Kernel

[09/11] vfs: Add no_nrwrite_index_update writeback control flag
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Thu Oct 16 10:09:17 2008 -0400 Subject: vfs: Add no_nrwrite_index_update writeback control flag commit 17bc6c30cf6bfffd816bdc53682dd46fc34a2cf4 upstream. If no_nrwrite_index_update is set we don't update nr_to_write and address space writeback_inde... 27 Feb 2010 03:26

[01/11] ext4: invalidate pages if delalloc block allocation fails.
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Tue Aug 19 21:08:18 2008 -0400 Subject: ext4: invalidate pages if delalloc block allocation fails. commit c4a0c46ec92c194c873232b88debce4e1a448483 upstream. We are a bit agressive in invalidating all the pages. But it is ok because we really don't ... 27 Feb 2010 03:26

[git pull] Please pull powerpc.git next branch
Hi Linus ! Here's your batch of powerpc stuff for 2.6.34. As you can see, it's reasonably small this time around. There's a pile of scalability improvements from Anton, a batch of raw_spinlock conversion from Thomas, and a few more bits and pieces. Cheers, Ben. The following changes since commit 6ebdc661b6... 26 Feb 2010 23:06

[PATCH] binfmt_elf: plug a memory leak situation on dump_seek()
Signed-off-by: André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard(a)gmail.com> --- fs/binfmt_elf.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index fd5b2ea..13b0845 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -1096,6 +1096,8 @@ static int dump_wr... 26 Feb 2010 23:06

Security: Add __init to register_security to disable load a security module on runtime
>That won't become a problem unless kernel command line is tampered. Giving permissions to tamper kernel command line is the problem. The user also can modify /etc/selinuc/config, set SELINUX=disabled. Honestly speaking, I prefer register_security() being exported to kernel modules. New kernel doesn't expor... 28 Feb 2010 01:19

[PATCH][RESEND] Export per-tid and per-tgid cputime in nanoseconds.
This can be used by applications to get finer granularity cputime usage on platforms that use timestamp counters or HPET. Signed-off-by: Divyesh Shah<dpshah(a)google.com> --- fs/proc/array.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/proc/base.c | 2 ++ fs/proc/internal.h | 2 ++ 3 files... 26 Feb 2010 22:00

[PATCH] Export per-tid and per-tgid cputime in nanoseconds.
--- fs/proc/array.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/proc/base.c | 2 ++ fs/proc/internal.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/array.c b/fs/proc/array.c index 13b5d07..54604b8 100644 --- a/fs/proc/array.c +++ b/fs/proc/array.c @... 26 Feb 2010 22:00

[PATCH] dvb-core: Fix DoS bug in ULE decapsulation code that can be triggered by an invalid Payload Pointer
Hi guys, Sorry, I have to resend this email because I think my email didn't through linux-media, stable or security mailing list. ULE (Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation RFC 4326) decapsulation has a bug that causes endless loop when Payload Pointer of MPEG2-TS frame is 182 or 183. Anyone who sends m... 26 Feb 2010 20:54

vmi: disable highmem PTE allocation even when CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y
On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 09:16 -0800, Ian Campbell wrote: Preventing HIGHPTE allocations under VMI will allow us to remove the kmap_atomic_pte paravirt op. Acked-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria(a)vmware.com> Thanks, Alok Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell(a)citrix.com> Cc: Alok Kataria <akataria@v... 26 Feb 2010 20:54

[net-next PATCH v6 0/3] net: reserve ports for applications using fixed port numbers
This patch introduces /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_reserved_ports which allows users to reserve ports for third-party applications. The reserved ports will not be used by automatic port assignments (e.g. when calling connect() or bind() with port number 0). Explicit port allocation behavior is unchanged. Change... 26 Feb 2010 20:54