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sched: SCHED_DEADLINE policy implementation.
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 20:17 +0100, Raistlin wrote: +/* + * When a -deadline task is queued back on the runqueue, its runtime and + * deadline might need updating. + * + * The policy here is that we update the deadline of the task only if: + * - the current deadline is in the past, + * - using the... 15 Apr 2010 03:44

USB: rename usb_buffer_alloc() and usb_buffer_free()
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 01:17:25PM +0200, Daniel Mack wrote: For more clearance what the functions actually do, usb_buffer_alloc() is renamed to usb_alloc_coherent() usb_buffer_free() is renamed to usb_free_coherent() They should only be used in code which really needs DMA coherency. All... 13 Apr 2010 18:28

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blkdev: generalize flags for blkdev_issue_fn functions
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 05:03:55PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: The patch just convert all blkdev_issue_xxx function to common flags. Wait/allocation semantics not changed. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov(a)openvz.org> Looks good in general. But I would re-order this to be patch 1 so you can ... 13 Apr 2010 15:04

patch blk-add-zeroout-helper.patch
Looks okayish to me, but it really needs: a) a useful patch description b) patches that introduce actual users Also why does the function have a __ prefix in the name? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More maj... 13 Apr 2010 15:04

blkdev: pass gfp_mask and flags to blkdev_issue_flush
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 05:03:54PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: In some places caller don't want to wait a request to complete. Flags make blkdev_issue_flush() more flexible. This patch just convert existing callers to new interface without chaining existing allocation/wait behavior. Looks okay to me, b... 13 Apr 2010 15:04

blkdev: add blkdev_issue helper functions
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 05:03:56PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: Move blkdev_issue_discard from blk-barrier.c because it is not barrier related. If you create a new file just for discard I would call it blk-discard.c. But I can't really be bothered too much about the placement of this two functions, so do wh... 13 Apr 2010 15:04

ext2: Move ext2_write_super() out of ext2_setup_super()
On Mon 12-04-10 22:41:44, Jan Blunck wrote: Move ext2_write_super() out of ext2_setup_super() as a preparation for the next patch that adds a new lock for superblock fields. Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck(a)suse.de> --- fs/ext2/super.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deleti... 13 Apr 2010 15:04

mx5: Add USB support for Freescale MX51 Babbage
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:10:29AM -0500, Dinh.Nguyen(a)freescale.com wrote: This patch updates the clocks, gpios, iomuxing and device structures for enabling USB Host functionality on Freescale MX51 Babbage HW. This patch applies to 2.6.34-rc4. Signed-off-by: Dinh Nguyen <Dinh.Nguyen(a)freescale.com> --... 14 Apr 2010 03:19

mx5: Add USB Host1 port registration
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:10:28AM -0500, Dinh.Nguyen(a)freescale.com wrote: diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mx5/usb_h1.c b/arch/arm/mach-mx5/usb_h1.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..23ae336 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mx5/usb_h1.c @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +/* + * Copyright (C) 2010 Freescale Semicon... 13 Apr 2010 13:56