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document open(/dev/snapshot) sideeffects -- was Re: [linux-pm] syncing the disks when entering sleep
On Monday 05 April 2010, Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! Please note that merely _opening_ /dev/snapshot has side effects, so that's not just "three ioctls". I search Doc*/power/userland-swsusp.txt, and could not find mentions of sideeffects. Perhaps that should be fixed? ... 23 Apr 2010 21:08

[PATCH] ftrace: add documentation for trace commands mod, traceon/traceoff
The mod command went in as commit 64e7c440618998fd69eee6ab490b042d12248021 The traceon/traceoff commands went in as commit 23b4ff3aa479c9e3bb23cb6b2d0a97878399784a Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas(a)canonical.com> --- Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1... 23 Apr 2010 21:08

[051/197] backlight: mbp_nvidia_bl - add five more MacBook variants
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:11:02PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: I'm not sure I understand the implications either. The real question in my opinion is : is it better to keep this patch, to delay it or to drop it ? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this whole process, but if the intention of the stable review ... 23 Apr 2010 21:08

Frontswap [PATCH 4/4] (was Transcendent Memory): config files
Frontswap [PATCH 4/4] (was Transcendent Memory): config files Frontswap config defaults to on as the hooks devolve to pointer-compare-to-NULL if no frontswap backend is provided. Signed-off-by: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer(a)oracle.com> Diffstat: Kconfig | 16 +++++++++++... 23 Apr 2010 21:08

Frontswap [PATCH 1/4] (was Transcendent Memory): swap data structure changes
Frontswap [PATCH 1/4] (was Transcendent Memory): swap data structure changes Core swap data structures are needed by frontswap.c but we don't need to expose them to the dozens of files that include swap.h so create a new swapfile.h just to extern-ify these. Add frontswap-related elements to swap_info_struct. D... 23 Apr 2010 21:08

Frontswap [PATCH 0/4] (was Transcendent Memory): overview
Frontswap [PATCH 0/4] (was Transcendent Memory): overview Patch applies to 2.6.34-rc5 In previous patch postings, frontswap was part of the Transcendent Memory ("tmem") patchset. This patchset refocuses not on the underlying technology (tmem) but instead on the useful functionality provided for Linux, and pro... 10 May 2010 13:12

Whitespace Coding style fixes.
Don't send this. You screw up git-blame. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock(a)gmail.com> wrote: Whitespace Coding style fixes. -- 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... 23 Apr 2010 21:13

Cleancache [PATCH 0/7] (was Transcendent Memory): overview
(Sorry for resend... Mail server DNS problems sending to some recipients) Cleancache [PATCH 0/7] (was Transcendent Memory): overview Patch applies to 2.6.34-rc5 In previous patch postings, cleancache was part of the Transcendent Memory ("tmem") patchset. This patchset refocuses not on the underlying technol... 23 Apr 2010 21:08

Cleancache [PATCH 4/7] (was Transcendent Memory): ext3 hook
(Sorry for resend... Mail server DNS problems sending to some recipients) Cleancache [PATCH 4/7] (was Transcendent Memory): ext3 hook Filesystems must explicitly enable cleancache. For ext3, all other cleancache hooks are in the VFS layer. Signed-off-by: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer(a)oracle.com> Diffst... 23 Apr 2010 21:08

How to access user level' program in kernel mode?
Hi, In dom0 of XEN, suppose we want to evaluate the I/O request from other doms using machine learning model, however, this model is written in user level, how can I do such kind of invocation except rewrite this model in kernel? Can I use /proc or /sys? Because I need calculate requests by model and then dispat... 23 Apr 2010 21:08