Kernel

[PATCH] forcedeth: reconfigure multicast packet filter only when needed
Currently, the forcedeth driver reconfigures the packet filter every time a multicast stream is (un-)subscribed. As the receiving has to be stopped and started in this case, any multicast subscription can cause packet loss, allowing userspace applications to disrupt incoming traffic. With the following patch, nv... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

[PATCH 2/3] cgroup_freezer: Fix can_attach to prohibit moving from/to freezing/frozen cgroups
It is possible to move a task from its cgroup even if this group is 'FREEZING'. This results in a nasty bug - the moved task will become frozen OUTSIDE its original cgroup and will remain in a permanent 'D' state. This patch allows to migrate the task only between THAWED cgroups. This behavior was observed and... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

[PATCH] alpha: convert perf_event to use local_t
Updates the Alpha perf_event code to match the changes recently made to the core perf_event code in commit e78505958cf123048fb48cb56b79cebb8edd15fb. Signed-off-by: Michael Cree <mcree(a)orcon.net.nz> --- arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) ... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

[PATCH 1/3] cgroup_freezer: Unnecessary test in cgroup_freezing_or_frozen
The root freezer_state is always CGROUP_THAWED so we can remove the special case from the code. The test itself can be handy and is extracted to static function. Signed-off-by: Tomasz Buchert <tomasz.buchert(a)inria.fr> --- kernel/cgroup_freezer.c | 19 +++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 ... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

[PATCH 0/3] Two bugfixes for cgroup freezer.
These patches fixes two bugs I discovered when working with the cgroup freezer. These patches fix them (and probably also some other variations of them) and now the kernel passes testcases that uncovered the bugs in the first place. Please review. Tomasz Tomasz Buchert (3): cgroup_freezer: Unnecessary te... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

[PATCH 3/3] cgroup_freezer: update_freezer_state does incorrect state transactions
There are 4 state transitions possible for a freezer. Only FREEZING -> FROZEN transaction is done lazily. This patch allows update_freezer_state only to perform this transaction and renames the function to update_if_frozen. Moreover is_task_frozen_enough function is removed and its every occurence is replaced w... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

kconfig: fixes for savedefconfig
On 12.8.2010 09:10, Sam Ravnborg wrote: While tranislating all remaining defconfigs in the kernel to the minimal format I encountered an issue where the resulting .config was not equal to the original. This was tracked down to missing info in the saved defconfig file. Arve reported another pro... 12 Aug 2010 15:53

[PATCH] rtc: rtc-lpc32xx: Introduce RTC driver for the LPC32XX SoC (v2)
Hi Kevin, On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 04:06:20PM -0700, wellsk40(a)gmail.com wrote: From: Kevin Wells <wellsk40(a)gmail.com> This patch contains the RTC driver for the built-in RTC in the LPC32XX SoC. This patch includes updates from the initial review comments. Changes since v1: Fixed spaces/tabb... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

[PATCH] uml: fix compile error in dma_get_cache_alignment()
From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi(a)suse.cz> Fix uml compile error: include/linux/dma-mapping.h:145: error: redefinition of 'dma_get_cache_alignment' /store/git/linux-2.6/arch/um/include/asm/dma-mapping.h:99: note: previous definition of 'dma_get_cache_alignment' was here Introduced by this commit: commit 4565f... 12 Aug 2010 06:02

partitions: fix build error in ibm partition detection code
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens(a)de.ibm.com> writes: - strlcat(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "(nonl)", PAGE_SIZE); + snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "(nonl)"); + strlcat(state->pp_buf, tmp, PAGE_SIZE); What's the point of tmp and snprintf if it just creates a copy of a constant string? strlcat(state->pp_buf... 12 Aug 2010 06:02