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[PATCH 3/4] perf tui: Introduce list_head based generic ui_browser refresh routine
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> So that building other browser based on structures linked via a linked list can be as easy as it is already for the ones linked via an rb_tree. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault(a)gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.o... 6 Aug 2010 22:34

[PATCH 1/4] perf probe: Fix to copy the type for raw parameters
From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt(a)hitachi.com> Copy type field if it is for raw parameters. Without this fix, perf probe drops the type if user passes it for raw parameters (e.g. %ax:u32 will be converted to %ax). Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus(a)samba.org> Cc: ... 6 Aug 2010 22:34

x86, apic: Map the local apic when parsing the MP table.
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa(a)zytor.com> writes: On 08/06/2010 05:08 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: this change is not needed, it will break: 1. found mptable, but is using default contruct path. 2. visws path, found found mptable, but get_smp_conf is not called. YH I'm not sure the above is decipherable... 6 Aug 2010 23:39

[ANNOUNCE] BFS CPU scheduler v0.323 for 2.6.35
This is to announce the availability of the updated BFS CPU scheduler for linux kernel v2.6.35. http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/2.6.35-sched-bfs-323.patch General BFS documentation: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/sched-BFS.txt This will be included in 2.6.35-ck1 which is to be announced shortly... 6 Aug 2010 21:28

[ANNOUNCE] 2.6.35-ck1
These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity with specific emphasis on the desktop, but suitable to any workload. Apply to 2.6.35: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/2.6/2.6.35/2.6.35-ck1/patch-2.6.35-ck1.bz2 Broken out tarball: http://www.kernel.org/... 6 Aug 2010 21:28

Oops in trace_hardirqs_on (powerpc)
Hi, I've built my 2.6.35 with tracing support and now, I'm getting continuously oops'. It seems to happen on high process activity. [ 52.336371] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode [ 52.347616] device eth0 left promiscuous mode [ 55.240663] Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0xbf... 6 Aug 2010 21:28

platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of assuming platform_bus_type
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 05:12:41PM -0700, Patrick Pannuto wrote: In theory (although not *yet* in practice), a driver being passed to platform_driver_probe might have driver.bus set to something other than platform_bus_type. Locking drv->driver.bus is always correct. Signed-off-by: Patrick Pannuto <p... 6 Aug 2010 21:28

West Bridge Astoria Driver 2.6.35
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 04:23:36PM -0700, David Cross wrote: Re-Re-Re-Re-sending with unnecessary files removed and line wrap turned off in new email client. The last one did include a Signed-off-by: at the end, I believe, and I am re-including here. Please let me know if there are formatting issues with th... 6 Aug 2010 21:28

[PATCH] platform: Use drv->driver.bus instead of assuming platform_bus_type
In theory (although not *yet* in practice), a driver being passed to platform_driver_probe might have driver.bus set to something other than platform_bus_type. Locking drv->driver.bus is always correct. Signed-off-by: Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto(a)codeaurora.org> --- drivers/base/platform.c | 4 ++-- 1 files c... 6 Aug 2010 20:23

x86, apic: Map the local apic when parsing the MP table.
On 08/05/2010 05:15 PM, tip-bot for Eric W. Biederman wrote: Commit-ID: 5989cd6a1cbf86587edcc856791f960978087311 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/5989cd6a1cbf86587edcc856791f960978087311 Author: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm(a)xmission.com> AuthorDate: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 13:30:27 -0700 Committer: H. ... 6 Aug 2010 22:34