Kernel

[PATCH 2/3] perf probe: Support comp_dir to find an absolute source path
From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt(a)hitachi.com> 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 su... 16 Jul 2010 14:21

[GIT PULL 0/3] perf/core fixes and improvements
Hi Ingo, Please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 perf/core Regards, - Arnaldo Masami Hiramatsu (3): perf probe: Fix error message if get_real_path() failed perf probe: Support comp_dir to find an absolute source path perf probe: Fix the logic of die... 16 Jul 2010 14:21

I did a git pull and a plus appeared
Dear All: I have a tree that existed for a few years (a clone of Linus' tree). Today I did a git pull in it, and a plus appeared in the built version. E.g. after "make modules_install": [root(a)niphredil linux-2.6-tip]# ls /lib/modules/ 2.6.33.1-19.fc13.x86_64 2.6.34-rc6-tip 2.6.35-rc1-tip 2... 17 Jul 2010 17:24

[PATCH 3/3] perf probe: Fix the logic of die_compare_name
From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt(a)hitachi.com> 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. LKML-Reference: <4C36EBED.1000006(a)hitachi.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc... 16 Jul 2010 14:21

Kconfig: Enable Kconfig fragments to be used for defconfig
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:57:55AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote: Last missing piece is being able to do "select FOO = n", which Stephen is currently working on. I thought Linus' idea was to use: KBUILD_KCONFIG=file make allnoconfig in which case any option which would be presented to the user which hasn't ... 16 Jul 2010 15:27

[GIT PULL 0/1] perf/urgent fixes
Hi Ingo, Please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 perf/urgent Regards, - Arnaldo Gui Jianfeng (1): perf symbols: Fix directory descriptor leaking tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) -... 16 Jul 2010 14:21

[PATCH 1/3] perf probe: Fix error message if get_real_path() failed
From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt(a)hitachi.com> Perf probe -L shows incorrect error message (Dwarf error) if it fails to find source file. This can confuse users. # ./perf probe -s /nowhere -L vfs_read Debuginfo analysis failed. (-2) Error: Failed to show lines. (-2) With this patch, it shows cor... 16 Jul 2010 14:20

pci/mrst: Detect loops when reading fixed BAR cap.
On 07/16/2010 10:43 AM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:02:03 am Ben Greear wrote: The mrst logic introduced in 2.6.33-rc8 in commit a712ffbc199849364c46e9112b93b66de08e2c26 causes boot to hang on at least this platform: Intel E5405 CPU System Information Manufacturer... 16 Jul 2010 14:20

[GIT PULL] perf fixes
Linus, Please pull the latest perf-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perf-fixes-for-linus Note, we included the version fixes because external tools started to rely on perf command output and we got a request to have more precise versioning ... 16 Jul 2010 14:20

cpuidle: extend cpuidle and menu governor to handle dynamic states
> > + if (dev->prepare) + dev->prepare(dev, data->predicted_us); I don't like the idea of passing predicted_us here. the states and their updates should be independent of how long we think we'll be idle; The power_usage value, total or average, would depend on how long the predicted idle per... 16 Jul 2010 16:34