Kernel

[Patch] mm: use the same log level for show_mem()
Use the same log level for printk's in show_mem(), so that those messages can be shown completely when using log level 6. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang(a)redhat.com> --- diff --git a/lib/show_mem.c b/lib/show_mem.c index 238e72a..fdc77c8 100644 --- a/lib/show_mem.c +++ b/lib/show_mem.c @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@... 2 Mar 2010 03:31

[PATCH 2/2] ocfs2: ensure trusted xattrs are not returned to unprivileged users via listxattr
Ensure that trusted xattrs are not returned to unprivileged users via listxattr, in keeping with several other implmentations, such as ext3. Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris(a)namei.org> --- fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/oc... 2 Mar 2010 03:31

[PATCH]Support MCP89 and GT21x hdmi audio
At Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:27:53 +0800, Wei Ni wrote: Hi, Takashi I developed the hdmi audio driver for new chipset MCP89 and GT21x. The new HAD controller and codec support standard HDMI operation. I attached the patch file, please check it. Thanks. A brief review comments below. diff --git ... 12 Mar 2010 00:40

[PATCH] Selinux: Remove unused headers list.h in selinux/netlink.c
list.h is unused in netlink.c, so remove it. Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt(a)alibaba-inc.com> --- security/selinux/netlink.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/selinux/netlink.c b/security/selinux/netlink.c index 1ae5564..7d7be29 100644 --- a/secur... 2 Mar 2010 02:26

BUG: spinlock lockup on task_rq_lock in 2.6.33
Hi Folks, I just locked up a machine with the following trace: [ 5247.149256] BUG: spinlock lockup on CPU#1, dd/7018, ffff8800059d4380 [ 5247.150009] BUG: spinlock lockup on CPU#0, dd/6211, ffff8800059d4380 [ 5247.150009] Pid: 6211, comm: dd Not tainted 2.6.33-dgc #86 [ 5247.150009] Call Trace: [ 5247.150009]... 2 Mar 2010 18:05

w35und: Update README
On Mon 2010-03-01 17:04:28, Pekka Enberg wrote: Typedefs are gone now so update the README file. All but one that makes sense :-). Yep, ACK for whole series. And thanks for your work. Pavel --- a/drivers/staging/winbond/README +++ b/drivers/staging/winbond/README @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ TODO: - s... 2 Mar 2010 01:21

slab: add memory hotplug support
David Rientjes wrote: Slab lacks any memory hotplug support for nodes that are hotplugged without cpus being hotplugged. This is possible at least on x86 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE kernels where SRAT entries are marked ACPI_SRAT_MEM_HOT_PLUGGABLE and the regions of RAM represent a seperate node. It c... 7 Apr 2010 13:30

Don't change direction flags in struct request.
On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 22:31 -0700, Hugh Daschbach wrote: The EMC multipath device handler should not change the I/O direction flags of its trespass command request. The CFQ elevator may BUG if the direction flags on an I/O request are changed after allocation. cfq_set_request() and cfq_put_request() ... 18 Mar 2010 23:28

yaffs2 NAND fs
Hi, I was wondering why the yaffs2 file system has not gone for mainline yet. It's rather popular flash file system in the embedded world, while it is rather easy to patch a kernel to have yaffs2 support [1] it would be even nicer if it was just in mainline. The source of the GPLv2 file system can be found at [2] ... 4 Mar 2010 08:57

nfs: use 4*rsize readahead size
Dave, Here is one more test on a big ext4 disk file: 16k 39.7 MB/s 32k 54.3 MB/s 64k 63.6 MB/s 128k 72.6 MB/s 256k 71.7 MB/s rsize ==> 512k 71.7 MB/s 1024k 72.2 MB/s 2048k 71.0 MB/s 4096k 73.0 MB/s 8192k 74.3 MB/s 16384k 74.5 MB/s It shows that >=128k client side readahead... 2 Mar 2010 22:36