Kernel

rtc: rp5c01 - Add NVRAM support
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:12, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert(a)linux-m68k.org> wrote: The Ricoh RP5C01 RTC contains 26 x 4 bits of NVRAM. Provide access to it via a sysfs "nvram" attribute file. I also created a small tool to correct NVRAM checksums, interprete the contents, and modify individual NVRAM fields on A... 18 Jul 2010 14:52

block: Don't count_vm_events for discard bio in submit_bio.
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:24:51 +0800 Tao Ma <tao.ma(a)oracle.com> wrote: In submit_bio, we count vm events by check READ/WRITE. But actually DISCARD_NOBARRIER also has the WRITE flag set. It looks as if in blkdev_issue_discard, we also add a page as the payload and the bio_has_data check isn't enough. So ... 23 Jun 2010 16:11

sanitize task->comm to avoid leaking escape codes
On 06/23, Kees Cook wrote: @@ -956,7 +957,15 @@ void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *buf) */ memset(tsk->comm, 0, TASK_COMM_LEN); wmb(); Off-topic. I'd wish I could understand this barrier. Since the lockless reader doesn't do rmb() I don't see how this can help. OTOH, I don't un... 30 Jun 2010 05:25

scripts: checkpatch.pl
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:49:21 +0200 Raffaele Recalcati <lamiaposta71(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Raffaele Recalcati <raffaele.recalcati(a)bticino.it> I've got a false positive when spaces are present at the beginning of a line. So I add this check, obviously outside comments. This patch is compatible wit... 23 Jun 2010 16:11

[PATCH] sanitize task->comm to avoid leaking escape codes
Through get_task_comm() and many direct uses of task->comm in the kernel, it is possible for escape codes and other non-printables to leak into dmesg, syslog, etc. In the worst case, these strings could be used to attack administrators using vulnerable terminal emulators, and at least cause confusion through the i... 23 Jun 2010 15:04

trace syscalls: Clean confusing {s,r,}name and fix ABI breakage
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 08:03:20PM +1000, Ian Munsie wrote: From: Ian Munsie <imunsie(a)au1.ibm.com> This patch cleans up the preprocessor macros defining system calls by standidising on the parameters passing around the system call name, with and without it's prefix. Overall this makes the preproc... 23 Jun 2010 15:04

ksm: fix ksm swapin time optimization
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 04:34:39PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange(a)redhat.com> Subject: fix ksm swapin time optimization The new anon-vma code, was suboptimal and it lead to erratic invocation of ksm_does_need_to_copy. That leads to host hangs or guest vnc lockup, or weird ... 23 Jun 2010 13:58

i915: Dell E6410 Ironlake LVDS detection
I have a problematic machine, that I have traced the problem down to what I think is an issue with the i915 detection of the LVDS on the Ironlake chip. The machine in question is a Dell Latitude E6410 - i5 quad core laptop, with the intel Ironlake chip, and the failure condition is such that when the boot sequen... 7 Jul 2010 15:41

input: Use driver hint to compute the evdev buffer size (rev3)
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 07:07:44PM +0200, Henrik Rydberg wrote: Hi Ping, [...] @@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(evdev_table_mutex); static int evdev_compute_buffer_size(struct input_dev *dev) { - return EVDEV_MIN_BUFFER_SIZE; + int nev = dev->hint_events_per_... 23 Jun 2010 13:58

cifs: store pages into local cache
Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman(a)suse.de> wrote: Store pages from an CIFS inode into the data storage object associated with that inode. Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman(a)suse.de> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells(a)redhat.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-k... 23 Jun 2010 13:58