Kernel

[RFC][PATCH v5 11/19] Use callback to deal with skb_release_data() specially.
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> If buffer is external, then use the callback to destruct buffers. Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81new(a)gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike(a)linux.intel.com> --- net/core/skbuff.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files chang... 7 May 2010 06:43

[RFC][PATCH v5 14/19] Add header file for mp device.
From: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Xin Xiaohui <xiaohui.xin(a)intel.com> Signed-off-by: Zhao Yu <yzhao81new(a)gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Dike <jdike(a)linux.intel.com> --- include/linux/mpassthru.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mo... 7 May 2010 06:43

ARM: add PrimeCell generic DMA to PL011 v6
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 02:55:13AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: + /* Map DMA buffers */ + sglen = dma_map_sg(uap->port.dev, &dmarx->scatter_a, + 1, DMA_FROM_DEVICE); + if (sglen != 1) + goto err_rx_sgmap_a; + + sglen = dma_map_sg(uap->port.dev, &dmarx->scatter_b, + 1, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);... 7 May 2010 05:38

[patch] exofs: confusion between kmap() and kmap_atomic() api
For kmap_atomic() we call kunmap_atomic() on the returned pointer. That's different from kmap() and kunmap() and so it's easy to get them backwards. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> diff --git a/fs/exofs/dir.c b/fs/exofs/dir.c index 4cfab1c..d91e9d8 100644 --- a/fs/exofs/dir.c +++ b/fs/exofs/... 7 May 2010 05:38

rlimits: switch more rlimit syscalls to do_prlimit
On 05/07/2010 11:02 AM, Jiri Slaby wrote: From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby(a)gmail.com> This is the correct one, I forgot to re-run format-patch. Ah, no I didn't. There are two 09/11 because it generates the latter with a different name. So "rlimits: switch getrlimit to do_prlimit" is old and wrong. -- j... 7 May 2010 05:38

[PATCH] 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.c index 5f55012..df19f9b 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-u300/dummyspichip.c +++ b/ar... 7 May 2010 05:38

[PATCH 04/11] rlimits: split sys_setrlimit
From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby(a)gmail.com> Create do_setrlimit from sys_setrlimit and declare do_setrlimit in the resource header. This is the firts phase to have generic do_prlimit which allows to be called from read, write and compat rlimits code. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby(a)suse.cz> --- include/linux/r... 7 May 2010 05:38

[PATCH 06/11] rlimits: do security check under task_lock
Do security_task_setrlimit under task_lock. Other tasks may change limits under our hands while we are checking limits inside the function. From now on, they can't. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby(a)suse.cz> Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris(a)namei.org> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens(a)de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Mor... 7 May 2010 05:38

s390: removing redundant ifdefs
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 07:36:09PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote: wbr, jirka Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa(a)redhat.com> --- arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h | 5 ----- arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/s39... 7 May 2010 05:38

[PATCH] kvm: update document of gfns
When don't use ->gfns when role.direct=1, update document for it. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs(a)cn.fujitsu.com> Requested-by: Avi Kivity <avi(a)redhat.com> --- diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/kvm/mmu.txt index da04671..aec19ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/mmu.txt +++ b/Documentat... 7 May 2010 05:38