Kernel

block: avoid unconditionally freeing previously allocated request_queue
Hi Mike, On 05/26/2010 01:34 AM +0900, Mike Snitzer wrote: Mike Snitzer <snitzer(a)redhat.com> wrote: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda(a)ct.jp.nec.com> wrote: +/* + * Fully initialize a request-based queue (->elevator, ->request_fn, etc). + */ +static int dm_init_request_based_queue(struct mapped_devi... 26 May 2010 01:36

[PATCH V2] x86/pat: fix memory leak in free_memtype
reserve_memtype will allocate memory for new memtype, but in free_memtype, after the memtype erased from rbtree, the memory is not freed. Changes since V1: make rbt_memtype_erase return erased memtype so that it can be freed in free_memtype. Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng(a)redhat.com> Cc: Thomas Gleix... 25 May 2010 22:21

linux-next: manual merge of the kbuild tree with the kernel-doc tree
Hi Michal, Today's linux-next merge of the kbuild tree got a conflict in Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt between commit 74bb7003010ff0998e280a6ade09381168ff20ec ("docs-kbuild-make-examples-content2") from the kernel-doc tree and commit e8d400a933fa44e2fba3849b084e1ae5814d7fca ("kbuild: fix a couple of typos ... 27 May 2010 12:36

linux-next: build failure after merge of the fuse tree
Hi Miklos, After merging the fuse tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) failed like this: ERROR: "generic_pipe_buf_map" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined! ERROR: "generic_pipe_buf_confirm" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined! ERROR: "generic_pipe_buf_get" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined! ERROR: "generic_pipe... 26 May 2010 03:45

linux-next: build warning in Linus' tree
Hi Dave, Today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced this warning: net/core/sock.c: In function 'sock_update_classid': include/net/cls_cgroup.h:42: warning: 'classid' may be used uninitialized in this function include/net/cls_cgroup.h:42: note: 'classid' was declared here In the case that rcu_der... 25 May 2010 22:21

linux-next: manual merge of the galak tree with Linus' tree
Hi Kumar, Today's linux-next merge of the galak tree got a conflict in arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_msi.c between commit 61c7a080a5a061c976988fd4b844dfb468dda255 ("of: Always use 'struct device.of_node' to get device node pointer") from Linus' tree and commits 061ca4adfb2e3c986a182fd30f7e939a1ff8d29d ("powerpc/fsl_ms... 25 May 2010 22:21

linux-next: manual merge of the genesis tree with the sh tree
Hi Paul, Today's linux-next merge of the genesis tree got a conflict in include/linux/serial_sci.h between commit 14baf9d7f275f0bbf42c1216ff1eef1109ca42ba ("serial: sh-sci: fix up serial DMA build") from the sh tree and commit 927a7c9c1793def3a55d60c926d3945528e6bf1b ("dmaengine: shdma: Enable on SH-Mobile ARM"... 25 May 2010 22:21

[GIT PULL] Squashfs updates for 2.6.35
Hi Linus, Please consider pulling the following Squashfs updates which add file system support for extended attributes. Thanks Phillip ---------- The following changes since commit b57f95a38233a2e73b679bea4a5453a1cc2a1cc9: Linus Torvalds (1): Linux 2.6.34-rc7 are available in the git re... 25 May 2010 21:15

linux-next: build warning in Linus'tree
Hi Linus, Today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) produced this warning: lib/crc32.c:53:22: warning: "__LITTLE_ENDIAN" is not defined lib/crc32.c:53:22: warning: "__LITTLE_ENDIAN" is not defined In file included from fs/jfs/jfs_types.h:33, from fs/jfs/jfs_incore.h:26, ... 26 May 2010 14:42

crypto: Use ERR_CAST
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:59:48AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: 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. Patch applied. Thanks Julia. -- Visit Openswan a... 25 May 2010 21:15