Kernel

netpoll: add generic support for bridge and bonding devices
Dongdong Deng wrote: + if (ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup) + ops->ndo_netpoll_cleanup(np->dev); + np->dev->npinfo = NULL; I think it is good to set np->dev->npinfo to NULL even though we have the netpoll_cleanup opt. This is redu... 28 Apr 2010 10:35

today's linux-next: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: shutdown/4948
Following is the message I tried to send yesterday, but appatrently there is some limit to message size, so it got out to /dev/null because of attached log, so noe I dont send it. The story is the same today, with today's linux-next. Hello, I've just downloaded today's -next, built and booted. When I booted... 28 Apr 2010 09:28

[PATCH] - Randomize node rotor used in cpuset_mem_spread_node()
Some workloads that create a large number of small files tend to assign too many pages to node 0 (multi-node systems). Part of the reason is that the rotor (in cpuset_mem_spread_node()) used to assign nodes starts at node 0 for newly created tasks. This patch changes the rotor to be initialized to a random node... 28 Apr 2010 09:28

[watchdog] separate touch_nmi_watchdog code path from touch_watchdog
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:13:36PM -0400, Don Zickus wrote: When I combined the nmi_watchdog (hardlockup) and softlockup code, I also combined the paths the touch_watchdog and touch_nmi_watchdog took. This may not be the best idea as pointed out by Frederic W., that the touch_watchdog case probably should n... 28 Apr 2010 09:28

CFQ is broken for CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y, CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED=n
I've had an oops on kernel boot due to NULL pointer deference linux-2.6-block/for-next HEAD:7eaed1226ab411ee5dc8c34fc0d8034e4c98e3c6 I've enabled CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP, but not CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED In this case cfq_ref_get_cfqg() defined as static inline struct cfq_group *cfq_ref_get_cfqg(struct cfq_group *cfqg) { ... 28 Apr 2010 14:00

Problem with "tcp: bind() fix when many ports are bound" commit
Hi, I have a problem with binding to port with the latest git kernel (my HEAD is at 1600f9def09de07c5dbeb539e978fa73880690dd). Please CC to me as I'm not subscribed to the list. Example with buggy kernel: ensima-hp ~ # /etc/init.d/apache2 start * Starting apache2 ... (98)Address already in use: make_sock: c... 28 Apr 2010 14:00

[PATCH] pktcdvd: improve BKL and compat_ioctl.c usage
The pktcdvd driver uses proper locking and does not need the BKL in the ioctl and llseek functions of the character device, so kill both. Moving the compat_ioctl handling from common code into the driver itself fixes build problems when CONFIG_BLOCK is disabled. Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> ... 28 Apr 2010 09:28

[PATCH -tip 1/2] [RESEND] kprobes: Move enable/disable_kprobe() out from debugfs code
Move enable/disable_kprobe() API out from debugfs related code, because these interfaces are not related to debugfs interface. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat(a)redhat.com> Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth(a)in.ibm.com> Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck(a)intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo(a)elte.hu> ... 28 Apr 2010 08:21

Where to submit bug report about linux-next?
Hello, Where should I submit a bug report about yesterday's and today's linux-next? Regards, Piotr Hosowicz -- - Czy jest cukier w kostkach ? - Nie ma. - A jakas inna tania bombonierka? Dla tesciowej. NP: Mark Knopfler - Monteleone NB: 2.6.34-rc5-git8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line ... 28 Apr 2010 09:28

RFC: p9auth: add p9auth fs
On 04/27, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: This introduces a Plan 9 style setuid capability filesystem. See Documentation/p9auth.txt for a description of how to use this. Can't comment these changes due to the lack of knowledge, just a couple of minor nits. +static ssize_t p9auth_use_write(struct file *file, co... 4 May 2010 12:19