Kernel

[PATCH 2/2] microblaze: allow developer selection of STACKTRACE
Allow the developer to configure STACKTRACE to enable userland access to backtraces in /proc/NN/stack. Signed-off-by: Steven J. Magnani <steve(a)digidescorp.com> --- diff -uprN a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig --- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig 2010-04-09 21:52:36.000000000 -0500 +++ b/arch/microblaz... 14 Apr 2010 01:08

namei.c : update mnt when it needed
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:16:09AM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote: update the mnt of the path when it is not equal to the new one. Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8(a)gmail.com> This change is trivial, and it looks fine for me. Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong(a)gmail.com> Thanks! --- fs/name... 14 Apr 2010 01:08

Seeking a kernel programming job.
Hi all. I'm finishing my currently employment in the middle of next month, and am looking at the possibility of taking up computer work again. I'm therefore wondering how people normally go about finding out about job opportunities in the kernel programming world. Is anyone willing to give me a pointer? N... 14 Apr 2010 00:02

[PATCH 4/6] gconfig: remove show_debug option
This option is a no-op, so remove it. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.com> --- scripts/kconfig/gconf.c | 9 --------- scripts/kconfig/gconf.glade | 10 ---------- 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c index 80fe9ca.... 14 Apr 2010 00:02

[PATCH] staging/dt3155: fix wait_ibsyclr function
The wait_ibsyclr function is supposed to return the status of the I2C cycle. Currently it will always return FALSE because the IIC_CSR2 register is not re-read in order to update the cached register value. This results in the NEW_CYCLE bit still being 1. The current code actually works correctly only because the... 14 Apr 2010 00:02

Security: Replace dac_mmap_min_addr to mmap_min_addr in cap_file_mmap()
cap_file_mmap() comments said "If the process is attempting to map memory below mmap_min_addr", if CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR is set, dac_mmap_min_addr is not equal mmap_min_addr, so replace dac_mmap_min_addr to mmap_min_addr seems to be better. Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt(a)alibaba-inc.com> --- ... 13 Apr 2010 22:55

[PATCH][resend] namei.c : update mnt when it needed
update the mnt of the path when it is not equal to the new one. Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8(a)gmail.com> --- fs/namei.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index a7dce91..9c3a040 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -523,9 +523,... 13 Apr 2010 22:55

[PATCH] Infiniband: Randomize local port allocation.
Sean Hefty wrote: Sean and Roland, is below patch correct? inet_is_reserved_local_port() is the new function proposed in this patchset. It looks correct to me. I didn't test the patch series, but if I comment out the call to inet_is_reserved_local_port() in the provided below, the changes worked fi... 13 Apr 2010 22:55

2.6.34-rc4 : OOPS in unmap_vma
Not sure if this is related to the recent mm/vma fixes - got this while rebooting (kexec) latest git - [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.34-rc4 (paragw(a)parag-laptop) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #19 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 13 20:59:37 EDT 2010 [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.34-rc4... 16 Apr 2010 11:41

WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:451 sysfs_add_one: sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/slot'
* Eric Paris <eparis(a)redhat.com>: I get one for 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0. Below I only show the example for 1.0. Attached should be the full dmesg and config. Please let me know about any ideas, tests, questions, or things I can do to help debug the spew.... These come from a patch I wrot... 14 Apr 2010 09:54