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[PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 10/14] perf: rename common fields/functions from kprobe to probe.
As a precursor for perf to support uprobes, rename fields/functions that had kprobe in their name but can be shared across perf-kprobes and perf-uprobes to probe. Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- tools/perf/builtin-probe.c | 1 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 136 +... 27 Jul 2010 08:24

[PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 1/14] mm: Move replace_page() / write_protect_page() to mm/memory.c
User bkpt will use background page replacement approach to insert/delete breakpoints. Background page replacement approach will be based on replace_page and write_protect_page. Now replace_page() loses its static attribute. Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ananth N Ma... 27 Jul 2010 08:24

[PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 7/14] uprobes: Uprobes Documentation
Uprobes Documentation. Signed-off-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto(a)us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Changelog from V5: Removed references to Modules, Samples, and probe Overhead. Changelog from v3: Updated measurements. Changelog from v2: Updated measurements. ... 27 Jul 2010 08:24

[PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 6/14] uprobes: X86 support for Uprobes
Provides x86 specific details for uprobes. This includes interrupt notifier for uprobes, enabling/disabling singlestep. Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth(a)in.ibm.com> --- Changelog from V5: Using local_irq_enable() instead of n... 27 Jul 2010 08:24

[PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 13/14] [RFC] perf: Show Potential probe points.
Introduces an option to list potential probes to probe using perf probe command. Also introduces an option to limit the dso to list the potential probes. Listing of potential probes is sorted by dso and alphabetical order. Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Changelog from V9: ... 27 Jul 2010 08:24

[PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 12/14] perf: Add third parameter to symbol_filter_t.
GElf_Sym for a symbol is needed to filter out based on binding, type, value. This will be needed to list only global binding functions when listing functions from perf probe. Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- tools/perf/builtin-test.c | 4 +++- tools/perf/builtin-top.c |... 27 Jul 2010 08:24

Enable kdump with EFI boot
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 06:09:18PM -0400, Takao Indoh wrote: Hi all, The attached patch enables kdump on EFI-boot machine. [Background] Current kdump does not work on EFI-boot system because 2nd kernel cannot find ACPI Table(RSDP). The URL below explains this problem. http://lists.infradead.or... 27 Jul 2010 17:16

[PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 3/14] uprobes: Slot allocation for Execution out of line(XOL)
Provides slot allocation mechanism for execution out of line for use with user space breakpointing. Traditional method of replacing the original instructions on breakpoint hit are racy when used on multithreaded applications. Alternatives for the traditional method include: - Emulating the breakpointed inst... 27 Jul 2010 08:24

[PATCH] regulator: add TPS6586X regulator driver
From: Mike Rapoport <mike(a)compulab.co.il> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <mike(a)compulab.co.il> --- drivers/regulator/Kconfig | 6 + drivers/regulator/Makefile | 1 + drivers/regulator/tps6586x-regulator.c | 387 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 394 insertions(+), ... 27 Jul 2010 07:19

[PATCH] mfd: add TPS6586x driver
From: Mike Rapoport <mike(a)compulab.co.il> Add mfd core driver for TPS6586x PMICs family. The driver provides I/O access for the sub-device drivers and performs regstration of the sub-devices based on the platform requirements. In addition it implements GPIOlib interface for the chip GPIOs. TODO: - add interr... 27 Jul 2010 07:19