[PATCH v3 0/10] KVM MMU: allow more shadow pages become asynchronous
Changlog v3: Those changes all form Avi's suggestion, thanks. - use smart way to fix the bug in patch 1 - remove duplicates code in patch 5 - check error code and fix forgot release page in patch 9 - sync shadow pages in a batch instead of one by one And, there is one TODO thing: Marker shadow page as unsy... 28 Apr 2010 00:38
linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the v9fs tree
Hi Jens, Today's linux-next merge of the block tree got a conflict in fs/9p/vfs_super.c between commit 0b2d973241f9bdbc8ed62caec42543e00ae6bd1e ("9p: VFS switches for 9p2000.L: VFS switches") from the v9fs tree and commit 0ed07ddb56d1348e5ce33f3b8de20d730351983a ("9p: add bdi backing to mount session") from the ... 27 Apr 2010 23:32
linux-next: manual merge of the block tree with the mtd tree
Hi Jens, Today's linux-next merge of the block tree got a conflict in drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c between commit b520e412faaaad35641aeedd6059179f9f1b393c ("mtd: Replace static array of devices with an idr structure") from the mtd tree and commit a33eb6b91034c95b9b08576f68be170f995b2c7d ("Move mtd_bdi_*mappable to mtd... 28 Apr 2010 03:57
[GIT PULL] perf tools changes
Hi Ingo, Please consider pulling from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 perf Regards, - Arnaldo Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (5): perf tools: Rename "kernel_info" to "machine" perf machine: Pass buffer size to machine__mmap_name perf machine: Adopt some map_groups functi... 27 Apr 2010 22:25
[PATCH 7/8] tracing: Show sample std dev in function profiling
From: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas(a)canonical.com> When combined with function graph tracing the ftrace function profiler also prints the average run time of functions. While this gives us some good information, it doesn't tell us anything about the variance of the run times of the function. This change prints out... 27 Apr 2010 22:25
[PATCH 5/8] ring-buffer: Make benchmark handle missed events
From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt(a)redhat.com> With the addition of the "missed events" flags that is stored in the commit field of the ring buffer page, the ring_buffer_benchmark was not updated to handle this. If events are missed, then the missed events flag is set in the ring buffer page, the benchmark will coun... 27 Apr 2010 22:25
[PATCH 8/8] tracing: Fix sleep time function profiling
From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt(a)redhat.com> When sleep_time is off the function profiler ignores the time that a task is scheduled out. When the task is scheduled out a timestamp is taken. When the task is scheduled back in, the timestamp is compared to the current time and the saved calltimes are adjusted accordi... 27 Apr 2010 22:25
[PATCH 0/8] [GIT PULL] tracing: various updates
Ingo, Please pull the latest tip/tracing/core tree, which can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git tip/tracing/core Chase Douglas (2): tracing: Add documentation for trace commands mod, traceon/traceoff tracing: Show sample std dev in funct... 27 Apr 2010 22:25
intel_i830_chipset_flush(): local clflush() vs. global wbinvd()
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:26:52 +0100, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich(a)novell.com> wrote: Eric, Brice, what is the point of issuing wbinvd() on all CPUs here if clflush isn't available, but using clflush() (if available) only on the current CPU? From the IA-32 architecture manuals: WBINVD: "Writes back all modi... 27 Apr 2010 20:12
drivers/staging/dt3155: Integrate 3 badly styled files into 1 clean file
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:34:28AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: Make variables static where appropriate Rename dt3155_<foo_with_long_names> variables to dt_<foo_tla> to reduce code length and make more lines fit well in 80 chars Remove now unnecessary .h files Change indent to use tabs Remove unused func... 28 Apr 2010 14:00