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Typo in drivers/base/core.c
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 04:57:58PM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote: Hi all! As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of Erlangen we are looking at multiple integrity errors in linux' configuration system. There's a typo in linux' source (CONFIG_MODULE -- missing the final S) m... 17 May 2010 12:25

x86: Disable HPET MSI on ATI SB700/SB800
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 06:10:59PM +0100, Andreas Herrmann wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:21:06PM -0800, Yuhong Bao wrote: HPET MSI on platforms with ATI SB700/SB800 as they seem to have some side-effects on floppy DMA. Do not use HPET MSI on such platforms. Argh, will see what informat... 18 May 2010 20:20

[PATCH] Typo in drivers/base/core.c
Hi all! As part of the VAMOS[0] research project at the University of Erlangen we are looking at multiple integrity errors in linux' configuration system. There's a typo in linux' source (CONFIG_MODULE -- missing the final S) making the whole codeblock unselectable. The included patch should address this is... 17 May 2010 11:18

[PATCH 1/1] regulator: return set_mode is same mode is requested
From: Sundar R Iyer <sundar.iyer(a)stericsson.com> Cc: Liam Girdwood <lrg(a)slimlogic.co.uk> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie(a)opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij(a)stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: Sundar R Iyer <sundar.iyer(a)stericsson.com> --- drivers/regulator/core.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 files c... 17 May 2010 11:18

Null clone CLONE_VM conundrum
I'm looking for some advice to focus my investigation. I'm using 2.6.31 kernel on PowerPC with glibc version 2.7. I've been looking into some anomalous behaviour with a program that uses clone(2). I've narrowed down the problem to interaction between the program and the following null clone: int nullClone... 17 May 2010 11:18

How to make sure that the process does not encounter the PAGE FAULT after the thread running
Hello , How to make sure that the process does not encounter the PAGE FAULT after the thread running. Thanks --Peter wang -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo... 17 May 2010 11:18

[PATCH 1/3] posix_timer: remove wrong comment
currently "The next step is hard to back out if there is an error." comment is not right, release_posix_timer() does put_pid(). Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin(a)openvz.org> --- kernel/posix-timers.c | 4 ---- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/p... 17 May 2010 10:12

[PATCH 3/3] posix_timer: move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down in timer_create
According to Oleg Nesterov: "We can move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down after "if (timer_event_spec)" block too. (but before CLOCK_DISPATCH(), of course)." Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin(a)openvz.org> --- kernel/posix-timers.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff... 17 May 2010 10:12

[PATCH 2/3] posix_timer: fix error path in timer_create
move CLOCK_DISPATCH(which_clock, timer_create, (new_timer)) after all possible EFAULT errors. *_timer_create may allocate/get resources. (for example posix_cpu_timer_create does get_task_struct) Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin(a)openvz.org> --- kernel/posix-timers.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 files change... 17 May 2010 10:12

[PATCH] KEYS: Return more accurate error codes
From: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> We were using the wrong variable here so the error codes weren't being returned properly. The original code returns -ENOKEY. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells(a)redhat.com> --- security/keys/process_keys.c | 6 +... 24 May 2010 19:03