Kernel

[PATCH 3/3] init: add support for root devices specified by partition UUID
This is the third patch in a series which adds support for storing partition metadata, optionally, off of the hd_struct. One major use for that data is being able to resolve partition by other identities than just the index on a block device. Device enumeration varies by platform and there's a benefit to being a... 3 Aug 2010 22:26

[PATCH v2 2/3] genhd, efi: add efi partition metadata to hd_structs
This change extends the partition_meta_info structure to support EFI GPT-specific metadata and ensures that data is copied in on partition scanning. Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad(a)chromium.org> v2: move info assignment after memcpy()s adds _MAX to the enum after EFI --- fs/partitions/efi.c | 16 +++... 3 Aug 2010 22:26

[PATCH] wm8350-core: fix wrong kfree in error path
This patch includes below fixes: 1. fix wm8350_create_cache error path make sure wm8350->reg_cache is freed in error path. 2. fix wm8350_device_init error path no need to kfree(wm8350->reg_cache) in the case of goto out. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/mfd/wm8350-core.c | 6 +... 3 Aug 2010 22:25

[BUGFIX][PATCH] fix corruption of hibernation caused by reusing swap at saving image
This patch is created against 2.6.35. CC'ed stable. Thank you for all helps. = From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu(a)jp.fujitsu.com> Since 2.6.31, swap_map[]'s refcounting was changed to show that a used swap entry is just for swap-cache, can be reused. Then, while scanning free entry in swap_map[], a swap... 3 Aug 2010 22:25

cgroups: implement moving a threadgroup's threads atomically with cgroup.procs
Andrew Morton wrote: On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:56:49 -0400 Ben Blum <bblum(a)andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: This patch series implements a write function for the 'cgroup.procs' per-cgroup file, which enables atomic movement of multithreaded applications between cgroups. Writing the thread-ID of any thread in a... 3 Aug 2010 22:25

[PATCH] wm8994-core: fix wm8994_device_init() return value
wm8994_device_init() will return 0 in the case of kzalloc fail in current implementation. This patch fixes the return value. Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8994-core.c b/drive... 3 Aug 2010 22:25

2.6.35 Regression: Ages spent discarding blocks that weren't used!
Hi all. I've just given hibernation a go under 2.6.35, and at first I thought there was some sort of hang in freezing processes. The computer sat there for aaaaaages, apparently doing nothing. Switched from TuxOnIce to swsusp to see if it was specific to my code but no - the problem was there too. I used the... 13 Aug 2010 14:40

[PATCH] lockup_detector: Make DETECT_HUNT_TASK default depend on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP has been removed, so switch the default value to LOCKUP_DETECTOR. Also fix the help text of BOOT_PRINTK_DELAY. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf(a)cn.fujitsu.com> --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kco... 3 Aug 2010 22:25

linux-next: build warning after merge of the nfs tree
Hi Trond, After merging the nfs tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc ppc64_defconfig) produced this warning: fs/nfs/file.c: In function 'nfs_file_flush': fs/nfs/file.c:211: warning: unused variable 'ctx' Introduced by commit 7f09dcf61bc211b0a71a5caa15ceb9b7bbec2126 ("NFS: Fix up the fsync code"). -- C... 3 Aug 2010 22:26

ACPI / PM: Traverse video_device_list for backlight restoration
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 18:11 +0800, Matthias Hopf wrote: A bit of background about this patch: acpi_video_bus_get_devices() explicitly calls acpi_video_device_enumerate() before acpi_video_bus_get_one_device(), which does acpi_video_device_bind(). In _enumerate(), active_list[] is created, with .... 3 Aug 2010 22:25