Kernel

[PATCH] sched: merge cpu_to_core_group functions
On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 10:25 -0700, Heiko Carstens wrote: From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens(a)de.ibm.com> Merge and simplify the two cpu_to_core_group variants so that the resulting function follows the same pattern like cpu_to_phys_group. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens(a)de.ibm.com> ... 13 Aug 2010 17:57

[GIT PULL] ext4 update for 2.6.36
Hi Linus, No other late-breaking bug reports/regressions have turned up, and since I want to get this fixed before -rc1 gets released, please pull: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git for_linus I fixed the compile warning basically as you suggested, but with a better name and with ... 13 Aug 2010 17:57

[patch] qla4xxx: initialize some variables for gcc
Gcc complains because these variables aren't initialized. drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c: In function 'qla4_8xxx_get_flash_info': drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c:1952: warning: 'fid' may be used uninitialized in this function drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c:1952: note: 'fid' was declared here drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_... 13 Aug 2010 17:57

[patch] kfifo: __must_check helper casts everything to unsigned
There is a new wrapper to add a __must_check to kfifo macros. The problem is that it casts everything to unsigned. That breaks for places that check stuff like: if (kfifo_alloc(&dlci->_fifo, 4096, GFP_KERNEL) < 0) Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> diff --git a/include/linux/kfifo.h b/includ... 13 Aug 2010 17:57

[GIT PULL REQUEST] watchdog - v2.6.36-rc1 - part 2
Hi Linus, Please pull from 'master' branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git or if master.kernel.org hasn't synced up yet: master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git This will update the following files: drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 19... 13 Aug 2010 17:57

kfifo: add explicit error checking in all the examples
Provide a check in all the kfifo examples to validate the correct execution of each testcase. [ Andrew: this depends on kfifo-add-explicit-error-checking-in-byte-stream-example.patch ] Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi(a)develer.com> Acked-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> --- samples/kfifo/bytestre... 13 Aug 2010 17:57

[PATCH][GIT PULL] tracing: Sanitize value returned from write(trace_marker, "...", len)
Ingo, I had this sitting in my quilt queue, and did not realize I never committed it. This is on top of my previous two pull requests. Thanks, -- Steve Please pull the latest tip/perf/urgent-3 tree, which can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git tip... 13 Aug 2010 17:57

kfifo: fix kernel BUG in dma example
The scatterlist is used uninitialized in kfifo_dma_in_prepare(). This triggers the following bug if CONFIG_DEBUG_SG=y: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at include/linux/scatterlist.h:65! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ... Call Trace: [<ffffffff810a1eab>] setup_sgl+0x6b/0xe0... 13 Aug 2010 16:52

kfifo: fix a memory leak in dma example
We use a dynamically allocated kfifo in the dma example, so we need to free it when unloading the module. Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <arighi(a)develer.com> Acked-by: Stefani Seibold <stefani(a)seibold.net> --- samples/kfifo/dma-example.c | 4 +--- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git ... 13 Aug 2010 16:52

USB: Gadget: g_multi: added INF file for gadget with multiple configurations
Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc(a)gmail.com> writes: On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Dries Van Puymbroeck <dries.van.puymbroeck(a)gmail.com> wrote: When a mutlifunction gadget has more than 1 configuration, Windows does not use its generic driver for multifunctional USB devices. Sorry but what do you mean by ... 13 Aug 2010 16:52