Kernel

V4L/DVB fixes
On Sat, 7 Nov 2009, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Please pull from: ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6.git for_linus "Already up-to-date." Forgot to push it out? Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the bo... 9 Nov 2009 14:23

[PATCHv9 2/3] mm: export use_mm/unuse_mm to modules
vhost net module wants to do copy to/from user from a kernel thread, which needs use_mm. Export it to modules. Acked-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange(a)redhat.com> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst(a)redhat.com> --- mm/mmu_context.c | 3 +++ 1 files change... 9 Nov 2009 13:17

get_user_pages question
Hello all! I have searched the list for similar issues and have not found an answer so I am posting. I am using 'get_user_pages' and friends to get a hold of user memory in kernel space. User space passes buffer to kernel, kernel does get_user_pages, holds them for some time while user space is doing someth... 30 Nov 2009 11:21

net/compat_ioctl: support SIOCWANDEV
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd(a)arndb.de> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:39:24 +0100 This adds compat_ioctl support for SIOCWANDEV, which has always been missing. The definition of struct compat_ifreq was missing an ifru_settings fields that is needed to support SIOCWANDEV, so add that and clean up the whites... 9 Nov 2009 09:57

2.6.31.4+Benchmarks: Core i5/7 - No turbo boost, maximum speed is always 2.93 GHz?
Hello, It looks like turbo boost is never activated... [ 23.322132] freq-table: target is 0 (2927000 kHz, 0) [ 23.322133] cpufreq-core: governor: change or update limits [ 23.322135] cpufreq-core: __cpufreq_governor for CPU 7, event 3 [ 23.322137] cpufreq-core: target for CPU 7: 2927000 kHz, relation 1... 8 Nov 2009 10:45

[PATCH 09/23] sysctl net: Remove unused binary sysctl code
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm(a)xmission.com> Now that sys_sysctl is a compatiblity wrapper around /proc/sys all sysctl strategy routines, and all ctl_name and strategy entries in the sysctl tables are unused, and can be revmoed. In addition neigh_sysctl_register has been modified to no longer take a strate... 8 Nov 2009 08:34

[PATCH 05/23] sysctl: Remove dead code from sysctl_check
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm(a)xmission.com> Now that the sys_sysctl is now a compatibility wrapper around /proc/sys we can remove much of sysctl_check and reduce it to a few remaining sanity checks. This completely decouples it from the binary sysctl system call. Little things like ensuring that the sysct... 8 Nov 2009 08:34

[PATCH 13/23] sysctl crypto: Remove dead binary sysctl support
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm(a)xmission.com> Now that sys_sysctl is a generic wrapper around /proc/sys .ctl_name and .strategy members of sysctl tables are dead code. Remove them. Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert(a)gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm(a)xmission.com> --- crypto/proc.c | ... 8 Nov 2009 08:33

[PATCH 19/23] sysctl powerpc: Remove dead binary sysctl support
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm(a)xmission.com> Now that sys_sysctl is a generic wrapper around /proc/sys .ctl_name and .strategy members of sysctl tables are dead code. Remove them. Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh(a)kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus(a)samba.org> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <... 8 Nov 2009 08:33

[PATCH 2/6] CS5535: add a generic clock event MFGPT driver
This is based on the old code in arch/x86/kernel/mfgpt_32.c, but is modular and not Geode-specific. There's no reason why the clock event device needs to be registered so early at boot; the clockevent code is perfectly capable of dynamic switching. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger(a)collabora.co.uk> --- ... 8 Nov 2009 02:05