Kernel

[PATCH -tip v2 1/9] perf probe: Do not show --line option without dwarf support
Do not show --line option in help message when perf doesn't support dwarf. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> Cc: Paul Mackerr... 22 Feb 2010 18:41

[PATCH -tip v2 8/9] perf probe: show more lines after last line
Show 2 more lines after the last probe-able line. This will clearly show the last closed-brace of inline functions. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstr... 22 Feb 2010 18:41

[PATCH -tip v2 4/9] perf probe: Rename probe finder functions
Rename *_probepoint to *_probe_point, for nothing but a cosmetic reason. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras... 22 Feb 2010 18:41

of/flattree: Make unflatten_device_tree() safe to call from any arch
Hi Grant, On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:50:59 -0700 Grant Likely <grant.likely(a)secretlab.ca> wrote: - If CONFIG_OF_FLATTREE is not set, then make unflatten_device_tree() an empty #define. Any reason not to make this a static inline? +#define unflatten_device_tree() do {} while(0) static inline void un... 11 Mar 2010 19:06

[patch] x86: fix compile errors for no CONFIG_ZONE_DMA or no CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
Disabling CONFIG_ZONE_DMA or CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 results in compile errors since ZONE_DMA and ZONE_DMA32, respectively, are not defined. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes(a)google.com> --- arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 2 ++ arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) ... 22 Feb 2010 17:33

MTD: nand: make reads using MTD_OOB_RAW affect only ECC validation
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, Maxim Levitsky wrote: This changes the behavier of MTD_OOB_RAW. It used to read both OOB and data to the data buffer, however you would still need to specify the dummy oob buffer. This is only used in one place, but makes it hard to read data+oob without ECC test, thus I removed t... 23 Feb 2010 14:42

[PATCH] isdn: fix a few Kconfig imperfections
1. Rewrite the outdated help texts for config options ISDN and ISDN_CAPI. 2. The MISDN config option appeared between ISDN_I4L and the I4L hardware driver options; move it to a less irritating place. 3. HYSDN is not in fact an I4L driver, and needn't depend on ISDN_I4L, so move it from the I4L section to the ... 22 Feb 2010 16:25

VFS: Simplify truncate logic in do_filp_open()
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 03:35:51PM -0500, Valerie Aurora wrote: The fact that may_open() could truncate a file gave me a lot of heartburn when working on union mounts, so I was thrilled to see that truncate handling has been moved out of may_open() in Al's for-next tree. However, it seems to me that the su... 23 Feb 2010 14:43

[PATCH] VFS: BUG_ON() rehash of an already hashed dentry
This is a one-line debugging patch which is invaluable when working on the dcache. Can I get a yea or a nay on this so I can drop it if it will never go in? Thanks, -VAL From: Jan Blunck <jblunck(a)suse.de> Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 17:29:47 -0700 BUG_ON() rehash of an already hashed dentry. For debugging of ... 22 Feb 2010 16:25

[PATCH] VFS: Comment follow_mount() and friends
Add comments describing what the directions "up" and "down" mean and ref count handling to the VFS follow_mount() family of functions. Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora(a)redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro(a)zeniv.linux.org.uk> --- fs/namei.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- fs/namesp... 22 Feb 2010 16:25