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[tip:x86/mm] Set first MB as RW+NX
Hi, On Thu, 27 May 2010 12:52:21 -0400 Siarhei Liakh wrote: diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug index 4814d35..6dbcb6f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug @@ -123,6 +123,17 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST and the software setup of this feat... 27 May 2010 13:44

[x86/mm] Correcting improper large page preservation
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml(a)gmail.com> wrote: This patch fixes a bug in try_preserve_large_page() which may result in improper large page preservation and improper application of page attributes to the memory area outside of the original change request. More specifically, th... 27 May 2010 13:43

drivers/platform/x86: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereference
On Thursday 27 May 2010 05:37:00 am Julia Lawall wrote: From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Give different error messages if device_enum is NULL or if its type field has the wrong value. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) ... 27 May 2010 12:37

[git pull] Input updates for 2.6.35-rc0
Hi Linus, Please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus or master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input.git for-linus to receive some more updates for the input subsystem. Changelog: --------- Daniel Mack (1): Input: use ABS_CNT rather than... 27 May 2010 12:37

[PATCH] Staging: dream: pmem.c: Fix checkpatch.pl issues.
From: Nanakos Chrysostomos <nanakos(a)wired-net.gr> This patch resolves checkpatch.pl issues in the pmem.c file. Signed-off-by: Nanakos Chrysostomos <nanakos(a)wired-net.gr> --- drivers/staging/dream/pmem.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/dre... 27 May 2010 12:37

linux-next: Tree for May 27 (infiniband: qib)
On Thu, 27 May 2010 15:26:28 +1000 Stephen Rothwell wrote: Hi all, We are in the merge window again. I remind you all not to add stuff for 2.6.36 to your linux-next trees until after 2.6.35-rc1. Changes since 20100526: when CONFIG_INFINIBAND_QIB=y and CONFIG_DCA=m: drivers/built-in.o: In ... 27 May 2010 19:16

[PATCH 1/3] sys_personality: validate personality before set_personality()
sys_personality(personality) is obviously wrong. It calls set_personality() which always sets current->personality = personality and then does if (current->personality != personality) return -EINVAL; If this "u_long" argument doesn't fit into "unsigned int" ->personality, we return -EINVAL but change the ca... 27 May 2010 12:36

[PATCH 0/3] (Was: Q: sys_personality() && misc oddities)
On 05/26, Roland McGrath wrote: Yes, libc itself is fine. But from the application's pov, personality() returns int, not long. That doesn't really matter to error/success ambiguity. Since what I said is true, it won't ever return exactly -1 for a non-error. But even if it did, the application... 27 May 2010 12:36

[PATCH 3/3] __set_personality: no need to check the old ->exec_domain
Cleanup. __set_personality() always changes ->exec_domain/personality, the special case when ->exec_domain remains the same buys nothing but complicates the code. I don't understand why lookup_exec_domain() always succeeds even if the search in ->exec_domains list fails, we use default_exec_domain in this case. ... 27 May 2010 12:36

Cannot boot any kernel after 2.6.27 if a 256 byte sector SCSI disk is attached
On 05/26/2010 02:34 PM, Mark Hounschell wrote: My application uses SCSI disks of 256, 512, 768, and 1024 sector sizes. It uses the sg_io interface to talk to these devices. As of 2.6.27 if any SCSI disk is attached that has been formatted with a 256 byte sector size, the boot process hangs when it gets to t... 27 May 2010 11:29