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| Chris Rankin | [BUG] 2.6.24 refuses to boot - ATA problem?
Hi,
I have tried to boot a 2.6.24 kernel on my 1 GHz Coppermine / 512 MB RAM PC. (This is without the
nmi_watchdog=1 option.) However, the ATA layer is failing to initialise:
Linux version 2.6.24 (chris@twopit.underworld) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)) #1
SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 2 22:21:52 GMT 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 00000000...
| Feb 2, 7:40 pm 2008 |
| Greg KH | [GIT PATCH] PCI fixes for 2.6.24-git
Here are some PCI patches against your 2.6.24 git tree.
They rip out the PCIE ASPM patch, as it was causing both build errors,
and run-time oopses, fixes a build error in the scsi tree caused by a
clueless kernel developer who forgot to check in his fix on his
machine[1], and 2 patches to fix some of the section warnings in the PCI
code that are now showing up.
Please pull from:
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/pci-2.6.git/
The full patches will be sent to the linux-pci ...
| Feb 2, 7:44 pm 2008 |
| Greg KH | [GIT PATCH] driver core fixes against 2.6.24-git
Here's 10 patches against your current git tree that fix some more build
issues (with CONFIG_SYSFS=n), update some documentation, and refresh the
nozomi driver with some fixes.
Please pull from:
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6.git/
Patches will be sent as a follow-on to this message to lkml for people
to see.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------
Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt | 6 +-
Documentation/ja_JP/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 79 ++++++++++...
| Feb 2, 7:43 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 10/10] Driver core: Remove unneeded get_{device,drive...
From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Driver core: Remove unneeded get_{device,driver}() calls.
Code trying to add/remove attributes must hold a reference to
the device resp. driver anyway, so let's remove those reference
count games.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 8 ++------
drivers/base/driver.c | 9 +++--...
| Feb 2, 7:56 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 09/10] Driver core: Update some prototypes in platfor...
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Just make these match the actual code.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt b/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
index 2a97320..83009fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-model/platform.txt
+++ b/D...
| Feb 2, 7:56 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 08/10] driver core: convert to use class_find_device ...
From: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Convert to use class_find_device api in drivers/base/core.c
Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/base/core.c | 32 +++++++++++---------------------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index b172787..a0cfda5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1144,25 +...
| Feb 2, 7:56 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 07/10] PM: Export device_pm_schedule_removal
From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Move the declaration of device_pm_schedule_removal() to device.h
and make it exported, as it will be used directly by some drivers
for unregistering device objects during suspend/resume cycles in a
safe way.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/base/power/main.c | 1 +
drivers/base/power/power.h | 1 -
include/linu...
| Feb 2, 7:56 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 06/10] nozomi: finish constification
From: Frank Seidel <fseidel@suse.de>
Even some more constifications
Signed-off-by: Frank Seidel <fseidel@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/char/nozomi.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/nozomi.c b/drivers/char/nozomi.c
index 7979eb1..dfaab23 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nozomi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nozomi.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ struct buffer {
} __attribute__ ((packed));
...
| Feb 2, 7:56 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 05/10] nozomi: constify driver
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
nozomi: constify structures and annotate vars
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Signed-off-by: Frank Seidel <fseidel@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/char/nozomi.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/nozomi.c b/drivers/char/nozomi.c
index 86ded7e..7979eb1 100644
--- a/driver...
| Feb 2, 7:55 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 04/10] nozomi driver update
From: Frank Seidel <fseidel@suse.de>
Minor cleanups and removal of in-file changelog:
- Correction of misspellings and wrong encoded Name
- changed 'unsigned' to 'unsigned int' for better readability
- use of generic devicefile access macro
- fixed/added explanatory comment to ntty_put_char
Signed-off-by: Frank Seidel <fseidel@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
drivers/char/nozomi.c | 122 ++++++++++++++----------------------------------
1 fil...
| Feb 2, 7:55 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 03/10] Add ja_JP translation of stable_kernel_rules.txt
From: Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com>
Contents are reviewed by Japanese translation community called "JF".
Thanks a lot!
Singed-off-by: Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
Documentation/ja_JP/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/ja_JP/stable_kernel_rules.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/ja_JP/stable...
| Feb 2, 7:55 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 02/10] kobject: kerneldoc comment fix
From: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Fix kerneldoc comment of kobject_create.
Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
lib/kobject.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 1d63ead..d784dae 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ struct kobject *kobject_create(void)
* @name: the name for the kset
...
| Feb 2, 7:55 pm 2008 |
| Greg Kroah-Hartman | [PATCH 01/10] kobject: Always build in kernel/ksysfs.o.
From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
kernel/ksysfs.c seems to be a random dumping group for misc globals
that the rest of the tree depend on. This has caused problems with
exports in the past when sysfs is disabled, which can already be
observed in commit-id 51107301b629640f9ab76fe23bf385e187b9ac29.
The latest one is the kernel_kobj usage, which presently results in:
fs/built-in.o: In function `debugfs_init':
inode.c:(.init.text+0xc34): undefined reference to `kernel_kobj'
make: *** [....
| Feb 2, 7:55 pm 2008 |
| Chris Rankin | [BUG] 2.6.24 refuses to boot - NMI watchdog problem?
Hi,
I have a 1 GHz Coppermine PC with 512 MB RAM, and it is failing to boot with the nmi_watchdog=1
option. This kernel was rebuilt after doing a "make mrproper". The dmesg log follows:
Linux version 2.6.24 (chris@twopit.underworld) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)) #1
SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 2 22:21:52 GMT 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000...
| Feb 2, 7:36 pm 2008 |
| Scott Shambarger | Oops in megaraid_mbox_dpc(), kernel 2.6.23.9-85.fc8.i686
Not really sure where to send this, and this appears to be a good
starting place...
I was performing some heavy disk activity, and got the following oops
in kernel 2.6.23.9-85.fc8.i686 (Fedora 8)
I'll try to include as much info as I can, but let me know if I can
provide anything else... system has been running for a couple days
before this oops w/o problems, so I don't think it's easy to reproduce.
Scott
megaraid_mbox.c: v2.20.5.1 (Nov 16 2006)
panic: (sorry for any errors, since...
| Feb 2, 7:03 pm 2008 |
| Miklos Szeredi | [patch 0/3] mm: bdi: updates
Here are incremental patches against the "export BDI attributes in
sysfs" patchset, addressing the issues identified at the last
submission:
- the read-only attributes are only for debugging
- more consistent naming needed in /sys/class/bdi
- documentation problems
I've also done some testing, and fixed some bugs. Including patches
in -mm can do wonders, even before the kernel containing them is
released :)
Let me know if you prefer a resubmission of the original series with
these cha...
| Feb 2, 7:01 pm 2008 |
| Miklos Szeredi | [patch 1/3] mm: bdi: fix read_ahead_kb_store()
From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
This managed to completely evade testing :(
Fix return value to be count or -errno. Also bring the function in
line with the other store functions on this object, which have more
strict input checking.
Also fix bdi_set_max_ratio() to actually return an error, instead of
always zero.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
---
Index: linux/mm/backing-dev.c
===================================================================
---...
| Feb 2, 7:01 pm 2008 |
| Miklos Szeredi | [patch 3/3] mm: bdi: move statistics to debugfs
From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
Move BDI statistics to debugfs:
/sys/kernel/debug/bdi/<bdi>/stats
Use postcore_initcall() to initialize the sysfs class and debugfs,
because debugfs is initialized in core_initcall().
Update descriptions in ABI documentation.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
---
Index: linux/include/linux/backing-dev.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/backing-dev....
| Feb 2, 7:01 pm 2008 |
| Miklos Szeredi | [patch 2/3] mm: bdi: use MAJOR:MINOR in /sys/class/bdi
From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
Uniformly use MAJOR:MINOR in /sys/class/bdi/ for both block devices
and non-block device backed filesystems: FUSE and NFS.
Add symlink for block devices:
/sys/block/<name>/bdi -> /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
---
Index: linux/block/genhd.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/block/genhd.c 2008-02-02 22:41:03.000000000 +0100
+++ linu...
| Feb 2, 7:01 pm 2008 |
| Dmitry Adamushko | latencytop: optimize LT_BACKTRACEDEPTH loops a bit
Subject: latencytop: optimize LT_BACKTRACEDEPTH loops a bit.
It looks like there is no need to loop any longer when 'same == 0'.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>
diff --git a/kernel/latencytop.c b/kernel/latencytop.c
index b4e3c85..61f7da0 100644
--- a/kernel/latencytop.c
+++ b/kernel/latencytop.c
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ account_global_scheduler_latency(struct task_struct *tsk, struct latency_record
return;
for (i = 0; i < MAXLR; i++) {
- int q;
-...
| Feb 2, 6:59 pm 2008 |
| Dmitry Baryshkov | [PATCH 0/5] Generic clocks framework
Hi,
Currently we have a generic clock api for using clocks.
This patchset tries to fill other side: an api for providing
clocks.
Currently each platform that wants to provide <linux/clk.h>
implementation is forced to reimplement everything from scratch.
This leads for major code duplication. E.g. the ARM arch
contains 13 implementations (one for each mach). Also there are
implementations for AVR, MIPS, PowerPC and SH.
This patchset implements the "management" part, so each platform
would...
| Feb 2, 6:54 pm 2008 |
| Dmitry Baryshkov | [PATCH 5/5] Use clocklib for sa1100 sub-arch.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm/mach-sa1100/clock.c | 95 ++---------------------------------------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 45c1790..cd8f792 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ config ARCH_SA1100
select ARCH_MTD_XIP
select GENERIC_GPIO
select GENERIC_TIME
+ select HAVE_CLOCK_LIB
help
...
| Feb 2, 7:00 pm 2008 |
| Dmitry Baryshkov | [PATCH 4/5] Use correct clock for IrDA on pxa
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c b/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c
index 8c09344..36d2ec0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/pxaficp_ir.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static int pxa_irda_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
si->dev = &pdev->dev;
si->pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
- si->...
| Feb 2, 7:00 pm 2008 |
| Dmitry Baryshkov | [PATCH 3/5] Use clocklib for ARM pxa sub-arch.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.c | 108 ++++----------------------
arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.h | 58 +++++++-------
arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa25x.c | 187 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa27x.c | 61 ++++++++-------
arch/arm/mach-pxa/pxa3xx.c | 91 ++++++++++++---------
6 files changed, 292 insertions(+), 214 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconf...
| Feb 2, 7:00 pm 2008 |
| Dmitry Baryshkov | [PATCH 1/5] Add generic framework for managing clocks.
Provide a generic framework that platform may choose
to support clocks api. In particular this provides
platform-independant struct clk definition, a full
implementation of clocks api and a set of functions
for registering and unregistering clocks in a safe way.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/clklib.h | 85 ++++++++++++++
init/Kconfig | 7 +
kernel/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/clklib.c | 295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
| Feb 2, 7:00 pm 2008 |
| Dmitry Baryshkov | [PATCH 2/5] Clocklib debugfs support
Provide /sys/kernel/debug/clock to ease debugging.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/clklib.h | 5 +++
kernel/clklib.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/clklib.h b/include/linux/clklib.h
index 4bd9b4a..f916693 100644
--- a/include/linux/clklib.h
+++ b/include/linux/clklib.h
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ struct clk {
int (*setrate) (struct clk *, un...
| Feb 2, 6:59 pm 2008 |
| Christoph Anton Mitterer | kernel support for newer UDF versions (> 2.01)
Hi everybody.
Does someone know if it's planned (or even in the works) to support
newer versions of the UDF filesystem?
Especially the versions 2.50 and 2.60 would be very interesting for
mounting BluRay discs (and HD DVD)...
I've seen somewhere a patch but that was pretty old and AFAIK not yet
finished or included in the vanilla tree.
Best wishes,
Chris.
--
| Feb 2, 3:39 pm 2008 |
| Mike Hokenson | Problem burning DVDs with Marvell 88SE6121 on pata_marvell
I recently put together a new system with a MSI P35 PLATINUM and although
reading from data CDs, DVDs, and watching DVD movies is working fine, DVD
burning isn't. MSI's manual says "1 IDE port by Marvell 88SE6111", but
lspci says it's a 88SE6121. I have two DVD burners, a SONY DRU-510A and
a DRU-820A. They were both working fine with TDK DVD+R media on my ASUS
K8V SE DELUXE (VIA IDE controller) prior to the upgrade.
Here's what I see with dvd+rw-tools version 7.0-9:
sh# growisofs -dvd-compat -s...
| Feb 2, 6:30 pm 2008 |
| Sam Ravnborg | Re: x86: fix arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c modular build bug
This should have used _ASM_PTR from asm.h:
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
/* 32 bits */
# define _ASM_PTR " .long "
...
#else
/* 64 bits */
# define _ASM_PTR " .quad "
Sam
--
| Feb 2, 6:36 pm 2008 |
| H. Peter Anvin | Re: x86: fix arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c modular build bug
There is an even better patch now in upstream.
-hpa
--
| Feb 2, 7:12 pm 2008 |
| H. Peter Anvin | Re: x86: fix arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c modular build bug
Sorry, not in upstream; *queued* for upstream (in x86.git#master).
-hpa
--
| Feb 2, 7:54 pm 2008 |
| A.E.Lawrence | 2.6.24 x86 apm module name change not in Kconfig
Legacy i386 box failed to shutdown under 2.6.24 because it tried to load
module apm rather than apm_32.
If it is intended that apm_32 not be aliased as apm, then
arch/x86/Kconfig
which currently says "module will be called apm."
needs to be updated to match.
ael
--
| Feb 2, 5:59 pm 2008 |
| A.E.Lawrence | 2.6.24 x86 apm module name change not in Kconfig
Legacy i386 box failed to shutdown under 2.6.24 because it tried to load
module apm rather than apm_32.
If it is intended that apm_32 not be aliased as apm, then
arch/x86/Kconfig
which currently says "module will be called apm."
needs to be updated to match.
ael
--
| Feb 2, 5:56 pm 2008 |
| Cyrill Gorcunov | [RFC] x86: setup code_bytes - use mask to restrict it's size
This patch strips off 8 bytes from text section. Not a really
big advantage (especially for __init section). It seems 8192
bytes of disassembled code is rare used anyway.
before:
text data bss dec hex filename
9900 176 20 10096 2770 arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.o.old
after:
text data bss dec hex filename
9892 176 20 10088 2768 arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.o
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
---
If there is no bene...
| Feb 2, 6:12 pm 2008 |
| H. Peter Anvin | Re: [RFC] x86: setup code_bytes - use mask to restrict it's ...
I don't think this is the behaviour we want (wrapping around); worse, if
people enter a larger power of two they will get zero.
So NAK on this patch, IMO.
-hpa
--
| Feb 2, 6:25 pm 2008 |
| Cyrill Gorcunov | Re: [RFC] x86: setup code_bytes - use mask to restrict it's ...
Thanks for review. Agreed with you absolutely. Silly patch, sorry :(
--
| Feb 2, 6:32 pm 2008 |
| H. Peter Anvin | Re: [RFC] x86: setup code_bytes - use mask to restrict it's ...
S'okay :) Thanks for trying!
-hpa
--
| Feb 2, 6:59 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 3/7] Immediate Values - x86 Optimization
x86 optimization of the immediate values which uses a movl with code patching
to set/unset the value used to populate the register used as variable source.
Changelog:
- Use text_poke_early with cr0 WP save/restore to patch the bypass. We are doing
non atomic writes to a code region only touched by us (nobody can execute it
since we are protected by the imv_mutex).
- Put imv_set and _imv_set in the architecture independent header.
- Use $0 instead of %2 with (0) operand.
- Add x86_64 support, r...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 2/7] Immediate Values - Kconfig menu in EMBEDDED
Immediate values provide a way to use dynamic code patching to update variables
sitting within the instruction stream. It saves caches lines normally used by
static read mostly variables. Enable it by default, but let users disable it
through the EMBEDDED menu with the "Disable immediate values" submenu entry.
Note: Since I think that I really should let embedded systems developers using
RO memory the option to disable the immediate values, I choose to leave this
menu option there, in the EMBEDDED m...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 5/7] Immediate Values - Powerpc Optimization
PowerPC optimization of the immediate values which uses a li instruction,
patched with an immediate value.
Changelog:
- Put imv_set and _imv_set in the architecture independent header.
- Pack the __imv section. Use smallest types required for size (char).
- Remove architecture specific update code : now handled by architecture
agnostic code.
- Use imv_* instead of immediate_*.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 4/7] Add text_poke and sync_core to powerpc
- Needed on architectures where we must surround live instruction modification
with "WP flag disable".
- Turns into a memcpy on powerpc since there is no WP flag activated for
instruction pages (yet..).
- Add empty sync_core to powerpc so it can be used in architecture independent
code.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org&g...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 6/7] Immediate Values - Documentation
Changelog:
- Remove imv_set_early (removed from API).
- Use imv_* instead of immediate_*.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
---
Documentation/immediate.txt | 221 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 221 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6-lttng/Documentation/immediate.txt
===================================================================
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 7/7] Scheduler Profiling - Use Immediate Values
Use immediate values with lower d-cache hit in optimized version as a
condition for scheduler profiling call.
Changelog :
- Use imv_* instead of immediate_*.
- Follow the white rabbit : kvm_main.c which becomes x86.c.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
include/linux/profile.h | 5 +++--
kernel/profile.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
kernel/sched_fair.c | 5 +----
...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 1/7] Immediate Values - Architecture Independent Code
Immediate values are used as read mostly variables that are rarely updated. They
use code patching to modify the values inscribed in the instruction stream. It
provides a way to save precious cache lines that would otherwise have to be used
by these variables.
There is a generic _imv_read() version, which uses standard global
variables, and optimized per architecture imv_read() implementations,
which use a load immediate to remove a data cache hit. When the immediate values
functionnality is disabl...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 0/7] Immediate Values
Hi Andrew,
Here are the updated immediate values for 2.6.24-git12.
Dependencies :
# instrumentation menu removal #merged in kbuild.git
fix-arm-to-play-nicely-with-generic-instrumentation-menu.patch
create-arch-kconfig.patch
add-have-oprofile.patch
add-have-kprobes.patch
move-kconfiginstrumentation-to-arch-kconfig-and-init-kconfig.patch
#
#Kprobes mutex cleanup
kprobes-use-mutex-for-insn-pages.patch
kprobes-dont-use-kprobes-mutex-in-arch-code.patch
kprobes-declare-kprobes-mutex-static.patc...
| Feb 2, 5:08 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 2/2] Text Edit Lock - kprobes architecture independen...
Use the mutual exclusion provided by the text edit lock in the kprobes code. It
allows coherent manipulation of the kernel code by other subsystems.
Changelog:
Move the kernel_text_lock/unlock out of the for loops.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
CC: ananth@in.ibm.com
CC: anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com
CC: davem@davemloft.net
CC: Roel Kluin <12o3l@tiscali.nl>
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kernel/kprobes.c | ...
| Feb 2, 4:49 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 0/2] Text Edit Lock
Hi Andrew,
Here is a resend of the Text Edit Lock patchset (only 2 patches). It consists of
a mutex that serializes code modification. Used by kprobes and the immediate
values.
Dependencies :
#Kprobes mutex cleanup
kprobes-use-mutex-for-insn-pages.patch
kprobes-dont-use-kprobes-mutex-in-arch-code.patch
kprobes-declare-kprobes-mutex-static.patch
#Enhance DEBUG_RODATA support
x86-enhance-debug-rodata-support-alternatives.patch
x86-enhance-debug-rodata-support-for-hotplug-and-kprobes.patch
...
| Feb 2, 4:49 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 1/2] Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code
This is an architecture independant synchronization around kernel text
modifications through use of a global mutex.
A mutex has been chosen so that kprobes, the main user of this, can sleep during
memory allocation between the memory read of the instructions it must replace
and the memory write of the breakpoint.
Other user of this interface: immediate values.
Paravirt and alternatives are always done when SMP is inactive, so there is no
need to use locks.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &l...
| Feb 2, 4:49 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 1/2] x86 - Enhance DEBUG_RODATA support - alternatives
Fix a memcpy that should be a text_poke (in apply_alternatives).
Use kernel_wp_save/kernel_wp_restore in text_poke to support DEBUG_RODATA
correctly and so the CPU HOTPLUG special case can be removed.
Add text_poke_early, for alternatives and paravirt boot-time and module load
time patching.
Notes:
- A macro is used instead of an inline function to deal with circular header
include otherwise necessary for read_cr0 and preempt_disable/enable.
Changelog:
- Fix text_set and text_poke align...
| Feb 2, 4:42 pm 2008 |
| Mathieu Desnoyers | [patch 2/2] x86 - Enhance DEBUG_RODATA support for hotplug a...
Standardize DEBUG_RODATA, removing special cases for hotplug and kprobes.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
CC: pageexec@freemail.hu
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 24 ++++++++----------------
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 20 +++-----------------
2 files c...
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