Kernel

[GIT PULL] V2 kdb / early debug (1 of 2) for 2.6.34
Linus please pull the kdb-merge tree which merges the kdb front end into the kernel debug core for 7 architectures. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb.git kdb-merge --- Notes for Linus --- V2 of the pull request fixed up the patches per the input maintainer's comments, and t... 22 Mar 2010 18:04

[GIT PULL] V2 kdb / early debug (2 of 2) for 2.6.34
Linus please pull the dbg-early-merge tree which merges in the capability for early debugging for the x86 architecture. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/linux-2.6-kgdb.git dbg-early-merge --- Notes for Linus --- V2 of the pull request contains no changes other than to rebase on top of th... 1 Mar 2010 00:26

MFD: TWL4030: introduce remove_script function
Hi Mike, On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:16:30AM -0600, mturquette(a)gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Turquette <mturquette(a)ti.com> New function twl4030_remove_script(u8 flags) takes a script type as defined in twl.h and prevents any script already loaded in that position from running. This is accomplished by p... 28 Feb 2010 18:57

[RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: add extended scheduling interface.
Add the interface bits needed for supporting scheduling algorithms with extended parameters (e.g., SCHED_DEADLINE). In fact, specifying a periodic/sporadic task that executes for a given amount of runtime at each instance, and that is scheduled according to the usrgency of their own timing constraints needs, in ge... 28 Feb 2010 14:28

relay: move remove_buf_file inside relay_close_buf
On Sat, Feb 27 2010, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: Currently remove_buf_file callback is called from from kobject release method. This result in follow issue: # blktrace -d /dev/sda1 -d /dev/sda -o test blktrace_setup() dir = create_dir() rchan = relay_open(dir,...) ->create_buf_file_callback bu... 28 Feb 2010 14:28

blkdev: fix merge_bvec_fn return value checks
On Sat, Feb 27 2010, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: merge_bvec_fn() returns bvec->bv_len on success. So we have to check against this value. But in case of fs_optimization merge we compare with wrong value. This patch must be included in b428cd6da7e6559aca69aa2e3a526037d3f20403 But accidentally i've forgot to a... 3 Mar 2010 15:16

atang tree: make SATA Asynchronous Notification work
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier(a)gmail.com> wrote: DISCLAIMER: the fact of getting patches merged into atang tree means that from now on they will be getting updates for changes happening in atang tree and it should not be treated as an indication regarding decisions tak... 28 Feb 2010 14:28

more lockdep-RCU and RCU_FAST_NO_HZ fixes
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 09:55:05AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: Hello! This series (1) makes RCU_FAST_NO_HZ actually do the full number of iterations specified instead of just one and (2) fixes an RCU lockdep splat. Thanks, ... 1 Mar 2010 15:17

syscalls: add new COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE#N() macro
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 04:37:30PM -0500, Jason Baron wrote: Add COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE#N() macro define common compat syscalls that are not arch specific. Prepends "compat_sys_" to the syscall name to identify it. Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron(a)redhat.com> --- include/linux/syscalls.h | 7 ... 2 Mar 2010 02:26

more lockdep-RCU and RCU_FAST_NO_HZ fixes
* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: Hello! This series (1) makes RCU_FAST_NO_HZ actually do the full number of iterations specified instead of just one and (2) fixes an RCU lockdep splat. Thanks, applied. This one is pretty stubborn, it still triggers: [ 0.000000] ... 1 Mar 2010 15:17