Kernel

[PATCH] sysfs_chmod_file's attr can be const
sysfs_chmod_file doesn't change the attribute it operates on, so this attribute can be marked const. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali(a)linux-fr.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh(a)suse.de> --- fs/sysfs/file.c | 3 ++- include/linux/sysfs.h | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions... 2 Jul 2010 11:18

xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #4]
Nick Piggin <npiggin(a)suse.de> wrote: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available, including file creation time, inode version and data version where available through the underlying filesystem. Can you describe the expected atomicity requirements for the requests, please?... 2 Jul 2010 11:17

rlimits: security, add task_struct to setrlimit
On 06/24/2010 01:58 AM, James Morris wrote: On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Jiri Slaby wrote: Add task_struct to task_setrlimit of security_operations to be able to set rlimit of task other than current. Given the scope of the changes, I'm not sure which tree these should go into. They affect the security A... 2 Jul 2010 10:11

[RFC] fsnotify: track events on entire fs
This patch allows notifications groups to get events on entire fs not just on registered inodes. I want to use it for a notification group that tracks all changes to the filesystem in order to do faster backups. Is this a good idea ? Thanks, Jakob --- diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify... 2 Jul 2010 10:11

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Fixed division by zero bug in kernel/padata.c
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 03:59:54PM +0400, Dan Kruchinin wrote: When boot CPU(typically CPU #0) is excluded from padata cpumask and user enters halt command from console, kernel faults on division by zero; This occurs because during the halt kernel shuts down each non-boot CPU one by one and after it shu... 5 Jul 2010 11:04

[PATCH 1/2] edac: mpc85xx: Fix MPC85xx dependency
Since commit 5753c082f66eca5be81f6bda85c1718c5eea6ada ("powerpc/85xx: Kconfig cleanup"), there is no MPC85xx Kconfig symbol anymore, so the driver became non-selectable. This patch fixes the issue by switching to PPC_85xx symbol. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov(a)mvista.com> --- drivers/edac/Kconfig... 2 Jul 2010 09:05

[PATCH 1/1] perf tools: Fix find tids routine by excluding "." and ".."
From: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng(a)cn.fujitsu.com> Introduce a filter function to skip "." and ".." directories when calculating tid number, otherwise tid 0 will be included in the all_tid result array. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> LKML-Reference: <4C185F68.1020505(a)cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <... 2 Jul 2010 09:05

[GIT PULL 0/1] perf/urgent fixes
Hi Ingo, Please pull from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 perf/urgent Regards, - Arnaldo Gui Jianfeng (1): perf tools: Fix find tids routine by excluding "." and ".." tools/perf/util/thread.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(... 2 Jul 2010 09:05

[PATCH 2/2] edac: mpc85xx: Add support for MPC8569 EDAC controllers
Simply add a proper ID into the device table. Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov(a)mvista.com> --- drivers/edac/mpc85xx_edac.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/edac/mpc85xx_edac.c b/drivers/edac/mpc85xx_edac.c index 52ca09b..f39b00a 100644 --- a/drivers/e... 2 Jul 2010 09:05