Kernel

alpha: remove dma_sync_single_range
From: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:13:24 +0900 dma_sync_single_for_cpu/for_device supports a partial sync so there is no point to have dma_sync_single_range (also dma_sync_single was obsoleted long ago, replaced with dma_sync_single_for_cpu/for_device). Th... 3 Feb 2010 23:01

DMA-API.txt: add dma_sync_single/sg API description
From: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori(a)lab.ntt.co.jp> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:13:22 +0900 This adds the description of the following eight function: dma_sync_single_for_cpu pci_dma_sync_single_for_cpuvoid ^^^^ That "void" is probably some cut and paste error :-) d... 3 Feb 2010 23:01

[stable] [PATCH] devmem: fix kmem write bug on memory holes
From: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu(a)intel.com> commit c85e9a97c4102ce2e83112da850d838cfab5ab13 upstream. write_kmem() used to assume vwrite() always return the full buffer length. However now vwrite() could return 0 to indicate memory hole. This creates a bug that "buf" is not advanced accordingly. Fix it to si... 3 Feb 2010 23:01

[PATCH -mm 2/4] DMA-API.txt: remove dma_sync_single_range description
dma_sync_single_for_cpu/for_device supports a partial sync so there is no point to have dma_sync_single_range (also dma_sync_single was obsoleted long ago, replaced with dma_sync_single_for_cpu/for_device). There is no user of dma_sync_single_range() in mainline and only Alpha architecture supports dma_sync_singl... 3 Feb 2010 23:01

drivers/net/amd8111e.c: Fix continuation line formats
From: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:02:09 -0800 String constants that are continued on subsequent lines with \ are not good. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe(a)perches.com> Applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the bod... 3 Feb 2010 21:54

cxgb3: add memory barriers
From: Divy Le Ray <divy(a)chelsio.com> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:29:29 -0800 From: Divy Le Ray <divy(a)chelsio.com> Add memory barriers to fix crashes observed on newest PowerPC platforms. The HW and driver state of the receive rings were getting out of sync. Signed-off-by: Divy Le Ray <divy(a)chelsio.... 3 Feb 2010 21:54

[PATCH v2 1/2] syslog: distinguish between /proc/kmsg and syscalls
This allows the LSM to distinguish between syslog functions originating from /proc/kmsg access and direct syscalls. By default, the commoncaps will now no longer require CAP_SYS_ADMIN to read an opened /proc/kmsg file descriptor. For example the kernel syslog reader can now drop privileges after opening /proc/kms... 3 Feb 2010 19:40

[PATCH v1 4/7] PCI: read bridge windows before filling in subtractive decode resources
No functional change; this fills in the bus subtractive decode resources after reading the bridge window information rather than before. Also, print out the subtractive decode resources as we already do for the positive decode windows. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas(a)hp.com> --- drivers/pci/pr... 3 Feb 2010 19:40

x86: ptrace and core-dump extensions for xstate
Please also CC Oleg on things related to user_regset and/or ptrace, as per MAINTAINERS. Please make this two patches. The first one should add the regset, which implicitly adds it to core dumps, and makes fixed the note layout aspect of the permanent userland ABI. The second one should add the new ptrace reque... 9 Feb 2010 12:50

[PATCH v2] viafb: split global index up
viafb: split global index up This is the first step to remove an artificial global index that was used in two ways: 1. As a pseudo index in the mode table. Pseudo as you had to search through the table to find the referenced entry. This was replaced by using a pointer to the entry. 2. As a shortcut to c... 3 Feb 2010 18:32