Kernel

[Bug #14859] System timer firing too much without cause
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[Bug #15129] [drm:i915_gem_execbuffer] *ERROR* i915_gem_do_execbuffer returns -512
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[Bug #14999] possible circular locking dependency detected in rfkill at suspend
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[Bug #14791] Something has been broken in the network stack this week
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mm/memcontrol.c: fix "integer as NULL pointer" warning.
On Sunday 24 January 2010 09:33 PM, Thiago Farina wrote: mm/memcontrol.c:2548:32: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Looks good to me Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com> -- Three Cheers, Balbir Singh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in ... 24 Jan 2010 16:57

bio too big - in nested raid setup
Hello, I am having troubles with nested RAID - when one array is added to the other, the "bio too big device md0" messages are appearing: bio too big device md0 (144 > 8) bio too big device md0 (248 > 8) bio too big device md0 (32 > 8) From internet searches I've found no solution or error like mine, ... 2 Feb 2010 22:08

kernel/kfifo.c: fix "interger as NULL pointer" warning.
Am Sonntag, den 24.01.2010, 11:03 -0500 schrieb Thiago Farina: kernel/kfifo.c:83:35: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer I don't know where you get this kind of warning. But passing 0 for a NULL pointer is ANSI C standard. Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina <tfransosi(a)gmail.com> --- kernel/kfi... 24 Jan 2010 12:27

fs: fix filesystem_sync vs write race on rw=>ro remount
Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov(a)openvz.org> writes: As soon as i understand all kernel version are affected, at least I'm able to reproduce the bug on 2.6.29..2.6.33-rc4 Currently on rw=>ro remount we have following race | mount /mnt -oremount,ro | write-task | |-------------------------+------------| | ... 9 Feb 2010 10:34

futex() on vdso makes process unkillable
I was experimenting with futexes and was a little surprised to discover that futex() works on read-only pages. This creates quite a high bandwidth side channel that allows two processes to communicate if, for example, they share a library. (Mind you, this is not much different from file locks, which also work on ... 26 Jan 2010 09:49

NFS_FSCACHE still depends on EXPERIMENTAL?
Hi, there's currently an open Ubuntu bug[0], with the intent to compile NFS_FSCACHE (and possibly AFS_FSCACHE, 9P_FSCACHE) into the standard Ubuntu kernel. However, since *_FSCACHE still depends on EXPERIMENTAL, this won't happen. I'd like to know if the EXPERIMENTAL tag is still needed for these options ... 23 Jan 2010 18:49