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All rights reserved. 08 Nov 2009 03:32:46 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg * Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote: > ling.ma@intel.com writes: > > > Intel Nehalem improves the performance of REP strings significantly > > 08 Nov 2009 02:18:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150769 Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> writes: > On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:36:01 +0000 > Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org> wrote: > >> Jeff Layton wrote: >> > 08 Nov 2009 02:15:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150768 Commit-ID: 8d06367fa79c053a4a56a2ce0bb9e840f5da1236 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8d06367fa79c053a4a56a2ce0bb9e840f5da1236 Author: Arnald 08 Nov 2009 02:03:34 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150767 * FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:48:32 +0100 > Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > > > > > * FUJI 08 Nov 2009 02:00:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150765 * Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote: > >> We're doing it before schedul 08 Nov 2009 01:57:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150764 JFFS2 uses lesser compression ratio and inflate always ends up in "copy direct from output" case. This patch tries to optimize the copy procedure for 08 Nov 2009 01:53:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150766 * J K Rai <jk.anurag@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello > > Is there any utility using which we can take current (instantaneous) > snapshot of process sched 08 Nov 2009 01:48:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150763 Commit-ID: 444a2a3bcd6d5bed5c823136f68fcc93c0fe283f Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/444a2a3bcd6d5bed5c823136f68fcc93c0fe283f Author: Freder 08 Nov 2009 01:40:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150762 * Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 06 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Read the lockdep message please, consider all the backtrace 08 Nov 2009 01:38:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150761 * Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 07:55 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba 08 Nov 2009 01:35:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150760 Commit-ID: bfde82ef51e3ea6ab8634d0fdbf5adcdd1b429cb Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/bfde82ef51e3ea6ab8634d0fdbf5adcdd1b429cb Author: Hitosh 08 Nov 2009 01:26:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150759 Commit-ID: dcba8848d3bc83ec9ee0858b9ae6e4f1c1fa7fa3 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/dcba8848d3bc83ec9ee0858b9ae6e4f1c1fa7fa3 Author: Hitosh 08 Nov 2009 01:26:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150758 Commit-ID: 11bd341c043348ecb7462d3bd8e1ad6d00f6892a Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/11bd341c043348ecb7462d3bd8e1ad6d00f6892a Author: Hitosh 08 Nov 2009 01:25:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150757 Commit-ID: 629cc356653719c206a05f4dee5c5e242edb6546 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/629cc356653719c206a05f4dee5c5e242edb6546 Author: Hitosh 08 Nov 2009 01:25:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150756 Commit-ID: c7d9300f367f480aee4663a0e3695c5b48859a1a Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c7d9300f367f480aee4663a0e3695c5b48859a1a Author: Hitosh 08 Nov 2009 01:25:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150754 Commit-ID: e27454cc6352c4226ddc76f5e3a5dedd7dff456a Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/e27454cc6352c4226ddc76f5e3a5dedd7dff456a Author: Hitosh 08 Nov 2009 01:25:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150755 Commit-ID: c426bba069e65ea438880a04aa4e7c5b880e1728 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c426bba069e65ea438880a04aa4e7c5b880e1728 Author: Hitosh 08 Nov 2009 01:24:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150753 * Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp> wrote: > This patch series add general benchmark subcommand to perf. > > The subcommand will unify t 08 Nov 2009 01:21:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150752 On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 09:13:14AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > +#include <asm/io.h> > > > +#include <asm/gpio.h> > > linux/gpio.h > > linux/io.h 08 Nov 2009 01:10:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150751 * Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se> wrote: > Ingo Molnar writes: > > > but that would work only for LAPIC. You're suggesting killing IOAPIC > > > 08 Nov 2009 00:57:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150750 Linus, please pull sound fixes for v2.6.32-rc7 from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git for-linus containing the f 08 Nov 2009 00:32:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150749 On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:35:54 Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 12:24 -0400, Kevin Winchester wrote: > > Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 Nov 2009 00:29:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150748 On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:18:05AM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:14:10PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > > For what it 08 Nov 2009 00:29:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150747 From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:40:44 +0100 > `>>' has a higher precedence than `?' so src2 evaluated to > either 1 08 Nov 2009 00:28:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150746 On Sun 2009-11-08 09:52:52, Dasgupta, Romit wrote: > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] PM: Thaws refrigerated and to be exited kernel > > threads > > > > Hi 08 Nov 2009 00:27:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150745 From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> CCS_START_NETWORK is declared in drivers/net/wireless/rayctl.h with the comment Values for cmd. status is previou 08 Nov 2009 00:23:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150744 Hi! > > Good news is that GPIO support seems to work, and I am able to flash > > the keyboard backlight. > > > > Does anyone have an idea what is wr 08 Nov 2009 00:13:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150743 Hi Ben, On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:55:44 +1100 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > > Looks reasonable. But iseries can be a bitch, 07 Nov 2009 23:55:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150742 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@maxwell.aristanetworks.com> In general everything that writes to vfs inodes holds the inode mutex, so hold the inod 07 Nov 2009 23:27:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150731 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@maxwell.aristanetworks.com> inode_change_ok already clears the SGID bit when necessary so there is no reason for sy 07 Nov 2009 23:27:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150729 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> These two functions do 90% of the same work and it doesn't significantly obfuscate the function to al 07 Nov 2009 23:27:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150733 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> By teaching sysfs_revalidate to hide a dentry for a sysfs_dirent if the sysfs_dirent has been renamed 07 Nov 2009 23:27:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150732 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@maxwell.aristanetworks.com> With lazy inode updates and dentry operations bringing everything into sync on demand t 07 Nov 2009 23:27:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150730 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Now that sysfs_getattr and sysfs_permission refresh the vfs inode there is no need to immediatly push 07 Nov 2009 23:27:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150740 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> With the implementation of sysfs_getattr and sysfs_permission sysfs becomes able to lazily propogate 07 Nov 2009 23:27:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150728 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Lining up the functions in sysfs_symlink_inode_operations follows the pattern in the rest of sysfs an 07 Nov 2009 23:27:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150727 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Currently sysfs updates the timestamps on the vfs directory inode when we create or remove a director 07 Nov 2009 23:27:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150736 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cleanly separate the work that is specific to setting the attributes of a sysfs_dirent from what is n 07 Nov 2009 23:27:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150739 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> The granularity of sysfs time when we keep it is 1 ns. Which when passed to timestamp_trunc results 07 Nov 2009 23:27:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150741 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Currently every caller of sysfs_chmod_file happens at either file creation time to set a non-default 07 Nov 2009 23:27:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150735 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Calling d_drop unconditionally when a sysfs_dirent is deleted has the potential to leak mounts, so in 07 Nov 2009 23:27:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150737 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Using dentry instead of d in the function name is what several other filesystems are doing and it see 07 Nov 2009 23:27:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150734 From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@maxwell.aristanetworks.com> The sysfs_mutex is required to ensure updates are and will remain atomic with respect t 07 Nov 2009 23:26:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150738 The sysfs code updates the vfs caches immediately when the sysfs data structures change causing a lot of unnecessary complications. The following pat 07 Nov 2009 23:25:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150726 Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes: > On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 03:53:56AM -0800, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> >> The sysfs code updates the vfs caches im 07 Nov 2009 23:06:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150725 Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> In general everything that writes to vfs inodes holds the >> inode mutex, so hold the 07 Nov 2009 23:04:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150724 From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:16:24 +0100 (CET) > Darn, I compiled it but the 32bit build does not use that fil 07 Nov 2009 22:45:30 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150723 Hi all, here is a warning I consistently get with a specific access point while trying to connect the first time after reboot. Later connections work 07 Nov 2009 22:40:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150722 Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c >> index 1137418..c5eff49 100644 07 Nov 2009 22:04:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150721 With generic modular drivers handling all of this stuff, the geode-specific code can go away. The cs5535-gpio, cs5535-mfgpt, and cs5535-clockevt driv 07 Nov 2009 22:01:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150717 ..and include them in the lxfb/gxfb drivers rather than asm/geode.h (where possible). Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@collabora.co.uk> --- a 07 Nov 2009 22:01:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150719 Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@collabora.co.uk> --- arch/x86/include/asm/geode.h | 19 ------------------- arch/x86/kernel/geode_32.c 07 Nov 2009 22:00:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150720 The only thing that uses this is the reboot_fixups code. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@collabora.co.uk> --- arch/x86/include/asm/geode.h 07 Nov 2009 22:00:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150718 This is based on the old code in arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c, but is modular and not Geode-specific. There's no reason why the clock event device need 07 Nov 2009 22:00:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150715 Note: these patches are based on the cs5535-gpio patches currently in the -mm tree. This is based on the old code on arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c, exc 07 Nov 2009 22:00:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150716 On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 10:41:51PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED is deprecated. Init the per cpu locks at runtime > instead. > > 07 Nov 2009 21:06:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150714 > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] PM: Thaws refrigerated and to be exited kernel > threads > > Hi! > > > Kicks out a frozen thread from the refrigerator wh 07 Nov 2009 20:22:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150713 On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:00:07 am Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 03:31:20PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > > But it's still nasty to us 07 Nov 2009 20:09:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150712 Em Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:57:33 -0800 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> escreveu: > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> > > Fix build warn 07 Nov 2009 19:45:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150711 Hi Linus, please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git release The documentation update is clarificatio 07 Nov 2009 18:59:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150710 On 11/07/2009 03:11 AM, Matteo Croce wrote: > --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nopl_emu.c 2009-11-07 11: 07 Nov 2009 18:14:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150709 The described problem was one of significant throughput reduction when speedstep was enabled in the BIOS on a mobile system - the idea here was just 07 Nov 2009 16:54:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150708 On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 12:50:35PM -0500, Thiago Farina wrote: > > This dr 07 Nov 2009 15:56:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150707 On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 12:50:35PM -0500, Thiago Farina wrote: This driver has no exit function because it cannot be built as a module. I've not revi 07 Nov 2009 15:45:33 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150705 I'd better take this one... Thanks, Randy! John On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 03:35:15PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@or 07 Nov 2009 15:32:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150706 >> in addition, most FSB systems have the memory controller in the chipset, >> next to the PCI logic... so that the FSB bus for DMA transactions only 07 Nov 2009 14:59:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150704 john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> writes: > - strlcpy(tsk->comm, buf, sizeof(tsk->comm)); > + > + /* > + * Threads may access current->co 07 Nov 2009 14:52:20 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150703 On Saturday 07 November 2009 11:28:12 pm Arjan van de Ven wrote: > Thomas Renninger wrote: > > > On Friday 06 November 2009 09:01:00 pm Luis R. Rodrig 07 Nov 2009 14:47:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150702 "Martin Schleier" <drahemmaps@gmx.net> writes: > And now my - head hurts - we need a lawyer to answer if this > IS or IS NOT a law before we can bang 07 Nov 2009 14:30:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150701 Thomas Renninger wrote: [please cut away the part of the mail you're not responding to; your mail was 90% like that] > On Friday 06 November 2009 09 07 Nov 2009 14:28:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150700 On Thu November 5 2009, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 04 Nov 2009, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:14:10PM +110 07 Nov 2009 14:22:41 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150699 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/video/metronomefb.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff - 07 Nov 2009 14:12:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150698 On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 16:07 +0200, nir.tzachar@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for trying nconfig and for your input. Hi! First, this is looking really go 07 Nov 2009 14:10:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150697 This patch is against current tip. Fix trivial syntax in perf-events user-space tools documentation. Signed-off-by: Zeev Tarantov <zeev.tarantov@gma 07 Nov 2009 14:08:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150696 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/serial/icom.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --gi 07 Nov 2009 14:05:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150695 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/serial/serial_cs.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions 07 Nov 2009 14:04:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150694 Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > Matt Helsley [matthltc@us.ibm.com] wrote: > | > If userspace passes an array with n pids and there are k namespace levels 07 Nov 2009 13:56:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150692 If the tracee calls fork() after PTRACE_SINGLESTEP, the forked child starts with TIF_SINGLESTEP/X86_EFLAGS_TF bits copied from ptraced parent. This is 07 Nov 2009 13:55:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150693 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff 07 Nov 2009 13:54:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150691 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/speedfax.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions 07 Nov 2009 13:46:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150690 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/char/moxa.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a 07 Nov 2009 13:44:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150689 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/char/isicom.c | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --g 07 Nov 2009 13:43:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150687 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff - 07 Nov 2009 13:42:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150688 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/char/cyclades.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git 07 Nov 2009 13:42:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150686 Cfq has a bug in computation of next_rq, that affects transition between multiple sequential request streams in a single queue (e.g.: two sequential b 07 Nov 2009 13:37:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150685 Drivers that must load 'firmware' into the devices they drive should declare the names of the files they will request, using the MODULE_FIRMWARE() mac 07 Nov 2009 13:33:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150684 On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Saturday 07 November 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Saturday 07 November 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki 07 Nov 2009 13:14:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150683 On Saturday 07 November 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Saturday 07 November 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Saturday 07 November 2009, Rafael J 07 Nov 2009 13:12:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150682 On Saturday 07 November 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Saturday 07 November 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > Actually... it would be nice to fix 07 Nov 2009 13:10:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150681 On Saturday 07 November 2009 09:52:56 pm Thomas Renninger wrote: > On Friday 06 November 2009 09:01:00 pm Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > With cpu freque 07 Nov 2009 13:10:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150680 /proc/kallsyms annotates module symbols as global (e.g. 'D' for a data symbol) or local (e.g. 'd'), depending on whether is_exported() returns true or 07 Nov 2009 13:04:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150675 The builtin symbol tables are now sorted, so we can use a binary search. The symbol tables in modules are still unsorted and require linear searching 07 Nov 2009 13:04:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150674 > On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Rusty Russell wrote: > >> The if (num == 0) line is superfluous. On 9/27/09, Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> wrote: > > You a 07 Nov 2009 13:03:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150677 From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> There a large number hand-coded binary searches in the kernel (run "git grep search | grep binary" to find man 07 Nov 2009 13:03:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150679 find_symbol() will use bsearch() instead of each_symbol(). each_symbol() is still desired by Ksplice (although it is not in-tree yet). Let's try to m 07 Nov 2009 13:03:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150676 modpost of vmlinux.o now extracts the ksymtab sections and outputs sorted versions of them as .tmp_exports-asm.S. These sorted sections are linked in 07 Nov 2009 13:03:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150673 The next commit will add a new implementation of EXPORT_SYMBOL() in arch-independent assembly language. It will be used by the build system to help s 07 Nov 2009 13:03:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150672 The next commit will require the use of MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX in .tmp_exports-asm.S. Currently it is mixed in with C structure definitions in "asm/mod 07 Nov 2009 13:03:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150678 The Kconfigs for in-tree floating point emulation do not allow building as modules. That leaves the Acorn FPEmulator module. I found two public releas 07 Nov 2009 13:03:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150670 Commit 023bf6f "linker script: unify usage of discard definition" changed the linker scripts for all architectures except for ARM. I can find no discu 07 Nov 2009 13:03:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/1150671