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[PATCHv4 11/14] writeback: prevent unnecessary bdi threads wakeups
From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy(a)nokia.com> Finally, we can get rid of unnecessary wake-ups in bdi threads, which are very bad for battery-driven devices. There are two types of activities bdi threads do: 1. process bdi works from the 'bdi->work_list' 2. periodic write-back So there are 2 sources of... 23 Jul 2010 11:23

[PATCHv4 05/14] writeback: do not lose wake-ups in bdi threads
From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy(a)nokia.com> Currently, bdi threads ('bdi_writeback_thread()') can lose wake-ups. For example, if 'bdi_queue_work()' is executed after the bdi thread have had finished 'wb_do_writeback()' but before it called 'schedule_timeout_interruptible()'. To fix this issue, we have ... 23 Jul 2010 11:23

SIOCGIWFREQ ioctl fails to get frequency info
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 01:47:29PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: This message has been generated automatically as a part of a summary report of recent regressions. The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions from 2.6.34. Please verify if it still should be listed and let the t... 23 Jul 2010 16:55

latest scan for "bad" config variable references in kernel tree
as of 2.6.35-rc6, i ran another scan of the tree, looking for "bad" config variable references, as in, preprocessor tests of CONFIG_ variables that aren't defined in any Kconfig file that i can see. it's all broken down by directory and subdirectory: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Badref_CONFIG_... 23 Jul 2010 11:23

[PATCH] musb: move usb_add_hcd to the core init code from gadget code (v2)
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608312 v2: fix the building error on latest 2.6.35-rc kernel, since v1 was generated in 2.6.33 kernel. v1: usb_add_hcd was only called when we insmod the gadget class module or built-in that gadget class driver. If musb is configured as OTG controller, we need to insmo... 23 Jul 2010 11:23

x86/pci Oops with CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL
On Friday, July 23, 2010 06:15:50 am Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report of regressions introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34. The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions introduced between 2.6.33 and 2.6.34. Please verify ... 23 Jul 2010 16:55

2.6.35-rc6 to 2.6.32.16: JuJu firewire issues
Hi, I bought a external harddrive with firewire and USB interfaces (IcyBOX IB-250StUE-B). If I connect it to a desktop computer A I get kernel crash during boot (see both attached dmesg-*.txt files). Further, a laptop computer B is connected to A via firewire as well through firewire-net module. I do not und... 24 Jul 2010 09:05

hw-breakpoints, kgdb, x86: add a flag to passDIE_DEBUG notification
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 08:19:54AM -0500, Jason Wessel wrote: On 07/23/2010 08:04 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:16:01AM +0800, Dongdong Deng wrote: The hw_breakpoint subsystem consumes all the hardware breakpoint exceptions since it hooks the notify_die hand... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

[PATCH 1/2] xfs: fix shrinker build
From: Dave Chinner <dchinner(a)redhat.com> Remove the stray mount list lock reference from the shrinker code. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner(a)redhat.com> --- fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c | 5 +---- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linu... 23 Jul 2010 10:17

[PATCH 0/2] vfs scalability tree fixes
Nick, Here's the fixes I applied to your tree to make the XFS inode cache shrinker build and scan sanely. Cheers, Dave. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordom... 23 Jul 2010 10:17