Kernel

[PATCH] ia64: ptrace: kill thread_matches()
Trivial. thread_matches() has no callers since e868a55c2a8cb72b66d7137fbcc54b82016e98eb, remove it. Ironically, this helper is the only user of ptrace_check_attach() outside of kernel/ptrace.c, and it was always wrong because it must not use "might_sleep" ptrace_check_attach() under tasklist. Signed-off-by: Ol... 23 Feb 2010 13:34

[PATCH] scripts/get_maintainer.pl: Fix possible infinite loop
If MAINTAINERS section entries are misformatted, it was possible to have an infinite loop. Correct the defect by always moving at least one entry forward in parsing the MAINTAINERS file. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> --- scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(... 23 Feb 2010 13:34

vhost: fix get_user_pages_fast error handling
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 06:57:58PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: get_user_pages_fast returns number of pages on success, negative value on failure, but never 0. Fix vhost code to match this logic. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst(a)redhat.com> --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 3 ++- 1 files ... 24 Feb 2010 03:09

[PATCH 0/3] vhost: logging fixes
The following patches on top of net-next fix issues related to write logging in vhost. This fixes all known to me logging issues, migration now works for me while under stress in both TX and RX directions. Rusty's going on vacation, I am guessing he won't have time to review this: Gleb, Juan, Herbert, could one of ... 23 Feb 2010 12:26

[PATCH 3/3] vhost: fix get_user_pages_fast error handling
get_user_pages_fast returns number of pages on success, negative value on failure, but never 0. Fix vhost code to match this logic. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst(a)redhat.com> --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/dr... 23 Feb 2010 12:26

[PATCH - next] MAINTAINERS: Telegent tlg2300 section fix
linux-next commit 2ff8223957d901999bf76aaf2c6183e33a6ad14e exposes an infinite loop defect in scripts/get_maintainer.pl Fix the incorrect format of the MAINTAINERS "M:" entries. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> --- diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 57305f6..e633460 100644 --- a/MAINTAI... 23 Feb 2010 12:25

[PATCH 2/3] vhost: initialize log eventfd context pointer
vq log eventfd context pointer needs to be initialized, otherwise operation may fail or oops if log is enabled but log eventfd not set by userspace. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst(a)redhat.com> --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vh... 23 Feb 2010 12:25

Testing for dirty buffers on a block device
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Jens Axboe wrote: P.S.: Jens, given a pointer to a struct gendisk or to a struct request_queue, is there a good way to tell whether there any dirty buffers for that device waiting to be written out? This is for purposes of runtime power management -- in the initial implementa... 25 Feb 2010 18:14

iTCO_wdt: Don't stop on shutdown with nowayout
On 23/02/10 15:40, Simon Kagstrom wrote: Currently, the watchdog is turned off when the system shuts down or the module is unloaded. If nowayout has been selected, this makes no sense and fails to restart the system if it hangs during reboot, so make it conditional. Signed-off-by: Simon Kagstrom<simon... 8 Mar 2010 03:11

pps: LinuxPPS clients support.
On 02/23/10 04:40, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: Each PPS source can be registered/deregistered into the system by using special modules called "clients". They simply define the PPS sources' attributes and implement the time signal registartion mechanism. This patch adds a special directory for such client... 23 Feb 2010 12:25