89ef4c1a01 ("IB/qib: Use request_firmware() to... 9 Jul 2010 02:54

[Q35 bisected] hang at init of i915 driver
Hi Rafael, On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 01:41:39AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions from 2.6.34. Please verify if it still should be listed and let the tracking team know (either way). Yup, this is still a regression. The fix is trivial (see... 29 Jul 2010 17:24

2.6.35-rc4-git3: Reported regressions from 2.6.34
Hi Rafael, On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw(a)sisk.pl> wrote: [...] Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16169 Subject : Complain from preemptive debug Submitter : Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek(a)googlemail.com> Date : 2010-05-31 10:10 (39 days old) ... 9 Jul 2010 13:52

[Bug #16215] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/class/net/bnep0'
This message has been generated automatically as a part of a summary report of recent regressions. The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions from 2.6.34. Please verify if it still should be listed and let the tracking team know (either way). Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/s... 8 Jul 2010 20:20

[Bug #16278] lvm snapshot causes deadlock in 2.6.35
This message has been generated automatically as a part of a summary report of recent regressions. The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions from 2.6.34. Please verify if it still should be listed and let the tracking team know (either way). Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/s... 8 Jul 2010 20:20