Kernel

KVM: SVM: Make lazy FPU switching work with nested svm
On 02/18/2010 01:38 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote: TDB. .... @@ -973,6 +973,7 @@ static void svm_decache_cr4_guest_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) static void update_cr0_intercept(struct vcpu_svm *svm) { + struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb; ulong gcr0 = svm->vcpu.arch.cr0; u64 *hcr0 =&... 18 Feb 2010 10:34

KVM: SVM: Don't use kmap_atomic in nested_svm_map
On 02/18/2010 01:38 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote: Use of kmap_atomic disables preemption but if we run in shadow-shadow mode the vmrun emulation executes kvm_set_cr3 which might sleep or fault. So use kmap instead for nested_svm_map. -static void nested_svm_unmap(void *addr, enum km_type idx) +stat... 18 Feb 2010 11:41

[net-next PATCH v5 0/3] net: TCP thin-stream latency-improving modifications
This is a series of patches enabling non-intrusive, dynamically triggered modifications that improve retransmission latencies for thin streams. The patch set was modified according to the feedback received. Major change: -Used bitfields to compact the nonagle variable in the tcp_sock struct. no... 18 Feb 2010 08:20

SCTP Trasport Loadbalancing Support
Simon Horman wrote: From: Venkata Mohan Reddy <mohanreddykv(a)gmail.com> Enhance IPVS to load balance SCTP transport protocol packets. This is done based on the SCTP rfc 4960. All possible control chunks have been taken care. The state machine used in this code looks some what lengthy. I tried to make ... 18 Feb 2010 07:13

[GIT PULL] tracing updates
Ingo, Please pull the tracing/core branch that can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing.git tracing/core Thanks, Frederic --- Heiko Carstens (2): tracing/kprobes: Make Kconfig dependencies generic s390: Add pt_regs register and stack access AP... 18 Feb 2010 07:13

[git pull] Input updates for 2.6.33-rc7
Hi Linus, Please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus or master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus to receive updates for the input subsystem. Changelog: --------- Alan Jenkins (1): Input: i8042 - fix KBC jam during hiber... 18 Feb 2010 06:07

input/touchscreen: Synaptics Touchscreen Driver
Hi Christopher, On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 02:37:36PM -0800, Christopher Heiny wrote: [This is a resend of a patch sent earlier this month - apologies for the duplication, but I botched some of the addressing in the previous submission (neglecting to include Dmitry), as well as the cover note.] This ... 5 Apr 2010 19:29

Weird deadlock when shutting down
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 15:41 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: Hi Ingo ! Johannes and I see this on our quad G5s... it -could- be similar to one reported a short while ago by Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng(a)gmail.com> under the subject [2.6.33-rc4] sysfs lockdep warnings on cpu hotplug. Basically, the m... 22 Feb 2010 05:14

acpi: Fix regression where _PPC is not read at boot even when ignore_ppc=0
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:07:07PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: Did this ever get picked up? Nope. I vaguely recall asking a few times if there were any objections left, but there weren't any, and I think Len or someone said it looked good back at LPC last summer. Does not appear in 2.6.33-rc8 th... 19 Feb 2010 02:12

ACPI: Use GPE reference counting to support shared GPEs
Hi, Rafael J. Wysocki - /* Update enable mask, but don't enable the HW GPE as of yet */ - - status = acpi_ev_enable_gpe(gpe_event_info, FALSE); I think the above line code should be remained. If it is deleted, the exception event will be raised on some machine. Best Regards, Jin Dongming - ACPI_... 19 Feb 2010 03:16