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[PATCH 02/10 -v3][RFC] tracepoints: Add check trace callback type
From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers(a)efficios.com> This check is meant to be used by tracepoint users which do a direct cast of callbacks to (void *) for direct registration, thus bypassing the register_trace_##name and unregister_trace_##name checks. This permits to ensure that the callback type matches ... 10 May 2010 23:12

[PATCH -mm 2/3] Documentation: update scatterlist struct description in DMA-API-HOWTO
Now we have <asm-generic/scatterlist.h>. Architectures should use it instead of inventing the own scatterlist struct. Let's update the description. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> --- Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt | 17 ++++------------- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 d... 10 May 2010 23:12

[PATCH -mm 1/3] Documentation: add SCSI drivers' mapping error handling to DMA-API-HOWTO
Adds the concrete DMA mapping error handling for SCSI drivers on the queuecommand path. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley(a)suse.de> --- Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/... 10 May 2010 23:12

drm/i915: Add initial bits for VGA modesetting bringup on Sandybridge.
On Mon, 10 May 2010 15:31:34 -0700, Greg KH <gregkh(a)suse.de> wrote: 2.6.33-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Eric Anholt <eric(a)anholt.net> commit bad720ff3e8e47a04bd88d9bbc8317e7d7e049d3 upstream. [needed for stable as it's just a... 10 May 2010 23:12

[PATCH -mm] remove deprecated dma_sync_single and dma_sync_sg API
Since 2.6.5, it had been commented, 'for backwards compatibility, removed in 2.7.x'. Since 2.6.31, it have been marked as __deprecated. I think that we can remove the API safely now. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> --- include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 15 --------------- 1 files... 10 May 2010 22:07

[stable-2.6.32 PATCH] ixgbe: backport bug fix for tx panic
From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg(a)intel.com> backporting this commit: commit fdd3d631cddad20ad9d3e1eb7dbf26825a8a121f Author: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2(a)in.ibm.com> Date: Wed Feb 3 13:13:10 2010 +0000 ixgbe: Fix return of invalid txq a developer had complained of getting lots of warnings: ... 10 May 2010 21:02

s3c-fb: added patch series for s5pv210 and some features.
On Fri, 7 May 2010 16:59:56 +0900 InKi Dae <daeinki(a)gmail.com> wrote: this includes three patch series and divides previous patch into smaller part. so Andrew, please remove my previous patch, s3c-fb-add-s5pv210-support-and-some-features.patch from mm tree. patch contents are as following. ... 10 May 2010 21:01

PROBLEM: tickless scheduling
1. Network file transfers and fscks stop on Toshiba netbook unless system receives external events 2. I have a new Toshiba NB305 on which I installed the beta release of Slackware 13.1, which provides a 2.6.33.3 kernel with the tickless option enabled. With this machine on my ethernet, I attempted to rsync my home... 17 May 2010 12:25

staging: hv: Optimize adj_guesttime function and add more detailed comments
On Mon, 2010-05-10 at 18:12 +0000, Haiyang Zhang wrote: diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_utils.c b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_utils.c index 8f1d3ba..c0f57a1 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/hv/hv_utils.c +++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hv_utils.c @@ -106,28 +106,45 @@ static void shutdown_onchannelcallback(void *conte... 11 May 2010 11:10

swapper fixes (Was: kernel panic on kill(0, SIGTERM) with PGID == 0)
All 4 Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland(a)redhat.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ... 10 May 2010 21:01