Kernel

[05/34] NFS: kswapd must not block in nfs_release_page
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ commit b608b283a962caaa280756bc8563016a71712acf upstream See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16056 If other processes are blocked waiting for kswapd to free up some memory so that they can make pro... 6 Aug 2010 15:59

[23/34] GFS2: rename causes kernel Oops
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Bob Peterson <rpeterso(a)redhat.com> commit 728a756b8fcd22d80e2dbba8117a8a3aafd3f203 upstream. This patch fixes a kernel Oops in the GFS2 rename code. The problem was in the way the gfs2 directory code w... 6 Aug 2010 15:59

[20/34] cfg80211: dont get expired BSSes
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg(a)intel.com> commit ccb6c1360f8dd43303c659db718e7e0b24175db5 upstream. When kernel-internal users use cfg80211_get_bss() to get a reference to a BSS struct, they may end up ge... 6 Aug 2010 15:59

[00/34] 2.6.32.18-stable review
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.32.18 release. There are 34 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let us know. If anyone is a maintainer of the proper subsystem, and wants to add a Signed-off-by: lin... 6 Aug 2010 15:59

[26/34] CIFS: Fix compile error with __init in cifs_init_dns_resolver() definition
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ [stable] [PATCH 2.6.32/stable] CIFS: Fix compile error with __init in cifs_init_dns_resolver() definition From: Michael Neuling <mikey(a)neuling.org> An allmodconfig compile on ppc64 with 2.6.32.17 currently gives... 7 Aug 2010 00:44

DNS: Fixes for the DNS query module
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:13:52 +0100 David Howells wrote: Fixes for the DNS query module, including: (1) Use 'negative' instead of '-ve' in the documentation. (2) Mark the kdoc comment with '/**' on dns_query(). Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap(a)oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David Howell... 6 Aug 2010 15:59

[PATCH] Fix spelling fuction -> function in comments
To avoid more patches, I also fixed other spelling and grammar bugs when they were in the same or following line: successfull -> successful parse -> parses controler -> controller controlers -> controllers Cc: Jiri Kosina <trivial(a)kernel.org> Cc: linux-kernel(a)vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <wei... 6 Aug 2010 15:59

2.6.35.1-stable review
06.08.2010 21:32, Greg KH skrev: This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.35.1 release. There are 38 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let us know. If anyone is a maintainer of the proper subsyste... 6 Aug 2010 21:28

[04/34] comedi: Uncripple 8255-based DIO subdevices
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ (Note: upstream comedi configuration has been overhauled, so this patch does not apply there.) Several comedi drivers call subdev_8255_init() (declared in "drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/8255.h") to set up one... 6 Aug 2010 15:59

[24/34] slow-work: use get_ref wrapper instead of directly calling get_ref
2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Dave Airlie <airlied(a)redhat.com> commit 88be12c440cfa2fa3f5be83507360aac9ea1c54e upstream. Otherwise we can get an oops if the user has no get_ref/put_ref requirement. Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airl... 6 Aug 2010 15:59