Kernel

[PATCH] acpi: Fix warning: 'us_to_pm_timer_ticks' defined but not used
Using: gcc (GCC) 4.5.0 20100610 (prerelease) The following warning is seen: drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c:83:12: warning: 'us_to_pm_timer_ticks' defined but not used This is because us_to_pm_timer_ticks is only used when CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS is defined. Fix the warning by moving the function definition ... 11 Jul 2010 12:39

[PATCHv3] extensions: libxt_CHECKSUM extension
This adds a `CHECKSUM' target, which can be used in the iptables mangle table. You can use this target to compute and fill in the checksum in a packet that lacks a checksum. This is particularly useful, if you need to work around old applications such as dhcp clients, that do not work well with checksum offload... 11 Jul 2010 11:34

[PATCHv2] netfilter: add CHECKSUM target
This adds a `CHECKSUM' target, which can be used in the iptables mangle table. You can use this target to compute and fill in the checksum in a packet that lacks a checksum. This is particularly useful, if you need to work around old applications such as dhcp clients, that do not work well with checksum offload... 11 Jul 2010 11:34

[PATCHv2] extensions: libxt_CHECKSUM extension
This adds a `CHECKSUM' target, which can be used in the iptables mangle table. You can use this target to compute and fill in the checksum in a packet that lacks a checksum. This is particularly useful, if you need to work around old applications such as dhcp clients, that do not work well with checksum offload... 11 Jul 2010 11:34

pidns: Remove races by stopping the caching of proc_mnt
Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling(a)kerlabs.com> writes: On 09/07/10 8:58 -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Having proc reference the pid_namespace and the pid_namespace reference proc is a serious reference counting problem, which has resulted in both leaks and use after free problems. Mount already ... 11 Jul 2010 11:34

NET_NS: unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free (after using openvpn) (was Re: sysfs bug when using tun with network namespaces)
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 11:53:23PM +0200, Michael Leun wrote: But: should'nt kernel clean up after process when it exits? And/or: Should'nt kernel clean up if last process in network namespace exits - there is nothing left which might use that interface?! Yes, you are correct. Care to resend all of this to... 11 Jul 2010 11:34

stable? quality assurance?
Am Sonntag 11 Juli 2010 schrieb Eric Dumazet: Le dimanche 11 juillet 2010 à 09:18 +0200, Martin Steigerwald a écrit : Hi! Hi Eric, 2.6.34 was a desaster for me: bug #15969 - patch was availble before 2.6.34 already, bug #15788, also reported with 2.6.34-rc2 already, as well as most importa... 5 Aug 2010 00:31

KVM: MMU: introduce pte_prefetch_topup_memory_cache()
On 07/06/2010 01:49 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote: Introduce this function to topup prefetch cache diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c index 3dcd55d..cda4587 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ module_param(oos_shadow, bool, 0644); } ... 13 Jul 2010 04:21

KVM: MMU: fix race between 'walk_addr' and 'fetch'
On 07/06/2010 01:45 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote: 'walk_addr' is out of mmu_lock's protection, so while we handle 'fetch', then guest's mapping has modifited by other vcpu's write path, such as invlpg, pte_write and other fetch path Fixed by checking all level's mapping @@ -319,22 +319,23 @@ static ... 11 Jul 2010 12:39

KVM: MMU: introduce gfn_to_page_many_atomic() function
On 07/06/2010 01:48 PM, Xiao Guangrong wrote: This function not only return the gfn's page but also the page number after @gfn in the slot @@ -923,15 +923,25 @@ static unsigned long gfn_to_hva_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn) return slot->userspace_addr + (gfn - slot->base_gfn) * PA... 12 Jul 2010 21:50