Kernel

[PATCH] Security: Fix the comment of cap_file_mmap()
In the comment of cap_file_mmap(), replace mmap_min_addr to be dac_mmap_min_addr. Signed-off-by: Zhitong Wang <zhitong.wangzt(a)alibaba-inc.com> --- security/commoncap.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index 6166973..c45c4d2... 18 Apr 2010 21:56

uml: Fix build breakage after slab.h changes
Hello, On 04/19/2010 01:37 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote: We now have to to include linux/slab.h explicitly for kmalloc & friends. Files that build against host headers already get their prototypes via um_malloc.h, linux/slab.h may even be unavailable. Hmmm... my test um build was okay but I don't know much about... 20 Apr 2010 16:11

[PATCH 3/4] add the new generic kfifo API
From: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> Replace the old kfifo API files kfifo.c and kfifo.h with the new generic version and fix the kerneldoc API template file. Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> --- Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl | 1 - include/linux/kfifo.h ... 18 Apr 2010 17:31

[PATCH 1/4] fix kfifo miss use of nozami.c
From: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> User of the kernel fifo should never bypass the API and directly access the fifo structure. Otherwise it will be very hard to maintain the API. Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> --- drivers/char/nozomi.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(... 18 Apr 2010 17:31

pcmcia: fix error handling in cm4000_cs.c
Hi Dan, On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:07:33PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: In the original code we used -ENODEV as the number of bytes to copy_to_user() and we didn't release the locks. Thanks for pointing this out! Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> Acked-by: Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnum... 18 Apr 2010 17:31

[PATCH 1/4] fix kfifo miss use of nozami.c
From: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> User of the kernel fifo should never bypass the API and directly access the fifo structure. Otherwise it will be very hard to maintain the API. Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> --- drivers/char/nozomi.c | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(... 18 Apr 2010 17:31

CFS fix place entity spread issue (v2)
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: CFS fix place entity spread issue (v2) Huge CFS vruntime spread (18 minutes) has been observed with LTTng while simply running Xorg on a uniprocessor machine. Detailed explanation in my ELC2010 presentation at: Hmm. I tested this patch with my favo... 20 Apr 2010 16:09

Fix "undefined reference to `anon_inode_getfd'"
Fix: fs/built-in.o: In function `sys_inotify_init1': summary.c:(.text+0x347a4): undefined reference to `anon_inode_getfd' found by kautobuild with arms bcmring_defconfig, which ends up with INOTIFY_USER enabled (through the 'default y') but leaves ANON_INODES unset. However, inotify_user.c uses anon_inode_get... 18 Apr 2010 17:31

is there any chance of cleaning up the "inline" chaos?
i mean, how many different definitions of inline are necessary? #if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING) || \ !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING) || (__GNUC__ < 4) # define inline inline __attribute__((always_inline)) # define __inline__ __inline__ __attribute__((alwa... 18 Apr 2010 17:31

Module.symvers file
Greetings all; I just found that a make all in 2.6.34-rc4 will generate the Module.symvers file. But my normal build and install does not. What do I need to add to my regular 'makeit' file in order to have this file built by a normal build? Thanks. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in... 20 Apr 2010 16:08