Kernel

[GIT-PULL] exofs: 2.6.35 merge window changes
The following changes since "Linus 2.6.34" are available in the git repository at: git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd.git for-linus Boaz Harrosh (1): exofs: Add default address_space_operations Dan Carpenter (1): exofs: confusion between kmap() and kmap_atomic() api fs/exofs/dir.c | ... 23 May 2010 07:04

[PATCH -V12 05/11] vfs: Support null pathname in readlink
From: NeilBrown <neilb(a)suse.de> This enables to use readlink to get the link target name from a file descriptor point to the link. This can be used with open_by_handle syscall that returns a file descriptor for a link. We can then use this file descriptor to get the target name. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb... 23 May 2010 06:00

[PATCH -V12 04/11] vfs: Allow handle based open on symlinks
The patch update may_open to allow handle based open on symlinks. The file handle based API use file descritor returned from open_by_handle_at to do different file system operations. To find the link target name we need to get a file descriptor on symlinks. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet... 23 May 2010 06:00

[PATCH -V12 06/11] ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock
This enables userspace application to find the file system UUID using sys_name_to_handle_at syscall Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4... 23 May 2010 06:00

[PATCH -V12 07/11] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32
This patch adds sys_name_to_handle_at and sys_open_by_handle_at 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 | 4 +++- arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 in... 23 May 2010 06:00

[PATCH -V12 09/11] ext3: Copy fs UUID to superblock.
This enable user space application to get the file system UUID using sys_name_to_handle_at syscall Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/ext3/super.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c index 0fc1293..2a... 23 May 2010 06:00

[PATCH -V12 11/11] vfs: Support null pathname in linkat
This enables to use linkat to create hardlinks from a file descriptor pointing to the file. This can be used with open_by_handle syscall that returns a file descriptor. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/namei.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 23 i... 23 May 2010 06:00

[PATCH -V12 10/11] vfs: Support null pathname in faccessat
This enables to use faccessat to get the access check details from a file descriptor pointing to the file. This can be used with open_by_handle syscall that returns a file descriptor. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- fs/open.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 files cha... 23 May 2010 06:00

[tip:perf/core] x86/mmiotrace: Remove redundant instruction prefix checks
Commit-ID: 841bca1393d315d79077f272c2918423e36dc364 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/841bca1393d315d79077f272c2918423e36dc364 Author: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita(a)gmail.com> AuthorDate: Tue, 18 May 2010 08:48:30 +0900 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> CommitDate: Sun, 23 May 2010 11:02:43 +0200 x8... 23 May 2010 06:00

[PATCH] m68k: Enable atomic64_t
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert(a)linux-m68k.org> --- arch/m68k/Kconfig | 1 + arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig index 2921c86..40c31fa 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig +++ b/arch/... 23 May 2010 06:00