Kernel

: bunzip2: Fix warning in get_next_block()
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 10:04:07AM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote: Fix checkstack compile warning in get_next_block(): lib/decompress_bunzip2.c: In function `get_next_block': lib/decompress_bunzip2.c:511: warning: the frame size of 1920 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes int dbufCount, nextSym, dbufSize... 22 May 2010 14:56

Introduce a config option that introduces a bias in favour of writers in rwlocks
On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 19:38 -0700, Salman wrote: If one or more readers are holding the lock, and one or more writers are contending for it, then do not admit any new readers. However, if a writer is holding a lock, then let readers contend for it at equal footing with the writers. This fixes a path... 22 May 2010 10:32

DMAR:[fault reason 02] Present bit in context entry is clear (firewire-ohci)
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:26:15PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: Hi, I came across a report of the subject message. What does it mean; what type of bug should be look for? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587178 firewire_ohci 0000:04:00.4: PCI INT C -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ... 22 May 2010 08:21

DMAR:[fault reason 02] Present bit in context entry is clear (firewire-ohci)
Hi, I came across a report of the subject message. What does it mean; what type of bug should be look for? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587178 firewire_ohci 0000:04:00.4: PCI INT C -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 firewire_ohci 0000:04:00.4: setting latency timer to 64 firewire_ohci: Adde... 22 May 2010 07:17

[PATCH 2/8] crypto: 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

[PATCH 4/8] fs/ubifs: 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

[PATCH 3/8] drivers/mmc/host: 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

[PATCH 5/8] fs/btrfs: 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

[PATCH 6/8] mm: 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

[PATCH 8/8] fs/affs: 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