Kernel

[PATCH 0/2] kernel/module.c locking changes
In response to Linus' almost-rational dislike of the lock-drop-and-regrab patch, I've dug out and updated the fine-grained locking patch for module.c. Simple testing here seems to work, and it might have a good effect on boot times too (its original target). Pull request for those who find that easier: The fol... 31 May 2010 08:40

[patch 2/2] input/tps6507x-ts: zero vs NULL
This patch silences a sparse warning: drivers/input/touchscreen/tps6507x-ts.c:345:19: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer drivers/input/touchscreen/tps6507x-ts.c:367:19: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchs... 31 May 2010 08:40

netfilter: don't xt_jumpstack_alloc twice in xt_register_table
On Monday 2010-05-31 13:06, Xiaotian Feng wrote: In xt_register_table, xt_jumpstack_alloc is called first, later xt_replace_table is used. But in xt_replace_table, xt_jumpstack_alloc will be used again. Then the memory allocated by previous xt_jumpstack_alloc will be leaked. We can simply remove the previou... 31 May 2010 09:45

HID: Removed obsolete comment from roccat kone driver
On Wed, 26 May 2010, Stefan Achatz wrote: Removed comment that is obsolete since roccat char device is implemented Signed-off-by: Stefan Achatz <erazor_de(a)users.sourceforge.net> --- drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/... 31 May 2010 08:40

hid: roccat modules interdependencies
On Thu, 27 May 2010, Randy Dunlap wrote: From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> hid-roccat-kone calls the hid-roccat module interfaces, so the former should depend on or select the latter to prevent build errors, like: hid-roccat-kone.c:(.text+0x133ed2): undefined reference to `roccat_rep... 31 May 2010 08:40

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drivers/watchdog: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereference
Hi All, From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> At the point of the call to dev_err, wm8350 is NULL. Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie(a)opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Will add this one in linux-2.6-watchdog-next for testing and sent it to Linus after a couple of days. Kind regards, Wim. -- To un... 31 May 2010 08:40

[PATCH 1/2] serial: bfin_5xx: IRDA is not affected by anomaly 05000230
From: Graf Yang <graf.yang(a)analog.com> Anomaly 05000230 (over sampling of the UART STOP bit) applies only when the peripheral is operating in UART mode. So drop the anomaly handling when the UART is in IRDA mode. Signed-off-by: Graf Yang <graf.yang(a)analog.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org>... 31 May 2010 07:35

[PATCH 2/2] serial: bfin_5xx: fix typo in IER check
From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang(a)analog.com> This most likely won't cause problems on systems as people don't typically enable GPIO RTS/CTS if they don't actually use it. Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang(a)analog.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> --- drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c | 2 +... 31 May 2010 07:35

drivers/watchdog: Eliminate a NULL pointer dereference
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:32:24PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> At the point of the call to dev_err, wm8350 is NULL. Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie(a)opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a mes... 31 May 2010 07:35