Kernel

[PATCH 12/43] workqueue: merge feature parameters into flags
Currently, __create_workqueue_key() takes @singlethread and @freezeable paramters and store them separately in workqueue_struct. Merge them into a single flags parameter and field and use WQ_FREEZEABLE and WQ_SINGLE_THREAD. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj(a)kernel.org> --- include/linux/workqueue.h | 25 +++++++++... 26 Feb 2010 07:26

time: add wait_interruptible_timeout macro to sleep (w. timeout) until wake_up
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Rafał Miłecki wrote: Forwarding to ppl I could often notice in git log time.h And how is this related to time.h ? ---------- Wiadomość przekazana dalej ---------- From: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5(a)gmail.com> Date: 21 lutego 2010 15:10 Subject: [PATCH][RFC] time: add wait_interr... 26 Feb 2010 07:26

[PATCH] hvc_console: Fix a race between hvc_close and hvc_remove
Alan pointed out a race in the code where hvc_remove is invoked. The recent virtio_console work is the first user of hvc_remove(). Alan describes it thus: The hvc_console assumes that a close and remove call can't occur at the same time. In addition tty_hangup(tty) is problematic as tty_hangup is asynchronou... 26 Feb 2010 07:26

2.6.33-ck1
These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity with specific emphasis on the desktop, but suitable to any workload. Apply to 2.6.33: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/2.6/2.6.33/2.6.33- ck1/patch-2.6.33-ck1.bz2 Broken out tarball: http://www.kernel.org/... 26 Feb 2010 07:26

BFS cpu scheduler v0.315 for 2.6.33
The BFS cpu scheduler designed for optimum desktop performance is now available for 2.6.33: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/bfs/2.6.33-sched-bfs-315.patch It is almost unchanged from the previous versions apart from a miniscule tweak to sched yield to improve performance of games that use sched yield when under... 26 Feb 2010 07:26

New thread: page allocation failure with E1000 (seems to be reproducible)
Hi all, this is a re-send of my original email to e1000-devel(a)lists.sf.net. It includes all information at once and is sent to LKML as well. I am CC'ing Andrew Pochinsky because http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/10/3 is related. I deployed Bacula storage director (i.e. a backup target) on a machine which has be... 8 Mar 2010 13:02

memory leak in case of Kernel module
Hi all, I need small clarification, If I have a kernel module and in init I create some memory using vmalloc. and i do not free it. I exit from the module. what happen to this allocated memory. Will kernel handle it and do free. Regards Naveen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe... 26 Feb 2010 07:26

KVM: SVM: Use svm_msrpm_offset in nested_svm_exit_handled_msr
On 02/25/2010 07:15 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote: There is a generic function now to calculate msrpm offsets. Use that function in nested_svm_exit_handled_msr() remove the duplicate logic. Hm, if the function would also calculate the mask, then it would be useful for set_msr_interception() as well. ... 26 Feb 2010 06:20

KVM: SVM: Move msrpm offset calculation to seperate function
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:20:10PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: On 02/25/2010 07:15 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote: The algorithm to find the offset in the msrpm for a given msr is needed at other places too. Move that logic to its own function. #define MAX_INST_SIZE 15 @@ -417,23 +439,22 @@ err_... 26 Feb 2010 06:20

[tip:x86/irq] x86: apic: Fix mismerge, add arch_probe_nr_irqs() again
Commit-ID: f6a929eb62ef43cae16ba6d4e2c64b4e430fe7a4 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/f6a929eb62ef43cae16ba6d4e2c64b4e430fe7a4 Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:17:16 +0100 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> CommitDate: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:17:16 +0100 x86: apic: F... 26 Feb 2010 06:20