[PATCH 0/8] lockup detector changes
This patch series covers mostly the changes necessary for combining the nmi_watchdog and softlockup code. Also added are the cleanups associated with the change, like removing the old files. The changelogs in each patch are more specific to what the changes are. Don Zickus (8): [watchdog] combine nmi_watchd... 23 Apr 2010 21:06
[PATCH 5/8] [x86] watchdog: move trigger_all_cpu_backtrace to its own die_notifier
As part of the transition of the nmi watchdog to something more generic, the trigger_all_cpu_backtrace code is getting left behind. Put it in its own die_notifier so it can still be used. V2: - use arch_spin_locks Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus(a)redhat.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c | 65 +++++... 23 Apr 2010 21:06
[000/197] 2.6.32.12-stable review
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:18:57PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.32.12 release. There are 197 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should... 23 Apr 2010 21:06
lib: introduce common method to convert hex digits
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org> wrote: This patch series turned up two days before the 2.6.33 release, which is fairly exactly the time when non-bugfixes won't get looked at!  I stored it all away for consideration after we've finished the 2.6.34-rc1 merge scrambl... 2 May 2010 15:21
i915_do_wait_request BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:24:25 +0200 Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi Just tried to boot current vanilla upstream kernel - and got pretty ugly oops. Here is serial console catch after X-startup: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) IP: [<fffffff... 23 Apr 2010 17:52
suppress warning: ‘quotatypes’ defined but not used
Hello, There is unused (in some cases) pointer in dquot.c fs/quota/dquot.c:135: warning: ‘quotatypes’ defined but not used which is referenced only when #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG or #ifdef CONFIG_PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING My proposal is to wrap declaration in "if defined(CONFIG_QUOTA_DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_PR... 23 Apr 2010 17:51
[RFC][PATCH 1/4] perf: core, add group scheduling transactional APIs
Add group scheduling transactional APIs to struct pmu. These APIs will be implemented in arch code, based on Peter's idea as below. the idea behind hw_perf_group_sched_in() is to not perform schedulability tests on each event in the group, but to add the group as a whole and then perform one test. O... 23 Apr 2010 17:51
34-rc4-mmotm0415 - OOPS in nouveau driver
Dell Latitude E6500, with NVidia graphics: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98M [Quadro NVS 160M] (rev a1) http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/15/image/a/warn/ Nice 6116x7014 jpeg on there. Opened it in firefox, and it opened the squished up fit-in-window version. Click... 23 Apr 2010 17:51
[RFC][PATCH 0/4] perf: remove __weak function hw_perf_group_sched_in()
Hi, all From the discussion of thread "[RFC] perf_events: support for uncore a.k.a. nest units", in order to support multiple hw pmu, Peter suggested the first thing that needs to be done is get rid of all the __weak functions (with exception of perf_callchain*, since that really is arch specific), includes ... 23 Apr 2010 17:51
i2c-algo-pca: fix all coding style issues in i2c-algo-pca.c
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:57:38 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: Hi Farid, thanks for this approach. Have you checked that the binary is the same before/after your patch? If so, please mention in your patch description. Also, always keep in mind that checkpatch helps to make code readable. Some of your ch... 23 Apr 2010 17:51