Kernel

rtc: rtc-max6900: SMBus support.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 08:32:35PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote: The current rtc-max6900 driver only supports getting and setting the time through bursting, which requires a controller capable of such. As bursting is merely an optimization, we can also opt for the non-burst fallback path that pokes at the date/t... 14 Jan 2010 11:17

[PATCH 17/40] kgdb,docs: Update the kgdb docs to include kdb
Update the kgdb docs to reflect the new directory structure and API. Merge in the kdb shell information. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel(a)windriver.com> --- Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl | 638 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +- include/linux/kg... 14 Jan 2010 11:17

[PATCH 22/40] mips,kgdb: kdb low level trap catch and stack trace
The only way the debugger can handle a trap in inside rcu_lock, notify_die, or atomic_notifier_call_chain without a recursive fault is to have a low level "first opportunity handler" do_trap_or_bp() handler. Generally this will be something the vast majority of folks will not need, but for those who need it, it i... 14 Jan 2010 11:16

[PATCH 1/6] NOMMU: Fix SYSV SHM for NOMMU
Commit c4caa778157dbbf04116f0ac2111e389b5cd7a29 broke SYSV SHM for NOMMU by taking away the pointer to shm_get_unmapped_area() from shm_file_operations. Put it back conditionally on CONFIG_MMU=n. file->f_ops->get_unmapped_area() is used to find out the base address for a mapping of a mappable chardev device or ... 14 Jan 2010 10:08

[PATCH 3/6] NOMMU: Remove a superfluous check of vm_region::vm_usage
In split_vma(), there's no need to check if the VMA being split has a region that's in use by more than one VMA because: (1) The preceding test prohibits splitting of non-anonymous VMAs and regions (eg: file or chardev backed VMAs). (2) Anonymous regions can't be mapped multiple times because there's no ... 14 Jan 2010 10:08

MAINTAINERS: Document new "Q:" patchwork queue type
Joe Perches wrote: You forgot to document here why this is needed or desirable. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> --- MAINTAINERS | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index b8852f8..8dd1fd0 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS ... 14 Jan 2010 16:55

OOM-Killer kills too much with 2.6.32.2
Hi, since kernel 2.6.32.2 (also tried 2.6.32.3) I get a lot of oom-killer kills when I do hard disk intensive tasks (mainly in VirtualBox which is running Windows XP) and IMHO it kills processes even if I have a lot of free memory. Is this a known bug? I have self compiled kernel so I can try patches. ... 27 Jan 2010 07:02

[PATCH 0/3] Bunch of fixes related to custom atoi() implementation
From: Andy Shevchenko <ext-andriy.shevchenko(a)nokia.com> There are few fixes that substitute custom implementation of atoi() by simple_strtol() kernel's method. Andy Shevchenko (3): Fix minor spelling error in comments drm: Don't use own implementation of atoi() staging: don't use custom implementation o... 14 Jan 2010 09:01

[PATCH 1/3] Fix minor spelling error in comments
From: Andy Shevchenko <ext-andriy.shevchenko(a)nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <ext-andriy.shevchenko(a)nokia.com> --- arch/x86/mm/gup.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c index 71da1bc..738e659 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c ... 14 Jan 2010 09:01

perf: Round robin groups of events using list_rotate_left()
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 01:25:22PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 02:38 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: This is more proper that doing it through a list_for_each_entry() that breaks after the first entry. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com> Cc: Pete... 14 Jan 2010 07:56