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x86, cacheinfo: dereferences before check
From: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 03:11:27AM -0400 This moves a couple dereferences after the checks in show_cache_disable() and store_cache_disable(). These were introduced fairly recently in 9350f982e4: "x86, cacheinfo: Reorganize AMD L3 cache structure" Yes, this i... 1 Jun 2010 05:24

[PATCH 0/4] zram: generic RAM based compressed R/W block devices (v2)
* Changelog v1 vs v2 - Split file rename and code rename patches - Removed useless swap related includes from zram_drv.c - Various cleanups suggested by Minchan: - Documented rzs->lock mutex in ramzswap_drv.h (see patch 1) (this file is renamed to zram_drv.h in patch 2) - remove useless 'index' argu... 1 Jun 2010 04:19

[rfc] forked kernel task and mm structures imbalanced on NUMA
Hi, This isn't really a new problem, and I don't know how important it is, but I recently came across it again when doing some aim7 testing with huge numbers of tasks. Basically the parent process forks off children processes, which quickly go to sleep. Then the parent signals them all to start running. We ... 1 Jun 2010 04:19

ipv6: get rid of ipip6_prl_lock
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 07:04:55 +0200 [PATCH] ipv6: get rid of ipip6_prl_lock As noticed by Julia Lawall, ipip6_tunnel_add_prl() incorrectly calls kzallloc(..., GFP_KERNEL) while a spinlock is held. She provided a patch to use GFP_ATOMIC instead. On... 1 Jun 2010 04:19

oom: remove warning for in mm-less task __oom_kill_process()
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: If the race of mm detach in task exiting vs oom is happen, find_lock_task_mm() can be return NULL. So, the warning is pointless. remove it. This is already removed with my patch oom-remove-unnecessary-code-and-cleanup.patch from my oom killer rewrite. ... 3 Jun 2010 03:29

[patch] x86, cacheinfo: dereferences before check
This moves a couple dereferences after the checks in show_cache_disable() and store_cache_disable(). These were introduced fairly recently in 9350f982e4: "x86, cacheinfo: Reorganize AMD L3 cache structure" Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/ar... 1 Jun 2010 04:19

drivers/net/gianfar.c: Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts
From: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 20:23:12 -0700 Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/maj... 1 Jun 2010 04:19

drivers/net/tulip/eeprom.c: Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts
From: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 20:23:13 -0700 Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/maj... 1 Jun 2010 04:19

[patch] smack: opt_dentry is never null in in smack_d_instantiate()
This patch removes some unneeded code for if opt_dentry is null because that can never happen. The function dereferences "opt_dentry" earlier when it checks "if (opt_dentry->d_parent == opt_dentry) {". That code was added in 2008. This function called from security_d_instantiate(). I checked all the place... 1 Jun 2010 04:19

net/ipv6/mcast.c: Remove unnecessary kmalloc casts
From: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 20:23:22 -0700 Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/maj... 1 Jun 2010 04:19