Kernel

[PATCH] ecryptfs: disallow ecryptfs as underlying filesystem
mounting stacked ecryptfs on ecryptfs has been shown to lead to bugs in testing. For crypto info in xattr, there is no mechanism for handling this at all, and for normal file headers, we run into other trouble: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 IP: [<ffffffffa015b0b3>] ecr... 23 Apr 2010 23:19

perf tools updates
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 04:05:33AM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: Ingo, Please pull the perf/core branch that can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing.git perf/core Thanks, Frederic I forgot to highlight some things here. - The -... 27 Apr 2010 05:25

[GIT PULL] perf tools updates
Ingo, Please pull the perf/core branch that can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing.git perf/core Thanks, Frederic --- Frederic Weisbecker (6): perf: Generalize perf lock's sample event reordering to the session layer perf: Use generic sample... 23 Apr 2010 23:19

[PATCH 2/9] perf: Fix initialization bug in parse_single_tracepoint_event()
From: Stephane Eranian <eranian(a)google.com> The parse_single_tracepoint_event() was setting some attributes before it validated the event was indeed a tracepoint event. This caused problems with other initialization routines like in the builtin-top.c module whereby sample_period is not set if not 0. Signed-off... 23 Apr 2010 23:19

[PATCH 9/9] perf: Some perf-kvm documentation edits
From: William Cohen <wcohen(a)redhat.com> asciidoc does not allow the "===" to be longer than the line above it. Also fix a couple types and formatting errors. Signed-off-by: William Cohen <wcohen(a)redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme(a)redhat.com> Cc: Paul Ma... 23 Apr 2010 23:19

perf-kvm.txt edits
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 04:36:21PM -0400, William Cohen wrote: asciidoc does not allow the "===" to be longer than the line above it. Also corrected a couple types and formatting errors. Signed-off-by: William Cohen <wcohen(a)redhat.com> Queued, thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "u... 23 Apr 2010 23:18

Documentation/cred.txt: spinlock no longer implies rcu_read_lock
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:45:57PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: So change the credentials documentation to make it clear that rcu read lock is required. Very good! Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> --- Documentation/credent... 23 Apr 2010 23:18

[PATCH]: Fix deadlock in USBIP driver (staging), linux-2.6.34-rc5
Resent with hopefully everything ... When detaching a port from the client side (usbip --detach 0), the event thread, on the server side, is going to deadlock. The "eh" server thread is getting USBIP_EH_RESET event and calls: -> stub_device_reset() -> usb_reset_device() the USB framework is then calling back _... 23 Apr 2010 21:17

[PATCH] Documentation/cred.txt: spinlock no longer implies rcu_read_lock
So change the credentials documentation to make it clear that rcu read lock is required. Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue(a)us.ibm.com> --- Documentation/credentials.txt | 8 ++------ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/credentials.txt b/Documentation/credentials.tx... 23 Apr 2010 21:17

[PATCH] drm/radeon/kms/agp The wrong AGP chipset can cause a NULL pointer dereference
Selecting the wrong or no CONFIG_AGP_* chipset can cause a NULL pointer dereference when combined with CONFIG_DRM_RADEON_KMS and an old system with a R100 AGP card (should effect other cards too). The agp field will be set to NULL if no suitable AGP chipset driver is loaded, drm_agp_acquire already preforms a suit... 23 Apr 2010 21:17