[PATCH 2/2] ring-buffer: Add missing unlock
From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> In some error handling cases the lock is not unlocked. The return is converted to a goto, to share the unlock at the end of the function. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r exists@ e... 29 Mar 2010 23:37
[PATCH 1/2] tracing: Fix lockdep warning in global_clock()
From: Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.com> # echo 1 > events/enable # echo global > trace_clock ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at kernel/lockdep.c:3162 check_flags+0xb2/0x190() .... ---[ end trace 3f86734a89416623 ]--- possible reason: unannotated irqs-on. .... There's no reason to use the raw_... 29 Mar 2010 23:37
linux-next: manual merge of the net tree with the wireless-current tree
Hi all, Today's linux-next merge of the net tree got a conflict in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c between commit d4dca4e53fde2953d74198a2c445db1d36ed9fd2 ("iwlwifi: clear unattended interrupts in tasklet") from the wireless-current tree and commit a4c8b2a692601de0a7bcb032b69f806050944dff ("iwlwifi: move ... 29 Mar 2010 23:37
[PATCH 2.6.29.x - 2.6.31.1] module: fix __module_ref_addr()
Hello, Greg. On 03/30/2010 06:07 AM, Greg KH wrote: Yes. 2.6.34-rc does not have this issue anymore, but the patch is needed in -stable. Why is this not in .34-rc2? Can you find the specific patch in Linus's tree that solves this and let stable(a)kernel.org know about it? For 2.6.34, the followin... 29 Mar 2010 23:37
[PATCH RFC] e820_remove_range fail?
Hi Yinghai, I just wrote this patch for lguest, but I think the real problem is that e820_remove_range can't split a range. Is this a problem for real machines? [ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] LGUEST: 0000000000000000 - 0000000004000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] Notice: NX (Ex... 29 Mar 2010 22:31
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[RFC] alpha: hack objstrip.c to make it compile.
I don't think this is the appropriate fix. What should I do to fix this? --- arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c index 367d53d..54fa1ef 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/o... 29 Mar 2010 22:31
[PATCH] Block: Fix block/elevator.c elevator_get() off-by-one error
elevator_get() not check the name length, if the name length > sizeof(elv), elv will miss the '\0'. And elv buffer will be replace "-iosched" as something like aaaaaaaaa, then call request_module() can load an not trust module. Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt(a)alibaba-inc.com> --- block/elevator.c ... 29 Mar 2010 22:31
[PATCH next-next-2.6 v2] virtio_net: missing sg_init_table
Add missing sg_init_table for sg_set_buf in virtio_net which induced in defer skb patch. Reported-by: Thomas Müller <thomas(a)mathtm.de> Tested-by: Thomas Müller <thomas(a)mathtm.de> Signed-off-by: Shirley Ma <xma(a)us.ibm.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(... 29 Mar 2010 21:25
perf tools: Move the prototypes in util/string.h to util.h
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> So that we avoid conflict with libc's string.h header. Suggested-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro(a)jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro(a)jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec(a)gmail.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault(a)gmx... 29 Mar 2010 20:19