Kernel

[PATCH 2/3] p9auth: add CAP_GRANT_ID to authorize use of /dev/caphash
Granting userid capabilities to another task is a dangerous privilege. Don't just let file permissions authorize it. Define CAP_GRANT_ID as a new capability needed to write to /dev/caphash. For one thing this lets us start a factotum server early on in init, then have init drop CAP_GRANT_ID from its bounding s... 27 Apr 2010 17:55

DMAENGINE: DMA40 U8500 platform configuration v4
[Self] This completes the DMA40 support with the platform-specific configuration for U8500/DB8500. (...) --- a/arch/arm/mach-ux500/board-mop500.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-ux500/board-mop500.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void __init u8500_init_machine(void) u8500_init_devices(); } -MACHINE_ST... 27 Apr 2010 16:47

gconfig: fix null pointer warning
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:49:00 +0800 Li Zefan wrote: In gconfig if you enable "Show all options", you'll see some "(null)" config options, and clicking those options triggers a warning: (gconf:9368): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_text_buffer_insert_with_tags: assertion `text != NULL' failed Signed-off-by: Li... 27 Apr 2010 16:47

[PATCH] logfs: kill BKL
logfs does not need the BKL, so use ->unlocked_ioctl instead of ->ioctl in file operations. --- On Tuesday 27 April 2010 22:12:52 Frederic Weisbecker wrote: I've applied this series in bkl/ioctl, it passed allyesconfig in sparc. I will apply the others from you and John tomorrow or so (and will enjoy my... 27 Apr 2010 16:47

Psychovisually-optimized HZ setting (2.6.33.3)
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:03:11 +0200 Uwaysi Bin Kareem wrote: This is based on the research I did with optimizing my machine for graphics. I also wrote the following article: http://www.paradoxuncreated.com/articles/Millennium/Millennium.html It is a bit outdated now, but I will update it with curren... 27 Apr 2010 19:04

sound/core/timer.c: inconsistent lock state reported for tu->qlock
Hi, I got the following log from a rarely used PC that I just updated from 2.6.34-rc4 to 2.6.34-rc5. I don't know though under which kernel I last used the soundcard of it; could have been 2.6.33, could have been a ..34-rc. It is an x86 Mac mini with 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 F... 27 Apr 2010 16:47

[ANNOUNCE] upstart 0.6.6 released
The main change in this release is that Upstart now takes care of mounting /proc and /sys on boot in the case where they haven't already been mounted by an initramfs or initrd. This corrects the long-running "chicken and egg" due to Upstart's use of /proc/self/fd to execute shell code, and allows Upstart to use /s... 27 Apr 2010 16:47

[GIT PULL] block/writeback bits for 2.6.34-rc
Hi Linus, Here are the fixes for the file systems that were missing a bdi setup and assignment for proper flushing. As a proof of concept, I also "converted" btrfs to use the bdi_setup_and_register() helper since I use that on the laptop. Also included are two minor fixes for drbd, and a fix for a very unlike... 27 Apr 2010 16:47

[RFC] ehci: Disable wake on overcurrent (WKOC_E) and disconnect (WKDISC_E)
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Ondrej Zary wrote: The previous patch was not enough as it worked only when there were no USB devices connected. With a bus-powered device connected, power loss causes disconnect which wakes up the machine immediately again. You said earlier that the host controller was disabled for r... 30 Apr 2010 17:25

[PATCH:resend] rt: Remove CONFIG_STACK_TRACER from DEBUG_COUNT, and fix reminder block
This fix does two things. 1. It reverts commit 3e39399ef4a742d994570488994be93ef17d4ef5. - The above commit added back a warning about CONFIG_STACK_TRACER NOT because the warning was necessary but to fix-up a problem where you could get an empty REMINDER block in the demg. However, CONFIG_STACK_TRACER really s... 27 Apr 2010 15:38