Kernel

[PATCH] cpuidle: Remove references to ACPI
Since cpuidle is generic framework and ACPI doesn't exist for non-x86 platforms, remove references to ACPI from Kconfig. Signed-off-by: Ameya Palande <ameya.palande(a)nokia.com> --- drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig | 5 +---- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig b/dri... 21 Jul 2010 12:27

tracing/documentation: document dynamic ftracer internals
Hi Mike, On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 03:13 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> --- your presentations helped to clarify a bit more what the dynamic code actually was doing. the ifdef mess and multiple runtime patching locs were throwing me off before. Thanks! ... 21 Jul 2010 11:21

sysfs: add entry to indicate network interfaces with random MAC address
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 08:47:36AM +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote: On 07/21/2010 08:34 AM, David Miller wrote: From: Harald Hoyer<harald(a)redhat.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:26:27 +0200 On 07/20/2010 11:20 PM, David Miller wrote: From: Stephen Hemminger<shemminger(a)vyatta.com> Date: Tue, 20 J... 21 Jul 2010 11:21

staging: tidspbridge: remove IN modifier
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Ramirez Luna, Omar <omar.ramirez(a)ti.com> wrote: Hi, From: Menon, Nishanth IN modifier does not exist. remove it Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <nm(a)ti.com> --- [...] diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/include/dspbridge/drv.h b/drivers/staging/tidsp... 21 Jul 2010 11:21

fix return value for mb_cache_shrink_fn when nr_to_scan > 0
Wang Sheng-Hui wrote: Sorry. regerated the patch, please check it. I wrapped most code in single pair of spinlock ops for 2 reasons: 1) get spinlock 2 times seems time consuming 2) use single pair of spinlock ops can keep "count" consistent for the shrink operation. 2 pairs may get some new ces cr... 21 Jul 2010 21:19

drivers/scsi/arm/acornsci.c -- Dead CONFIG_* options
Hi all! As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of Erlangen we are looking at multiple integrity errors in linux' configuration system. I also encountered some reference problems in drivers/scsi/arm/acornscsi.c. But they seem to be intentionally, in order to make integration ... 21 Jul 2010 10:14

[PATCH 1/3] drivers/scsi: Remove dead CONFIG_WD33C93_PIO
CONFIG_WD33C93_PIO doesn't exist in Kconfig, therefore all existing references to it from the source can be removed. Signed-off-by: Christian Dietrich <qy03fugy(a)stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> --- drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c | 60 ------------------------------------------------ drivers/scsi/wd33c93.h | 5 ----... 21 Jul 2010 10:14

[git pull] PCMCIA bugfix for 2.6.35-rc6
Linus, one PCMCIA bugfix slipped through... In order to solve this issue, please pull from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git urgent The diffstat and list of changes follows; the patch is also attached below. Patrick McHardy (1): pcmcia: fix 'driver ... did not rele... 21 Jul 2010 10:14

[PATCH 0/3] Removing dead code (also drivers/scsi/arm/acornsci.c)
Hi all! As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of Erlangen we are looking at multiple integrity errors in linux' configuration system. I've been running a check on the drivers/scsi sourcetree for config Items not defined in Kconfig and found 3 such cases. Sourcecode ... 21 Jul 2010 10:14

ext4 trace events cause NULL pointer dereferences
Hi Steven, create file: file_108.dat # sync (panic) Seems ac->ac_inode can be NULL: DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(ext4__mballoc, ... TP_fast_assign( __entry->dev = ac->ac_inode->i_sb->s_dev; __entry->ino = ac->ac_inode->i_ino;... 26 Jul 2010 00:52