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BUG: Bad page map 2.6.35-rc2
After booting ntp was consuming 100% CPU. strace gave nothing. Sending it a TERM spew the following into syslog. Ran it through ksymoops. Jun 6 18:08:39 mithril kernel: BUG: Bad page map in process ntpd pte:07200720 pmd:35585067 Jun 6 18:08:39 mithril kernel: addr:b7480000 vm_flags:08000075 anon_vma:(null) ... 6 Jun 2010 14:55

Can't read DVDs/CDs
Hello, Since upgrading to 2.6.32 I've been having issues reading DVDs/CDs. I've filled a bug report against the kernel in Debian (1) for this issue, which at least one other person seems to be able to confirm. I am assuming the device/discs in question are not at fault since they work with windows and mac. ... 6 Jun 2010 12:42

exofs: fix race condition in marking SB dirty
On 06/06/2010 05:50 PM, Artem Bityutskiy wrote: From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy(a)nokia.com> When synchronizing the superblock, exofs first initiates the SB write (a) and then marks the superblock as clean (b). However, meanwhile (between (a) and (b)) someone else can modify the superblock and ... 6 Jun 2010 12:42

gpio Wiegand devices support
Hello, I just wrote a small module to interface with wiegand (cards and rfid) readers via 2 gpios. Is anyone interested? where can I submit the code? thank you! -- Massimiliano -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.or... 6 Jun 2010 12:42

2.6.35-rc2: GPF while executing libhugetlbfs tests on x86_64
While executing libhugetlbfs tests against 2.6.35-rc2 on a x86_64 box came across the following GPF eneral protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cache/index2/shared_cpu_map CPU 3 Modules linked in: ipv6 mperf fuse loop dm_mod sr_mod cdrom usb_storage sg i2c_piix4 rtc_cmos ... 13 Jun 2010 08:17

[PATCH 5/7] Add scripts/coccinelle/resource_size.cocci
This semantic patch replaces explicit computations of resource size by a call to resource_size. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix(a)diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> --- scripts/coccinelle/resource_size.cocci | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 0 dele... 6 Jun 2010 11:37

[PATCH 0/7] Add some checks to be used with Coccinelle
This patch series adds a front-end to use Coccinelle. It also includes a documentation file describing how to use the new 'coccicheck' target. Finally, some SmPL examples are provided. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix(a)diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> Nicolas Palix (7): Add a target ... 6 Jun 2010 11:37

[PATCH 6/7] Add scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci
Add a Coccinelle file to use the ERR_CAST function Before the release 2.6.25, one had to use ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(...)) to convert the pointer type of an error. Since then, the function ERR_CAST has been available for that purpose. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix(a)diku.dk> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia(a)di... 6 Jun 2010 11:37

2.6.35-rc2 : OOPS with LTP memcg regression test run.
While executing LTP Controller tests(memcg regression) on a POWER6 box came across this following OOPS. Memory cgroup out of memory: kill process 9139 (memcg_test_1) score 3 or a child Killed process 9139 (memcg_test_1) vsz:3456kB, anon-rss:448kB, file-rss:1088kB Memory cgroup out of memory: kill process 9140 (me... 21 Jun 2010 15:48

[PATCHv5 07/16] AFFS: fix race condition in marking SB dirty
From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy(a)nokia.com> When synchronizing the superblock, AFFS first initiates the SB write (a) and then marks the superblock as clean (b). However, meanwhile (between (a) and (b)) someone else can modify the superblock and mark it as dirty. This would be a race condition, and the res... 6 Jun 2010 11:37