Kernel

[PATCH 02/15] oprofile: remove EXPERIMENTAL from the config option description
OProfile is already used for a long time and no longer experimental. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter(a)amd.com> --- arch/Kconfig | 2 +- init/Kconfig | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 25e69f7..d677872 100644 --- a/arch/... 26 Feb 2010 13:03

[PATCH 04/15] oprofile/x86: remove node check in AMD IBS initialization
Standard AMD systems have the same number of nodes as there are northbridge devices. However, there may kernel configurations (especially for 32 bit) or system setups exist, where the node number is different or it can not be detected properly. Thus the check is not reliable and may fail though IBS setup was fine. ... 26 Feb 2010 13:03

[PATCH 07/15] oprofile/x86: implement randomization for IBS periodic op counter
IBS selects an op (execution operation) for sampling by counting either cycles or dispatched ops. Better statistical samples can be produced by adding a software generated random offset to the periodic op counter value with each sample. This patch adds software randomization to the IBS periodic op counter. The l... 26 Feb 2010 13:03

[PATCH 01/15] oprofile: remove tracing build dependency
The commit 1155de4 ring-buffer: Make it generally available already made ring-buffer available without the TRACING option enabled. This patch removes the TRACING dependency from oprofile. Fixes also oprofile configuration on ia64. The patch also applies to the 2.6.32-stable kernel. Reported-by: Tony Jo... 26 Feb 2010 13:03

[GIT 0/3] x86: remove kmap_atomic_pte paravirt op
The following changes since commit c1fd1b43831fa20c91cdd461342af8edf2e87c2f: Pekka Enberg (1): x86, mm: Unify kernel_physical_mapping_init() API are available in the git repository at: git://xenbits.xensource.com/people/ianc/linux-2.6.git for-x86/mm Ian Campbell (3): xen: disable highmem P... 26 Feb 2010 13:03

backlight, classmate-laptop: fix missing registration failure handling
If Richard applies my patch to rework backlight registration, this won't apply. Richard, what's the situation there? -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59(a)srcf.ucam.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at... 26 Feb 2010 11:55

[tip:perf/core] perf_event: Fix preempt warning in perf_clock()
Commit-ID: 24691ea964cc0123e386b661e03a86a481c6ee79 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/24691ea964cc0123e386b661e03a86a481c6ee79 Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:36:23 +0100 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> CommitDate: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:25:00 +0100 pe... 26 Feb 2010 11:54

[PATCH] perf_event: Fix preempt warning in perf_clock()
A recent commit introduced a preemption warning for perf_clock(), use raw_smp_processor_id() to avoid this, it really doesn't matter which cpu we use here. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> CC: stable(a)kernel.org LKML-Reference: <new-submission> --- Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c =... 26 Feb 2010 10:45

umh && creds: kill sub_info->cred
Oleg Nesterov <oleg(a)redhat.com> wrote: (on top of kmod-replace-call_usermodehelper_pipe-with-use-of-umh-init-function-and-resolve-limit.patch) Can you send me this patch? Your patches as they stand don't apply to the latest Linus tree. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe li... 26 Feb 2010 11:55

[PATCH 08/14] dell-laptop: Blacklist machines not supporting dell-laptop
From: Mario Limonciello <superm1(a)ubuntu.com> The Mini family doesn't support smbios 17,11 although it reports it does. Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <superm1(a)ubuntu.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner(a)canonical.com> --- drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++... 26 Feb 2010 10:45