Kernel

sysctl clean up vm related variable declarations
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:54:49 -0800 (PST) David Rientjes <rientjes(a)google.com> wrote: --- include/linux/mm.h | 5 +++++ include/linux/mmzone.h | 1 + include/linux/oom.h | 5 +++++ kernel/sysctl.c | 16 ++-------------- mm/mmap.c | 5 +++++ ... 2 Feb 2010 15:56

[PATCH/RFC v2 3/3] perf: Extended events (platform-specific) support in perf
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Fujak <t.fujak(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park(a)samsung.com> --- tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 217 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git ... 28 Jan 2010 05:19

[PATCH/RFC v2 0/3] Human readable platform-specific performance event support
Human readable description support for performance events v2. With perf support included. Changes from v1: - applied on top of latest perf_event/ARM (5899/1 - 5903/1) - moved to debugfs, now based on seq_file - reads one line at a time, memory overallocation fixed [perf] The following patches provide a sysfs ... 28 Jan 2010 05:19

[PATCH/RFC v2 1/3] perfevents: Added performance event structure definition, export event description in the debugfs "perf_events_platform" file
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Fujak <t.fujak(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Pawel Osciak <p.osciak(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park(a)samsung.com> --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 19 +++++++++ kernel/perf_event.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++... 28 Jan 2010 05:19

[PATCH/RFC v2 2/3] [ARM] perfevents: Event description for ARMv6, Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 exported
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Fujak <t.fujak(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Pawel Osciak <p.osciak(a)samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park(a)samsung.com> --- arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | 333 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed,... 28 Jan 2010 05:19

[BUG] perf_event: circular lock dependency
Hi, On Intel Core, one of my test programs generate this kind of warning when it unmaps the sampling buffer after it has closed the events fds. [ 1729.440898] ======================================================= [ 1729.440913] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] [ 1729.440922] 2.6.33-... 28 Jan 2010 05:19

PROBLEM: reproducible crash KVM+nf_conntrack all recent 2.6 kernels
> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff813b4115>] [<ffffffff813b4115>] destroy_conntrack+0x82/0x114 Rebuild kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y. Double sure conntracking is compiled-in. Then run addr2line -e vmlinux $RIP it will tell exact line where kernel is oopsing. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsu... 28 Jan 2010 05:19

[PATCH]PCIE AER: PCI access remove spinlock protection in aer_inject
Move the PCI configuration access code out of the spin_lock protection because pci_read_aer already includes spin_lock protection which will replace the PCI access method if have aer error injected. Signed-off-by: Youquan, Song <youquan.song(a)intel.com> --- diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aer_inject.c b/dri... 28 Jan 2010 04:14

linux-next:als tree build failure
Hi all, Today's linux-next build (powerpc allnoconfig) failed like this: ld: drivers/i2c/chips/built-in.o: No such file: No such file or directory Caused by commit b75349f118718a435f2bb7b6e675572ecd591627 ("tsl2550: Move form i2c/chips to als and update interfaces"). This removes the last driver from driver... 2 Feb 2010 15:56

UIO / of_genirq driver
Hi, I came across this thread/patchset from around June last year: http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2009-June/073086.html where Wolfgang proposed a generic OF-driven UIO driver. The discussion seemed to stall after Grant Likely indicated he didn't like the use of a linux-specific compatible bi... 2 Feb 2010 15:56