Kernel

[PATCH wq#for-linus] drm: fix a fallout from slow-work -> wq conversion
Commit 991ea75c (drm: use workqueue instead of slow-work), which made drm to use wq instead of slow-work, didn't account for the return value difference between delayed_slow_work_enqueue() and queue_delayed_work(). The former returns 0 on success and -errno on failures while the latter never fails and only uses th... 9 Aug 2010 06:50

[PATCH] serial: Add CONSOLE_POLL support for uartlite
CONSOLE_POLL support for uartlite enables KGDB debugging over serial line. Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <monstr(a)monstr.eu> --- drivers/serial/uartlite.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/serial/uartlite.c inde... 9 Aug 2010 06:50

workqueue: workqueue_cpu_callback() should be cpu_notifier not hotcpu_notifier
Hello, On 08/09/2010 11:46 AM, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: This fixes the boot problem here. Thanks. Great. May I add your Tested-by? (The drm delayed enqueue problem, which I mentioned earlier still persists.) Yeah, I'm looking into it now but it looks like the error message is simply spurious. q... 9 Aug 2010 11:13

regulator: lp3971 - remove unnecessary ret value checking in lp3971_i2c_write()
On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 17:01 +0800, Axel Lin wrote: i2c_smbus_write_byte_data() returns zero or negative value, therefore no need to check if ret is greater than zero or not. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin(a)gmail.com> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie(a)opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> --- drivers/regulat... 9 Aug 2010 06:50

workqueue: workqueue_cpu_callback() should be cpu_notifier not hotcpu_notifier
On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 11:36:20AM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote: Commit 6ee0578b (workqueue: mark init_workqueues as early_initcall) made workqueue SMP initialization depend on workqueue_cpu_callback(), which however was registered as hotcpu_notifier() and didn't get called if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is not set. This... 9 Aug 2010 13:27

[PATCH wq#for-linus] workqueue: workqueue_cpu_callback() should be cpu_notifier not hotcpu_notifier
Commit 6ee0578b (workqueue: mark init_workqueues as early_initcall) made workqueue SMP initialization depend on workqueue_cpu_callback(), which however was registered as hotcpu_notifier() and didn't get called if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is not set. This made gcwqs on non-boot CPUs not create their initial workers leadi... 9 Aug 2010 05:45

Fix spelling fuction -> function in comments
On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Stefan Weil wrote: To avoid more patches, I also fixed other spelling and grammar bugs when they were in the same or following line: successfull -> successful parse -> parses controler -> controller controlers -> controllers Cc: Jiri Kosina <trivial(a)kernel.org> C... 9 Aug 2010 05:45

[TRIVIAL] fix some (printk) typos: faild and Faild
On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Paul Bolle wrote: Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle(a)tiscali.nl> --- I noticed one of these typos in my log. I decided to fix them all. Applied, thanks Paul. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the... 9 Aug 2010 05:45

mfd: max8998 - fix incorrect kfree(i2c) in i2c_driver probe callback handler
Hi Axel, On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 02:48:16PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote: The i2c_client received in probe() should not be kfree()'d. This should go through Liam's tree, I'm CC'ing him to this thread. Cheers, Samuel. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/mfd/max8998.c | 4 +--- ... 9 Aug 2010 06:50

[PATCH RESEND again] regulator: lp3971 - remove unnecessary ret value checking in lp3971_i2c_write()
i2c_smbus_write_byte_data() returns zero or negative value, therefore no need to check if ret is greater than zero or not. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin(a)gmail.com> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie(a)opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> --- drivers/regulator/lp3971.c | 8 +------- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 7 ... 9 Aug 2010 05:45