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netfilter/iptables stopped logging 2.6.35-rc
Hi! Has something broken with netfilter/iptables logging in 2.6.35-rc, or is there something new I should set in .config since .34? I just verified that if I boot .34 and ping the pc it does logging: Jul 17 09:42:49 xxxxx kernel: Linux version 2.6.34-ab (root(a)xxxxx) (gcc version 4.4.4 (Debian 4.4.4-1) ) #... 21 Jul 2010 09:08

tracing: Remove sysprof
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com> writes: Hi Soeren, Can I get your ACK on the first patch, so that I can propose it for the -tip tree? Sure, Acked-by: Soren Sandmann <sandmann(a)daimi.au.dk> Soren -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body ... 17 Jul 2010 02:20

[ANNOUNCE] Merkey's Linux Kernel Debugger (MDB) 07-16-2010 UPDATES kernels 2.6.28 through 2.6.34.1 (release 3)
Found a few more items. This pass of x86_64 is pretty much complete and fully tested on all these kernels. releases will follow the stable version numbers. Next releases on ARM. For kernels: linux 2.6.28.10 linux 2.6.29.6 linux 2.6.30.10 linux 2.6.31.14 linux 2.6.32.16 linux 2.6.33.6 linux 2.6.34.1 ... 17 Jul 2010 00:12

kvm, faster and simpler version of get_user_page_and_protection()
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:13:14AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote: a light weight version of get_user_page_and_protection() Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs(a)cn.fujitsu.com> --- diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h index a34c785..d0e4f2f 100644 --- a/arch/... 16 Jul 2010 22:03

kvm: add host_writable parameter
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:13:04AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote: add host_writable parameter for some functions, no functionality changed, prepare for using RO pages. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs(a)cn.fujitsu.com> --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c index 0867ced..8ba9b... 18 Jul 2010 10:31

apr testsuite: Spinning forever in sys_futex() [SIGSTOP does not work]
Hi all, In the "apr" testsuite, the "testatomic" test seems to get 4 processes completely stuck in sys_futex. If I "kill -STOP" the process it continues to run, chewing CPU. It seems that "kill -KILL" works, though... Because of the "kill -STOP" problem, I can't attach to it with GDB to see where it's stuck... 16 Jul 2010 22:02

[PATCH RFC 07/12] x86/spinlocks: replace pv spinlocks with pv ticketlocks
Rather than outright replacing the entire spinlock implementation in order to paravirtualize it, keep the ticket lock implementation but add a couple of pvops hooks on the slow patch (long spin on lock, unlocking a contended lock). Ticket locks have a number of nice properties, but they also have some surprising... 16 Jul 2010 22:02

[PATCH RFC 05/12] x86/ticketlock: make __ticket_spin_lock common
Aside from the particular form of the xadd instruction, they're identical. So factor out the xadd and use common code for the rest. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge(a)citrix.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 files changed, 20 insertion... 16 Jul 2010 22:02

[PATCH RFC 08/12] x86/ticketlock: collapse a layer of functions
Now that the paravirtualization layer doesn't exist at the spinlock level any more, we can collapse the __ticket_ functions into the arch_ functions. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge(a)citrix.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h | 35 +++++------------------------------ 1 files chang... 16 Jul 2010 22:02