Kernel

[PATCH] Documentation: Update "struct bus_type" definition.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday(a)crashcourse.ca> --- not sure if the rest of this doc file needs updating as well but, at the very least, the defintion of "struct bus_type" should be updated to no longer refer to kset-related content or the obsolete "struct subsystem." diff --git a/Documentation/... 10 Mar 2010 07:28

[PATCH] video: enable sh_mobile_lcdc on SH-Mobile ARM
From: Magnus Damm <damm(a)opensource.se> This patch enables the sh_mobile_lcdc driver on SH-Mobile ARM. Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <damm(a)opensource.se> --- drivers/video/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- 0001/drivers/video/Kconfig +++ work/drivers/video/Kconfig 2010-03-... 10 Mar 2010 07:28

[PATCH] rest of USB_BERRY_CHARGE
Hi all! As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of Erlangen we're checking referential integrity between kernel KConfig options and in-code Conditional blocks. This seems to just be a random leftover from a recent driver removal [1] that showed up on my most recent vamos run. Please ke... 10 Mar 2010 07:28

percpu,module: implement and use is_kernel/module_percpu_address()
On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 18:57 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: lockdep has custom code to check whether a pointer belongs to static percpu area which is somewhat broken. Implement proper is_kernel/module_percpu_address() and replace the custom code. On UP, percpu variables are regular static variables and can't b... 10 Mar 2010 07:28

Correct behavior for listxattr and 'trusted' xattrs
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 15:09:41 Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 07:01:05PM +1100, James Morris wrote: I noticed that there are differences in the behavior of listxattr(2) for xattrs in the trusted namespace. Some filesystems, such as ext[234], require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for this... 10 Mar 2010 07:28

'struct uart_port' has no member named 'info
Upgraded from kernel-2.6.32 to kernel-2.6.33, and now get the following error when compiling ltmodem. I checked for changes within drivers/serial/serial_core.c, but couldn't find the specific change. (I did verify ltmodem compiles fine without error under 2.6.32.) /var/tmp/portage/net-dialup/ltmodem-2009042... 10 Mar 2010 23:07

DMA_ERROR_CODE (was: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree)
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:40, Stephen Rothwell <sfr(a)canb.auug.org.au> wrote: After merging the final tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc allyesconfig) failed like this: drivers/mtd/nand/r852.c:22: error: 'enable_dma' redeclared as different kind of symbol arch/powerpc/include/asm/dma.h:189: note: pre... 10 Mar 2010 06:23

[PATCH] x86: irq_desc->chip_data is always correct whether or not SPARSE_IRQ is enabled.
From: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell(a)citrix.com> arch_early_irq_init ensures that in the non-SPARSE_IRQ case that chip_data is only set for irq < NR_IRQS. Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell(a)citrix.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx(a)linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa(a)zyt... 10 Mar 2010 06:23

most popular kernel cleanup scripts now posted
http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Kernel_cleanup_scripts * unused CONFIG variables: variables defined in a Kconfig* file somewhere that don't appear to be subsequently used/tested * badref CONFIG variables: variables used/tested in kernel source that don't appear to be defined in any Kconfig file ... 10 Mar 2010 06:23

Speed testing support for ghash
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 11:18:16AM +0800, Huang Ying wrote: Because ghash needs setkey, the setkey and keysize template support for test_hash_speed is added. v2: - Move klen into struct hash_speed. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang(a)intel.com> Also applied. -- Visit Openswan at http... 10 Mar 2010 06:23