Kernel

[PATCH] x86: kprobes: fix swapped segment registers in kretprobe
The following changes since commit bea9a6d239cb2aa2ced4dcb0a05e1827ce61fa3d: Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2 (2010-07-18 10:09:25 -0700) are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-roland.git... 18 Jul 2010 19:11

[PATCH 631/631] Staging: RT2860: Cleaned all bar one in chlist.h
From: Niadh <neilmunro(a)gmail.com> I have cleaned all errors and all bar one warning in chlist.h. The remaining warning is a line over 80 characters warning. Breaking it doesnt look all that easy. Signed-off-by: Neil Munro <neilmunro(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/staging/rt2860/chlist.h | 50 ++++++++++++++++++-----... 18 Jul 2010 19:11

Quirk macbook pro 6,2 into ahci mode
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:03:44AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: So while the below works, it doesn't work when the laptop is coming out of suspend. I can't seem to find out why, since it's a bit hard to debug when you are on the road. What happens is that it comes back with a bit of a delay, and then the disk... 19 Jul 2010 16:52

[PATCH 1/1] DVB: fix dvr node refcounting
In dvb_dvr_release, there is a test dvbdev->users==-1, but users are never negative. This error results in hung tasks: task PC stack pid father bash D ffffffffa000c948 0 3264 3170 0x00000000 ffff88003aec5ce8 0000000000000086 0000000000011f80 0000000000011f80 ffff88003ae... 18 Jul 2010 14:52

Multiple Codec Problem With Intel HD Audio
Hi Takashi-san, I have a custom Atom Poulsbo based board on which I am running 2.6.34. The board has an ALC888 connected to the Intel HD Audio controller for the main speakers and another ALC888 on a daughter board connected to the same controller for additional headphone and mic jacks. On boot I get the followi... 21 Jul 2010 02:41

[PATCH[RFC] Quirk macbook pro 6,2 into ahci mode
Hi, Recently got one of these laptops, and I've been trying to make it work a bit better in Linux. One thing that is really annoying is that it defaults to PIIX instead of AHCI when not booting OSX (it uses ahci just fine). So I tried to fiddle with this a bit and get it to use ahci, and after reading the intel ... 18 Jul 2010 12:41

Testing of function/data-sections on linux-2.6.35-rc4
Hi Tim, Tim, folks, Update on -ffunction-sections status: I re-tested linux-2.6.35-rc4 today. Most of work needed for -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections is already in this kernel. This mail explains what is still missing. In order to have a working kernel with this make invocation: make KCFLAGS="-ffu... 26 Jul 2010 04:04

[PATCH] keypad/nuc900: change keypad driver name from 'nuc900-keypad' to 'nuc900-kpi'
Hi Dmitry, I ever changed the keypad platform device name from 'nuc900-keypad' to 'nuc900-kpi', but I forget to modify the related keypad driver name,so the keypad driver does not work,I have to send the patch to fix this issue. Signed-off-by: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/input/keyboard/w90... 18 Jul 2010 11:36

[PATCH] ARM/nuc900: add nuc900 kpi platform device structure to nuc910_dev
This patch is to add nuc900 kpi platform device structure to nuc910_dev[], which enables nuc910 keypad support. Signed-off-by: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com(a)gmail.com> --- arch/arm/mach-w90x900/nuc910.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-w90x900/nuc910.c b/arch/... 18 Jul 2010 10:31

kvm, faster and simpler version of get_user_page_and_protection()
On 07/16/2010 05:13 AM, Lai Jiangshan wrote: a light weight version of get_user_page_and_protection() @@ -375,3 +374,83 @@ slow_irqon: return ret; } } + +/* + * get a current mapped page fast, and test whether the page is writable. + * equivalent version(but slower): + * { ... 18 Jul 2010 10:31