Kernel

Resend: [PATCH] blkdev: fix blkdev_issue_zeroout return value
Hi Jens, Seems that my first mail was missed somewhere. I've found couple of trivial issues in blkdev_issue_zeroout() implementation. Unfortunately I've miss during initial testing phase because always called it with BARRIER|WAIT flags. ... 6 Aug 2010 08:15

[GIT PULL] nilfs2 updates for 2.6.36
Hi Linus, please pull from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2.git for-linus to receive nilfs2 updates for 2.6.36. Mostly improved btree implementation, reformed super block writeback, and refactoring of recovery routines. There are also minor fixes and cleanups. No major func... 6 Aug 2010 07:10

[GIT PULL] block/IO bits for 2.6.36-rc1
Hi Linus, This is the big round of updates for the IO bits for 2.6.36-rc1. Not sure what happened on the excessive number of merges listed as: Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' into for-next as these should 1) just have been regular fast forwards, and 2) not be listed under 2.6.36 when the pull was in the oth... 6 Aug 2010 07:10

[PATCH 984/984] Staging: RT2860: Fixed the error in oid.h
From: Niadh <neilmunro(a)gmail.com> Fixed the single spacing error in oid.h. Signed-off-by: Neil Munro <neilmunro(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/staging/rt2860/oid.h | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rt2860/oid.h b/drivers/staging/rt2860/oid.h index fd1c141..17... 6 Aug 2010 07:10

writeback: add comment to the dirty limits functions
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 00:10 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote: Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> +/** + * bdi_dirty_limit - @bdi's share of dirty throttling threshold + * + * Allocate high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent + * - starving fast devices + * - piling ... 7 Aug 2010 13:39

[PATCH 983/983] Staging: RT2860: Fixed both errors in eeprom.h
From: Niadh <neilmunro(a)gmail.com> Fixed two errors in the form of pointer style issues in eeprom.h. Signed-off-by: Neil Munro <neilmunro(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/staging/rt2860/eeprom.h | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rt2860/eeprom.h b/drivers/stagin... 6 Aug 2010 07:10

[PATCH] microblaze: Add missing header to prom.h
of_serial and physmap_of require of_address_to_resource. CC drivers/serial/of_serial.o drivers/serial/of_serial.c: In function 'of_platform_serial_setup': drivers/serial/of_serial.c:47: error: implicit declaration of function 'of_address_to_resource' make[5]: *** [drivers/serial/of_serial.o] Error 1 CC ... 6 Aug 2010 07:10

[RFC PATCH v9 14/16] Provides multiple submits and asynchronous notifications.
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> The vhost-net backend now only supports synchronous send/recv operations. The patch provides multiple submits and asynchronous notifications. This is needed for zero-copy case. Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> --- drivers/vhost/net.c | 348 ++++++... 6 Aug 2010 06:04

[RFC PATCH v9 05/16] Add a function to indicate if device use external buffer.
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81new(a)gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike(a)linux.intel.com> --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/ne... 6 Aug 2010 06:04

[RFC PATCH v9 15/16] An example how to modifiy NIC driver to use napi_gro_frags() interface
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> This example is made on ixgbe driver. It provides API is_rx_buffer_mapped_as_page() to indicate if the driver use napi_gro_frags() interface or not. The example allocates 2 pages for DMA for one ring descriptor using netdev_alloc_page(). When packets is coming, using na... 6 Aug 2010 06:04