Kernel

[PATCH tip/core/urgent 4/5] NFSv4: Fix the locking in nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation()
From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust(a)netapp.com> Ensure that we correctly rcu-dereference the delegation itself, and that we protect against removal while we're changing the contents. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust(a)netapp.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells(a)redhat.com> Signed-off-by:... 23 Apr 2010 21:15

[PATCH tip/core/urgent 1/5] rcu: Fix RCU lockdep splat in set_task_cpu on fork path
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> Add an RCU read-side critical section to suppress this false positive. Located-by: Eric Paris <eparis(a)parisplace.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/sched.c | 10 +++++... 23 Apr 2010 21:15

[PATCH tip/core/urgent] fix several lockdep splats, allow multiple splats
Hello! This patchset contains four RCU lockdep splat fixes, courtesy of David Howells, Peter Zijlstra, and Trond Myklebust, as well as an enhancement by Lai Jiangshan that permits collecting more than one RCU lockdep splat per boot. Thanx, Paul --------------------------------------------------------... 23 Apr 2010 21:15

[PATCH -tip 2/4] perf probe: Fix to use symtab only if no debuginfo
Fix perf probe to use symtab only if there is no debuginfo, because debuginfo has more precise information than symtab. If we can't find a function in debuginfo, we never find it in symtab. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Paul Mac... 23 Apr 2010 21:15

[PATCH -tip 3/4] perf probe: Fix to exit callback soon after finding too many probe points
Fix to exit callback soon after finding too many probe points. Don't try to continue searching because it already failed. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus(a)samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> ... 23 Apr 2010 21:15

[PATCH -tip 1/4] [BUGFIX] perf tools: Initialize dso->node member in dso__new
If dso->node member is not initilized, it causes a segmentation fault when adding to other lists. It should be initilized in dso__new(). Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus(a)samba... 23 Apr 2010 21:15

ARM: ftrace: add ENDPROC annotations
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 08:45:46AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:19:42PM +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote: .globl ftrace_stub -ftrace_stub: +ENTRY(ftrace_stub) ENTRY does the .globl for you, so please kill your own version. Updated patch below. From ... 23 Apr 2010 21:15

[PATCH] arm: mxc: utilise usecount field in clock operations
clk->usecount can be used by platform code to check if a clock is active or not. Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria(a)canonical.com> --- arch/arm/plat-mxc/clock.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/clock.c b/a... 23 Apr 2010 21:14

-V3 Add MFD driver for TPS6507x family of multi-function chips and move TPS6507x regulator driver from being stand-alone to using the MFD driver.
Todd Fischer <todd.fischer(a)ridgerun.com> writes: Add MFD driver for TPS6507x family of multi-function chips. Move TPS6507x regulator driver from being stand-alone driver to using the MFD TPS6507x driver. Signed-off-by: Todd Fischer <todd.fischer(a)ridgerun.com> [...] Not sure whose tree this is queu... 10 May 2010 10:57

core: workque: workqueue recursion when unplugging usb WCDMA modem on 2.6.32 kernel
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:27:55PM -0700, YuPing Luo wrote: Hi, I have one ARM11-based board, while upgrading the kernel from 27 to 32, got the workqueue recursion warning almost, and the console get lost. While the issue can be resolved by applying the patch "[PATCH v2] core: workqueue: return on wor... 23 Apr 2010 21:14