[ANNOUNCE] Git v1.8.5.3 (no replies)
The latest maintenance release Git v1.8.5.3 is now available at the usual places, backporting the fixes that happened on the 'master' front. The release tarballs are found at:...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 1/9] mm: slab/slub: use page->list consistently instead of...
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> 'struct page' has two list_head fields: 'lru' and 'list'. Conveniently, they are unioned together. This means that code can use them...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 7/9] mm: slub: remove 'struct page' alignment restrictions (no...
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> SLUB depends on a 16-byte cmpxchg for an optimization. In order to get guaranteed 16-byte alignment (required by the hardware on x86), 'struct...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 9/9] mm: fix alignment checks on 32-bit (no replies)
The checks fail on 32-bit. This needs to get folded back in to the original patches. Please ignore this for now. --- b/include/linux/mm_types.h | 14 ++++++++------ b/mm/slab_common.c | 16...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 6/9] mm: slub: rearrange 'struct page' fields (no replies)
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> SLUB has some very unique alignment constraints it places on 'struct page'. Break those out in to a separate structure which will not pollute...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 4/9] mm: slabs: reset page at free (no replies)
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> In order to simplify 'struct page', we will shortly be moving some fields around. This causes slub's ->freelist usage to impinge on...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 8/9] mm: slub: cleanups after code churn (no replies)
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> I added a bunch of longer than 80 column lines and other various messes. But, doing line-to-line code replacements makes the previous patch much...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 3/9] mm: page->pfmemalloc only used by slab/skb (no replies)
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> page->pfmemalloc does not deserve a spot in 'struct page'. It is only used transiently _just_ after a page leaves the buddy allocator. Instead...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 2/9] mm: slub: abstract out double cmpxchg option (no replies)
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> I found this useful to have in my testing. I would like to have it available for a bit, at least until other folks have had a chance to do some...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 5/9] mm: rearrange struct page (no replies)
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> To make the layout of 'struct page' look nicer, I broke up a few of the unions. But, this has a cost: things that were guaranteed to line up...
View Article[RFC][PATCH 0/9] re-shrink 'struct page' when SLUB is on. (no replies)
This is a minor update from the last version. The most notable thing is that I was able to demonstrate that maintaining the cmpxchg16 optimization has _some_ value. These are still of RFC quality....
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Hello, The Project is about the exportation of 100,000 barrels of Light Crude Oil daily out from Iraq to Turkey through my client's company in Iraq at the rate of $92.00 a barrel. This amount to...
View Article[RFC] hotplug, memory: move register_memory_resource out of the...
We don't need to do register_memory_resource() since it has its own lock and doesn't make any callbacks. Also register_memory_resource return NULL on failure so we don't have anything to cleanup at...
View Article[PATCH 1/2] audit: Use more current logging style (1 reply)
Add pr_fmt to prefix "audit: " to output Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> Coalesce formats Use pr_cont Move a brace after switch Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>...
View Article[PATCH 1/1] thermal: fix default governor assignment (no replies)
When registering a thermal zone, passing an invalid ..governor_name via struct thermal_zone_params may create a thermal zone without a governor, when it is supposed to be the default governor. This...
View Article[PATCH V2 1/1] Drivers: hv: Implement the file copy service (no replies)
Implement the file copy service for Linux guests on Hyper-V. This permits the host to copy a file (over VMBUS) into the guest. This facility is part of "guest integration services" supported on the...
View Article[for-next][PATCH 0/2] ktest: A couple of updates (1 reply)
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-ktest.git for-next Head SHA1: c75d22d9c675c4c77d87ff36de6e5023f14724ef Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) (2): ktest: Add special variable...
View Article[PATCH v2 0/8] ASoC: simple-card: simplify code (no replies)
This patch set simplifies the code and make easier a possible multi-DAI links extension. -- v2: - split the changes into 8 patches (Mark Brown request) - remove the dynamic DAI link array allocation -...
View Article[PATCH v2 1/8] ASoC: simple-card: simplify code (no replies)
The check of the mandatory fields is done for DT in its specific sequence. Move the global check to the non-DT sequence. Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> ---...
View Article[PATCH v2 2/8] ASoC: simple-card: simplify code (no replies)
The DT values are copied to the non-DT structure before being moved to the card structure. Set directly the DT values in the card and move the non-DT copy to the non-DT sequence. Signed-off-by:...
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