[RFC PATCH powerpc ] Protect smp_processor_id() in arch_spin_unlock_wait()

2012-11-18 Thread Li Zhong
This patch tries to disable preemption for using smp_processor_id() in arch_spin_unlock_wait(), to avoid following report: [ 17.279377] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [] code: autorun/1024 [ 17.279407] caller is .arch_spin_unlock_wait+0x34/0x80 [ 17.279415] Call Trac

Re: [PATCH] powerpc, perf: Change PMU flag values representation from decimal to hex

2012-11-18 Thread Anshuman Khandual
On 11/16/2012 05:12 PM, Paul Mackerras wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 02:29:04PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote: >> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual > > That's not a sufficient description of why you are making this > change. In particular, what is the motivation for and impact of using > LONG

[PATCH] powerpc, perf: Change PMU flag representation from decimal to hex

2012-11-18 Thread Anshuman Khandual
Change the representation of the PMU flags from decimal to hex since they are bitfields which are easier to read in hex. Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h | 20 +++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arc

[GIT PULL 00/32] perf/core improvements and fixes

2012-11-18 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Hi Ingo, Please consider pulling, - Arnaldo The following changes since commit ffadcf090d468e9c4938b718649f38dd10cfdb02: perf annotate: Handle XBEGIN like a jump (2012-10-31 12:18:26 -0200) are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/

[PATCH 31/32] perf powerpc: Use uapi/unistd.h to fix build error

2012-11-18 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Use the 'unistd.h' from arch/powerpc/include/uapi to build the perf tool. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Acked-by: David Howells Cc: Anton Blanchard Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Robert Richter Cc: linuxppc-...@ozlabs.org Link: htt

MPC52xx_uart low_latency

2012-11-18 Thread Maxwell MacLean
Hello fellow PPC developers. My name is Max MacLean, a new subscriber to this list. Thanks for taking my call. Since I cannot find a way to easily search the archives, I'll ask directly. Is anyone working on or aware of a patch the MPC52xx_uart driver to provide a 'low_latency' option. I want

Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.7-rc6

2012-11-18 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > JFYI, when comparing v3.7-rc6 to v3.7-rc5[3], the summaries are: > - build errors: +2/-12 Just some broken dependencies, I guess: 2 regressions: + arch/powerpc/sysdev/mpic.c: error: case label does not reduce to an integer constan