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xstat: Add a pair of system calls to make extended file stats available [ver #6]
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 01:14:47PM +0100, David Howells wrote: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh(a)medozas.de> wrote: Linux already has a creation time field, it's called otime (there is no "b" in "creation"), and you will find scattered fragments of that all over the kernel (foremost, fs/jfs/, now btrfs, and... 13 Aug 2010 15:46

nfs client hang
We're encountering a bug similar to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578152 but that claims to be fixed in the version we're running: # dpkg --status linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 | grep Version: Version: 2.6.32-17 If I do this in 4 different xterm windows having cd to the same NFS mounted directory... 29 Jul 2010 06:24

[PATCHv4 4/5] USB: gadget: g_fs: code cleanup
This commit cleans the g_fs gadget hopefully making it more readable. This is achieved by usage of the usb_string_ids_tab() function for batch string IDs registration as well as generalising configuration so that a single routine is used to add each configuration and bind interfaces. As an effect, the code is sh... 22 Jul 2010 09:12

[PATCHv4 1/5] USB: gadget: composite: Better string override handling
The iManufatcurer, iProduct and iSerialNumber composite module parameters are only used when the gadget driver registers strings for manufacturer, product and serial number. If the gadget never bothered to set corresponding fields in USB device descriptors those module parameters are ignored. This patch makes t... 22 Jul 2010 09:12

[PATCHv4 5/5] USB: gadget: file_storage: serial parameter even if not test mode
Moved the serial parameter handling code out of "#ifdef CONFIG_USB_FILE_STORAGE_TEST". This modifies Yann Cantin's commit "USB: Add a serial number parameter to g_file_storage" module as per Alan Stern's request. Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz(a)samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin... 22 Jul 2010 09:12

[PATCHv4 2/5] USB: gadget: Use new composite features in some gadgets
This patch FunctionFS, Mass Storage and Multifunction gadgets use the new features of composite framework. Because it handles default strings there is no longer the need for the gadgets drivers to handle many of the strings. This also adds the "needs_serial" to Mass Storage Gadget and Multifunction Composite Ga... 22 Jul 2010 09:12

[PATCH] CIFS: Fix a malicious redirect problem in the DNS lookup code
Fix the security problem in the CIFS filesystem DNS lookup code in which a malicious redirect could be installed by a random user by simply adding a result record into one of their keyrings with add_key() and then invoking a CIFS CFS lookup [CVE-2010-2524]. This is done by creating an internal keyring specificall... 22 Jul 2010 08:07

md: bitwise operations might not fit in a "bool"
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:44:53 +0300 Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh(a)panasas.com> wrote: when taking a resolute of a bit-wise AND as true false. Better / faster to make it a boolean operation. This fixes a bug and a crash because the flags field did not fit into the bool operands. No, that won't work. R... 27 Jul 2010 19:29

[tip:perf/urgent] tracing: Properly align linker defined symbols
Commit-ID: 07fca0e57fca925032526349f4370f97ed580cc9 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/07fca0e57fca925032526349f4370f97ed580cc9 Author: Sam Ravnborg <sam(a)ravnborg.org> AuthorDate: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:35:00 +0200 Committer: Steven Rostedt <rostedt(a)goodmis.org> CommitDate: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:02:52 -0400 ... 22 Jul 2010 08:07

x86, UV: Make kdump avoid stack dumps
* tip-bot for Cliff Wickman <cpw(a)sgi.com> wrote: Commit-ID: 5edd19af18a36a4e22c570b1b969179e0ca1fe4c Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/5edd19af18a36a4e22c570b1b969179e0ca1fe4c Author: Cliff Wickman <cpw(a)sgi.com> AuthorDate: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:09:05 -0500 Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa(a)linu... 22 Jul 2010 08:07