Kernel

[PATCH 1/3] Move hugetlb_acct_memory()
A later patch in this set needs to call hugetlb_acct_memory() before it is defined. This patch moves the function without modification. This makes later diffs easier to read. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel(a)csn.ul.ie> --- mm/hugetlb.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file cha... 7 May 2008 15:53

video: fix build bugs in drivers/media/video/stk-webcam.c
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:11:08 +0100 "Jaime Velasco" <jsagarribay(a)gmail.com> wrote: 2008/4/29 Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu>: x86.git randconfig testing found these build bugs in current -git: drivers/media/video/stk-webcam.c: In function 'stk_create_sysfs_files': drivers/media/video/stk-... 7 May 2008 15:53

sound/video: fix sound/i2c/other/tea575x-tuner.c build bug
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:41:52 +0200 Takashi Iwai <tiwai(a)suse.de> wrote: Takashi, I'm assuming that you're handing this issue, right? Index: linux/sound/pci/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux.orig/sound/pci/Kconfig +++ linux/sound/pci/Kconfig... 7 May 2008 15:53

isdn: use the common ascii hex helpers
On 02.05.2008 21:01, Harvey Harrison wrote: Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison(a)gmail.com> Acked-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman(a)imap.cc> Thanks, Tilman --- drivers/isdn/gigaset/isocdata.c | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/... 7 May 2008 15:53

[GIT PULL] please pull infiniband.git
Linus, please pull from master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git for-linus This tree is also available from kernel.org mirrors at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git for-linus This will get a fixes for various low-level HW driver issues: ... 7 May 2008 15:04

avoid kobject name conflict with different namespaces
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:49:19AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: Unless there is another path I think placing an additional pointer in kobj_type so we can find it through ktype is the simplest solution. Although using the kset is also sane. Ick, ick, ick :) The easiest and most trivially correct thin... 7 May 2008 15:04

lib: vsprintf.c remove macros defining strict string functions
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:25:29AM -0700, Harvey Harrison wrote: Directly code the strict string conversion functions rather than using defining macros. Pull out a small helper to check the strict conditions required at the end of a string (nul-terminated or newline). Add additional checks in strict_strt... 7 May 2008 15:53

Spinlocks: Factor our GENERIC_LOCKBREAK in order to avoid spin with irqs disable
Subject: Spinlocks: Factor our GENERIC_LOCKBREAK in order to avoid spin with irqs disabled The nice spinlock functions that enable interrupts while spinning are only usable if GENERIC_LOCKBREAK is set (and we do not debug locks but lock debugging would not be used for a production configuration). Factor out the... 7 May 2008 15:04

: improved strnicmp in lib/string.c
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:51:09PM +0530, Soumyadip Das Mahapatra wrote: This is somewhat improved version of strnicmp() function in lib/string.c. Familiarize youself with coding style before sending patches, see kernel/sched.c , fs/dcache.c for good examples. I have implemented binary comparison rather ... 7 May 2008 15:53

avoid kobject name conflict with different namespaces
Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery(a)bull.net> writes: The renaming of a kobject will fail if there is another kobject with the same name belonging to another namespace. This patch makes the kobject lookup in kobject_rename to check if the object exists _and_ belongs to the same namespace. Ok so we are de... 7 May 2008 15:04