2.6.0-test2-mm1

Andrew Morton
2003-07-28T06:22:19Z

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.0-test2/2.6.0-test2-mm1/

- More CPU scheduler tweaks.

- Some changes to the VM which are designed to further reduce the amount of
writeout which happens off the tail of the page LRU.

Some small benefits have been observed in the usual benchmarks. Needs
careful testing.

- Various other fixes from various people.

Changes since 2.6.0-test1-mm2:

-airo-fixes.patch
-ide-tcq-fix.patch
-speedstep-ich-timing-fix.patch

Merged

+cpumask_t-gcc-workaround-47.patch

More NR_CPUS > BITS_PER_LONG fixes

-fbdev-2.patch

Lots of rejects against Linus changes. Dropped for now.

+rootdisk-parsing-fix.patch

Fix "root=/dev/hda1" kernel boot option

+o8int.patch
+o9int.patch
+o10int.patch

CPU scheduler work.

-highpmd.patch

Dropped - too big.

-floppy-req-botched.patch

Dropped: wrong.

+alloc_bootmem_low_pages-ordering-fix.patch

bootmem fix for ia64

+floppy-smp-fixes.patch

Floppy driver SMP fixes

+1000HZ-time-accuracy-fix.patch

More accurate timekeeping

+sis-drm-fix.patch

SiS DRM driver fix

+signal-race-fix.patch

Signal handling race fix

+soundcard-devfs-fix.patch

Fix sound drivers with devfs

+6pack-hz-fix.patch

Fix the 6pack driver for HZ != 100

+devfs_lookup-revert-and-refix.patch

devfs fix fix

+write-mark_page_accessed.patch

Activate pages on the second pagecache write()

+zone-pressure.patch
+reclaim-mapped-pressure.patch

More accurate page unmapping in page reclaim

+vmscan-defer-writepage.patch

Give dirty pages another go around the inactive list before writing them
out.

+blacklist-asus-L3800C-dmi.patch

ASUS DMi fix

+force-CONFIG_INPUT.patch

Hopefully make migration from 2.4 easier.

+ipt_helper-build-fix.patch

netfilter build fix

+sb16-ioports-fix.patch

Soundblaster leaks resources

+nforce2-acpi-fixes.patch

ACPI fixes for nForce.

+select-xoffed-tty-fix.patch

Correctly handle select() against xoffed tty's

+conntrack-build-fix.patch

Another netfilter build fix

+arcnet-typo-fix.patch

arcnet fix

+ext3-commit-assertion-fix.patch

ext3 data=journal BUGfix

All 127 patches:

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

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-gcc-workaround-46.patch
cpumask_t: more gcc workarounds

cpumask_t-gcc-workaround-47.patch
cpumask_t gcc bug workarounds

cpumask-acpi-fix.patch
cpumask_t: build fix

kgdb-cpumask_t.patch

misc31.patch
misc fixes

selinux.patch

reslabify-pgds-and-pmds.patch
re-slabify i386 pgd's and pmd's

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

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

buffer-debug.patch
buffer.c debugging

rcu-stats.patch
RCU statistics reporting

mtrr-hang-fix.patch
Fix mtrr-related hang

intel8x0-cleanup.patch
intel8x0 cleanups

bio-too-big-fix.patch
Fix raid "bio too big" failures

centrino-update.patch
update to speedstep-centrino.c

ppa-fix.patch
ppc fix

3c59x-pm-fix.patch
3c59x suspend/resume fix

dev_t-printing.patch
dev_t printing

rootdisk-parsing-fix.patch
fix "unable to mount root fs"

3c59x-eisa-fix.patch
non-MII 3c59x fix

slab-reclaim-accounting-fix.patch
kwsapd can free too much memory

timer-spin-fix.patch
ALSA locking fix

ak4xxx-fix.patch
fix snd-ice1724 module OOPS

less-kswapd-throttling.patch

stack-leak-fix.patch
info leak -- padded struct copied to user

unlock_buffer-barrier.patch
unlock_buffer() needs a barrier

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

oops-dump-preceding-code.patch
i386 oops output: dump preceding code

lockmeter.patch

invalidate_mmap_range.patch
Interface to invalidate regions of mmaps

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

truncate-pagefault-race-fix.patch
Fix vmtruncate race and distributed filesystem race

truncate-pagefault-race-fix-fix.patch
Make sure truncate fix has no race

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

o1-interactivity.patch
CPU scheduler interactivity patch

o2int.patch
O2int 0307041440 for 2.5.74-mm1

o3int.patch
O3int interactivity for 2.5.74-mm2

o4int.patch
O4int interactivity

o5int-2.patch
O5int for interactivity

o6int.patch
O6int for interactivity

o6.1int.patch
O6.1int

o7int.patch
O7int for interactivity

o8int.patch
O8int for interactivity

o9int.patch
O9int for interactivity

o10int.patch
O10int for interactivity

sched-balance-tuning.patch
CPU scheduler balancing fix

synaptics-reset-fix.patch
synaptics driver reset fix

ext3-block-allocation-cleanup.patch

nfs-revert-backoff.patch
nfs: revert backoff changes

ext3-elide-inode-block-reading.patch
ext3: avoid reading empty inode blocks

ext3_getblk-race-fix.patch
Fix race in ext3_getblk

ext3_write_super-speedup.patch
ext3: don't start a commit in write_super()

alloc_bootmem_low_pages-ordering-fix.patch
fix alloc_bootmem_low_pages

floppy-smp-fixes.patch
floppy smp fixes

1000HZ-time-accuracy-fix.patch
missing #if for 1000 HZ

sis-drm-fix.patch
SiS RM fix

signal-race-fix.patch
signal handling race condition causing reboot hangs

soundcard-devfs-fix.patch
soundcard.c devfs fix

6pack-hz-fix.patch
6PACK asumes HZ=100

devfs_lookup-revert-and-refix.patch
devfs_lookup stack corruption fix rework

write-mark_page_accessed.patch
use mark_page_accessed() in the write() path

zone-pressure.patch
vmscan: decaying average of zone pressure

reclaim-mapped-pressure.patch
vmscan: use zone_pressure for page unmapping decisions

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

force-CONFIG_INPUT.patch
Force CONFIG_INPUT if CONFIG_VT set

ipt_helper-build-fix.patch
Fix ipt_helper compilation

sb16-ioports-fix.patch
Fix /proc/ioports with sb16

nforce2-acpi-fixes.patch
ACPI patch which fixes all my IRQ problems on nforce2

select-xoffed-tty-fix.patch
fix select() with an xoffed tty

conntrack-build-fix.patch
fix ip_conntrack_core.h compile error

arcnet-typo-fix.patch
typo in drivers/net/arcnet/com20020-isa.c

ext3-commit-assertion-fix.patch
ext3: fix commit assertion failure