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[RFC PATCH] proc: do not include shmem and driver pages in /proc/meminfo::Cached

Even before we added MemAvailable, users knew that page cache is easily convertible to free memory on pressure, and estimated their "available" memory

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[PATCH v3] Create pci slot files for SMBIOS Type 9 entries

The following diff builds on the "[PATCHv3] Save SMBIOS Type 9 System Slots" This will create a /sys/bus/pci/slots/XXX file for each Type 9 entry. T

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[PATCH v12] x86, mce: Add memcpy_trap()

Make use of the EXTABLE_FAULT exception table entries. This routine returns a structure to indicate the result of the copy: struct mcsafe_ret {

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linux-next: build failure after merge of the wireless-drivers-next tree

Hi Kalle, After merging the wireless-drivers-next tree, today's linux-next build failed the same way as the net-next tree did yesterday (suprise! :-)

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[PATCHv6 0/7] Convert exiting EEPROM drivers to NVMEM

This patch set converts the old EEPROM drivers in driver/misc/eeprom to use the NVMEM framework. These drivers export there content in /sys as read on

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[PATCHv6 1/7] nvmem: Add flag to export NVMEM to root only

Legacy AT24, AT25 EEPROMs are exported in sys so that only root can read the contents. The EEPROMs may contain sensitive information. Add a flag so th

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[PATCHv6 2/7] nvmem: Add backwards compatibility support for older EEPROM...

Older drivers made an 'eeprom' file available in the /sys device directory. Have the NVMEM core provide this to retain backwards compatibility. Signe

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[PATCHv6 3/7] eeprom: at24: extend driver to plug into the NVMEM framework

Add a regmap for accessing the EEPROM, and then use that with the NVMEM framework. Set the NVMEM config structure to enable backward, so that the 'eep

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[PATCHv6 4/7] eeprom: at25: Remove in kernel API for accessing the EEPROM

The setup() callback is not used by any in kernel code. Remove it. Any new code which requires access to the eeprom can use the NVMEM API. Signed-off

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[PATCHv6 5/7] eeprom: at25: extend driver to plug into the NVMEM framework

Add a regmap for accessing the EEPROM, and then use that with the NVMEM framework. Enable backwards compatibility in the NVMEM config, so that the 'ee

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[PATCHv6 6/7] eeprom: 93xx46: extend driver to plug into the NVMEM framework

Add a regmap for accessing the EEPROM, and then use that with the NVMEM framework. Enable backward compatibility in the NVMEM config structure, so tha

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[PATCHv6 7/7] misc: at24: replace memory_accessor with nvmem_device_read

Now that the AT24 uses the NVMEM framework, replace the memory_accessor in the setup() callback with nvmem API calls. Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <and

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[PATCH next] ARM: virt: fix build of hyp-stub

Compile hyp-stub explicitly for arm v7-a. This fixes the following build errors: arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S: Assembler messages: arch/arm/kernel/

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[PATCH 0/8] arm64: Add kernel probes (kprobes) support

From: "David A. Long" <dave.long@linaro.org> This patchset is heavily based on Sandeepa Prabhu's ARM v8 kprobes patches, first seen in October 2013.

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[PATCH 1/8] arm64: Add HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API feature

From: "David A. Long" <dave.long@linaro.org> Add HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API feature for arm64. Signed-off-by: David A. Long <dave.long@linaro.or

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[PATCH 2/8] arm64: Add more test functions to insn.c

From: "David A. Long" <dave.long@linaro.org> Certain instructions are hard to execute correctly out-of-line (as in kprobes). Test functions are adde

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[PATCH 3/8] arm64: add copy_to/from_user to kprobes blacklist

From: "David A. Long" <dave.long@linaro.org> Currrently taking exceptions when accessing user data from a kprobe'd instruction doesn't work. Avoid th

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[PATCH 4/8] arm64: Kprobes with single stepping support

From: Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.s.prabhu@gmail.com> Add support for basic kernel probes(kprobes) and jump probes (jprobes) for ARM64. Kprobes utiliz

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[PATCH 5/8] arm64: kprobes instruction simulation support

From: Sandeepa Prabhu <sandeepa.s.prabhu@gmail.com> Kprobes needs simulation of instructions that cannot be stepped from different memory location, e

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[PATCH 6/8] arm64: Add trampoline code for kretprobes

From: William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> The trampoline code is used by kretprobes to capture a return from a probed function. This is done by saving

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