Kernel

[PATCH 1/8] ipc/sem.c: Use ERR_CAST
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use ERR_CAST(x) rather than ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)). The former makes more clear what is the purpose of the operation, which otherwise looks like a no-op. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ type T; T x; ident... 22 May 2010 06:13

interrupt.h: fix fatal kernel-doc error
On Fri, 21 May 2010 09:03:01 -0700 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> wrote: From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Fix kernel-doc fatal error: /** beginning a non-kernel-doc comment block: (That alone does not kill kernel-doc, but the 'enum' was totally confusing to it.) Error(/l... 22 May 2010 05:09

slub: move kmem_cache_node into it's own cacheline
Alexander Duyck wrote: This patch is meant to improve the performance of SLUB by moving the local kmem_cache_node lock into it's own cacheline separate from kmem_cache. This is accomplished by simply removing the local_node when NUMA is enabled. On my system with 2 nodes I saw around a 5% performance in... 23 May 2010 10:17

[PATCH 26/27] drivers/isdn: Use memdup_user
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the allocated region. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; position p; identifier l1,l2; @@ - to = \(kmalloc@p\|kza... 22 May 2010 05:09

[PATCH 4/27] drivers/video/via: Use memdup_user
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the allocated region. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; position p; identifier l1,l2; @@ - to = \(kmalloc@p\|kza... 22 May 2010 05:09

[PATCH 14/27] drivers/scsi: Use memdup_user
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the allocated region. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; position p; identifier l1,l2; @@ - to = \(kmalloc@p\|kza... 22 May 2010 05:09

[PATCH 10/27] drivers/infiniband/core: Use memdup_user
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the allocated region. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; position p; identifier l1,l2; @@ - to = \(kmalloc@p\|kza... 22 May 2010 05:09

[PATCH 6/27] drivers/net/cxgb3: Use memdup_user
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the allocated region. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; position p; identifier l1,l2; @@ - to = \(kmalloc@p\|kza... 22 May 2010 05:09

[PATCH 9/27] drivers/media: Use memdup_user
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the allocated region. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; position p; identifier l1,l2; @@ - to = \(kmalloc@p\|kza... 22 May 2010 05:09

[PATCH 23/27] drivers/net/wireless/prism54: Use memdup_user
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the allocated region. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression from,to,size,flag; position p; identifier l1,l2; @@ - to = \(kmalloc@p\|kza... 22 May 2010 05:09