Kernel

[GIT] Networking
1) Fix missing length checks in ETHTOOL_* command handling, from Ben Hutchings. 2) Disable netpoll support for bond interfaces, it's a feature we tried to add this merge window and we can't make it work properly without major locking changes. From Andy Gospodarek. 3) XFRMA_MARK attribute extraction... 7 Jul 2010 22:17

linux-next: manual merge of the omap tree with the arm tree
Hi all, Today's linux-next merge of the omap tree got conflicts in arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-3430sdp.c, arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-3630sdp.c, arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-am3517evm.c, arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-cm-t35.c, arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-devkit8000.c, arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-igep0020.c, arch/arm/mach-om... 8 Jul 2010 06:57

IPVS: Incorrect helper use for SCTP [was: wensong@linux-vs.org, horms@verge.net.au]
This function is used for sctp app heplers. since there's no sctp helpers yet at present, it does nothing. If I make sure this is a bug. I will resend the pathch. 2010/7/7 Simon Horman <horms(a)verge.net.au>: [CCed netdev] Thanks, that looks correct to me. Have you tested this change? If so cou... 7 Jul 2010 22:17

IDEA: inotify - extend to be able to report changes in the past
Hi, I have an idea for an improvement to inotify, which may interest a keen kernel developer. The problem: The inotify feature of the linux kernel is a great way for programs which need to know about file changes to track them without having to scan the drive. Unfortunately if a system is rebooted often (like ... 7 Jul 2010 22:17

spufs: use llseek in all file operations
Hi Arnd, The default for llseek is changing, so we need explicit operations everywhere. Looks good, but: @@ -2151,7 +2166,7 @@ static ssize_t spufs_ibox_info_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, static const struct file_operations spufs_ibox_info_fops = { .open = spufs_info_open, .rea... 8 Jul 2010 10:15

Linux Plumber's Conference: Call for Working Session Submissions
The Planning Committee for the Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) is happy to announce that submissions to the "micro-conferences" portion of the conference is now open. The micro-conferences are working session focused on specific infrastructural "plumbing" in the Linux system -- kernel subsystems, core libraries,... 7 Jul 2010 22:17

[PATCH] usb: gadget: #include device.h in gadget.h
gadget.h uses structures defined in device.h, it must include it. In most cases, gadget.h is preceded by linux/platform_device.h, but if you are grouping headers sanely, device.h may not be pulled in until *after* gadget (e.g. mach/msm_device.h), thus gadget.h should not rely on something else #including device.h ... 7 Jul 2010 21:11

Maintain memslot version number
On 07/06/2010 12:24 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote: Code that depends on particular memslot layout can track changes and adjust to new layout. Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov<gleb(a)redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel(a)redhat.com> -- All rights reversed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "un... 7 Jul 2010 21:11

[PATCH 2/2] Mark do_one_initcall* as __init_or_module
Andrew Morton suggested that the do_one_initcall and do_one_initcall_debug functions can be marked __init_or_module such that they can be discarded for the CONFIG_MODULES=N case. Signed-off-by: Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester(a)gmail.com> --- init/main.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(... 7 Jul 2010 21:11

[PATCH 1/2] Fix warning: 'calltime.tv64' may be used uninitialized in this function in init/main.c
Using: gcc (GCC) 4.5.0 20100610 (prerelease) The following warning appears: init/main.c: In function 'do_one_initcall': init/main.c:730:10: warning: 'calltime.tv64' may be used uninitialized in this function This warning is actually correct, as the global initcall_debug could arguably be changed by the... 7 Jul 2010 21:11