Kernel

[PATCH] [Bug 16494] NFS client over TCP hangs due to packet loss
I don't know whether this patch is the correct fix or not but it enables the NFS client to recover. Kernel version: 2.6.34.1 and 2.6.32. Fixes <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16494>. It clears down any previous shutdown attempts so that reconnects on a socket that's been shutdown leave the socket ... 3 Aug 2010 04:54

kexec: set prstatus.pr_pid to cpu id when current->pid is 0
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 15:37, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm(a)xmission.com> wrote: Hui Zhu <teawater(a)gmail.com> writes: Hi, I found that from gdb 7.1 to gdb-cvs-head cannot analyze the core file that get from kdump. What I got: [New <main task>] [New Thread 2719] ../../src/gdb/thread.c... 3 Aug 2010 04:54

kexec: set prstatus.pr_pid to cpu id when current->pid is 0
Hui Zhu <teawater(a)gmail.com> writes: Hi, I found that from gdb 7.1 to gdb-cvs-head cannot analyze the core file that get from kdump. What I got: [New <main task>] [New Thread 2719] ../../src/gdb/thread.c:884: internal-error: switch_to_thread: Assertion `inf != NULL' failed. A problem int... 3 Aug 2010 03:49

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[PATCH -v3] x86: Setup early console as early as possible
Analyze "console=uart8250,io,0x3f8,115200n8" in i386_start_kernel/x86_64_start_kernel, and call setup_early_serial8250_console() to init early serial console. only can handle io port kind of 8250. because mmio need ioremap. -v2: use boot_params.hdr.version instead of adding another variable, Suggested by hpa ... 3 Aug 2010 03:49

New EPOLL flag: EPOLLHEAD
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Li Yu wrote: This patch introduces to new epoll flag EPOLLHEAD. Using this flag, the trigged events will be insert at head of ready events linked list, so they likely can be processed earlier in user space. In fact, this is the most simplest events priority, is it right? If you have such a h... 4 Aug 2010 02:47

how about KBUILD_MODNAME
I don't understand the macro KBUILD_MODNAME . when I compile a driver program. It returns me "linux/pci.h:655: error: 'KBUILD_MODNAME' undeclared (first use in this function) " In the makefile I had used the "-D" options thanks a lot 2010-08-03 hacklu -- To unsubscribe from this list: se... 3 Aug 2010 08:08

[git pull] spi tree
Hi Linus, Here are the spi driver changes queued up for 2.6.36. Cheers, g. The following changes since commit 9fe6206f400646a2322096b56c59891d530e8d51: Linus Torvalds (1): Linux 2.6.35 are available in the git repository at: git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 next-spi Anatolij Gustsch... 3 Aug 2010 03:49

ACPI: skip checking BM_STS if the BIOS doesn't ask for it
On Mon 2010-07-26 19:51:29, Len Brown wrote: From: Len Brown <len.brown(a)intel.com> upstream 718be4aaf3613cf7c2d097f925abc3d3553c0605 It turns out that there is a bit in the _CST for Intel FFH C3 that tells the OS if we should be checking BM_STS or not. Linux has been unconditionally checking ... 3 Aug 2010 03:49

kvm cleanup: Introduce sibling_pte and do cleanup for reverse map and parent_pte
On 08/03/2010 05:30 AM, Lai Jiangshan wrote: This patch is just a big cleanup. it reduces 220 lines of code. It introduces sibling_pte array for tracking identical sptes, so the identical sptes can be linked as a single linked list by their corresponding sibling_pte. A reverse map or a parent_pte point... 3 Aug 2010 05:58