Kernel

[PATCH]hostap:hostap_hw.c Fix variable 'fc' set but not used
The below fixes a build wanring from GCC. CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.o In file included from drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_plx.c:264:0: drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c: In function 'prism2_tx_80211': drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c:1816:18: warning: variable 'fc' set but... 2 Aug 2010 20:15

[PATCH]hostap:hostap_ioctl.c Fix variable 'hostscan' set but not used
The patch below fixes a compiler warning: CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.o drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c: In function 'prism2_translate_scan': drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_ioctl.c:1954:13: warning: variable 'hostscan' set but not used Keep in mind I've looked and searched fo... 2 Aug 2010 20:15

x86: Add memory modify constraints to xchg() and cmpxchg()
On 07/27/2010 10:33 PM, tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin wrote: Commit-ID: 113fc5a6e8c2288619ff7e8187a6f556b7e0d372 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/113fc5a6e8c2288619ff7e8187a6f556b7e0d372 Author: H. Peter Anvin<hpa(a)zytor.com> AuthorDate: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:01:49 -0700 Committer: H. Peter Anvin<... 10 Aug 2010 19:08

Bug 12309 - Large I/O operations result in poor interactive performance and high iowait times
Hi Wu, On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu(a)intel.com> wrote: I've pointed to your two patches in the bug report, so hopefully someone who is seeing the issues can try them out. Thanks. I noticed your comment about the no swap situation "#26: Per von Zweigbergk ... 2 Aug 2010 20:15

[2.6.35-rc6+] zsh: corrupt history file /home/wfg/.zsh_history
Hello, After upgrading kernel, I got this message on every boot: zsh: corrupt history file /home/wfg/.zsh_history The .zsh_history seem to always contain some rubbish text/binary viminfo data. The content is different on each boot. Last working kernel is 2.6.33. The kernel is built from Jul 30's Lin... 2 Aug 2010 20:15

[PATCH]scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c Fix warning: value computed is not used
The below patch fixes some warning messages Im getting when doing make nconfig make nconfig HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.o scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c: In function 'print_in_middle': scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c:170:2: warning: value computed is not used scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c: In function 'btn_dial... 2 Aug 2010 20:15

[PATCH] Preset lpj values when on VMware.
Please consider the patch below for the tip tree. Thanks ! -- When running on VMware's platform, we have seen situations where the AP's try to calibrate the lpj values and fail to get good calibration runs becasue of timing issues. As a result delays don't work correctly on all cpus. The solutions is to set pr... 2 Aug 2010 20:15

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arch/sparc/mm: Use GFP_KERNEL
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:09:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> GFP_ATOMIC is not needed here, as evidenced by the other two uses of GFP_KERNEL in the same function. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.l... 2 Aug 2010 20:15

video: igafb: introduce lost 'return'
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:34:30 +0400 Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> wrote: If iga_init() fails, code releases resources and continues to use it. It seems that after releasing resources 'return' should be. Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/video/igafb.c | 1 + ... 2 Aug 2010 20:15