Kernel

[PATCH 1/6] staging: hv: Fixed bounce kmap problem by using correct index
From: Hank Janssen <hjanssen(a)microsoft.com> Fixed bounce offset kmap problem by using correct index Signed-off-by:Hank Janssen <hjanssen(a)microsoft.com> Signed-off-by:Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz(a)microsoft.com> --- drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) ... 3 Aug 2010 14:44

[PATCH 4/6] staging: hv: Removed TODO for VMBUS, it mirrors HYPER-V behavior to closely
From: Hank Janssen <hjanssen(a)microsoft.com> Removed TODO for VMBUS, it mirrors HYPER-V behaviour to closely and does not really share any usable functionality of the Linux kernel facilities. There is not really an easy way to combine functionality. Signed-off-by:Hank Janssen <hjanssen(a)microsoft.com> Signed-off... 3 Aug 2010 14:44

[PATCH 6/6] staging: hv: Gracefully handle SCSI resets
From: Hank Janssen <hjanssen(a)microsoft.com> If we get a SCSI host bus reset we now gracefully handle it, and we take the device offline. This before sometimes caused hangs. Signed-off-by:Hank Janssen <hjanssen(a)microsoft.com> Signed-off-by:Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz(a)microsoft.com> --- drivers/staging/hv/sto... 3 Aug 2010 14:44

[PATCH] phy: Add missing forward declaration (fixes compiler warning)
Without forward declaration for struct sk_buff, compilation of drivers/net/phy/fixed.c results in a warning: CC drivers/net/phy/fixed.o In file included from drivers/net/phy/fixed.c:20: include/linux/phy.h:342: warning: 'struct sk_buff' declared inside parameter list include/linux/phy.h:342: warning: its ... 3 Aug 2010 13:39

which fields in /proc/meminfo are orthogonal?
Hi Andy, I am seeing similar kind of issue, where SUnreclaim increases. How did you resolve your issue. Thanks Jayasri Andy Walls-2 wrote: On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 14:47 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: On 01/26/2010 01:03 PM, Chris Friesen wrote: I'm currently trying to figure out whi... 3 Aug 2010 13:39

coda: rename REQ_* to CODA_REQ_*
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 06:02:53PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote: REQ_* constants are used for block layer requests causing inconsistent duplicate definitions of REQ_WRITE. Rename REQ_* used by coda to CODA_REQ_*. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj(a)kernel.org> Looks good to me. Acked-by: Jan Harkes <jaharkes@... 3 Aug 2010 14:44

ftrace: pass KBUILD_CFLAGS to record_mcount.pl
Steven, Frederic, I'd like to resurrect this old ARM dynamic ftrace patchset. It still applies on next except for a small merge conflict in one of the ARM-specific patches. On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 12:19:44PM +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote: On ARM, we have two ABIs, and the ABI used is controlled via a config ... 7 Aug 2010 10:23

parisc: superio: do not use PCI resources before pci_enable_device()
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 19:44 +0400, Kulikov Vasiliy wrote: drivers/parisc/superio.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/parisc/superio.c b/drivers/parisc/superio.c index f7806d8..c8a36a2 100644 --- a/drivers/parisc/superio.c +++ b/drivers/parisc/supe... 3 Aug 2010 13:39

CRED: Fix __task_cred()'s lockdep check and banner comment
Added Oleg and Thomas to the participants. Oleg/Thomas: the whole thread is on lkml, but I'm quoting most of the relevant parts.. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:34 AM, David Howells <dhowells(a)redhat.com> wrote: A previous patch: � � � �commit 8f92054e7ca1d3a3ae50fb42d2253ac8730d9b2a � � � �Author: David... 5 Aug 2010 16:54

Kernel build bench with Transparent Hugepage Support #29
Transparent Hugepage Support worst case macro benchmark: kernel build. host: 24-way SMP (12cores, 2 sockets) 16G RAM guest: 24-way SMP (24 vcpus) 15G RAM - Same kernel in guest and host: aa.git tag THP-29 (2.6.35 based) http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/andrea/aa.git;a=summary (see linux-mm for mor... 3 Aug 2010 12:33