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[PATCH tip/core/rcu 20/21] rcu: fix rcutorture mod_timer argument to delay one jiffy
The current "mod_timer(&t, 1)" potentially makes the timer fire immediately, change this to wait one jiffy. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- kernel/rcutorture.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff -... 22 Feb 2010 20:55

[PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/21] sched: better name for for_each_domain_rd
As suggested by Peter Ziljstra, make better choice of name for for_each_domain_rd(), containing "rcu_dereference", given that it is but a wrapper for rcu_dereference_check(). The name rcu_dereference_check_sched_domain() does that and provides a separate per-subsystem name space. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney... 22 Feb 2010 20:55

[PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/21] vfs: abstract rcu_dereference_check for files-fdtable use
Create an rcu_dereference_check_fdtable() that encapsulates the rcu_dereference_check() condition for fcheck_files() use. This has the beneficial side-effect of getting rid of a very long line. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz(a)infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- ... 22 Feb 2010 20:55

[PATCH tip/core/rcu 14/21] rcu: fix citation of Mathieu's dissertation
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt b/Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt index 5051209..96b7c00 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU... 22 Feb 2010 20:55

PCI PM: Add function for checking PME status of devices
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:36:58 +0100 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw(a)sisk.pl> wrote: From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw(a)sisk.pl> Add function pci_check_pme_status() that will check the PME status bit of given device and clear it along with the PME enable bit. It will be necessary for PCI run-time power management.... 22 Feb 2010 19:49

[tip:x86/urgent] x86_64, cpa: Don't work hard in preserving kernel 2M mappings when using 4K already
Commit-ID: 281ff33b7c1b1ba2a5f9b03425e5f692a94913fa Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/281ff33b7c1b1ba2a5f9b03425e5f692a94913fa Author: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha(a)intel.com> AuthorDate: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:51:40 -0800 Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa(a)zytor.com> CommitDate: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:09:31 -080... 22 Feb 2010 19:49

isdn: fix a few Kconfig imperfections
From: Tilman Schmidt <tilman(a)imap.cc> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:09:38 +0100 (CET) 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 f... 22 Feb 2010 19:49

question on readahead and sync mounting
Hi, if a filesystem is mounted with -osync will any readahead be done for that filesystem? Regards Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Pl... 23 Feb 2010 13:34

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[PATCH 1/4] gigaset: small documentation improvement
From: Tilman Schmidt <tilman(a)imap.cc> Subject: [PATCH 1/4] gigaset: small documentation improvement Clarify the non-support by isdnlog, and propose a better standard debug mask. Impact: Documentation Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman(a)imap.cc> --- Documentation/isdn/README.gigaset | 10 +++++----- 1 f... 22 Feb 2010 18:41