use acpi_idle_enter_simple if bm_check && !.bm_control
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:12:41PM +0800, Luming Yu wrote: I came across acpi processor idle driver, noticed that we can cut a bit overhead at C3 entry that can improve C3 residency a bit, especially when it has similar kernel config as old RHEL 5 kernel (2.6.18) on systems with as many as 64 logical CPUs... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
uml: Fix warning due to missing task_struct declaration
Jeff Dike wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:09:49PM +0800, Amerigo Wang wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:53:06PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote: We can't pull in linux/sched.h, so just declare the struct. Did you meet any build error? If yes, please include it. What does this patch fix, aside from... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
[PATCH 2/5] uml: Drop private round_down definition
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 04:35:52PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Amerigo Wang wrote: Shouldn't this signal.c #include <linux/kernel.h>? Well, it gets included implicitly through uaccess.h -> sched.h -> kernel.h. You're depending on the internal details of uaccess.h and sched.h. I... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
Staging: comedi: fix EXPORT_SYMBOL(FOO) coding style issues in ni_labpc.c
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 05:49:08PM +0100, Maurice Dawson wrote: This is a re-submitted patch to the ni_labpc.c file that fixes EXPORT_SYMBOL(FOO) warnings found by the checkpatch.pl tool Signed-off-by: Maurice Dawson <mauricedawson2699(a)googlemail.com> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc.c | 3... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
trace-cmd: make Makefile rpm-friendly
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Update Makefile to support rpmbuild DESTDIR usage. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> --- Makefile | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- trace-cmd-0.7.0.orig/Makefile +++ trace-cmd-0.7.0/Makefile @@ -18,10 +18,1... 20 Apr 2010 16:11
[PATCH] Fix infinite loop in get_futex_key when backed by huge pages
If a futex key happens to be located within a huge page mapped MAP_PRIVATE, get_futex_key() can go into an infinite loop waiting for a page->mapping that will never exist. This was reported and documented in an external bugzilla at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552257 This patch makes page->mappin... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
ACPI: DMI init_set_sci_en_on_resume for multiple Lenovo ThinkPads
On Tuesday 20 April 2010, Matthew Garrett wrote: On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:18:56PM -0500, Jerone Young wrote: I could agree, but the only issue is if you go to the thinkpad-acpi or ibm-acpi mailing list they would probably disagree as there have been updates to the bios in the past required for p... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
[PULL REQUEST] Quota fix for 2.6.34-rc5
Hello Linus, could you please pull from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6.git for_linus to get: Jan Kara (1): quota: Convert __DQUOT_PARANOIA symbol to standard config option The diffstat is fs/quota/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++ fs/quota/dquot.c | 16 +++++++-... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
[PATCH v3] x86: Do not write into VGA memory space if there is no VGA device in the system
Ensure that early_printk() does not write into VGA memory space if there is not VGA device in the system. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck(a)ericsson.com> --- v3: Changes are now limited to early_printk.c. Functionality is retained, meaning there will still be output on the VGA console before setup_ear... 20 Apr 2010 16:10
rx interrupt in userspace
Hi , When flooding of network packets happens on network card , my linux embedded box becomes unrepsonsive because softirq_rx eats up hell a lot of CPU . I want top half of tx interrupt to be in User space . I want to implement some alogoritm in userspace to drop packets on high flooding and to keep other ... 20 Apr 2010 16:10