Kernel

[PATCH] net/sunrpc: Convert (void)snprintf to snprintf
(Applies on top of "Remove uses of NIPQUAD, use %pI4") Casts to void of snprintf are most uncommon in kernel source. 9 use casts, 1301 do not. Remove the remaining uses in net/sunrpc/ Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> --- net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c | 6 +++--- net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c ... 8 Mar 2010 11:56

defrag deployment status (was Re: [PATCH] ext4: allow defrag (EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT) in 32bit compat mode)
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:22 AM, jim owens <owens6336(a)gmail.com> wrote: David Newall wrote: Christian Borntraeger wrote: Some bigger things are missing in the e4defrag tool: ... - overall layout considerations (e.g. putting files close to its directory or � use the atime to move often us... 9 Mar 2010 08:55

[PATCH] USB: musb: fix build error introduced by isoc change
From: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang(a)analog.com> The recent commit "usb: musb: Fix for isochronous IN transfer" (f82a689fa) seems to have been against an older kernel version. It uses the old style naming of variables. Unfortunately, this breaks building for most MUSB users out there since "bDesiredMode" has been ren... 8 Mar 2010 11:56

[PATCHSET] cpuhog: implement and use cpuhog
Hello, all. This patchset implements cpuhog which is a simplistic cpu monopolization mechanism and reimplements stop_machine() and replaces migration_thread with it. This allows stop_machine() to be simpler and much more efficient on very large machines without using more resources while also making the rathe... 8 Mar 2010 11:55

[PATCH] fs, binfmt_aout: Fix pointer warnings
Hi, I'm getting the warnings in the commit message below with current git. Maybe fix them like this: -- From: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:37:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fs, binfmt_aout: Fix pointer warnings MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Tr... 8 Mar 2010 11:55

[PATCH] usb-serial: Fix usb serial console open/close regression
Commit e1108a63e10d344284011cccc06328b2cd3e5da3 ("usb_serial: Use the shutdown() operation") breaks the ability to use a usb console starting in 2.6.32. This was observed when using console=ttyUSB0,115200 as a boot argument with an FTDI device. The error is: ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: ftdi_submit_read_urb - failed subm... 8 Mar 2010 10:48

workqueue changes for 2.6.34-rc1
On 03/03/2010 04:29 PM, Tejun Heo wrote: Please pull from the following workqueue branch. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git for-linus Ping. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.... 8 Mar 2010 10:48

v4 kconfig: place git SHA1 in .config output if in SCM
On 5.3.2010 20:43, Paul E. McKenney wrote: This patch appends the localversion string to the Linux kernel version. For example, in a git tree with uncommitted changes, the .config file might start as follows (but with leading hash marks): Automatically generated make config: don't edit Linux kernel... 8 Mar 2010 10:48

[PATCH] FS-Cache: Remove the EXPERIMENTAL flag
From: Christian Kujau <lists(a)nerdbynature.de> Remove the EXPERIMENTAL flag from FS-Cache so that Ubuntu can make use of the facility. Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau <lists(a)nerdbynature.de> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells(a)redhat.com> --- fs/fscache/Kconfig | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+),... 8 Mar 2010 10:48

driver core patches for 2.6.33-git
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 03:09:33PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: Here is the big driver core patchset for the 2.6.34 merge window. The msi-laptop driver also got updates through this patch series, at the blessing of the maintainer of that driver. Please pull from: master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel... 8 Mar 2010 13:02