Kernel

[RFC PATCH v9 16/16] An example how to alloc user buffer based on napi_gro_frags() interface.
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> This example is made on ixgbe driver which using napi_gro_frags(). It can get buffers from guest side directly using netdev_alloc_page() and release guest buffers using netdev_free_page(). --- drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 files cha... 6 Aug 2010 06:04

[RFC PATCH v9 13/16] Add a kconfig entry and make entry for mp device.
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike(a)linux.intel.com> --- drivers/vhost/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ drivers/vhost/Makefile | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/d... 6 Aug 2010 06:04

[RFC PATCH v9 03/16] Add a ndo_mp_port_prep func to net_device_ops.
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> If the driver want to allocate external buffers, then it can export it's capability, as the skb buffer header length, the page length can be DMA, etc. The external buffers owner may utilize this. Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Zhao Y... 6 Aug 2010 06:04

memblock/microblaze: Use new accessors
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: CC: Michal Simek <monstr(a)monstr.eu> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> This patch remove bug which I reported but there is another place which needs to be changed. I am not sure if my patch is correct but at least point you on places which is c... 6 Aug 2010 19:17

[GIT PULL] arch/cris changes for 2.6.36
Hi Linus, Please pull the below git tree for CRIS changes for 2.6.36. Most of the changes are minor fixes from our internal CVS. Thanks, /^Jesper The following changes since commit 26bfeea38a4a5daf52c8f01c986ca8680bf1f6a1: Latchesar Ionkov (1): 9p: Pass the correct end of buffer to p9stat_read ... 6 Aug 2010 06:04

regulator: max1586 - fix a memory leak in max1586_pmic_remove()
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 01:33:15PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote: In max1586_pmic_probe(), we allocate memory for max1586. In max1586_pmic_remove(), current implementation only free rdev which is a member of struct max1586_data. Thus, there is a small memory leak when we unload the module. This patch fixes t... 9 Aug 2010 04:41

regulator: max8660 - fix a memory leak in max8660_remove()
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 01:35:27PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote: In max8660_probe(), we allocate memory for max660. Typo: max8660 In max8660_remove(), current implementation only free rdev which is a member of struct max8660. Thus, there is a small memory leak when we unload the module. This patch fixe... 9 Aug 2010 04:41

lib: vsprintf: added a put_dec() test and benchmark tool
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:10:06 +0200, Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux(a)googlemail.com> wrote: On Friday 06 August 2010 00:38, Michal Nazarewicz wrote: This commit adds a test application for the put_dec() and family of functions that are used by the previous two commits. Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mi... 6 Aug 2010 04:59

[PATCH] scsi: mpt2sas: Add space in printk
Add a space in the output: old: Discovery: (stop)discovery_status(0x%08x) new: Discovery: (stop) discovery_status(0x%08x) Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> --- This goes on top of Julia's [PATCH 9/42] drivers/scsi: Adjust confusing if indentation diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ba... 6 Aug 2010 04:59

sound/oss: Adjust confusing if indentation
At Thu, 5 Aug 2010 22:27:32 +0200 (CEST), Julia Lawall wrote: From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Indent the branch of an if. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r disable braces4@ position p1,p2; statement S1,S2; @... 6 Aug 2010 04:59