Kernel

[PATCH] tools/usb: Add Makefile
Hi, This patch adds a Makefile for building 'testusb'. I am wondering if it should really still use usbdevfs (deprecated), instead of usbfs? Thanks, Davidlohr Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave(a)gnu.org> --- tools/usb/Makefile | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) ... 9 Jul 2010 03:59

[PATCH] mtdpart: memory accessor interface for MTD layer
From: Sudhakar Rajashekhara <sudhakar....(a)ti.com> This patch implements memory accessor interface in the MTD layer which enables the kernel to access flash data. This patch adds two new members to the mtd_partition structure, a function handler which will be called during setup of the partition and an argument... 9 Jul 2010 02:54

[PATCH] pm: Add runtime PM statistics to sysfs
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan(a)linux.intel.com> Subject: pm: Add runtime PM statistics to sysfs In order for PowerTOP to be able to report how well the new runtime PM is working for the various drivers, the kernel needs to export some basic statistics in sysfs. This patch adds two sysfs files in the runtime PM d... 10 Jul 2010 12:42

linux-next: Tree for July 9
Hi all, Changes since 20100708: The infiniband tree gained a build failure so I used the version from next-20100708. The wireless tree gained a conflict against the net tree. The block tree gained a build failure for which I applied a patch. The tty tree gained a conflict against the genesis tree. --... 9 Jul 2010 01:49

[RFC][PATCH 2/2] pidns: Remove proc flush races when a pid namespaces are exiting.
Currently it is possible to put proc_mnt before we have flushed the last process that will use the proc_mnt to flush it's proc entries. This race is fixed by not flushing proc entries for dead pid namespaces, and calling pid_ns_release_proc unconditionally from zap_pid_ns_processes after the pid namespace has b... 9 Jul 2010 01:49

[PATCH v2] acer-wmi: fix memory leaks in wmab_execute error path
When acpi_evaluate_object() is passed ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, the caller must kfree the returned buffer if AE_OK is returned. Call Trace: wmab_execute -> wmi_evaluate_method -> acpi_evaluate_object Thus if callers of wmab_execute() pass ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, the return buffer must be kfreed if wmab_execu... 9 Jul 2010 00:44

[RFC][PATCH 1/2] pidns: Add a flag to indicate a pid namespace is dead.
Currently we have some subtle races when a pid namespace exits and we need a simple way of close those races. To close those races in a simple way I introduce an atomic flag PIDNS_DEAD that we can teest to see if a pid namespace has died. When PIDNS_DEAD is set for a pid namespace all attempts to lookup or ad... 9 Jul 2010 00:44

linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (block tree related)
Hi James, After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc64 allnoconfig) failed like this: block/compat_ioctl.c: In function 'compat_blkdev_ioctl': block/compat_ioctl.c:754: error: 'BLKTRACESETUP32' undeclared (first use in this function) Caused by commit adf8c9c97ba7c66fe51007beddb4af3301620... 9 Jul 2010 00:44

init: remove the BKL from startup code
On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 12:02:26AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: I have shown by code review that no driver takes the BKL at init time any more, so whatever the init code was locking against is no longer there and it is now safe to remove the BKL there. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd(a)arndb.de> A... 9 Jul 2010 10:32

Bluetooth: hidp: Add support for hidraw HIDIOCGFEATURE and HIDIOCSFEATURE
On 07/08/2010 05:11 PM, Marcel Holtmann wrote: I looked at this and I am bit worried that this should not be done in this detail in the HIDP driver. Essentially HIDP is a pure transport driver. It should not handle all these details. Can we make this a bit easier for the transport drivers to support such fe... 9 Jul 2010 00:44