Kernel

[PATCH 3/5] kconfig: Look in both /bin and /sbin for lsmod in streamline_config.pl
From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt(a)redhat.com> Distributions now have lsmod in /bin instead of /sbin. But to handle both cases, we look for it in /sbin /bin /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. If lsmod is not found in any of those paths, it defaults to use just lsmod and hopes that it lies in the path of the user. Tested-by: ... 25 Feb 2010 14:49

[PATCH 0/5][GIT PULL] kconfig: updates to localmodconfig
Linus, Please pull the latest for-linus-2 tree, which can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-kconfig.git for-linus-2 Michal Marek (1): kconfig: Simplify LSMOD= handling Steven Rostedt (4): kconfig: Create include/generated for localmodconfig ... 25 Feb 2010 14:49

[resend] unusual_devs.h: Fix capacity for SL11R-IDE 2.6c
On 02/24/2010 11:41 AM, Ondrej Zary wrote: SL11R-IDE 2.6c (at least) reports wrong capacity (one sector more). Reading that last sector causes the device not to work anymore (and looks like HAL or something does that automatically after plugging in): sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Device not ready sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] R... 25 Feb 2010 14:49

kernel.h string cleanup
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:53:59PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: Cleanup kernel.h string related stuff, move to linux/string.h Ick. That's not where they're in userspace headers. --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/kernel.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -136,34 +137,6 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(lo... 27 Feb 2010 05:34

kernel.h panic cleanup
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:39:11PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: Cleanup kernel.h panic related stuff, move to linux/panic.h Due to lots of files need it, include them in kernel.h just for convinience It can be thought as the first step of further cleanup. NAK, tainted stuff belongs to separate place. ... 25 Feb 2010 20:30

Add this to tip (was: Re: [RFC patch] introduce sys_membarrier(): process-wide memory barrier (v9))
On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 13:00 -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: So... considering all this discussion is about future enhancements that are not required by anyone at this stage, and that it will be possible to add these later on thanks to the extensible sys_membarrier() flags, I propose to merge v9 of this pa... 25 Feb 2010 13:41

[PATCH -mm 0/2] umh && creds: kill sub_info->cred
(on top of kmod-replace-call_usermodehelper_pipe-with-use-of-umh-init-function-and-resolve-limit.patch) David, all. I was going to do some minor fixes in kmod.c, but looking at this code I am really puzzled by subprocess_info->cred complications. I know absoulutely nothing about creds/keys, but at first glance ... 25 Feb 2010 13:41

[PATCH -next] staging: fix wlan-ng printk format warning
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Fix prism2fw.c printk format warning: drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c:209: warning: format '%d' expects type 'int', but argument 3 has type 'size_t' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> --- drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c | 2 +- 1 file... 25 Feb 2010 13:41

trace-record: wrong refferencing
On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 18:40 +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote: hi, looks like bug this time :) Indeed it is. Applied, thanks! -- Steve wbr, jirka Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa(a)redhat.com> diff --git a/trace-record.c b/trace-record.c index cdfc857..2a754b9 100644 --- a/trace-rec... 25 Feb 2010 13:41

[PATCH][trace-cmd] trace-record: wrong refferencing
hi, looks like bug this time :) wbr, jirka Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa(a)redhat.com> diff --git a/trace-record.c b/trace-record.c index cdfc857..2a754b9 100644 --- a/trace-record.c +++ b/trace-record.c @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ struct tracecmd_recorder *tracecmd_create_recorder(const char *file, int cpu) ... 25 Feb 2010 13:40