Kernel

[15/23] ext4: Fix file fragmentation during large file write.
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> commit 22208dedbd7626e5fc4339c417f8d24cc21f79d7 upstream. The range_cyclic writeback mode uses the address_space writeback_index as the start index fo... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[01/23] libata: disable ATAPI AN by default
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Tejun Heo <tj(a)kernel.org> commit e7ecd435692ca9bde9d124be30b3a26e672ea6c2 upstream. There are ATAPI devices which raise AN when hit by commands issued by open(). This leads to infinite loop of AN -> MED... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[08/23] md: Fix read balancing in RAID1 and RAID10 on drives > 2TB
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: NeilBrown <neilb(a)suse.de> commit af3a2cd6b8a479345786e7fe5e199ad2f6240e56 upstream. read_balance uses a "unsigned long" for a sector number which will get truncated beyond 2TB. This will cause read-bala... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[14/23] ext4: Use our own write_cache_pages()
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso(a)mit.edu> commit 8e48dcfbd7c0892b4cfd064d682cc4c95a29df32 upstream. Make a copy of write_cache_pages() for the benefit of ext4_da_writepages(). This allows us to simplify the code ... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[03/23] ARCNET: Limit com20020 PCI ID matches for SOHARD cards
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Andreas Bombe <aeb(a)debian.org> commit e7971c80a8e0299f91272ad8e8ac4167623e1862 upstream. The SH SOHARD ARCNET cards are implemented using generic PLX Technology PCI<->IOBus bridges. Subvendor and subdevi... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[22/23] KEYS: find_keyring_by_name() can gain access to a freed keyring
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Toshiyuki Okajima <toshi.okajima(a)jp.fujitsu.com> commit cea7daa3589d6b550546a8c8963599f7c1a3ae5c upstream. find_keyring_by_name() can gain access to a keyring that has had its reference count reduced to ... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[12/23] gconfig: fix build failure on fedora 13
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Richard Kennedy <richard(a)rsk.demon.co.uk> commit cbab05f041a4cff6ca15856bdd35238b282b64eb upstream. Making gconfig fails on fedora 13 as the linker cannot resolve dlsym. Adding libdl to the link comman... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[17/23] sctp: Fix skb_over_panic resulting from multiple invalid parameter errors (CVE-2010-1173) (v4)
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Neil Horman <nhorman(a)tuxdriver.com> commit 5fa782c2f5ef6c2e4f04d3e228412c9b4a4c8809 upstream. Ok, version 4 Change Notes: 1) Minor cleanups, from Vlads notes Summary: Hey- Recently, it was rep... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[04/23] powerpc: Fix handling of strncmp with zero len
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm(a)suse.com> commit 637a99022fb119b90fb281715d13172f0394fc12 upstream. Commit 0119536c, which added the assembly version of strncmp to powerpc, mentions that it adds two instructions to ... 1 Jul 2010 14:28

[05/23] powerpc/pseries: Only call start-cpu when a CPU is stopped
2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Michael Neuling <mikey(a)neuling.org> commit aef40e87d866355ffd279ab21021de733242d0d5 upstream. Currently we always call start-cpu irrespective of if the CPU is stopped or not. Unfortunatley on POWER7, fir... 1 Jul 2010 14:28