Kernel

[PATCH] Remove unused variable.
This patch just fixes the compiler warning: drivers/pci/quirks.c: In function 'quirk_reroute_to_boot_interrupts_intel': drivers/pci/quirks.c:1375: warning: unused variable 'i' Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle(a)suse.de> --- drivers/pci/quirks.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletion... 20 Jun 2008 11:12

x86: check command line when CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE is not set
* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel(a)gmail.com> wrote: we can not use acpi=off, acpi=noirq and pci=noacpi when mps support is not there hm, i think instead of a panic() we should print a warning and fall back to nosmp - an UP bootup should work just fine without any mptable information. Ingo -- To unsubscr... 20 Jun 2008 11:12

[1/2] memrlimit handle attach_task() failure, add can_attach() callback
This patch fixes a task migration problem reported by Kamezawa-San. This patch should fix all issues with migraiton, except for a rare condition documented in memrlimit_cgroup_move_task(). To fix that problem, we would need to add transaction properties to cgroups. The problem reported was that migrating to a... 20 Jun 2008 11:12

[0/2] memrlimit improve error handling
memrlimit cgroup does not handle error cases after may_expand_vm(). This BUG was reported by Kamezawa, with the test case below to reproduce it [root(a)iridium kamezawa]# cat /opt/cgroup/test/memrlimit.usage_in_bytes 71921664 [root(a)iridium kamezawa]# ulimit -s 3 [root(a)iridium kamezawa]# ls Killed [root(a)iridi... 20 Jun 2008 11:12

[RFC][PATCH v2] configfs: Provide variants of config_*_init_type_name() that report errors
[ applies on top of http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/12/427 ] config_item_set_name() may fail but its error code is not checked in config_*_init_type_name(). Such uses of config_*_init_type_name() are still valid as long as the new name is shorter than CONFIGFS_ITEM_NAME_LEN, but as soon as the new name is provided b... 20 Jun 2008 11:12

x86: check command line when CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE is not set
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> wrote: * Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel(a)gmail.com> wrote: we can not use acpi=off, acpi=noirq and pci=noacpi when mps support is not there hm, i think instead of a panic() we should print a warning and fall back to nosmp - an UP bootup shou... 26 Jun 2008 05:21

[2/2] memrlimit fix usage of tmp as a parameter name
Fix the variable tmp being used in write_strategy. This patch replaces tmp with val, the fact that it is an output parameter can be interpreted from the pass by reference. Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- mm/memrlimitcgroup.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 de... 20 Jun 2008 11:12

x86: simplify x86_mpparse dependency check
* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel(a)gmail.com> wrote: [PATCH] x86: simplify x86_mpparse dependency check "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro(a)linux-mips.org> said: Given X86_64 selects X86_LOCAL_APIC I am not sure the redundancy seen above does not actually obscure the logic behind... I think: d... 20 Jun 2008 12:14

[PATCH] module: reorder struct module to save space on 64 bit builds
reorder struct module to save space on 64 bit builds. saves 1 cacheline_size (128 on default x86_64 & 64 on AMD Opteron/athlon) when CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y. Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard(a)rsk.demon.co.uk> --- Patch against 2.6.26-rc6. tested & running successfully on AMD64 desktop machine. This ... 20 Jun 2008 11:12

[PATCH] x86: check command line when CONFIG_X86_MPPARSE is not set
we can not use acpi=off, acpi=noirq and pci=noacpi when mps support is not there Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel(a)gmail.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 12 ++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c | 2 ++ arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c | 2 ++ include/linux/acpi.h | 5 +++++ 4... 20 Jun 2008 11:12