Hi Andrew, I updated the cleanup patchset for add-vmcoreinfo.patch. * Cleanup add-vmcoreinfo.patch v1: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0709.1/0318.html This patchset (v2) includes a new patch[4/4] for adding a prefix "VMCOREINFO_" to the vmcoreinfo macros. Other patches ([1/4]-[3/4]) don't have any changes. Changelog: - Add "Add a prefix VMCOREINFO_ to the vmcoreinfo macros" patch. Patchset: [1/4] Cleanup the coding style according to Andrew's comments: [ message continues ]

[3/4] Use the existing ia64_tpa() instead of asm code. Thanks Ken'ichi Ohmichi --- Signed-off-by: Ken'ichi Ohmichi <oomichi@mxs.nes.nec.co.jp> --- diff -rpuN a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c 2007-09-10 23:30:33.000000000 +0900 +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/machine_kexec.c 2007-09-10 23:31:37.000000000 +0900 @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include <asm/setup.h> #include <asm/delay.h> #include <asm/meminit...

The #define SIZE() should be renamed STRUCT_SIZE() since it's always returning the size of the struct with a given name. This would allow TYPEDEF_SIZE() to simply become SIZE() since it need not be used exclusively for typedefs. -

Now I'm improving the performance to scan bitmap in SELinux, with replacing its original bitmap implementation (ebitmap) by common bitops like find_next_bit(). I posted a patch to replace them, however, it got a bit complex bacause we had to translate u64 <--> unsigned long by myself to adjust between the format of security policy and common bitops. http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=118956715414494&w=2 I have an idea to provide several wrapper functions to copy u64/u32 to/from unsign...

Hi!, This is a first stab at a Linux driver for the Elantech touchpad as found on some laptops (e.g. MSI MS-1035 aka L725). Insight in the protocol and configuration options came from investigating the behaviour of the Windows Elantech touchpad driver in a Qemu instance by logging the PS/2 data stream and observing the changes it made to the Windows registry. By using the serio_raw driver, replaying the logged PS/2 sequences and studying the resulting output the protocol became clear enough ...

Due to historical reasons, struct kobject contained a static array for the name, and a dynamic pointer in case the name got bigger than the array. That's just dumb, as people didn't always know which variable to reference, even with the accessor for the kobject name. This patch removes the static array, potentially saving a lot of memory as the majority of kobjects do not have a very long name. Thanks to Kay for the idea to do this. Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: ...

<resend with proper subject:> struct cdev does not need the kobject name to be set, as it is never used. This patch fixes up the few places it is set. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- block/bsg.c | 5 +---- drivers/char/raw.c | 5 +---- drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 5 +---- drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 6 ++---- 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) --- a/block/bsg.c ++...

struct cdev does not need the kobject name to be set, as it is never used. This patch fixes up the few places it is set. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- block/bsg.c | 5 +---- drivers/char/raw.c | 5 +---- drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 5 +---- drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 6 ++---- 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) --- a/block/bsg.c +++ b/block/bsg.c @@ -1010,10 +1010,7 @@...

This macro is only used by the driver core and is held over from when we had subsystems. It is not needed anymore. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- drivers/base/bus.c | 3 ++- drivers/base/class.c | 2 +- include/linux/kobject.h | 13 ------------- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/base/bus.c +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c @@ -823,7 +823,8 @@ int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus) if (retval) goto out; - subs...

There are no more subsystems, it's a kset now so remove the function and the only two users, which are in the driver core. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- drivers/base/bus.c | 2 +- drivers/base/class.c | 2 +- include/linux/kobject.h | 7 ------- lib/kobject.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/base/bus.c +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_reprobe); struc...

This macro is only used by the driver core and is held over from when we had subsystems. It is not needed anymore. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- drivers/base/sys.c | 2 +- include/linux/kobject.h | 14 -------------- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/base/sys.c +++ b/drivers/base/sys.c @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int sysdev_class_register(struct sysdev_ kobject_name(&cls->kset.kobj)); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cls->...

Peter, I have been using your -v9 backport to 2.6.22 (thanks very much btw) for the last few days on an amd64 system configured like this: [/],[/home],[/backup],... on top of [lvm2] using [/dev/sdb] which is an [areca hw raid 6 device made up from 8 sata disks] With your patch, performance was much improved. But still there are some seemingly simple tasks which do not work well. Like cp /home/bigfile.txt /backup/bigfile.txt or also rm -r /backup/big-directory They bo...

Due to commit 02a5e0acb3cb85d80d0fe834e366d38a92bbaa22 kernel build is broken if (CONFIG_COMPAT && ! CONFIG_BLOCK): CC fs/compat_ioctl.o In file included from include/linux/raid/md_k.h:19, from include/linux/raid/md.h:54, from fs/compat_ioctl.c:25: include/linux/raid/../../../drivers/md/dm-bio-list.h: In bio_list_: include/linux/raid/../../../drivers/md/dm-bio-list.h:40: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type include/linux/raid/../../../dri...

and here's something a bit more intrusive. The initial idea was to completely get rid of 'se->fair_key'. It's always equal to 'se->vruntime' for all runnable tasks but the 'current'. The exact key within the tree for the 'current' has to be known in order for __enqueue_entity() to work properly (if we just use 'vruntime', we may go a wrong way down the tree while looking for the correct position for a new element). Sure, it's possible to cache the current's key in the 'cfs_rq' and add a few a...

Hi Andrew, module.c and module.h conatains code for finding exported symbols which are declared with EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL, and this code is compiled in even if CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is not set and thus there can be no EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOLs in modules anyway (because EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(x) are compiled out to nothing then). This patch adds required #ifdefs. This shrinks module.o and each *.ko file. Patch also regroups some struct module members so that on 64 bit CPUs we are not wasting 32 b...

Attached patch reduces number of inserted #ifdefs from 11 to 8. -- vda

HPA, After a day, still works, no video mess-up after s2ram resume. I guess we can close this regression for -rc6 now. I'll test it again after Linus release the next update. Thanks for the patch. Great work! Jeff. -

init_irq_signals doesn't need to be called from the context of a new process. It initializes handlers, which are useless in process context. With that call gone, init_irq_signals has only one caller, so it can be inlined into init_new_thread_signals. Index: linux-2.6.22/arch/um/include/os.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22.orig/arch/um/include/os.h 2007-09-12 16:45:28.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.22/arch/um/include/os.h 2007-09-13 10:46:34.0000...

These are two code cleanups and a fix for one of yesterday's patches. 2.6.24 material. Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com -

Hi Al, Christoph, Here's a patch that implements a very basic set of COW credentials. It compiles and links for x86_64 with EXT3, (V)FAT, NFS, AFS, SELinux and keyrings all enabled. Most other filesystems are disabled, apart from things like proc. It is not intended to completely cover the kernel at this point. Note that the keyrings cause a little bit of a problem as the thread, process and session keyrings can all be installed on one task by another. Furthermore, the session keyring can be...

Like 'current' for instance? static __always_inline struct task_struct *get_current(void) { return x86_read_percpu(current_task); } Yes, I know it's silly. One thing I was trying to do was make it possible to change how the cred structure was accessed without having to keep going back and change a whole It's a 'test' patch, as you'll note from the subject, and not particularly near completion. I'm interested in garnering useful comments, particularly on the points of concern th...

on x86_64, 2 CPU + HT, 4 GB RAM: reiserfs with blocksize of 1 KB, data=ordered [ 9828.242431] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 9828.247056] kernel BUG at fs/reiserfs/journal.c:531! [ 9828.252017] invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP [ 9828.256070] CPU 0 [ 9828.258105] Modules linked in: reiserfs loop [ 9828.262428] Pid: 16555, comm: pdflush Not tainted 2.6.23-rc6-git3 #1 [ 9828.268775] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8802832d>] [<ffffffff8802832d>] :reiserfs:reiserfs_in_journal+0x10c/0x189 [ 9...

Force PCI bus renumbering for Compaq EVO N800c laptop, in order to get the cardbus slot recognised. Signed-off-by: Juha Laiho <Juha.Laiho@iki.fi> --- Please note that I'm not subscribed to linux-kernel, so please cc any comments to my personal email. The diff was done against version 2.6.22.6. diff -upN arch/i386/pci/common.c.orig arch/i386/pci/common.c --- arch/i386/pci/common.c.orig 2007-09-13 20:51:08.000000000 +0300 +++ arch/i386/pci/common.c 2007-07-17 12:09:53.000000000 +0300 ...

I've only given this a high level review at this point, and while the patch looks okay on first pass, is there a way to move some of this functionality to either the rdma_cm or iw_cm? I don't like the idea of every iwarp driver having to implement address/listen list maintenance. There are a couple of areas that I made a note to look at in more detail (because I didn't understand everything that was happening), but I did have one minor nit - most uses of list_del_init can just be list_del. ...