Kernel

[PATCH] Check kmalloc return value before use the buffer
Hi,linus.walleij Check kmalloc return value before use the buffer Signed-off-by: LiuQi <lingjiujianke(a)gmail.com> --- arch/arm/mach-u300/dummyspichip.c | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-u300/dummyspichip.c b/arch/arm/mach-u300/dummyspichip... 6 May 2010 23:09

ACPI patches for 2.6.34-rc6
On Thu, 6 May 2010, Len Brown wrote: The big DMI list in sleep.c a temporary brute force and low-risk workaround. We will endeavor to delete it entirely in 2.6.35 with a clean fix that was deemed too risky for this late in the .34 release cycle. Btw, why don't we just force the SCI_EN by hand? We... 11 May 2010 14:32

[PATCH 0/2] net-next/fec: bug fixing after introduced phylib supporting
After introduced phylib supporting, we found some critical issues in Ubuntu on Freescale iMX51. Following 2 patches fix those bugs which was recorded in our Launchpad bug tracker. Bryan Wu (2): netdev/fec: fix performance impact from mdio poll operation netdev/fec: fix ifconfig eth0 down hang issue drive... 6 May 2010 23:08

[GIT PULL for 2.6.34] V4L/DVB fixes
The following changes since commit 722154e4cacf015161efe60009ae9be23d492296: Linus Torvalds (1): Merge branch 'zerolen' of git://git.kernel.org/.../jgarzik/misc-2.6 are available in the git repository at: ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6.git v4l_for_2.6.34 Bj�rn ... 6 May 2010 22:03

perf lock: track only specified threads
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 06:32:56PM +0900, Hitoshi Mitake wrote: I implemented the feature of tracking only specified threads to perf lock. With -t option, users can specify which threads should be tracked. Example of usage: | % sudo ./perf lock info -t # info -t is convenient with thi... 8 May 2010 04:43

[PATCH -next] staging: fix cxt1e1 semaphore build breakage
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Fix build errors by including linux/semaphore.h: drivers/staging/cxt1e1/pmcc4_private.h:144: error: field 'sr_sem_busy' has incomplete type drivers/staging/cxt1e1/pmcc4_private.h:146: error: field 'sr_sem_wait' has incomplete type drivers/staging/cxt1e1/pmcc4_private... 6 May 2010 19:51

Sparse warning: "initializer entry defined twice"
Sparse, but not gcc, throws a warning ("make modules C=1") as follows on the first two lines of the following array of booleans CHECK fs/smb2/misc.c fs/smb2/misc.c:456:23: warning: Initializer entry defined twice fs/smb2/misc.c:457:27: also defined here static const bool has_smb2_data_area[NUMBER_OF_SM... 7 May 2010 02:24

[PATCH] drivers: staging: dream: fix smd in makefile
Not sure about this one.. Cause if you apply this then some SMD files don't compile anymore. There's some missing config options related to AMSS. NOT-Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker(a)codeaurora.org> CC: Greg KH <greg(a)kroah.com> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel(a)ucw.cz> --- drivers/staging/dream/Makefile | 3 ++-... 6 May 2010 19:51

[PATCH -next] IR: add header file to fix build
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Fix build error: drivers/media/IR/rc-map.c:51: error: implicit declaration of function 'msleep' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab(a)infradead.org> --- drivers/media/IR/rc-map.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 inser... 6 May 2010 19:51

linux-next: build warning after merge of the logfs tree
Hi Jörn, After merging the logfs tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced this warning: fs/logfs/file.c: In function 'logfs_fsync': fs/logfs/file.c:225: warning: unused variable 'super' Introduced by commit c0c79c31c9d5fcc19812c6c35f842baf50ee788a ("logfs: fix sync"). -- Cheers, St... 8 May 2010 09:00