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[PATCH] vmscan: stop meaningless loop iteration when no reclaimable slab
If number of reclaimable slabs are zero, shrink_icache_memory() and shrink_dcache_memory() return 0. but strangely shrink_slab() ignore it and continue meaningless loop iteration. This patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro(a)jp.fujitsu.com> --- mm/vmscan.c | 5 +++++ 1 files chang... 9 Jul 2010 07:14

Badness at fs/sysfs/symlink.c:82 during qeth initalization
Sachin Sant <sachinp(a)in.ibm.com> writes: With today's next(20100709) qeth interface fails to initialize with following Badness message: sysfs: symlink across ns_types 0.0.6000/net:eth0 -> net/eth0 Is this with CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED set? I think I may have made my warning check a little extra strict... 9 Jul 2010 07:14

blkiocg async support
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 10:57:13PM -0400, Munehiro Ikeda wrote: This might be a piece of puzzle for complete async write support of blkio controller. One of other pieces in my head is page dirtying ratio control. I believe Andrea Righi was working on it...how about the situation? Greg Thelen (cc'ed) did so... 4 Aug 2010 11:24

[-next July 9 - s390 ] Badness at fs/sysfs/symlink.c:82 during qeth initalization
With today's next(20100709) qeth interface fails to initialize with following Badness message: sysfs: symlink across ns_types 0.0.6000/net:eth0 -> net/eth0 ------------ cut here ------------ Badness at fs/sysfs/symlink.c:82 Modules linked in: qeth_l3 ipv6 qeth qdio vmur ccwgroup scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_rda c scsi_... 9 Jul 2010 06:09

blkiocg async: Hooks for iotrack
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 11:16:28PM -0400, Munehiro Ikeda wrote: Embedding hooks for iotrack to record process info, namely cgroup ID. This patch is based on a patch posted from Ryo Tsuruta on Oct 2, 2009 titled "Page tracking hooks". Signed-off-by: Hirokazu Takahashi <taka(a)valinux.co.jp> Signed-of... 9 Jul 2010 20:33

[PATCH 3/3] perf probe: Fix the logic of die_compare_name
Invert the return value of die_compare_name(), because it returns a 'bool' result which should be expeced true if the die's name is same as compared string. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt(a)hitachi.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> --- to... 9 Jul 2010 06:09

[PATCH 2/3] perf probe: Support comp_dir to find an absolute source path
Gcc generates DW_AT_comp_dir and stores relative source path if building kernel without O= option. In that case, perf probe --line sometimes doesn't work without --source option, because it tries to access relative source path. This adds DW_AT_comp_dir support to perf probe for finding an absolute source path wh... 9 Jul 2010 06:09

workqueue: implement concurrency managed dynamic worker pool
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:04:15PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote: +static bool maybe_create_worker(struct global_cwq *gcwq) +{ + if (!need_to_create_worker(gcwq)) + return false; +restart: + /* if we don't make progress in MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT, call for help */ + mod_timer(&gcwq->mayday_timer, jiffies ... 9 Jul 2010 06:09

[RFC][PATCH 09/13] perf: Reduce perf_disable() usage
Since the current perf_disable() usage is only an optimization, remove it for now. This eases the removal of the weak hw_perf_enable interface. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c | 3 ++ arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event_fsl_emb.c | 8 +++++- ... 9 Jul 2010 05:04