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How to unload a module? (Was: [dm-devel] rqdm: bad usage of dm_get/dm_put)
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Kiyoshi Ueda wrote: Hi Mikulas, On 02/25/2010 07:33 AM +0900, Mikulas Patocka wrote: Indeed, we shouldn't use the current dm_put() in any interrupt-context. But the "mapped_device" can disappear in request-based dm while there is a request after all bios complete, ... 26 Feb 2010 16:27

mmc: at91_mci: fix pointer errors
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 07:39:29PM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote: From: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues(a)auerswald.de> Fixes two pointer errors, one which leads to memory overwrites if used with large chunks of data. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues(a)auerswald.de> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferr... 26 Feb 2010 16:27

[GIT PULL for 2.6.33-rc1] V4L/DVB updates
The following changes since commit 60b341b778cc2929df16c0a504c91621b3c6a4ad: Linus Torvalds (1): Linux 2.6.33 are available in the git repository at: ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6.git v4l_for_linus Abylay Ospan (3): V4L/DVB (13936): 22-kHz set_tone fix ... 26 Feb 2010 15:20

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I'm doing some research into usage of sched_yield() with the hope of coming up with some best practices and possibly some improved alternatives using futexes. I found the following thread on the subject: CFS: new java yield graphs http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/25/463 It presents a nice set of data collected re... 26 Feb 2010 15:20

[PATCH 2/4] dlm: send reply before bast
When the lock master processes a successful operation (request, convert, cancel, or unlock), it will process the effects of the change before sending the reply for the operation. The "effects" of the operation are: - blocking callbacks (basts) for any newly granted locks - waiting or converting locks that can n... 26 Feb 2010 15:20

[PATCH 0/4] dlm patches for 2.6.34
Hi, Reposting the dlm patches for the 2.6.34 merge. The patch "dlm: send reply before bast" is expanded slightly to cover the cancel and unlock cases the same way that convert and request have been fixed. There's a fourth patch added that makes the debugfs bast mode more useful for debugging these conditions. ... 26 Feb 2010 15:20

time: add wait_interruptible_timeout macro to sleep (w. timeout) until wake_up
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 06:33:57PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote: W dniu 26 lutego 2010 17:14 użytkownik Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org> napisał: On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:38:59 +0100 Rafa Miecki <zajec5(a)gmail.com> wrote: +#define wait_interruptible_timeout(wq, timeout)     \ +({  ... 26 Feb 2010 14:13

[GIT PULL][RESEND] tracing/core updates
Ingo, Please pull the tracing/core branch that can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing.git tracing/core Thanks, Frederic --- Heiko Carstens (3): tracing/kprobes: Make Kconfig dependencies generic s390: Add pt_regs register and stack access AP... 26 Feb 2010 14:13

[GIT PULL] kmemcheck fixes for 2.6.34-rc1
Hi Linus, Vegard has been rather quiet recently so I've picked up kmemcheck until he returns. Here's a small kmemcheck/kmemleak integration fixlet from Catalin Marinas. Pekka The following changes since commit 6ebdc661b608671e9ca572af8bb42d58108cc008: Linus Torvalds (1): ... 26 Feb 2010 13:03

[PATCH 1/7] mmc: at91_mci: fix pointer errors
From: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues(a)auerswald.de> Fixes two pointer errors, one which leads to memory overwrites if used with large chunks of data. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues(a)auerswald.de> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre(a)atmel.com> --- drivers/mmc/host/at91_mci.c | 8 +++++---... 26 Feb 2010 13:03