Kernel

[PATCH 1/4] fix kfifo miss use of nozami.c
From: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> User of the kernel fifo should never bypass the API and directly access the fifo structure. Otherwise it will be very hard to maintain the API. Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> --- drivers/char/nozomi.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(... 12 May 2010 05:53

[PATCH 0/2] ACPI, APEI, EINJ injection parameters support
This patch queue is based on acpi-test.git. -- 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/ ... 12 May 2010 05:53

[tip:perf/core] perf probe: Check older elfutils and set NO_DWARF
Commit-ID: 6b3c4ef50441e85dc9b2c9b67e95e8ad1185c15e Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/6b3c4ef50441e85dc9b2c9b67e95e8ad1185c15e Author: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> AuthorDate: Tue, 11 May 2010 00:59:53 -0400 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> CommitDate: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:4... 12 May 2010 05:53

[PATCH 1/2] Add x64 support to debugfs
Add debugfs_create_x64. This is needed by ACPI APEI EINJ parameters support. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak(a)linux.intel.com> CC: Greg KH <greg(a)kroah.com> --- fs/debugfs/file.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- include/linux/debugfs.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed... 12 May 2010 05:53

[tip:perf/core] perf symbols: allow forcing use of cplus_demangle
Commit-ID: d11c7addfe0fa501cb54c824c0fac3481d527433 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d11c7addfe0fa501cb54c824c0fac3481d527433 Author: Kyle McMartin <kyle(a)mcmartin.ca> AuthorDate: Mon, 10 May 2010 16:43:35 -0400 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> CommitDate: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:43:11 -... 12 May 2010 05:53

ioat2,3: convert to producer/consumer locking
Out of interest, does it make the code smaller if you mark ioat2_get_ring_ent() and ioat2_ring_mask() with __attribute_const__? I'm not sure whether it'll affect how long gcc is willing to cache these, but once computed, I would guess they won't change within the calling function. Also, is the device you're d... 13 May 2010 20:29

mqueue: fix kernel BUG caused by double free() on mq_open()
On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 06:22:28AM -0300, André Goddard Rosa wrote: kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:2846! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map CPU 0 Modules linked in: nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc vboxnetadp vboxnetflt vboxdrv af_pa... 13 May 2010 12:42

[PATCH] USB: gadget: f_mass_storage: fix in fsg_common_init() error recovery
In to places in fsg_common_init() an unconditional call to kfree() on common was performed in error recovery which is not a valid behaviour since fsg_common structure is not always allocated by fsg_common_init(). To fix, the calls has been replaced with a goto to a proper error recovery which does the correct th... 12 May 2010 04:48

[CPUFREQ] fix race condition in store_scaling_governor
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 04:20:41PM +0200, Andrej Gelenberg wrote: Wrap store_scaling_governor with mutex lock cpufreq_governor_mutex. Fix kernel panic if switch scaling governor very fast. Bug in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15948 Signed-off-by: Andrej Gelenberg <andrej.gelenberg(a)udo... 14 May 2010 07:20

cpuset,mm: fix no node to alloc memory when changing cpuset's mems - fix2
On Wed, 12 May 2010 15:20:51 +0800 Miao Xie <miaox(a)cn.fujitsu.com> wrote: @@ -985,6 +984,7 @@ repeat: * for the read-side. */ while (ACCESS_ONCE(tsk->mems_allowed_change_disable)) { + task_unlock(tsk); if (!task_curr(tsk)) yield(); goto repeat; Oh, I meant to mention that... 13 May 2010 16:02