Kernel

[Bug #16348] kswapd continuously active when doing IO
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[Bug #16300] [2.6.34 regression] mplayer gets out of sync due to problems with ALSA
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[Bug #16357] acpi-cpufreq fails to load (No such device)
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tracing: recordmcount.pl: Fix $mcount_regex for MIPS.
On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 14:52 -0700, David Daney wrote: I found this issue in a locally patched 2.6.32.x, current kernels have moved the offending code to an __init function which is skipped by recordmcount.pl, so the bug is not currently being exercised. However, I think the patch is still a good idea, to av... 9 Jul 2010 23:49

[Bug #15664] Graphics hang and kernel backtrace when starting Azureus with Compiz enabled
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Dynamic Debug lib: Fix memory corruption for specific module declarations
On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:10:42 +0200 Thomas Renninger <trenn(a)suse.de> wrote: From: Jason Baron <jbaron(a)redhat.com> You forgot to cc Jason. Make sure we properly call ddebug_remove_module() when a module fails to load. In addition, pass the pointer to the "debug table", to both ddebug_add_module(), and ... 9 Jul 2010 20:33

[patch 05/20] Poll : add poll_wait_set_exclusive
Executive summary: poll_wait_set_exclusive : set poll wait queue to exclusive Sets up a poll wait queue to use exclusive wakeups. This is useful to wake up only one waiter at each wakeup. Used to work-around "thundering herd" problem. Detail: * Problem description : In the ring buffer poll() implementa... 9 Jul 2010 20:33

[patch 06/20] prio_heap: heap_remove(), heap_maximum(), heap_replace() and heap_cherrypick()
These added interfaces lets prio_heap users lookup the top of heap item without performing any insertion, perform removal of the topmost heap entry, and also replacement of topmost heap entry. This is useful if one need to use the result of the lookup to determine if the current maximum should simply be removed or i... 9 Jul 2010 20:33

[patch 01/20] Create generic alignment API (v8)
Rather than re-doing the "alignment on a type size" trick all over again at different levels, import the "ltt_align" from LTTng into kernel.h and make this available to everyone. Renaming to: - object_align() - object_align_floor() - offset_align() - offset_align_floor() Changelog since v7: - Add missing in... 9 Jul 2010 20:33

[patch 02/20] notifier atomic call chain notrace
Being able to use the atomic notifier from cpu idle entry to ensure the tracer flush the last events in the current subbuffer requires the rcu read-side to be marked "notrace". Also apply to the the die notifier. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers(a)polymtl.ca> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <pau... 9 Jul 2010 20:33