Kernel

Reminder: Linux Plumber's Conference Call for Papers
Reminder, the Linux Plumbers Conference Call for Papers[1] deadline is this Monday, July 19, 2010. If you'd like to make a presentation at this years Linux Plumbers conference, then please submit your proposal right away [2]. [1] http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2010/06/03/linux-plumbers-conference-call-for-pape... 16 Jul 2010 17:40

union-mount: Support for mounting union mount file systems
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:47:02PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:39:51AM -0700, Valerie Aurora wrote: + +static int +check_mnt_union(struct path *mntpnt, struct vfsmount *topmost_mnt, int mnt_flags) +{ + struct vfsmount *lower_mnt = mntpnt->mnt; + + if (!(mnt_fl... 5 Aug 2010 00:32

[GIT PULL] Important ocfs2 fixes for 2.6.35
Linus, et al, Here are the major ocfs2 fixes for 2.6.35-rc5. A few more fixes have trickled in, but as these major fixes have been tested, I didn't want to delay them any longer. The first major fix you know about: the tail zeroing fix when extending files. It's been run under heavy testing for a week now, and... 16 Jul 2010 17:40

union-mount: Introduce union_dir structure and basic operations
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:39:46PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:39:49AM -0700, Valerie Aurora wrote: This patch adds the basic structures and operations of VFS-based union mounts (but not the ability to mount or lookup unioned file systems). Each directory in a unioned file system... 6 Aug 2010 13:47

Remove REDWOOD_[456] config options and conditional code
From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:20:55 -0400 On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 02:29:02PM +0200, Christian Dietrich wrote: The config options for REDWOOD_[456] were commented out in the powerpc Kconfig. The ifdefs referencing this options therefore are dead and all references... 18 Jul 2010 20:16

alpha: srmcons: localize spin_lock section
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 08:12:27PM +0400, Kulikov Vasiliy wrote: Scale down spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore exactly to area where it is needed. Also it makes static checkers happy as code checks kmalloc() result value exactly after call. Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> ---... 16 Jul 2010 17:40

[PATCH 4/4 RFC] firewire: cdev: add PHY packet reception
Add an FW_CDEV_IOC_RECEIVE_PHY_PACKETS ioctl() and FW_CDEV_EVENT_PHY_PACKET_RECEIVED poll()/read() event for /dev/fw*. This can be used to get information from remote PHYs by remote access PHY packets. This is also the 2nd half of the functionality (the receive part) to support a userspace implementation of a Ve... 16 Jul 2010 16:34

[PATCH 3/4 RFC] firewire: cdev: add PHY packet transmission
Add an FW_CDEV_IOC_SEND_PHY_PACKET ioctl() for /dev/fw* which can be used to implement bus management related functionality in userspace. This is also half of the functionality (the transmit part) that is needed to support a userspace implementation of a VersaPHY transaction layer. Safety considerations: ... 16 Jul 2010 16:34

[PATCH 2/4] firewire: core: use C99 initializer in array of ioctl handlers
to make the correspondence of ioctl numbers and handlers more obvious. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr(a)s5r6.in-berlin.de> --- drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c ================... 16 Jul 2010 16:34

[PATCH 1/4] firewire: cdev: some clarifications to the API documentation
Response events: - are generated on more occasions than their documentation claimed. Bus resets: - Note that FW_CDEV_IOC_INITIATE_BUS_RESET is nonblocking and that the client is not required to observe a grace period since kernels 2.6.36+ will enforce it now (commit 02d37bed). - The possible val... 16 Jul 2010 16:34