Kernel

[PATCH] Staging: dt3155: remove useless dt3155_major parameter
The dt3155_major variable was never exposed as a parameter so just make it static and always allocate a dynamic major when registering the driver. Also, remove a couple unnecessary comments and printk noise associated with the major/minor numbers and registration. Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten(a)visi... 29 Jul 2010 12:59

writeback: stop periodic/background work on seeing sync works
On Thu 29-07-10 19:51:44, Wu Fengguang wrote: The periodic/background writeback can run forever. So when any sync work is enqueued, increase bdi->sync_works to notify the active non-sync works to exit. Non-sync works queued after sync works won't be affected. Hmm, wouldn't it be simpler logic to just mak... 3 Aug 2010 11:26

staging/lirc: fix non-CONFIG_MODULES build horkage
On 07/29/10 08:35, Jarod Wilson wrote: Fix when CONFIG_MODULES is not enabled: drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_parallel.c:243: error: implicit declaration of function 'module_refcount' drivers/staging/lirc/lirc_it87.c:150: error: implicit declaration of function 'module_refcount' drivers/built-in.o: In functi... 29 Jul 2010 12:59

[RFC] transfer ASYNC vmscan writeback IO to the flusher threads
On Thu 29-07-10 19:51:42, Wu Fengguang wrote: Andrew, It's possible to transfer ASYNC vmscan writeback IOs to the flusher threads. This simple patchset shows the basic idea. Since it's a big behavior change, there are inevitably lots of details to sort out. I don't know where it will go after tests a... 30 Jul 2010 09:40

firewire: add isochronous multichannel reception
Stefan Richter wrote: static int ohci_queue_iso(struct fw_iso_context *base, struct fw_iso_packet *packet, struct fw_iso_buffer *buffer, @@ -2587,14 +2761,17 @@ static int ohci_queue_iso(struct fw_iso_ { struct iso_context *ctx = container_of(base, struct iso_context, base); unsig... 29 Jul 2010 12:59

drivers: Fixes a typo from "dev" to "ndev" that caused compilation erros.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:51 -0300, Henrique Camargo wrote: From: Henrique Camargo Fixes a typo from "dev" to "ndev" that caused compilation errors. Signed-off-by: Henrique Camargo <henrique.camargo(a)ensitec.com.br> Thanks, Reviewed-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> Also I've checked my ot... 31 Jul 2010 02:10

[PATCH] char: cs5535_gpio: check put_user() result
put_user() may fail, if so return -EFAULT. Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c b/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c index 4d830dc..fb7b888 100644 --- a/drivers/char/cs55... 29 Jul 2010 12:58

[PATCH] scsi: ch: check put_user() result
put_user() may fail, if so return -EFAULT. Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/scsi/ch.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ch.c b/drivers/scsi/ch.c index 4799d43..978bf68 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/ch.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/ch.c... 29 Jul 2010 12:58

[PATCH] char: ip2: check put_user() result
put_user()/copy_to_user() may fail, if so return -EFAULT. Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c index 07f3ea3..3f70a05 100... 29 Jul 2010 12:58

[PATCH] scsi: mac_scsi: check scsi_register() result
scsi_register() may fail, if so return from detect() with negative result. Signed-off-by: Kulikov Vasiliy <segooon(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/scsi/mac_scsi.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mac_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/mac_scsi.c index bf2a1c5..3ab601f 100644 ... 29 Jul 2010 12:58