Kernel

[079/165] USB: FTDI: Add support for the RT System VX-7 radio programming cable
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Corey Minyard <minyard(a)acm.org> commit fcc6cb789c77ffee31710eec64efeb25f2124f7a upstream. RT Systems has put out bunch of ham radio cables based on the FT232RL chip. Each cable type has a unique PID, th... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[066/165] x86: Do not try to disable hpet if it hasnt been initialized before
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini(a)eu.citrix.com> commit ff4878089e1eaeac79d57878ad4ea32910fb4037 upstream. hpet_disable is called unconditionally on machine reboot if hpet support is compiled in the... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[081/165] ext4: Fix potential quota deadlock
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ commit d21cd8f163ac44b15c465aab7306db931c606908 upstream (as of v2.6.33-rc2) We have to delay vfs_dq_claim_space() until allocation context destruction. Currently we have following call-trace: ext4_mb_new_blocks... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[RFC] Large weight differential leads to inefficient load balancing
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Mike Galbraith <efault(a)gmx.de> wrote: On Thu, 2010-07-29 at 22:19 -0700, Nikhil Rao wrote: Hi all, We have observed that a large weight differential between tasks on a runqueue leads to sub-optimal machine utilization and poor load balancing. For example, if you h... 3 Aug 2010 18:03

[071/165] USB: g_serial: fix tty cleanup on unload
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jon Povey <jon.povey(a)racelogic.co.uk> commit b23097b793081358a6d943263c91bae4c955c4e3 upstream. Call put_tty_driver() in cleanup function, to fix Oops when trying to open gadget serial char device after ... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[060/165] x86: Fix x2apic preenabled system with kexec
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai(a)kernel.org> commit fd19dce7ac07973f700b0f13fb7f94b951414a4c upstream. Found one x2apic system kexec loop test failed when CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG=y (old) or CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=y (curr... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[076/165] USB: adds Artisman USB dongle to list of quirky devices
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Paul Mortier <mortier(a)btinternet.com> commit 47f19c0eedb377ad1ee8114f464d001ec5f96a69 upstream. When an attempt is made to read the interface strings of the Artisman Watchdog USB dongle (idVendor:idProdu... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[082/165] ext4: replace BUG() with return -EIO in ext4_ext_get_blocks
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ commit 034fb4c95fc0fed4ec4a50778127b92c6f2aec01 upstream (as of v2.6.33-rc3) This patch fixes the Kernel BZ #14286. When the address of an extent corresponding to a valid block is corrupted, a -EIO should be rep... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[051/165] serial: cpm_uart: implement the cpm_uart_early_write() function for console poll
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng(a)windriver.com> commit 8cd774ad30c22b9d89823f1f05d845f4cdaba9e8 upstream. The cpm_uart_early_write() function which was used for console poll isn't implemented in the cpm uart... 30 Jul 2010 15:15

[057/165] ethtool: Fix potential kernel buffer overflow in ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings(a)solarflare.com> commit db048b69037e7fa6a7d9e95a1271a50dc08ae233 upstream. On a 32-bit machine, info.rule_cnt >= 0x40000000 leads to integer overflow and the buffer may be smalle... 30 Jul 2010 15:15