ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0-test2/2.6.0-test2-mm5/ Lots of different things. Mainly trying to get this tree stabilised again; there has been some breakage lately. Changes since 2.6.0-test2-mm4: -execve-fixes.patch -ppc64-sections.patch -ppc64-prom-compile-fix.patch -spurious-SIGCHLD-fix.patch Merged +vmlinux-generation-fix.patch Shuffle vmlinux.lds.S around to get dependencies right. +remove-PF_READAHEAD.patch Remove PF_READAHEAD: it's not doing anything now, and it leads to bogus IO errors when we reenter the page allocator with it set. +cpumask_t-random-fixes.patch +next_cpu-fix.patch +cpumask-ppc-fixes.patch +flush_cpumask-atomicity-fix.patch NR_CPUS > BITS_PER_LONG fixes -ppc64-64-bit-mknod-fix.patch -ppc64-64-bit-ustat-fix.patch Dropped - fixed differently. +mknod64-64-bit-fix.patch Fix mknod for some 64-bit architectures +ppc-sched_clock.patch Implement sched_clock() for ppc: needed for the CPU scheduler updates +o12.3.patch +o13int.patch +o13.1int.patch Interactivity patches -remove-const-initdata.patch No longer needed. Fixes are in -linus +4g4g-wli-fixes.patch Various fixes for the 4G/4G patch +4g4g-remove-touch_all_pages.patch Remove (buggy on discontigmem) debug stuff +ppc-fixes.patch Small ppc fix +reiserfs-remount-locking-fix.patch Put the bkl back in remount code +as-no-trinary-states.patch Anticipatory scheduler tidyup. +export-lookup_create.patch hwgfs and intermezzo need it +free_all_bootmem_core-fix.patch bootmem fix for ia64 +x86_64-nmi-watchog-doc-update.patch documentation update +do_setitimer-cleanup.patch Move the declaration(s) from .c into a shared header +devfs-pty-slave-fix.patch devfs fix +nbd-race-fix.patch NBD race fix +itimer-rounding-and-resolution-fix.patch interval timer fixes +ext3-aborted-journal-fix.patch ext3 oops fix. +create-struct-irq_desc.patch typedef pain relief +rt-tasks-special-vm-treatment.patch +rt-tasks-special-vm-treatment-2.patch Give RT tasks special treatment in the VFS and VM +slab-debug-updates.patch Slab debugging improvements +matroxfb-updates.patch fb driver update +k7-mce-fix.patch Should fix the MCE exceptions on Athlons +xfs-uptodate-page-fix.patch XFS fix +standalone-elevator-noop.patch rationalise elevator_noop +large-TCQ-fix.patch Scale the rquest queues appropriately for TCQ +init_page_private.patch Initialise page->private to zero. All 172 patches: linus.patch mm.patch add -mmN to EXTRAVERSION kgdb-ga.patch kgdb stub for ia32 (George Anzinger's one) kgdb-remove-cpu_callout_map.patch kgdb: remove cpu_callout_map decls kgdb-use-ggdb.patch kgdb-ga-docco-fixes.patch kgdb doc. edits/corrections kgdb-sysrq-g-fix.patch kgdb sysrq-g fix kgdb-serial-fix.patch kgdb serial port fix kgdb-warning-fix.patch kgdbL warning fix vmlinux-generation-fix.patch Fix vmlinux.lds.s generation ax8817x-build-fix.patch ax8817x.c build fix for older gcc's remove-PF_READAHEAD.patch remove PF_READAHEAD cpumask_t-1.patch cpumask_t: allow more than BITS_PER_LONG CPUs cpumask_t fix for s390 fix cpumask_t for s390 Fix cpumask changes for x86_64 fix cpumask_t for sparc64 cpumask_t: more gcc workarounds cpumask_t gcc bug workarounds cpumask_t: build fix cpumask-mips-fix.patch cpumask: IPS fixups cpumask-arith-fix.patch cpumask: avoid using structs for NR_CPUS<BITS_PER_LONG cpumask-physid-fix.patch cpumask: physid fixes cpumask_t-up-build-fix.patch cpumask_t uniproc build fix cpumask_t-random-fixes.patch cpumask_t fixes next_cpu-fix.patch cpumask: next_cpu fix cpumask-ppc-fixes.patch flush_cpumask-atomicity-fix.patch flush_cpumask atomicity fix kgdb-cpumask_t.patch config_spinline.patch uninline spinlocks for profiling accuracy. ppc64-bar-0-fix.patch Allow PCI BARs that start at 0 ppc64-reloc_hide.patch ppc64-semaphore-reimplementation.patch ppc64: use the ia32 semaphore implementation ppc64-local.patch ppc64: local.h implementation ppc64-sched_clock.patch ppc64: sched_clock() sym-do-160.patch make the SYM driver do 160 MB/sec ia64-percpu-revert.patch revert percpu changes x86_64-fixes.patch x86_64 fixes delay-ksoftirqd-fallback.patch Try harded in IRQ context before falling back to ksoftirqd ds-09-vicam-usercopy-fix.patch vicam usercopy fix rcu-grace-period.patch Monitor RCU grace period intel8x0-cleanup.patch intel8x0 cleanups bio-too-big-fix.patch Fix raid "bio too big" failures ppa-fix.patch ppc fix linux-isp-2.patch linux-isp-2-fix-again.patch lost feral fix feral-bounce-fix.patch Feral driver - highmem issues feral-bounce-fix-2.patch Feral driver bouncing fix list_del-debug.patch list_del debug check print-build-options-on-oops.patch print a few config options on oops show_task-free-stack-fix.patch show_task() fix and cleanup put_task_struct-debug.patch ia32-mknod64.patch mknod64 for ia32 ext2-64-bit-special-inodes.patch ext2: support for 64-bit device nodes ext3-64-bit-special-inodes.patch ext3: support for 64-bit device nodes 64-bit-dev_t-kdev_t.patch 64-bit dev_t and kdev_t 64-bit-dev_t-other-archs.patch enable 64-bit dev_t for other archs mknod64-64-bit-fix.patch dev_t: fix mknod for 64-bit archs ustat64.patch ustat64 oops-dump-preceding-code.patch i386 oops output: dump preceding code lockmeter.patch printk-oops-mangle-fix.patch disentangle printk's whilst oopsing on SMP 20-odirect_enable.patch 21-odirect_cruft.patch 22-read_proc.patch 23-write_proc.patch 24-commit_proc.patch 25-odirect.patch nfs-O_DIRECT-always-enabled.patch Force CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO kjournald-PF_SYNCWRITE.patch sched-2.6.0-test2-mm2-A3.patch sched-2.6.0-test2-mm2-A3 ppc-sched_clock.patch sched-warning-fix.patch sched-balance-tuning.patch CPU scheduler balancing fix sched-no-tsc-on-numa.patch Subject: Re: Fw: Re: 2.6.0-test2-mm3 o12.2int.patch O12.2int for interactivity o12.3.patch O12.3 for interactivity o13int.patch O13int for interactivity o13.1int.patch O13.1int ext3-block-allocation-cleanup.patch nfs-revert-backoff.patch nfs: revert backoff changes floppy-smp-fixes.patch floppy smp fixes 1000HZ-time-accuracy-fix.patch missing #if for 1000 HZ signal-race-fix.patch signal handling race condition causing reboot hangs vmscan-defer-writepage.patch vmscan: give dirty referenced pages another pass around the LRU blacklist-asus-L3800C-dmi.patch add ASUS l3800P to DMI black list nforce2-acpi-fixes.patch ACPI patch which fixes all my IRQ problems on nforce2 nforce2-acpi-fixes-fix.patch timer-race-fixes.patch timer race fixes local-apic-enable-fixes.patch Local APIC enable fixes p00001_synaptics-restore-on-close.patch p00002_psmouse-reset-timeout.patch p00003_synaptics-multi-button.patch p00004_synaptics-optional.patch p00005_synaptics-pass-through.patch p00006_psmouse-suspend-resume.patch p00007_synaptics-old-proto.patch synaptics-mode-set.patch Synaptics mode setting keyboard-resend-fix.patch keyboard resend fix kobject-paranoia-checks.patch Driver core and kobject paranoia checks 4g-2.6.0-test2-mm2-A5.patch 4G/4G split patch 4g4g-do_page_fault-cleanup.patch 4G/4G: remove debug code 4g4g-cleanups.patch kgdb-4g4g-fix-2.patch 4g4g-config-fix.patch 4g4g-pmd-fix.patch 4g4g: pmd fix 4g4g-wli-fixes.patch 4g/4g: fixes from Bill 4g4g-fpu-fix.patch 4g4g: fpu emulation fix 4g4g-show_registers-fix.patch 4g4g: show_registers() fix 4g4g-pin_page-atomicity-fix.patch 4g/4g usercopy atomicity fix 4g4g-remove-touch_all_pages.patch ppc-fixes.patch make mm4 compile on ppc dm-1-module-param.patch dm: don't use MODULE_PARM dm-2-blk.patch dm: remove blk.h include dm-3-use-hex.patch dm: decimal device num sscanf dm-4-64-bit-ioctls.patch dm: 64 bit ioctl fixes dm-5-missing-include.patch dm: missing #include dm-6-sector_div.patch dm: use sector_div() dm-7-rename-resume.patch dm: resume() name clash reiserfs-savelinks-endianness-fix.patch reiserfs: fix savelinks on bigendian arches reiserfs-enospc-fix.patch reiserfs: fix problem when fs is out of space reiserfs-link-unlink-race-fix.patch reiserfs: fix races between link and unlink on same file reiserfs-remount-locking-fix.patch reiserfs: fix locking in reiserfs_remount mremap-atomicity-fix.patch move_one_page() atomicity fix aic7xxx_old-oops-fix.patch ide-cd-oops-fix.patch ide-cd error handling oops fix xfs-use-after-free-fix.patch XFS use-after-free fix awe-core.patch async write errors: report truncate and io errors on async writes async write errors core: fixes awe-use-gfp_flags.patch async write errors: use flags in address space async write errors: mapping->flags fixes awe-use-gfp_flags-braino.patch awe-fix-truncate-errors.patch async write errors: fix spurious fs truncate errors async write errors: truncate handling fixes as-remove-hash-valid-stuff.patch AS: remove hash valid stuff as-no-trinary-states.patch AS: no trinary states usercopy-might_sleep-checks.patch might_sleep() checks for usercopy functions random-locking-fixes.patch random: SMP locking random-accounting-and-sleeping-fixes.patch random: accounting and sleeping fixes panic-nmi-watchdog-fix.patch Don't trigger NMI watchdog for panic delay ide-capacity-fixes.patch ide capacity accounting and reporting fixes export-lookup_create.patch export lookup_create() free_all_bootmem_core-fix.patch fix free_all_bootmem_core for virtual memmap x86_64-nmi-watchog-doc-update.patch NMI watchdog documentation for x86-64 do_setitimer-cleanup.patch Add do_setitimer prototype to linux/time.h devfs-pty-slave-fix.patch create pty slaves in devfs nbd-race-fix.patch NBD driver: remove send/receive race for request itimer-rounding-and-resolution-fix.patch itimer resolution and rounding fixes ext3-aborted-journal-fix.patch ext3: handle aborted journals in do_get_write_access() create-struct-irq_desc.patch declare struct irq_desc rt-tasks-special-vm-treatment.patch real-time enhanced page allocator and throttling rt-tasks-special-vm-treatment-2.patch slab-debug-updates.patch slab debugging updates mtrr-hang-fix.patch Fix mtrr-related hang matroxfb-updates.patch matroxfb updates k7-mce-fix.patch athlon MCE fix xfs-uptodate-page-fix.patch fix buffer layer error at fs/buffer.c:2800 when unlinking XFS files standalone-elevator-noop.patch standalone elevator noop large-TCQ-fix.patch large TCQ fix init_page_private.patch initialise page->private aio-mm-refcounting-fix.patch fix /proc mm_struct refcounting bug aio-01-retry.patch AIO: Core retry infrastructure io_submit_one-EINVAL-fix.patch Fix aio process hang on EINVAL aio-02-lockpage_wq.patch AIO: Async page wait aio-03-fs_read.patch AIO: Filesystem aio read aio-04-buffer_wq.patch AIO: Async buffer wait aio-05-fs_write.patch AIO: Filesystem aio write aio-05-fs_write-fix.patch aio-06-bread_wq.patch AIO: Async block read aio-06-bread_wq-fix.patch aio-07-ext2getblk_wq.patch AIO: Async get block for ext2 O_SYNC-speedup-2.patch speed up O_SYNC writes aio-09-o_sync.patch aio O_SYNC aio-10-BUG-fix.patch AIO: fix a BUG aio-11-workqueue-flush.patch AIO: flush workqueues before destroying ioctx'es aio-12-readahead.patch AIO: readahead fixes aio-dio-no-readahead.patch aio O_DIRECT no readahead lock_buffer_wq-fix.patch lock_buffer_wq fix unuse_mm-locked.patch AIO: hold the context lock across unuse_mm aio-take-task_lock.patch From: Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@in.ibm.com> Subject: Re: 2.5.72-mm1 - Under heavy testing with AIO,.. vmstat seems to blow the kernel aio-O_SYNC-fix.patch Unify o_sync changes for aio and regular writes aio-readahead-rework.patch Unified page range readahead for aio and regular reads