Re: development in python

...and then there is this DRGN: A kernel debugger in Python https://lwn.net/Articles/789641/ ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Re: Queries on bottom halves

> 1. Which stack does the bottom halves use for their execution ? Modern "bottom-half" implementations built on top of kernel threads use the stack of the underlying thread. (just like how any thread on the system does) > 2. Why can't we sleep in bottom halves ? We can! Modern bottom half

Re: Please, add me to EditorsGroup

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Aleksander Alekseev wrote: > Hello. > > I would like to contribute to kernelnewbies.org. In particular today I > discovered that link to oftc.net on IRC page is broken and I would like > to fix this. > > My account: AleksanderAlekseev > > -- >

Re: what is the purpose of "LOCALVERSION" variable in scripts/setlocalversion?

> i was unaware of the apparently independent variable "LOCALVERSION" > which is used in that assignment. > > there's precious little mention of that variable ... under what > circumstances does one set it? I have sometimes seen a "+" or a short-commit-sha appended when building kernel in a

Re: hi, i want to use a script in kernel

One can use checkptach -f to run the script on source files. For more details, check ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --help On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 10:46 AM, 慕冬亮 wrote: > checkpatch.pl is script to check your patch, not C file I think. > > 2015-11-17 13:01 GMT+08:00 Naver

Re: How can I shrink the Linux page cache from within kernel space?

My question is this: how can I dynamically shrink the page cache in kernel space such that if a call to dma_alloc_coherent fails I can recover just enough space so that I can retry the call and have it succeed? http://stackoverflow.com/a/32288932/319204 regards CVS

Re: Spoon feeding

Spoon-feeding = Actually explaining to you now what spoon-feeding means. On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Nicholas Krause xerofo...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings All, After thinking for a few days I have come to the conclusion that the communities definition of spoon feeding and my are different.

Re: ACCESS_ONCE usage inside llist_add_batch function

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:51 AM, John de la Garza j...@jjdev.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:12:23PM +0200, Cihangir Akturk wrote: Reading the lib/llist.c file in the kernel sources, I came across the llist_add_bach function defined like this; bool llist_add_batch(struct llist_node

Re: Beagleboard and Panda Board Drivers

​ Rather than quitting the list and denying others access to the vast knowledge-base, i beg everyone to kindly update their spam filters (even for kernel-newbies mails) to ignore the unfortunate spam in recent times. Personally, i have been relentless clicking the Report Spam button ​in GMAIL ​

Re: Beagleboard and Panda Board Drivers

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM, ankur dwivedi ankurengg2...@gmail.com wrote: I cant understand why is there such a outrage against Nick. If you dont want to answer or find the question wrong please dont answer. Why reply with banners and bad remarks against a guy who is new to linux kernel