Kernel

latent problem in free_init_pages()
The calls to set_memory_rw() and set_memory_np() that both of you added for 2.6.25 imply that both "begin" and "end" are page aligned. This isn't the case, however, for the initrd and SMP locks. While at present this doesn't appear to do any harm, it partly subverts the debugging effect of the latter change and wou... 19 Mar 2010 10:46

[RESEND PATCH][tip:sched/core] sched: clean AFFINE_WAKEUPS feature
complementary work to commit beac4c7e4a1cc6d57801f690e5e82fa2c9c245c8 Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang(a)windriver.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault(a)gmx.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> --- kernel/sched_features.h | 8 -------- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+),... 19 Mar 2010 05:59

sched: clean AFFINE_WAKEUPS feature
git config suppress cc, add it manually. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 05:12:41PM +0800, Yong Zhang wrote: complementary work to commit beac4c7e4a1cc6d57801f690e5e82fa2c9c245c8 Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang(a)windriver.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault(a)gmx.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> Cc: Pet... 19 Mar 2010 05:59

can: add support for Janz VMOD-ICAN3 Intelligent CAN module
Hi Ira, we already discussed this patch on the SocketCAN mailing list and there are just a few minor issues and the request to add support for the new "berr-reporting" option, if feasible. See: commit 52c793f24054f5dc30d228e37e0e19cc8313f086 Author: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg(a)grandegger.com> Date: Mon Fe... 30 Mar 2010 05:02

[PATCH] Fix ecryptfs related OOPs after umount
Hi, the following patch removes a d_drop in ecryptfs that is bogus IMHO. This d_drop unhashes a perfectly valid and reachable dentry in the lower FS. The patch fixes this perfectly reproducible kernel oops: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10907 It and may or may not be related to this ecryp... 19 Mar 2010 04:54

[tip:perf/core] perf, x86: Fix key indexing in Pentium-4 PMU
Commit-ID: 40b7e05e17eef31ff30fe08dfc2424ef653a792c Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/40b7e05e17eef31ff30fe08dfc2424ef653a792c Author: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin(a)intel.com> AuthorDate: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:28:58 +0800 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> CommitDate: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:23:17 +0100 perf, x8... 19 Mar 2010 04:54

hpet: convert from ACPI to PNP driver
Bjorn Helgaas wrote: Clemens, if you like these, Yes. will you take care of merging them, or do I need to shepherd them through some other path? I don't have a tree for this; HPET patches are usually picked up by akpm. Regards, Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscrib... 19 Mar 2010 13:12

block: remove 16 bytes of padding from struct request on 64bits
On Thu, Mar 18 2010, Richard Kennedy wrote: Remove alignment padding to shrink struct request from 336 to 320 bytes so needing one fewer cacheline and therefore removing 48 bytes from struct request_queue. Thanks Richard, applied. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsub... 19 Mar 2010 04:54

[PATCH] perf, x86: Fix key index in Pentium-4 PMU
Index 0-6 in p4_templates are reserved for common hardware events. So p4_templates is arranged as below, 0 - 6: common hardware events 7 - N: cache events N+1 - ...: other raw events Reported-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov(a)openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin(a)intel.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/per... 19 Mar 2010 04:54

ACPI, APEI, use general HEST tabling parsing in AER firmware_first setup
Hi, Len, What do you think about this patchset? Best Regards, Huang Ying On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 14:57 +0800, Huang, Ying wrote: Changelog: v3: - Move pcie_aer_get_firmware_first into aerdrv_acpi.c, and make aer_set_firmware_first static in aerdrv_acpi.c. This makes external interface... 19 Mar 2010 04:54