Kernel

[PATCH 4/5] always lock the root (oldest) anon_vma
Subject: always lock the root (oldest) anon_vma Always (and only) lock the root (oldest) anon_vma whenever we do something in an anon_vma. The recently introduced anon_vma scalability is due to the rmap code scanning only the VMAs that need to be scanned. Many common operations still took the anon_vma lock on t... 12 May 2010 14:43

[PATCH 0/4] msi-laptop patches
Hi, Here's some msi-laptop.c patches that Joey has found necessary for some newer MSI models. Please apply them to your tree, or let us know if there are any problems with them. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordo... 12 May 2010 13:36

[PATCH 2/4] msi-laptop: Add MSI CR620 notebook dmi information to scm models table
From: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee(a)novell.com> Add new MSI notebook CR620 dmi information to scm models table. Signed-off-by: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee(a)novell.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh(a)suse.de> --- drivers/platform/x86/msi-laptop.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) d... 12 May 2010 13:36

[PATCH 4/4] msi-laptop: Add i8042 filter to sync sw state with BIOS when function key pressed
From: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee(a)novell.com> There have some MSI netbook change devices state by EC when user press wlan/bluetooth/wwan function keys. So, add a i8042 filter to sync sw state with BIOS when function keys pressed. Signed-off-by: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee(a)novell.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh(a)su... 12 May 2010 13:36

Loan Application !!!
we lend loan at 3%,contact us via email: solutionteam2009(a)f-mail.net -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ... 12 May 2010 12:29

pids: init_struct_pid.tasks should never see the swapper process
On 05/11, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: Quoting Oleg Nesterov (oleg(a)redhat.com): Change INIT_STRUCT_PID/INIT_PID_LINK to create the empty/unhashed hlist_head/hlist_node. Like any other idle thread swapper can never exit, so detach_pid()->__hlist_del() is not possible, but we could change INIT_PID_LIN... 12 May 2010 12:29

[PATCH] inotify: race use after free/double free in inotify inode marks
From: root <root(a)tyan-gt24-04.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com> There is a race in the inotify add/rm watch code. A task can find and remove a mark which doesn't have all of it's references. This can result in a use after free/double free situation. Task A Task B ------------ ----------- inotify_new_watch() ... 12 May 2010 12:29

[PATCH -V7 7/9] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
This patch adds sys_name_to_handle_at, sys_open_by_handle and sys_freadlink syscalls to x86_32 Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h | 5 ++++- arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S | 3 +++ 2 files... 12 May 2010 12:29

[PATCH -V7 9/9] ext3: Add get_fsid callback
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/ext3/super.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c index 1bee604..63c322e 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/super.c +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c @@ -734,6 +734,15 @@ static int b... 12 May 2010 12:29

[PATCH] fsnotify: initialize mask in fsnotify_perm
akpm got a warning the fsnotify_mask could be used uninitialized in fsnotify_perm(). It's not actually possible but his compiler complained about it. This patch just initializes it to 0 to shut up the compiler. Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm(a)linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis(a)redhat.com> ... 12 May 2010 12:29