x86 2.6.24 patches review I

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v1 Latest Sep 21, 200745 patches 13 repliesIn review

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#	Subject and files	Size	Replies
1/45	x86: misc. constifications`arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c` `arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c` `arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S` +4 more	+31 ~~-26~~	0 replies
2/45	x86: constify stacktrace_ops`arch/i386/kernel/traps.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/stacktrace.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c` +1 more	+7 -7	0 replies
3/45	x86: Separate checking of unsynchronized and unstable TSC`arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c`	+5 -9	0 replies
4/45	i386: Rewrite sched_clock`arch/i386/kernel/Makefile` `arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c` `arch/i386/kernel/sched-clock.c` +3 more	+276 ~~-107~~	0 replies
5/45	x86_64: Use new shared sched_clock in x86-64 too`arch/x86_64/kernel/Makefile` `arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/tsc.c` +2 more	+8 ~~-31~~	0 replies
6/45	x86: Unify i386 and x86-64 early quirks`arch/i386/kernel/Makefile` `arch/i386/kernel/acpi/Makefile` `arch/i386/kernel/acpi/earlyquirk.c` +5 more	+16 ~~-99~~	0 replies
7/45	x86_64: Replace nvidia timer override quirk with pci id list and unify quirks`arch/x86_64/kernel/early-quirks.c`	+24 ~~-26~~	0 replies
8/45	x86_64: Use string instruction memcpy on AMD Fam11h`arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c`	+1 -1	1 reply
9/45	i386: Clean up duplicate includes in arch/i386/kernel/`arch/i386/kernel/pci-dma.c`	+0 -1	0 replies
10/45	x86_64: x86_64 Sanitize user specified e820 memmap values`arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c`	+7 -0	0 replies
11/45	x86_64: Remove rogue default m in drivers/video/Kconfig`drivers/video/Kconfig`	+0 -1	1 reply
12/45	i386: Fix arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c - 'unknown_nmi_panic_callback' declared 'static' but never defined warning`arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c`	+2 -1	1 reply
13/45	x86_64: Increase VDSO_TEXT_OFFSET for ancient binutils`arch/x86_64/vdso/voffset.h`	+1 -1	2 replies
14/45	x86: Create clflush() inline, remove hardcoded wbinvd`arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/tce.c` `arch/x86_64/mm/pageattr.c` +3 more	+20 ~~-10~~	0 replies
15/45	i386: i386 add AMD64 Barcelona PMU MSR definitions to msr.h`include/asm-i386/msr-index.h`	+25 ~~-11~~	0 replies
16/45	i386: do not BUG_ON() when MSR is unknown`arch/i386/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c`	+12 -4	0 replies
17/45	i386: make Oprofile call shutdown() only once per session`arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_int.c`	+1 -1	0 replies
18/45	x86_64: 0 -> NULL, for arch/x86_64`arch/x86_64/mm/numa.c`	+1 -1	0 replies
19/45	x86_64: Always accumulate compiler options in CFLAGS`arch/x86_64/Makefile`	+33 ~~-29~~	0 replies
20/45	x86_64: Use 8 byte stack alignment when possible`arch/x86_64/Makefile`	+2 -0	5 replies
21/45	x86_64: Some cleanups for pci gart code`arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-gart.c`	+3 -1	0 replies
22/45	x86_64: Enable iommu_merge by default`arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c`	+1 -1	0 replies
23/45	i386: Make callgraph use dump_trace() on i386/x86_64`arch/i386/oprofile/backtrace.c`	+38 ~~-66~~	0 replies
24/45	x86: Introduce frame_pointer() and stack_pointer()`arch/i386/oprofile/backtrace.c` `include/asm-i386/ptrace.h` `include/asm-x86_64/ptrace.h`	+6 ~~-10~~	2 replies
25/45	x86_64: remove sync_Arb_IDs`arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c`	+0 ~~-18~~	0 replies
26/45	x86_64: clear IO_APIC before enabing apic error vector.`arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c` `include/asm-x86_64/hw_irq.h`	+14 -2	0 replies
27/45	x86_64: convert mm_context_t semaphore to a mutex`arch/x86_64/kernel/ldt.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/ptrace.c` `include/asm-x86_64/mmu.h`	+11 ~~-11~~	0 replies
28/45	x86_64: clean up apicid_to_node declaration`include/asm-x86_64/numa.h`	+2 -1	0 replies
29/45	i386: Consolidate show_regs and show_registers for i386`arch/i386/kernel/process.c` `arch/i386/kernel/traps.c` `include/asm-i386/system.h`	+45 ~~-44~~	0 replies
30/45	i386: Remove local CPU logic in MTRR call to smp_call_function_single`arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c`	+1 -7	0 replies
31/45	i386: make struct apic_probe static`arch/i386/mach-generic/probe.c`	+1 -1	0 replies
32/45	x86_64: hide cond_syscall behind __KERNEL__`include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h`	+2 -0	1 reply
33/45	i386: es7000 minor cleanups`arch/i386/mach-es7000/es7000plat.c`	+6 ~~-26~~	0 replies
34/45	i386: no need to make enable_cpu_hotplug a variable`arch/i386/kernel/topology.c` `include/asm-i386/cpu.h`	+1 -3	0 replies
35/45	i386: make some variables static`arch/i386/mm/discontig.c`	+5 -5	0 replies
36/45	x86_64: kmalloc + memset conversion to kzalloc`arch/x86_64/kernel/io_apic.c`	+2 -3	0 replies
37/45	i386: remove -maccumulate-outgoing-args`arch/i386/Makefile`	+0 -4	0 replies
38/45	i386: setup_trampoline() must be __cpuinit`arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c`	+1 -1	0 replies
39/45	x86_64: block irq balancing for timer`arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c`	+1 -1	0 replies
40/45	i386: deactivate the test for the dead CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGE_TYPE`arch/i386/kernel/vmi.c`	+2 -2	0 replies
41/45	i386: remove unnecessary code`arch/i386/kernel/signal.c`	+0 -2	0 replies
42/45	x86_64: use descriptor's functions instead of inline assembly`arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/reboot.c` `arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c` +2 more	+40 -9	0 replies
43/45	i386: Clean up duplicate includes in arch/i386/xen/`arch/i386/xen/enlighten.c` `arch/i386/xen/mmu.c`	+0 -2	0 replies
44/45	i386: simplify smp_call_function_single() call sequence in cpuid`arch/i386/kernel/cpuid.c`	+3 ~~-19~~	0 replies
45/45	i386: simplify smp_call_function_single() call sequence`arch/i386/lib/msr-on-cpu.c`	+22 ~~-40~~	0 replies

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