Kernel

libata updates - (improve post-reset device ready test) regression
> Tejun Heo (12): libata: improve post-reset device ready test This commit (78ab88f04f44bed566d51dce0c7cbfeff6449a06) causes a long boot delay with my onboard Promise controller. It seems like libata probes for a nonexisting PATA drive... ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -... 7 May 2008 10:58

[PATCH 09 of 11] mm_lock-rwsem
# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea(a)qumranet.com> # Date 1210115508 -7200 # Node ID 94eaa1515369e8ef183e2457f6f25a7f36473d70 # Parent 6b384bb988786aa78ef07440180e4b2948c4c6a2 mm_lock-rwsem Convert mm_lock to use semaphores after i_mmap_lock and anon_vma_lock conversion. Signed-off-by: Andr... 7 May 2008 10:58

[PATCH 11 of 11] mmap sems
# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea(a)qumranet.com> # Date 1210115798 -7200 # Node ID eb924315351f6b056428e35c983ad28040420fea # Parent 5b2eb7d28a4517daf91b08b4dcfbb58fd2b42d0b mmap sems This patch adds a lock ordering rule to avoid a potential deadlock when multiple mmap_sems need to be locked... 7 May 2008 10:58

[PATCH 10 of 11] export zap_page_range for XPMEM
# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea(a)qumranet.com> # Date 1210115797 -7200 # Node ID 5b2eb7d28a4517daf91b08b4dcfbb58fd2b42d0b # Parent 94eaa1515369e8ef183e2457f6f25a7f36473d70 export zap_page_range for XPMEM XPMEM would have used sys_madvise() except that madvise_dontneed() returns an -EINVAL ... 7 May 2008 10:58

[PATCH 05 of 11] unmap vmas tlb flushing
# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea(a)qumranet.com> # Date 1210115131 -7200 # Node ID 20bc6a66a86ef6bd60919cc77ff51d4af741b057 # Parent 34f6a4bf67ce66714ba2d5c13a5fed241d34fb09 unmap vmas tlb flushing Move the tlb flushing inside of unmap vmas. This saves us from passing a pointer to the TLB st... 7 May 2008 10:58

[PATCH 04 of 11] free-pgtables
# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea(a)qumranet.com> # Date 1210115130 -7200 # Node ID 34f6a4bf67ce66714ba2d5c13a5fed241d34fb09 # Parent d60d200565abde6a8ed45271e53cde9c5c75b426 free-pgtables Move the tlb flushing into free_pgtables. The conversion of the locks taken for reverse map scanning wou... 7 May 2008 10:58

[PATCH 08 of 11] anon-vma-rwsem
# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea(a)qumranet.com> # Date 1210115136 -7200 # Node ID 6b384bb988786aa78ef07440180e4b2948c4c6a2 # Parent 58f716ad4d067afb6bdd1b5f7042e19d854aae0d anon-vma-rwsem Convert the anon_vma spinlock to a rw semaphore. This allows concurrent traversal of reverse maps for t... 7 May 2008 10:58

apm: make apm=power-off configurable like apm=realmode-power-off
Hi Neils, On Wed, 07 May 2008 15:55:09 +0200 Niels de Vos <niels.devos(a)wincor-nixdorf..com> wrote: On some systems (with broken BIOSes?) apm=power-off should be appended as kernel parameter. apm=realmode-power-off is configurable during compile-time. apm=power-off should be configurable likewise. ... 7 May 2008 11:47

bootmem2: Another try
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Johannes Weiner wrote: Bootmem2 is block-oriented where a block represents a contiguous range of physical memory. Every block has a bitmap that keeps track of the pages on it. Yes, that one sounds fairly sane. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubsc... 7 May 2008 10:58

[PATCH 07 of 11] i_mmap_rwsem
# HG changeset patch # User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea(a)qumranet.com> # Date 1210115135 -7200 # Node ID 58f716ad4d067afb6bdd1b5f7042e19d854aae0d # Parent 0621238970155f8ff2d60ca4996dcdd470f9c6ce i_mmap_rwsem The conversion to a rwsem allows notifier callbacks during rmap traversal for files. A rw style lock also... 7 May 2008 10:58