Kernel

[PATCHv7 09/11] USB: gadget: g_multi: added documentation and INF files
A short documentation of the g_multi driver along with INF files for Windows XP SP3 are provided. Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <m.nazarewicz(a)samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park(a)samsung.com> --- Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentatio... 21 Jun 2010 08:02

Call cond_resched() at bottom of main look in balance_pgdat()
> We are seeing a problem where kswapd gets stuck and hogs the CPU on a small single CPU system when an OOM kill should occur. When this happens swap space has been exhausted and the pagecache has been shrunk to zero. Once kswapd gets the CPU it never gives it up because at least one zone is below high. ... 22 Jun 2010 18:15

oom: unify CAP_SYS_RAWIO check into other superuser check
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: Now, CAP_SYS_RAWIO check is very strange. if the user have both CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO, points will makes 1/16. Superuser's 1/4 bonus worthness is quite a bit dubious, but considerable. However 1/16 is obviously insane. ... 21 Jun 2010 08:02

[PATCH] rt2870: add device id for Zyxel NWD-270N
Add device id for Zyxel NWD-270N USB dongle. Signed-off-by: Ozan Çağlayan <ozan(a)pardus.org.tr> --- drivers/staging/rt2860/usb_main_dev.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rt2860/usb_main_dev.c b/drivers/staging/rt2860/usb_main_dev.c index b740662..674769d... 21 Jun 2010 08:02

[PATCH] tracing: Fix undelared ENOSYS in include/linux/tracepoint.h
From: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin(a)gmail.com> The header file include/linux/tracepoint.h may be included without include/linux/errno.h and then the compiler will fail on building for undelcared ENOSYS. This patch fixes this problem via including <linux/errno.h> to include/linux/tracepoint.h. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhang... 21 Jun 2010 08:02

drivers/hid: Eliminate a double lock
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010, Julia Lawall wrote: From: Julia Lawall <julia(a)diku.dk> The path around the loop ends with the lock held, so the call to mutex_lock is moved before the beginning of the loop. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle... 21 Jun 2010 06:57

[PATCH fs/ramfs] inode.c: Fix incorrect variable freeing.
Hi, In ramfs_fill_super(), if fsi's memory allocation fails, it will go to 'fail', which immediately tries to free the variable, potentially producing an Oops. This patch addresses this issue. Thanks. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave(a)gnu.org> --- fs/ramfs/inode.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5... 21 Jun 2010 06:57

trying to understand READ_META, READ_SYNC, WRITE_SYNC & co
Hi Jens, I'm trying to understand the "sync" and "meta" flags we add to bios / requests and the more I look into the more I get confused. Let's start with the simple bits: - REQ_META Only really used for READ_META. There's a WRITE_META that I added a while ago, but the actual users of it are gone again... 30 Jun 2010 12:00

[PATCH V2 5/5] ara virt interface of perf to support kvm guest os statistics collection in guest os
The 5th patch is applied to the latest qemu-kvm tree. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang(a)linux.intel.com> --- diff -Nraup qemu-kvm_0621/kvm/include/linux/kvm.h qemu-kvm_0621_perf/kvm/include/linux/kvm.h --- qemu-kvm_0621/kvm/include/linux/kvm.h 2010-06-21 11:00:28.000000000 +0800 +++ qemu-kvm_0621_per... 21 Jun 2010 05:52

[PATCH V2 1/5] ara virt interface of perf to support kvm guest os statistics collection in guest os
Here is the version 2. ChangeLog since V1: Mostly changes based on Avi's suggestions. 1) Use a id to identify the perf_event between host and guest; 2) Changes lots of codes to deal with malicious guest os; 3) Add a perf_event number limitation per gust os instance; 4) Support guest os on the top of another ... 21 Jun 2010 05:52