CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH is replaced by CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH

CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH I supposed has been deprecated by CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH, as I found CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH in Makefile, Makefile.build and Makefile.modpost, but not the former symbol. Moreover, setting the symbol in .config, and followed by make oldconfig will result in

[PATCH] ide-core: remove conditional compiling with MODULE in ide-core.c

use module_init/module_exit to replace the original cond-compiling, these macros were well designed to deal module/built-in compiling. the original __setup with null string was invalid and not executed, __setup("", ide_setup); however, with the current module_param mechanics, module

[PATCH 1/3] x86: add include to cpu/intel.c

Fixes sparse warning: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c:48:15: warning: symbol 'ppro_with_ram_bug' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c |1 + include/asm-x86/bugs.h |2 +- 2 files changed, 2

[PATCH 3/3] x86: small sparse fix in process_32.c

arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c:254:43: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c

[PATCH 2/3] x86: add function prototype to vm86.h

Global functions should include their prototypes. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- include/asm-x86/vm86.h |1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/asm-x86/vm86.h b/include/asm-x86/vm86.h index a5edf51..b72b9a6 100644 ---

Re: [PATCH] mmc: extend ricoh_mmc to support Ricoh RL5c476

Frank Seidel wrote: > From: Frank Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This patch (based on current linus git tree) adds support for > the Ricoh RL5c476 chip: with this the mmc adapter that needs this > disabler (R5C843) can also be handled correctly when it sits > on a RL5c476. Again, thanks a lot

Re: Problem with ata layer in 2.6.24

Kasper Sandberg wrote: > to put some timeline perspective into this. > i believe it was in 2005 i assembled the system, and when i realized it > was faulty, on old ide driver, i stopped using it - that miht have been > in beginning of 2006. then for almost a year i werent using it, hoping > to

Re: [PATCH 06/23 -v8] handle accurate time keeping over long delays

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > > > > accumulated clock cycles. > > > > > > > > > > About this one.. we talked a lot about the importance of timekeeping at > > > the first Montreal Tracing Summit this week. Actually, someone > > > mentioned a very interesting point : in order to

Re: [PATCH 21/23 -v8] Add markers to various events

5B On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > * Steven Rostedt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > This patch adds markers to various events in the kernel. > > (interrupts, task activation and hrtimers) > > > > Hi Steven, > > I would propose the following standard for IRQ handler markers: > >

[PATCH] modify incorrected word in comment of clear_active_flags

I think is was a mistake. clear_active_flags is just called by shrink_inactive_list. --- mm/vmscan.c.orig 2008-02-02 15:21:52.0 +0900 +++ mm/vmscan.c 2008-02-02 15:20:46.0 +0900 @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(u } /* - * clear_active_flags() is a

[PATCH] add support for dynamic ticks and preempt rcu

[ Resending this patch because no one commented on it (besides Paul) and I'm thinking it got lost in the noise. Without this patch, preempt RCU is broken when NO_HZ is configured. ] The PREEMPT-RCU can get stuck if a CPU goes idle and NO_HZ is set. The idle CPU will not progress the RCU

Re: PCI: Remove users of pci_enable_device_bars()

Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: Commit: 0948391641918b95d8d96c15089eb5ac156850b3 PCI: Remove users of pci_enable_device_bars() This patch converts users of pci_enable_device_bars() to the new pci_enable_device_{io,mem} interface. The new API fits nicely, except

Re: [PATCH] PCI subsystem: AMD SATA IDE mode quirk

Cai, Crane wrote: From: Crane Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PCI: modify SATA IDE mode quirk When initialize and resume, SB600/700/800 need to set SATA mode correctly. Signed-off-by: Crane Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c 2007-09-24

Re: Integrating cpusets and cpu isolation [was Re: [CPUISOL] CPU isolation extensions]

Max wrote: > Here is the list of things of issues with sched_load_balance flag from CPU > isolation > perspective: A separate thread happened to start up on lkml.org, shortly after yours, that went into this in considerable detail. For example, the interaction of cpusets, sched_load_balance,

Re: [PATCH] Fix fallout from PCI: PCIE ASPM support

Olof Johansson wrote: On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 05:06:42AM +, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: PCI: PCIE ASPM support This one broke almost all defconfigs on powerpc, since they enable CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL and CONFIG_PCI, and this option defaults to y. Make it default to 'n' like most

[PATCH] PCI subsystem: AMD SATA IDE mode quirk

From: Crane Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PCI: modify SATA IDE mode quirk When initialize and resume, SB600/700/800 need to set SATA mode correctly. Signed-off-by: Crane Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c 2007-09-24 14:16:32.0

Re: [git patches] net driver updates #2

From: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:03:38 -0500 > Please pull from 'upstream2-davem' branch of This is now pulled and pushed back out to net-2.6 Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL

Re: [git patches] net driver updates #2

From: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:03:38 -0500 > This submit is based on top of Linus's tree, since I'm not sure what's > going on with net-2.6.git and my previous (lost?) submission. > > These changes do /not/ include anything from the previous submission, > which

[PATCH] sis190: fix compile error section type conflict

Fix the following compile error: drivers/net/sis190.c:329: error: sis190_pci_tbl causes a section type conflict make[2]: *** [drivers/net/sis190.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2 Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/sis190.c |

[PATCH] Fix fallout from PCI: PCIE ASPM support

On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 05:06:42AM +, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > PCI: PCIE ASPM support This one broke almost all defconfigs on powerpc, since they enable CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL and CONFIG_PCI, and this option defaults to y. Make it default to 'n' like most other options, and make

Re: Various Errors with recent GIT

On Friday 01 February 2008 23:42:47 Gabriel C wrote: > Daniel Hazelton wrote: > > Another problem is one I wasn't able to find any kind of trigger for, > > other than just running XChat. Every so often XChat would seem to freeze > > - but if run from the command line, switching to that terminal

Re: linux-2.6.24 compile error in drivers/net/b44.c

Add CCs: CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Li Zefan wrote: > drivers/net/b44.c: In function 'b44_remove_one': > drivers/net/b44.c:2231: error: implicit declaration of function > 'ssb_pcihost_set_power_state' > make[2]: *** [drivers/net/b44.o] Error 1 > make[1]:

Re: Build error on PowerPC

On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:57:07AM +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Olof, > > > Please define what kernel version and what config you're trying to > > build. > > it is the latest kernel for Linus' git and the config is kinda obviously > enabling the awacs.c driver. Anyway, the driver didn't

Re: Various Errors with recent GIT

Daniel Hazelton wrote: > > Another problem is one I wasn't able to find any kind of trigger for, other > than just running XChat. Every so often XChat would seem to freeze - but if > run from the command line, switching to that terminal window and > hitting "ctrl-c" would cause it to rapidly

[ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.4

The latest feature release GIT 1.5.4 is available at the usual places: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ git-1.5.4.tar.{gz,bz2}(tarball) git-htmldocs-1.5.4.tar.{gz,bz2} (preformatted docs) git-manpages-1.5.4.tar.{gz,bz2}

Re: [PATCH 0/10] generic thermal management

series applied to acpi-test. thanks, -Len On Thursday 17 January 2008 02:50, Zhang Rui wrote: > Hi, all, > > This patch series introduces a new generic thermal sysfs driver > which provides a set of interfaces for thermal zone devices (sensors) > and thermal cooling devices (fan, processor...)

Re: kernel panic on 2.6.24/iTCO_wdt not rebooting machine

I think i found issue, but not able to understand how to fix it. I did small patch to make sure, that code able to change TCO_EN(bit 13) to 0. It cannot change it, because TCO_LOCK bit is set. I For example i did patch to see that: --- /usr/src/linux-2.6.24/drivers/watchdog/iTCO_wdt.c

Re: Are Section mismatches out of control?

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 10:51:14PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Feb 1 2008 12:10, Andi Kleen wrote: > >On Friday 01 February 2008 11:47:18 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > >> James said in a related posting that the Section mismatch > >> warnings were getting out of control. > > > >My question is:

Re: What's the status of x2APIC support in Linux kernel?

> Section 5 and section 9.5 describe 'I/OxAPIC'. I'm not sure if it is > already supported by Linux, I guess it is not. I'm not sure what the point of your questions is. Do you want to do something concrete or are you just interested in random buzzwords? Anyways as far as I know Linux supports

[PATCH 1/2] x86: add cpu init function defintions to cpu.h

cpu.h was already included everywhere needed. Fixes following sparse warnings: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c:343:12: warning: symbol 'amd_init_cpu' was not declared. Should it be static? arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c:444:12: warning: symbol 'cyrix_init_cpu' was not declared. Should it be static?

[PATCH 2/2] x86: add cpu mtrr init function definitions to mtrr.h

mtrr.h was included everywhere needed. Fixes the following sparse warnings. Also, the return types in the extern definitions were incorrect. arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/amd.c:113:12: warning: symbol 'amd_init_mtrr' was not declared. Should it be static? arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c:268:12:

Various Errors with recent GIT

In a recent (haven't tested the latest git, but I have tested one pulled down 1/29 - I think it's 24e1c13) I see the following errors when the AES crypto module is loaded: [ 27.786935] aes_x86_64: Unknown symbol crypto_it_tab [ 27.786984] aes_x86_64: Unknown symbol crypto_aes_set_key [

Re: [PATCH] Rationalise ACPI backlight implementation

On Monday 28 January 2008 00:10, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:25:50 + Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 10:00:45PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > - Create a new /sys node with a new name which has the new semantics. > > > > The

Re: [PATCH] Rationalise ACPI backlight implementation

Applied. thanks, -Len On Tuesday 25 December 2007 21:03, Matthew Garrett wrote: > The sysfs backlight class provides no mechanism for querying the > acceptable brightness for a backlight. The ACPI spec states that values > are only valid if they are reported as available by the firmware. Since

Re: [2.6.22.y] {01**/17} - do_anonymous_page-race - series for stable kernel

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Oliver Pinter (Pint?r Oliv?r) wrote: > > NOT IN MAINLINE > > Linus it's go or drop it? I have no idea, because you've used some horrible and stupid attachment format that I can't even read. Patches should be inline so that people can see them and comment on them.

Re: [2.6.22.y] {17**/17} - nopage-range-fix.patch (CVE-2008-0007) - series for stable kernel #2

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Oliver Pinter (Pint?r Oliv?r) wrote: > > Linus it's go or drop it? I should merge it, I was just a bit bummed that I think the right solution is to switch the bitfield meaning around. But the patch is certainly not wrong. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this

Re: SiI 3512 Serial ATA Controller - kernel 2.6.23

Dan Nica wrote: > those errors apears only when I use the harddrives with > the sii controller and only when I make operation between > the onboard sata and the sii sata controller, operations between > ide and drives that are on sii works perfectly... Hmm.. Your drive is raising ABRT on writes.

Re: Build error on PowerPC

Hi Olof, > Please define what kernel version and what config you're trying to > build. it is the latest kernel for Linus' git and the config is kinda obviously enabling the awacs.c driver. Anyway, the driver didn't make use of the NVRAM call and thus removing that include is perfectly fine.

Re: Oops in evdev_disconnect for kernel 2.6.23.12

Berthold Cogel-2 wrote: > > Those two patches solved the oops. I can remove and reconnnect the > tablet without problems. > Dear Berthold, I saw that you have problems with Ooops in evdev_disconnect. My problem is similar I have a USB KVM switch and if I switch beetween computers U got a

Re: What's the status of x2APIC support in Linux kernel?

On 2/1/08, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are right no CPUs shipping which implement x2apic. Thanks for your information. > "Jike Song" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Maybe. I have a question as well, what about the status of I/O > > xAPIC support in linux? If it is not

[PATCH] wireless/ath5k: renamed to ath5k_pci_driver to fix Section mismatch warnings

the struct pci_driver refered ath5k_pci_id_table which in __devinit section, the sparse tool suggest this renamed to "*driver", kills mismatch warnings. Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c |6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3

Re: [patch 22/27] quicklist: Set tlb->need_flush if pages are remaining in quicklist 0

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 17:30 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Justin M. Forbes wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 16:39 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > > NO! Wrong fix. Was dropped from mainline. > > > > What is the right fix for the OOM issues with 2.6.22? Perhaps >

Re: [PATCH 02/22 -v7] Add basic support for gcc profiler instrumentation

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > OK, fair enough. I'll explain it a bit more. > > > > > > > > How's this: > > > > > > > > /* > > > > * We are entering ops into the mcount_list but another > > > > * CPU might be walking that list. We need to make sure > > > > * the

linux-2.6.24 compile error in drivers/net/b44.c

drivers/net/b44.c: In function 'b44_remove_one': drivers/net/b44.c:2231: error: implicit declaration of function 'ssb_pcihost_set_power_state' make[2]: *** [drivers/net/b44.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2 I think it is caused by: CONFIG_SSB_PCIHOST=n CONFIG_B44=y -- To

Re: [patch 22/27] quicklist: Set tlb->need_flush if pages are remaining in quicklist 0

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 16:39 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > NO! Wrong fix. Was dropped from mainline. What is the right fix for the OOM issues with 2.6.22? Perhaps http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm=119973653803451=2 should be added to the queue in its place? The OOM issue in 2.6.22 is real, and

[2.6.22.y] {17**/17} - nopage-range-fix.patch (CVE-2008-0007) - series for stable kernel #2

NOT IN MAINLINE Linus it's go or drop it? -- Thanks, Oliver From: Nick Piggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: insufficient range checks of certain fault handlers (CVE-2008-0007) References: 353207 Patch-upstream: not yet This patch is a security fix for CVE-2008-0007. See bugzilla for details.

[2.6.22.y] {15/17} - nfs-unmount-leak.patch - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: 13ef7b69b54aa8ae4ed264d0bf41339737f8543a -- Thanks, Oliver From: Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue Dec 11 11:05:19 2007 -0500 Subject: NFSv2/v3: Fix a memory leak when using -onolock Patch-mainline: 2.6.24 References: 336253 Neil Brown said: > Hi Trond,

[2.6.22.y] {16/17} - nfsv4-MAXNAME-fix.diff - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: a16e92edcd0a2846455a30823e1bac964e743baa -- Thanks, Oliver From: J. Bruce Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:45:51 -0400 Subject: knfsd: query filesystem for NFSv4 getattr of FATTR4_MAXNAME References: 271803 Patch-mainline: 2.6.24 (likely) Without this we always

[2.6.22.y] {14/17} - nfs-name-len-limit - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: 54af3bb543c071769141387a42deaaab5074da55 -- Thanks, Oliver Patch-mainline: 2.6.23 References: 325913 GIT: 54af3bb543c071769141387a42deaaab5074da55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:27:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] NFS: Fix an Oops

[2.6.22.y] {13/17} - nfs-fix-nfs-reval-fsid - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: a0356862bcbeb20acf64bc1a82d28a4c5bb957a7 -- Thanks, Oliver Patch-mainline: 2.6.24 References: 271803 GIT: a0356862bcbeb20acf64bc1a82d28a4c5bb957a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:26:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] NFS: Fix

[2.6.22.y] {12/17} - nfsacl-retval.diff - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: ac8587dcb58e40dd336d99d60f852041e06cc3dd -- Thanks, Oliver From: J. Bruce Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:36:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] knfsd: fix spurious EINVAL errors on first access of new filesystem References: 340873 The v2/v3 acl code in nfsd is translating

[2.6.22.y] {10/17} - via-velocity-dont-oops-on-mtu-change-1 - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: bd7b3f34198071d8bec05180530c362f1800ba46 -- Thanks, Oliver --- Begin Message --- [VIA_VELOCITY]: Don't oops on MTU change. Simple mtu change when device is down. Fix http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9382. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by:

[2.6.22.y] {11/17} - via-velocity-dont-oops-on-mtu-change-2 - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: 48f6b053613b62fed7a2fe3255e5568260a8d615 -- Thanks, Oliver --- Begin Message --- via-velocity: don't oops on MTU change (resend) The VIA veloicty driver needs the following to allow changing MTU when down. The buffer size needs to be computed when device is brought up, not when

[2.6.22.y] {08/17} - intel-agp-965gme-fix - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: dde4787642ee3cb85aef80bdade04b6f8ddc3df8 -- Thanks, Oliver --- Begin Message --- Intel_agp: really fix 945/965GME Fix some missing places to check with device id info, which should probe the device gart correctly. Signed-off-by: Wang Zhenyu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Dave

[2.6.22.y] {09/17} - sony-laptop-call-sonypi_compat_init-earlier - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: 015a916fbbf105bb15f4bbfd80c3b9b2f2e0d7db -- Thanks, Oliver --- Begin Message --- sony-laptop: call sonypi_compat_init earlier sonypi_compat uses a kfifo that needs to be present before _SRS is called to be able to cope with the IRQs triggered when setting resources. Signed-off-by:

[2.6.22.y] {07/17} - i386-fixup-TRACE_IRQ-breakage - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: a10d9a71bafd3a283da240d2868e71346d2aef6f -- Thanks, Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at

[2.6.22.y] {06/17} - handle-bogus-%cs-selector-in-single-step-instruction-decoding - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: 29eb51101c02df517ca64ec472d7501127ad1da8 -- Thanks, Oliver --- Begin Message --- Handle bogus %cs selector in single-step instruction decoding The code for LDT segment selectors was not robust in the face of a bogus selector set in %cs via ptrace before the single-step was done.

[2.6.22.y] {05/17} - cciss-fix_memory_leak - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: f2912a1223c0917a7b4e054f18086209137891ea -- Thanks, Oliver cciss-fix_memory_leak Description: application/mbox

[2.6.22.y] {04/17} - cciss-panic-in-blk_rq_map_sg - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: a683d652d334a546be9175b894f42dbd8e399536 -- Thanks, Oliver cciss-panic-in-blk_rq_map_sg Description: application/mbox

[2.6.22.y] {02/17} - invalid-semicolon - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: 2b02d13996fe28478e45605de9bd8bdca25718de -- Thanks, Oliver --- Begin Message --- A similar fix to netfilter from Eric Dumazet inspired me to look around a bit by using some grep/sed stuff as looking for this kind of bugs seemed easy to automate. This is one of them I

[2.6.22.y] {03/17} - pci-fix-unterminated-pci_device_id-lists - series for stable kernel #2

mainline: 248bdd5efca5a113cbf443a993c69e53d370236b -- Thanks, Oliver -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at

[2.6.22.y] {01**/17} - do_anonymous_page-race - series for stable kernel

NOT IN MAINLINE Linus it's go or drop it? -- Thanks, Oliver --- Begin Message --- Additional Comment #103 From Andrea Arcangeli 2004-10-15 19:41 the last patch I attached is the safest I believe. I'm not sure if a lock_unlock or lock_unlock is always guaranteed to happen after the I/O, and

[2.6.22.y] {00/17} series for stable kernel #2

01/17** do_anonymous_page-race 02/17 invalid-semicolon 03/17 pci-fix-unterminated-pci_device_id-lists 04/17 cciss-panic-in-blk_rq_map_sg 05/17 cciss-fix_memory_leak 06/17 handle-bogus-%cs-selector-in-single-step-instruction-decoding 07/17 i386-fixup-TRACE_IRQ-breakage 08/17 intel-agp-965gme-fix

Re: [patch 22/27] quicklist: Set tlb->need_flush if pages are remaining in quicklist 0

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Justin M. Forbes wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 16:39 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > NO! Wrong fix. Was dropped from mainline. > > What is the right fix for the OOM issues with 2.6.22? Perhaps > http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm=119973653803451=2 should be added to > the

Re: Feature Removals for 2.6.25

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:38:42PM -0800, Harvey Harrison wrote: > --- > Ping? > What: vm_ops.nopage > When: Soon, provided in-kernel callers have been converted > Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around > forever, is used by a lot of

Re: [GIT PATCH] PCI patches for 2.6.24

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:49:16 -0800 Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig~fix-gregkh-pci-pci-pcie-aspm-support > > +++ a/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig > > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ source "drivers/pci/pcie/aer/Kconfig" > > # > > config PCIEASPM > > bool "PCI Express ASPM

Re: [PATCH] correct inconsistent ntp interval/tick_length usage

On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 06:02 +0100, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, john stultz wrote: > > > My concern is we state the accumulation interval is X ns long. Then > > current_tick_length() is to return (X + ntp_adjustment), so each > > accumulation interval we can keep track of

Re: [bug] as_merged_requests(): possible recursive locking detected

On Friday 01 February 2008 21:31, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Fri, Feb 01 2008, Jens Axboe wrote: > > I think the right solution is to remove swap_io_context() and fix the io > > context referencing in as-iosched.c instead. > > IOW, the below. I don't know why Nick originally wanted to swap io >

Re: [2.6.22.y] {00/17} series for stable kernel

hi! then i searched the git id's and resnd the patches On 2/2/08, Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:13:13AM +0100, Oliver Pinter (Pint?r Oliv?r) > wrote: > > do_anonymous_page-race NOT PART OF mainline - or I not find - openSUSE patch > > invalid-semicolon

Re: [patch 22/27] quicklist: Set tlb->need_flush if pages are remaining in quicklist 0

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:39:08PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > NO! Wrong fix. Was dropped from mainline. Thanks for letting us know, now dropped. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo

Re: 2.6.24 regression: pan hanging unkilleable and un-straceable

On Friday 01 February 2008 09:45, Frederik Himpe wrote: > On ma, 2008-01-28 at 12:46 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > > On Sunday 27 January 2008 00:29, Frederik Himpe wrote: > > > On di, 2008-01-22 at 16:25 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday 22 January 2008 07:58, Frederik Himpe wrote: >

Re: [GIT PATCH] PCI patches for 2.6.24

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:42:06PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:11:47 -0800 > Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > PCI: PCIE ASPM support > > drivers/built-in.o: In function `pci_scan_slot': > drivers/pci/probe.c:1016: undefined reference to

Re: [PATCH] Add iSCSI iBFT support (v0.4.6)

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:18:09 -0600 James Bottomley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, move the reserve_bootmem into the ibft_find routines and ensure > they're only called once on boot. And note that the reserve_bootmem() interface is about to change.

Re: kernel panic on 2.6.24/iTCO_wdt not rebooting machine

I check, watchdog still doesn't work with acpi=off, nor with pnpacpi=off I will try to check technical documents about chipset, to find any reference to watchdog registers, maybe i can see there something useful. On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:39:08 -0500, Len Brown wrote > On Friday 01 February 2008

Re: [PATCH] x86: sparse errors from string_32.h

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 10:06 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>case 1: > >> - *(unsigned char *)s = pattern; > >> + *(unsigned char *)s = pattern & 0xff; > > > > i've applied

Re: [GIT PATCH] PCI patches for 2.6.24

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:11:47 -0800 Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PCI: PCIE ASPM support drivers/built-in.o: In function `pci_scan_slot': drivers/pci/probe.c:1016: undefined reference to `pcie_aspm_init_link_state' drivers/built-in.o: In function `pci_stop_dev':

Re: [patch 22/27] quicklist: Set tlb->need_flush if pages are remaining in quicklist 0

NO! Wrong fix. Was dropped from mainline. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[PATCH 5/5] ide: add ide_read_error() inline helper

Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/ide/ide-cd.c |2 +- drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c |2 +- drivers/ide/ide-io.c |4 ++-- drivers/ide/ide-iops.c |4 +++- drivers/ide/ide-lib.c |2 +- drivers/ide/ide-tape.c |2 +-

Re: [patch 2/4] mmu_notifier: Callbacks to invalidate address ranges

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 06:21:45PM -0600, Robin Holt wrote: > On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:05:08PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > Are you saying that you get the callback when transitioning from a read > > only to a read write pte on the *same* page? > > I believe that is what we saw. We

[PATCH 4/5] ide: add ide_read_[alt]status() inline helpers

Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/ide/arm/icside.c |2 - drivers/ide/ide-cd.c |7 +++--- drivers/ide/ide-dma.c |3 +- drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c |4 +-- drivers/ide/ide-io.c | 12 +-- drivers/ide/ide-iops.c |

[PATCH 3/5] ide: remove ide_setup_ports()

ide-cris.c: * Add cris_setup_ports() helper and use it instead of ide_setup_ports() (fixes random value being set in ->io_ports[IDE_IRQ_OFFSET]). buddha.c: * Add buddha_setup_ports() helper and use it instead of ide_setup_ports(). falconide.c: * Add falconide_setup_ports() helper and use it

[PATCH 2/5] ide: remove redundant BUG_ON() from [atapi_]reset_pollfunc()

Same BUG_ON() is present inside ide_set_handler(). Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/ide/ide-iops.c |2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c === ---

[PATCH 1/5] ide: remove write-only ->sata_misc[] from ide_hwif_t

* Remove write-only ->sata_misc[] from ide_hwif_t. * Remove no longer used SATA_{MISC,PHY,IEN}_OFFSET defines. Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/ide/pci/siimage.c |3 --- include/linux/ide.h |5 - 2 files changed, 8 deletions(-) Index:

x86/.../trampoline_64.S racy?

Hi! I'm trying to reuse trampoline_64.S for wakeup from ACPI s3... but I'm getting some badness: If I insert delay loops into trampoline_64.S, machine fails to boot; but I already increased cpu bootup delay to 200 seconds... Is it possible that bootup is subtly racy somewhere? diff --git

[patch 27/27] ACPI: apply quirk_ich6_lpc_acpi to more ICH8 and ICH9

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Zhao Yakui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> patch d1ec7298fcefd7e4d1ca612da402ce9e5d5e2c13 in mainline. It is important that these resources be reserved to avoid conflicts with well known ACPI registers.

[patch 26/27] POWERPC: Fix invalid semicolon after if statement

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Ilpo Jrvinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patch 2b02d13996fe28478e45605de9bd8bdca25718de in mainline [POWERPC] Fix invalid semicolon after if statement A similar fix to netfilter from Eric

[patch 25/27] chelsio: Fix skb->dev setting

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Divy Le Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> patch 7de6af0f23b25df8da9719ecae1916b669d0b03d in mainline. eth_type_trans() now sets skb->dev. Access skb->def after it gets set. Signed-off-by: Divy Le Ray

[patch 24/27] cxgb: fix stats

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Divy Le Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> patch e0348b9ae5374f9a24424ae680bcd80724415f60 in mainline. Fix MAC stats accounting. Fix get_stats. Signed-off-by: Divy Le Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[patch 23/27] cxgb: fix T2 GSO

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Divy Le Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> patch 7832ee034b6ef78aab020c9ec1348544cd65ccbd in mainline. The patch ensures that a GSO skb has enough headroom to push an encapsulating cpl_tx_pkt_lso

[patch 22/27] quicklist: Set tlb->need_flush if pages are remaining in quicklist 0

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> patch 421d99193537a6522aac2148286f08792167d5fd in mainline. This ensures that the quicklists are drained. Otherwise draining may only occur when the

[patch 20/27] ACPICA: fix acpi-cpufreq boot crash due to _PSD return-by-reference

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Bob Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> patch 152c300d007c70c4a1847dad39ecdaba22e7d457 in mainline. Changed resolution of named references in packages Fixed a problem with the Package operator where

[patch 21/27] vfs: coredumping fix (CVE-2007-6206)

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> vfs: coredumping fix patch c46f739dd39db3b07ab5deb4e3ec81e1c04a91af in mainline fix: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3043 only allow coredumping

[patch 19/27] CASSINI: Set skb->truesize properly on receive packets.

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Upstream commit: d011a231675b240157a3c335dd53e9b849d7d30d ] skb->truesize was not being incremented at all to reflect the page based data added to RX SKBs.

[patch 18/27] CASSINI: Revert dont touch page_count.

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Upstream commit: 9de4dfb4c7176e5bb232a21cdd8df78da2b15cac ] This reverts changeset fa4f0774d7c6cccb4d1fda76b91dd8eddcb2dd6a ([CASSINI]: dont touch

[patch 16/27] ATM: Check IP header validity in mpc_send_packet

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ATM]: Check IP header validity in mpc_send_packet [ Upstream commit: 1c9b7aa1eb40ab708ef3242f74b9a61487623168 ] Al went through the ip_fast_csum callers and

[patch 15/27] ATM: delay irq setup until card is configured

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Chas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ATM]: [nicstar] delay irq setup until card is configured [ Upstream commit: 52961955aa180959158faeb9fd6b4f8a591450f5 ] Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <[EMAIL

[patch 17/27] CASSINI: Fix endianness bug.

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Upstream commit: e5e025401f6e926c1d9dc3f3f2813cf98a2d8708 ] Here's proposed fix for RX checksum handling in cassini; it affects little-endian working with

[patch 14/27] CONNECTOR: Dont touch queue dev after decrement of ref count.

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Li Zefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [CONNECTOR]: Don't touch queue dev after decrement of ref count. [ Upstream commit: cf585ae8ae9ac7287a6d078425ea32f22bf7f1f7 ] cn_queue_free_callback() will

[patch 12/27] INET: Fix netdev renaming and inet address labels

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: Mark McLoughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [INET]: Fix netdev renaming and inet address labels [ Upstream commit: 44344b2a85f03326c7047a8c861b0c625c674839 ] When re-naming an interface, the

[patch 13/27] : Fix sparc64 cpu cross call hangs.

2.6.22-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- From: "David S. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [SPARC64]: Fix endless loop in cheetah_xcall_deliver(). [ Upsteam commit: 0de56d1ab83323d604d95ca193dcbd28388dbabb ] We need to mask out the proper bits

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