Kernel

remove unnecesary while loop in ext2_xattr_get
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:09:09PM +0800, crosslonelyover wrote: Hi, In ext2_xattr_get, we'll check the xattr entry one by one in the following loop: entry = FIRST_ENTRY(bh); while (!IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry)) { struct ext2_xattr_entry *next = ... 12 Jul 2010 12:56

XFS status update for June 2010
The month of June saw a few important bug fixes for the Linux 2.6.35 release candidates. That includes ensuring that files used for the swapext ioctl are writable to the user, and doing proper validation of inodes coming from untrusted sources, such as NFS exporting and the open by handle system calls. The main w... 12 Jul 2010 12:56

Staging: line6: fix leaks in line6_probe()
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 06:47:30PM +0400, Kulikov Vasiliy wrote: - if (ret < 0) { - line6_destruct(interface); - return ret; - } + if (ret < 0) + goto err_put; This should be: goto err_destruct; regards, dan carpenter dev_info(&interface->dev, "Line6 %s now attached\n", ... 12 Jul 2010 12:56

[RFC] perf: Show Potential probe points.
> What if strlist__new() fails? Okay will add a check. Humm, here I think perhaps we should try to do as the kernel and introduce some form of: map_groups__for_each_map(self, pos) Like we have for list_for_each_entry, strlist__for_each, for_each_lang, for_each_script, etc. ... 12 Jul 2010 12:56

trivial: fix typos concerning "empty"
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig(a)pengutronix.de> Applied, thanks. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More maj... 12 Jul 2010 12:56

[PATCH 2/2] parport/serial: add support for Timedia/SUNIX cards to parport_serial
Timedia/SUNIX PCI cards with both serial and parallel ports are currently supported by 8250_pci and parport_pc individually. Moving that support into parport_serial allows using both types of ports at the same time. This was successfully tested with a SUNIX 4079T. Signed-off-by: Frédéric Brière <fbriere(a)fbrie... 12 Jul 2010 12:55

sparc: move is_root_node from private header to of.h
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Andres Salomon <dilinger(a)queued.net> wrote: Make is_root_node available for all archs to use, as it's not PROM-specific. Also rename it to of_is_root_node, and a few other minor changes for style/consistency. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger(a)queued.net> --- ... 13 Jul 2010 01:07

ARM defconfig files
Hi Linus, On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 12:40:43PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K�nig wrote: I think my mail hit your inbox during your vacation. As this is quite important for the ARM people and there isn't much time left, can you please comment? As you havn't replied up to now I wonder if that just means that you still... 14 Jul 2010 14:18

[RFC] Tight check of pfn_valid on sparsemem
Kukjin, Could you test below patch? I don't have any sparsemem system. Sorry. -- CUT DOWN HERE -- Kukjin reported oops happen while he change min_free_kbytes http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg92894.html It happen by memory map on sparsemem. The system has a memory map following as. section... 12 Jul 2010 12:55

[PATCH 1/7] Split the memory_block structure
This patch splits the memory_block struct into a memory_block struct to cover each sysfs directory and a new memory_block_section struct for each memory section covered by the sysfs directory. This also updates the routine handling memory_block creation and manipulation to use these updated structures. Signed ... 12 Jul 2010 12:55