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9cc8cbc7f8b7bc3db48bf6d59a731af728e786ce
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] simply fix first_tgid
Problem Details: Like the bug Oleg spotted in first_tid there was also a small off by one error in first_tgid, when a seek was done on the /proc directory. This fixes that and changes the code structure to make it a little more obvious what is going on. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Ole...
```diff diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 8180579f8792..bbcaef9adb57 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -2040,34 +2040,32 @@ out: * In the case of a seek we start with &init_task and walk nr * threads past it. */ -static struct task_struct *first_tgid(int tgid, int nr) +static st...
6e66b52bf587f0dd9a8e0a581b9570e5c1969e33
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] proc: Fix the link count for /proc/<pid>/task
Problem Details: Use getattr to get an accurate link count when needed. This is cheaper and more accurate than trying to derive it by walking the thread list of a process. Especially as it happens when needed stat instead of at readdir time. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: And...
```diff diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index a85b073408e0..29539c2268a3 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ out: static int proc_task_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir); static struct dentry *proc_task_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentr...
0f2fe20f55c85f26efaf14feeb69c7c2eb3f7a75
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] proc: Properly filter out files that are not visible to a process
Problem Details: Long ago and far away in 2.2 we started checking to ensure the files we displayed in /proc were visible to the current process. It was an unsophisticated time and no one was worried about functions full of FIXMES in a stable kernel. As time passed the function became sacred and was enshrined in the s...
```diff diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 2e4356f5d5e3..a85b073408e0 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ #include <linux/poll.h> #include "internal.h" +/* NOTE: + * Implementing inode permission operations in /proc is almost + * certainly an error. Permission checks...
5634708b5fce807bdf2091cfafc2fb24d791f0c8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] proc: Fix the .. inode number on /proc/<pid>/fd
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index c4a1ff371b8d..13e3ab99eb74 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -1196,7 +1196,8 @@ static struct inode_operations proc_pid_link_inode_operations = { static int proc_readfd(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir) { - struct inode...
9f13fae2479ed2e2801d538d6a22309123c704f6
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix typo in drivers/isdn/hisax/q931.c
Problem Details: This fixes coverity bug #517. Since IESIZE is greater than IESIZE_NI1 we might run past the end of ielist_ni1. This fixes it by using the proper IESIZE_NI1 define. Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Acked-by: Karsten Keil <kkeil@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Si...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/q931.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/q931.c index abecabf8c271..aacbf0d14b64 100644 --- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/q931.c +++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/q931.c @@ -1402,12 +1402,12 @@ dlogframe(struct IsdnCardState *cs, struct sk_buff *skb, int dir) } /* No, locate it in the table */ if (...
6aa65472d18703064898eefb5eb58f7ecd0d8912
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] CAPI crash / race condition
Problem Details: I am getting more or less reproducible crashes from the CAPI subsystem using the fcdsl driver: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000010 printing eip: c39bbca4 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] Modules linked in: netconsole capi capifs 3c59x mii fcdsl kernelcapi uhci_...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c index 173c899a1fb4..2e541fa02024 100644 --- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c +++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capi.c @@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ struct capincci; #ifdef CONFIG_ISDN_CAPI_MIDDLEWARE struct capiminor; +struct datahandle_queue { + struct list_head list; ...
36721656776f177280ccb50477a02e86e6444292
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Kprobe: multi kprobe posthandler for booster
Problem Details: If there are multi kprobes on the same probepoint, there will be one extra aggr_kprobe on the head of kprobe list. The aggr_kprobe has aggr_post_handler/aggr_break_handler whether the other kprobe post_hander/break_handler is NULL or not. This patch modifies this, only when there is one or more kprob...
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c index 37f86234bdd7..727e419ad78a 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -259,7 +259,9 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs) struct kprobe_ctlblk *kcb; #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT unsig...
585deacaca3e7bfc63580623f0344d1fa9c47f11
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] kprobe: boost 2byte-opcodes on i386
Problem Details: Previous kprobe-booster patch has not handled any 2byte opcodes and prefixes. I checked whole IA32 opcode map and classified it. This patch enables kprobe to boost those 2byte opcodes and prefixes. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <hiramatu@sdl.hitachi.co.jp> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in...
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c index 395a9a6dff88..37f86234bdd7 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -57,34 +57,85 @@ static __always_inline void set_jmp_op(void *from, void *to) /* * returns non-zero if opcodes can be boosted. */...
19923c190e0932bf0ac1e1d06a48f5c3678dd0de
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix and optimize clock source update
Problem Details: This fixes the clock source updates in update_wall_time() to correctly track the time coming in via current_tick_length(). Optimize the fast paths to be as short as possible to keep the overhead low. Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signe...
```diff diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c index 742f07a63161..7dd5dab789a1 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tb_ticks_per_sec); /* for cputime_t conversions */ u64 tb_to_xs; unsigned tb_to_us; -#define TICKLE...
6415ce9a922a1446e7ee0ac9b016082232ebe373
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] time: fix time going backward w/ clock=pit
Problem Details: Here is the PIT fix against the TOD patches that Tim pointed out. Many thanks to Tim for hunting this down. Cc: Tim Mann <mann@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c index 38aa7f19f1d3..477b24daff53 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c @@ -41,9 +41,25 @@ static cycle_t pit_read(void) { unsigned long flags; int count; - u64 jifs; + u32 jifs; + static int old_count; + static ...
7d622d4794490cef933c20e4a6279e43e03fafad
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] make pmtmr_ioport __read_mostly
Problem Details: - written on init only, accessed for every timer read --> __read_mostly - fix broken sentence Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c index bf421ed26808..7554458dc9cb 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ /* The I/O port the PMTMR resides at. * The location is detected during setup_arch(), * in arch/i386/kerne...
539eb11e6e904f2cd4f62908cc5e44d724879721
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Time: i386 Conversion - part 2: Rework TSC Support
Problem Details: As part of the i386 conversion to the generic timekeeping infrastructure, this introduces a new tsc.c file. The code in this file replaces the TSC initialization, management and access code currently in timer_tsc.c (which will be removed) that we want to preserve. The code also introduces the followi...
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile index 4142d69a5336..ca70d61ea834 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extra-y := head.o init_task.o vmlinux.lds obj-y := process.o semaphore.o signal.o entry.o traps.o irq.o \ ptrace.o time.o...
7e047ef5fe2d52e83020e856b1bf2556a6a2ce98
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] keys: sort out key quota system
Problem Details: Add the ability for key creation to overrun the user's quota in some circumstances - notably when a session keyring is created and assigned to a process that didn't previously have one. This means it's still possible to log in, should PAM require the creation of a new session keyring, and fix an overb...
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/key.h b/include/linux/key.h index e81ebf910d0b..e693e729bc92 100644 --- a/include/linux/key.h +++ b/include/linux/key.h @@ -248,7 +248,14 @@ extern struct key *key_alloc(struct key_type *type, const char *desc, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, struct task_struct *ctx, ...
d2be8ee53856c3c510d4d38f534979747db65d96
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix magic sysrq on strange keyboards
Problem Details: Magic sysrq fails to work on many keyboards, particulary most of notebook keyboards. This patch fixes it. The idea is quite simple: Discard the SysRq break code if Alt is still being held down. This way the broken keyboard can send the break code (or the user with a normal keyboard can release the S...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c index edd996f6fb87..13e3126c1de5 100644 --- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c +++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ unsigned char kbd_sysrq_xlate[KEY_MAX + 1] = "230\177\000\000\213\214\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000" /* 0x50 -...
0c6856f702732d3cfc33eb59303e998ad6961de8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] oprofile: Fix unnecessary cleverness
Problem Details: nmi_create_files() in arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_int.c depends on model->num_counters (number of performance counters) being less than 10. While this is currently the case, it's too clever by half. Other archs aren't quite as clever: they assume 100. I suggest to normalize them all to 1000. Cc: Philippe...
```diff diff --git a/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c b/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c index ba788cfdc3c6..9fc0eeb4f0ab 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c +++ b/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ op_axp_create_files(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root) for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; +...
57136ca6d57359c7f21a9bbb4a5a0a61eeb53f2b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Bluetooth: fix potential NULL ptr deref in dtl1_cs.c::dtl1_hci_send_frame()
Problem Details: There's a problem in drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c::dtl1_hci_send_frame() If bt_skb_alloc() returns NULL, then skb_reserve(s, NSHL); will cause a NULL pointer deref - ouch. If we can't allocate the resources we require we need to tell the caller by returning -ENOMEM. Found by the coverity checker as b...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c b/drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c index a71a240611e0..ed8dca84ff69 100644 --- a/drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.c @@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ static int dtl1_hci_send_frame(struct sk_buff *skb) nsh.len = skb->len; s = bt_skb_alloc(NSHL + skb->len + ...
1fb00c6cbd8356f43b46322742f3c01c2a1f02da
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] work around ppc64 bootup bug by making mutex-debugging save/restore irqs
Problem Details: It seems ppc64 wants to lock mutexes in early bootup code, with interrupts disabled, and they expect interrupts to stay disabled, else they crash. Work around this bug by making mutex debugging variants save/restore irq flags. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <ben...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/mutex-debug.c b/kernel/mutex-debug.c index f4913c376950..036b6285b15c 100644 --- a/kernel/mutex-debug.c +++ b/kernel/mutex-debug.c @@ -153,13 +153,13 @@ next: continue; count++; cursor = curr->next; - debug_spin_lock_restore(&debug_mutex_lock, flags); + debug_spin_unlock_restore(...
20c5426f8155a89b6df06325f9b278f5052b8c7e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix "USB: move <linux/usb_input.h> to <linux/usb/input.h>"
Problem Details: Update this driver for recent header file movement. Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c index 3f3182a24da1..56e01b622417 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/quickcam_messenger.c @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h> ...
48a1204c462985378e02b4c5129901f3dbc93f80
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: i386: Trivial typo fixes
Problem Details: Trivial typo fixes in Kconfig files (i386). Signed-off-by: Egry Gabor <gaboregry@t-online.hu> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index 1596101cfaf8..e14b20783995 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ config KEXEC help kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like ...
f18190bd3407554ba6df30a1927e07e6cba93e56
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: fix paniced->panicked typos
Problem Details: In a testament to the utter simplicity and logic of the English language ;-), I found a single correct use - in kernel/panic.c - and 10-15 incorrect ones. Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt b/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt index dcf5580380ab..9b9b454b048a 100644 --- a/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt +++ b/Documentation/kdump/gdbmacros.txt @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ end document trapinfo Run info threads and lookup pid of thread #1 'trapinfo <pid>' ...
a0ebb3ffd6c195011f7e4abdfc40f98342d36ce2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Spelling fixes for Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
Problem Details: Spelling and typo fixes for Documentation/atomic_ops.txt Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt index 23a1c2402bcc..2a63d5662a93 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt @@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ For example, smp_mb__before_atomic_dec() can be used like so: smp_mb__before_atomic_dec(); atomic_dec(&...
03aba2f79594ca94d159c8bab454de9bcc385b76
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] sd/scsi_lib simplify sd_rw_intr and scsi_io_completion
Problem Details: This patch simplifies "good_bytes" computation in sd_rw_intr(). sd: "good_bytes" computation is always done in terms of the resolution of the device's medium, since after that it is the number of good bytes we pass around and other layers/contexts (as opposed ot sd) can translate that to their own reso...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c index 3d04a9f386ac..4c4add53d69b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -855,8 +855,7 @@ static void scsi_release_buffers(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd) * b) We can just use scsi_requeue_command() here. This would * ...
f89d0a4e1d01168f20f9e8273de7dfc094b2a430
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] aic79xx: remove slave_destroy
Problem Details: Even with the latest fixes aic79xx still occasionally triggers the BUG_ON in slave_destroy. Rather than trying to figure out the various levels of interaction here I've decided to remove the callback altogether. The primary reason for the slave_alloc / slave_destroy is to keep an index of pointers to ...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h index eb7745692682..df3346b5caf8 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx.h @@ -1487,6 +1487,7 @@ typedef enum { } ahd_queue_alg; void ahd_set_tags(struct ahd_softc *ahd, + struct scs...
0e98936c924e2329f876b0b7791b45249c2e2129
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] megaraid_sas: zcr with fix
Problem Details: The patch adds support for a ZCR controller (Device ID : 0x413). It also has a critical bug fix : Disable controller interrupt before firing INIT cmd to FW. Interrupt is enabled after required initialization is over. This is done to ensure that driver is ready to handle interrupts when it is generat...
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas index 0a85a7e8120e..d9e5960dafd5 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ChangeLog.megaraid_sas @@ -1,4 +1,20 @@ +1 Release Date : Sun May 14 22:49:52 PDT 2006 - Sumant...
cfc736564fd01ee008d746913b1bbb90e3eb1f99
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] fix drivers/mfd/ucb1x00-core.c IRQ probing bug
Problem Details: While reviewing the IRQ autoprobing code i found the attached buglet. probe_irq_on()/off() calls must always be in pairs, because the generic IRQ code uses a global semaphore to serialize all autoprobing activites. (which does make sense) The ARM code's probe_irq_*() implementation does not do this, bu...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ucb1x00-core.c b/drivers/mfd/ucb1x00-core.c index aff83f966803..c8426a9bf273 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/ucb1x00-core.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/ucb1x00-core.c @@ -420,8 +420,10 @@ static int ucb1x00_detect_irq(struct ucb1x00 *ucb) unsigned long mask; mask = probe_irq_on(); - if (!mask) + i...
cefbda2d6cd9bf78a93768130729a6d142588d67
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] ibmvscsi: treat busy and error conditions separately
Problem Details: This patch fixes a condition where ibmvscsi treats a transport error as a "busy" condition, so no errors were returned to the scsi mid-layer. In a RAID environment this means that I/O hung rather than failing over. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c index 944fc1203ebd..669ea4fff166 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c @@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ static int ibmvscsi_send_srp_event(struct srp_event_struct *evt_struct, struct ibmvsc...
52c5ceceb145fad10b9996ce414dadcb6b02d959
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] 3649/1: S3C24XX: Fix capitalisation of CPU on SMDK2440
Problem Details: Patch from Ben Dooks Make CPU uppercase on the SMDK2440 KConfig entries-- Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig index f5d9cd498a5f..b4171dd43df0 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig @@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ config ARCH_S3C2440 Say Y here if you are using the SMDK2440. config SMDK2440_CPU2440 - bool "SMDK...
4f725cb3fa46fabe7fd7c7175fa77e12616bfdb8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: V4L/DVB (4222): Always switch tuner mode when calling VIDIOC_S_FREQUENCY.
Problem Details: Fixes the weird and incorrect condition in VIDIOC_S_FREQUENCY. The tuner should always be switched to the mode specified in the v4l2_frequency struct. Much simpler and also corresponding to the v4l2 specification. The old condition made it impossible to switch from radio to analog tv mode using VIDIOC_...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c b/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c index e95792fd70f8..a26ded7d6fae 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c @@ -730,14 +730,10 @@ static int tuner_command(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned int cmd, void *arg) { s...
4a4edcca22bf46622f34db74a876a7eb91d95865
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: V4L/DVB (4217): Fix a misplaced closing bracket/else, which caused swzigzag not to be called
Problem Details: Thanks to Oliver Endriss for spotting this. Signed-off-by: Manu Abraham <manu@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c index 9be41e4c2fda..5e8bb41a088b 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c @@ -570,10 +570,9 @@ static int dvb_frontend_thread(void *data) dvb_fro...
d772bd03bc38794c84811be9d2537c225e08c9b8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: V4L/DVB (4211): Fix an Oops for all fe that have get_frontend_algo == NULL
Problem Details: Thanks to Johannes Stezenbach for pointing it out Signed-off-by: Manu Abraham <manu@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c index 3152a54a2539..9be41e4c2fda 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c @@ -556,21 +556,23 @@ static int dvb_frontend_thread(void *data) } /*...
110bf1c0e932615cbe43a8af8a07bc3750ae4295
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CRYPTO] api: Fixed incorrect passing of context instead of tfm
Problem Details: Fix a few omissions in passing TFM instead of CTX to algorithms. Signed-off-by: Michal Ludvig <michal@logix.cz> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
```diff diff --git a/crypto/compress.c b/crypto/compress.c index c12fc0c41dac..f3e07334afd0 100644 --- a/crypto/compress.c +++ b/crypto/compress.c @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int crypto_init_compress_ops(struct crypto_tfm *tfm) int ret = 0; struct compress_tfm *ops = &tfm->crt_compress; - ret = tfm->__crt_alg->cra_compres...
52383678a8ac80e6679f94f60c897f9292e0e8b9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NETROM]: Fix possible null pointer dereference.
Problem Details: If in nr_link_failed the neighbour list is non-empty but the node list is empty we'll end dereferencing a in a NULL pointer. This fixes coverity 362. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_route.c b/net/netrom/nr_route.c index b3b9097c87c7..c11737f472d6 100644 --- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c +++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c @@ -725,15 +725,17 @@ void nr_link_failed(ax25_cb *ax25, int reason) struct nr_node *nr_node = NULL; spin_lock_bh(&nr_neigh_list_lock); - nr_neigh_for...
068c6e98bc7ec4419299b38cd40be26ebf4bdeda
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET] netpoll: break recursive loop in netpoll rx path
Problem Details: The netpoll system currently has a rx to tx path via: netpoll_rx __netpoll_rx arp_reply netpoll_send_skb dev->hard_start_tx This rx->tx loop places network drivers at risk of inadvertently causing a deadlock or BUG halt by recursively trying to acquire a spinlock that is used in both their ...
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h index ca5a8733000f..1efe60c5c00c 100644 --- a/include/linux/netpoll.h +++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct netpoll_info { int rx_flags; spinlock_t rx_lock; struct netpoll *rx_np; /* netpoll that registered an rx_hook */ + str...
1e4fd51e2c830f2a10c9b143986757d8ea35b0fc
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ATM]: atm/mpc.c warning fix
Problem Details: net/atm/mpc.c: In function 'MPOA_res_reply_rcvd': net/atm/mpc.c:1116: warning: unused variable 'ip' Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/atm/mpc.c b/net/atm/mpc.c index a48a5d580408..5fe77df00186 100644 --- a/net/atm/mpc.c +++ b/net/atm/mpc.c @@ -1113,10 +1113,9 @@ static void check_qos_and_open_shortcut(struct k_message *msg, struct mpoa_clien static void MPOA_res_reply_rcvd(struct k_message *msg, struct mpoa_client *mpc) {...
f72b948dcbb8558d639214536c2ace1b0760f41d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: skb_find_text ignores to argument
Problem Details: skb_find_text takes a "to" argument which is supposed to limit how far into the skb it will search for the given text. At present, it seems to ignore that argument on the first skb, and instead return a match even if the text occurs beyond the limit. Patch below fixes this, after adjusting for the "f...
```diff diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 8e5044ba3ab6..6edbb90cbcec 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c @@ -1739,12 +1739,15 @@ unsigned int skb_find_text(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int from, unsigned int to, struct ts_config *config, struct ts_state *state) ...
f54d9e8d7f7dd60f26157c12acda3fc94fcd9ab7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: Fix GSO problems in dev_hard_start_xmit()
Problem Details: Fix 2 problems in dev_hard_start_xmit(): 1. nskb->next needs to link back to skb->next if hard_start_xmit() returns non-zero. 2. Since the total number of GSO fragments may exceed MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1, it needs to stop transmitting if the netif_queue is stopped. Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broad...
```diff diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index ea2469398bd5..aa8454901719 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1325,9 +1325,12 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) nskb->next = NULL; rc = dev->hard_start_xmit(nskb, dev); if (unlikely(rc)) { + nsk...
0718bcc09b3597c51e87f265c72135a4928d3c0b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: Fix CHECKSUM_HW GSO problems.
Problem Details: Fix checksum problems in the GSO code path for CHECKSUM_HW packets. The ipv4 TCP pseudo header checksum has to be adjusted for GSO segmented packets. The adjustment is needed because the length field in the pseudo-header changes. However, because we have the inequality oldlen > newlen, we know that ...
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c index 0e029c4e2903..c04176be7ed1 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c @@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_tso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int sg) if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, thlen)) goto out; - oldlen = ~htonl(skb->len); + oldlen = (u16)~skb->le...
3ba07e65b288f00cc4d2420f1da46309b1cb5a0c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Fix incorrect correction to discovery timer frequency computation.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/discover.c b/net/tipc/discover.c index ee9b4484d85c..2b8441203120 100644 --- a/net/tipc/discover.c +++ b/net/tipc/discover.c @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * net/tipc/discover.c * * Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Ericsson AB - * Copyright (c) 2005, Wind River Systems + * Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Wind Ri...
5392d646886d8f1ae01be69c10600b8df5284c41
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Fixed link switchover bugs
Problem Details: Incorporates several related fixes: - switchover now occurs when switching from an active link to a standby link - failure of a standby link no longer initiates switchover - links now display correct # of received packtes following reactivation Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.c...
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c index d7668b8abb2d..d64658053746 100644 --- a/net/tipc/link.c +++ b/net/tipc/link.c @@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ void tipc_link_reset(struct link *l_ptr) struct sk_buff *buf; u32 prev_state = l_ptr->state; u32 checkpoint = l_ptr->next_in_no; + int was_active_link = ti...
a10bd924a421e0e5d5bb9640735b9317b8e473b5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Enhanced & cleaned up system messages; fixed 2 obscure memory leaks.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c index 44645f56377e..1633ef201df9 100644 --- a/net/tipc/bcast.c +++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ int tipc_bclink_init(void) bclink = kmalloc(sizeof(*bclink), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!bcbearer || !bclink) { nomem: - warn("Memory squeeze; Failed to create...
c33d53b23589d9133af85effefbaa619853eb7f0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Fixed memory leak in tipc_link_send() when destination is unreachable
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c index ba7d3f19be12..ff40c9195fef 100644 --- a/net/tipc/link.c +++ b/net/tipc/link.c @@ -1135,9 +1135,13 @@ int tipc_link_send(struct sk_buff *buf, u32 dest, u32 selector) if (n_ptr) { tipc_node_lock(n_ptr); l_ptr = n_ptr->active_links[selector & 1]; - dbg(...
687a25f1cdfc6ee1f2f60f299dbd294908eb0d59
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Validate entire interface name when locating bearer to enable.
Problem Details: This fix prevents a bearer from being enabled using the wrong interface. For example, specifying "eth:eth14" might enable "eth:eth1" by mistake. Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com>
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/eth_media.c b/net/tipc/eth_media.c index 3ecb1006a42d..682da4a28041 100644 --- a/net/tipc/eth_media.c +++ b/net/tipc/eth_media.c @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * net/tipc/eth_media.c: Ethernet bearer support for TIPC * * Copyright (c) 2001-2006, Ericsson AB - * Copyright (c) 2005, Wind River Syste...
8b1f0a92e98a67e1e69aa37d538f8956d1640cba
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Fix misleading comment in buf_discard() routine.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/core.h b/net/tipc/core.h index d1edb7af5506..86f54f3512f1 100644 --- a/net/tipc/core.h +++ b/net/tipc/core.h @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *buf_acquire(u32 size) * buf_discard - frees a TIPC message buffer * @skb: message buffer * - * Frees a new buffer. If passed...
3ac90216abc7d39e694533aec2805efeb06bf8ac
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC] Fix for NULL pointer dereference
Problem Details: This fixes a bug spotted by the coverity checker, bug id #366. If (mod(seqno - prev) != 1) we set buf to NULL, dereference it in the for case, and set it to whatever value happes to be at adress 0+next, if it happens to be non-zero, we even stay in the loop. It seems that the author intended to break t...
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c index 00691b7c35f8..44645f56377e 100644 --- a/net/tipc/bcast.c +++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c @@ -349,8 +349,10 @@ static void tipc_bclink_peek_nack(u32 dest, u32 sender_tag, u32 gap_after, u32 g for (; buf; buf = buf->next) { u32 seqno = buf_seqno(buf); - if ...
a4e0927902508a5f7f04be56d3c3e1b174481705
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Allow compilation when CONFIG_TIPC_DEBUG is not set.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/core.h b/net/tipc/core.h index 1f2e8b27a13f..d1edb7af5506 100644 --- a/net/tipc/core.h +++ b/net/tipc/core.h @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * net/tipc/core.h: Include file for TIPC global declarations * * Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Ericsson AB - * Copyright (c) 2005, Wind River Systems + * Copyright...
d356eeba8e34786621d85468e5176052813a3059
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Multicast link failure now resets all links to "nacking" node.
Problem Details: This fix prevents node from crashing. Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c index 2c4ecbe50082..00691b7c35f8 100644 --- a/net/tipc/bcast.c +++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c @@ -49,13 +49,19 @@ #include "name_table.h" #include "bcast.h" - #define MAX_PKT_DEFAULT_MCAST 1500 /* bcast link max packet size (fixed) */ #define BCLINK_WIN_DEFAULT 2...
260082471ed3f6d751e9767e5a278d4e495d83f7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Links now validate destination node specified by incoming messages.
Problem Details: This fix prevents link flopping and name table inconsistency problems arising when a node is assigned a different <Z.C.N> value than it used previously. (Changing the <Z.C.N> value causes other nodes to have two link endpoints sending to the same MAC address using two different destination <Z.C.N> valu...
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c index 784b24b6d102..955b87d9b46c 100644 --- a/net/tipc/link.c +++ b/net/tipc/link.c @@ -1720,6 +1720,11 @@ void tipc_recv_msg(struct sk_buff *head, struct tipc_bearer *tb_ptr) link_recv_non_seq(buf); continue; } + + if (unlikely(!msg_short(msg) && + ...
9688243b635ecede23fe4492ba23f36439398095
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TIPC]: Allow ports to receive multicast messages through native API.
Problem Details: This fix prevents a kernel panic if an application mistakenly sends a multicast message to TIPC's topology service or configuration service. Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.n...
```diff diff --git a/net/tipc/port.c b/net/tipc/port.c index 67e96cb1e825..360920b3d821 100644 --- a/net/tipc/port.c +++ b/net/tipc/port.c @@ -810,18 +810,20 @@ static void port_dispatcher_sigh(void *dummy) void *usr_handle; int connected; int published; + u32 message_type; struct sk_buff *next = buf->ne...
95b0ce9d6d95819e65a7456261a0a5573b65ef1c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [RIOWATCHDOG]: Fix the build.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/riowatchdog.c b/drivers/sbus/char/riowatchdog.c index d1babff6a535..2a9cc8204429 100644 --- a/drivers/sbus/char/riowatchdog.c +++ b/drivers/sbus/char/riowatchdog.c @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int __init riowd_bbc_init(void) for_each_ebus(ebus) { for_each_ebusdev(edev, ebus) ...
1715f5ef0db94d12d9131d5afa9134e26f77529f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CPWATCHDOG]: Fix the build.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/cpwatchdog.c b/drivers/sbus/char/cpwatchdog.c index 5bf3dd901b65..21737b7e86a1 100644 --- a/drivers/sbus/char/cpwatchdog.c +++ b/drivers/sbus/char/cpwatchdog.c @@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static int __init wd_init(void) for_each_ebus(ebus) { for_each_ebusdev(edev, ebus) { - if (!...
09ec431476aa6efca436faf1e1aaadb4fa283972
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PARPORT] sunbpp: Fix typo.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_sunbpp.c b/drivers/parport/parport_sunbpp.c index 69a4bbd4cbee..7c43c5392bed 100644 --- a/drivers/parport/parport_sunbpp.c +++ b/drivers/parport/parport_sunbpp.c @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static struct of_device_id bpp_match[] = { {}, }; -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, qec_sbus_matc...
0ae051a19092d36112b5ba60ff8b5df7a5d5d23b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: atkbd - fix HANGEUL/HANJA keys
Problem Details: Make atkbd report HANGEUL/HANJA keys by default and use correct scan codes for these keys (they were swapped). Also make sure their scancodes reported as EV_MSC/MSC_SCAN events. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c index d82368bc46d0..6cb85dcbbc83 100644 --- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c +++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c @@ -1075,10 +1075,12 @@ static int emulate_raw(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int keycode, put_queue(vc, 0x45 | up_flag); return 0; case KEY...
b9ab58dd8e771d30df110c56e785db1ae5e073df
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: fix misspelling of Hangeul key
Problem Details: Fix a mispelling of the korean alphabet name in the input subsystem. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangeul#Names for more details. KEY_HANGUEL left to not break people Signed-off-by: Jerome Pinot <ngc891@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c index 1b63acfc6c78..d82368bc46d0 100644 --- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c +++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c @@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static int emulate_raw(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int keycode, put_queue(vc, 0x1d | up_flag); put_queue(vc, 0x45 | up...
1e0afb288e56d469ca1c583342bb9782d49333c6
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: fix formatting to better follow CodingStyle
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c index 5f561fce32d8..a29d5ceb00cf 100644 --- a/drivers/input/evdev.c +++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c @@ -78,14 +78,19 @@ static int evdev_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on) { int retval; struct evdev_list *list = file->private_data; + retval = ...
ea08c6faa0a8dc93b016663de55e49822ed0b33f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: fix potential overflows in driver/input/keyboard
Problem Details: Change all sprintfs into snprintfs to make sure we won't stomp on data adjacent to our buffers. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c index fad04b66d268..0eb955ddc654 100644 --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c @@ -776,12 +776,15 @@ static void atkbd_set_device_attrs(struct atkbd *atkbd) int i; if (atkbd->extra) - sprintf(a...
a21466cc77b25dc2afd1292c79c7fc8fd454a1a7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: fix potential overflows in driver/input/touchscreen
Problem Details: Change all sprintfs into snprintfs to make sure we won't stomp on data adjacent to our buffers. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/gunze.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/gunze.c index 466da190ceec..b769b21973b7 100644 --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/gunze.c +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/gunze.c @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int gunze_connect(struct serio *serio, struct serio_driver *drv) gunze->serio ...
10ca4c0a622a942e55dc8a6d57ebd441089c9e38
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: fix potential overflows in driver/input/joystick
Problem Details: Change all sprintfs into snprintfs to make sure we won't stomp on data adjacent to our buffers. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/a3d.c b/drivers/input/joystick/a3d.c index 4612d13ea756..b11a4bbc84c4 100644 --- a/drivers/input/joystick/a3d.c +++ b/drivers/input/joystick/a3d.c @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int a3d_connect(struct gameport *gameport, struct gameport_driver *drv) gameport_set_poll_handler(ga...
08ffce4560e0133e10634b0dd85eecee11257a1c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: fix potential overflows in driver/input/mouse
Problem Details: Change all sprintfs into snprintfs to make sure we won't stomp on data adjacent to our buffers. Noticed by Wouter Paesen <wouter@kangaroot.net> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c index a0e2e797c6d5..070d75330afd 100644 --- a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ int alps_init(struct psmouse *psmouse) dev1->keybit[LONG(BTN_BACK)] |= BIT(BTN_BACK); } - sprintf(priv->phys, ...
46f18e3a28295a9e11a6ffa4478241c19bc93735
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ACPI: HW P-state coordination support
Problem Details: Treat HW coordination as independent CPUs. This enables per-cpu monintoring of P-states http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5737 Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c index 5fd65325b81a..cf0ddc9ee0cd 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c @@ -418,8 +418,14 @@ acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init ( goto err_free; pe...
cd49b492fe3fef0b6348f18001f0d73f2577eb01
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CIFS] remove some redundant null pointer checks
Problem Details: some of them pointed out by Dave Jones Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index 01608bb4d673..c0f98ddea88c 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -2173,8 +2173,7 @@ CIFSSessSetup(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses, if (remaining_words > 0) { len = UniStrnlen((wchar_t *)bcc_ptr, remaining_...
afd1b836a0dfadeba43ec2167646ac7d428fb800
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] m68knommu: fix ColdFire 5249 PLL set
Problem Details: Fix PLL setting for the Coldfire 5249 CPU. This brings it into line with the new style frequency configuration of m68knommu parts. Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-m68knommu/m5249sim.h b/include/asm-m68knommu/m5249sim.h index 9344f529bd8f..399814f0b219 100644 --- a/include/asm-m68knommu/m5249sim.h +++ b/include/asm-m68knommu/m5249sim.h @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ movel %d0,0x180(%a1) /* set PLL register */ nop -#ifdef CONFIG_CLOCK_140MHz +#if CONF...
1b1a9bd2777878c5ff0091e8742364c78341be71
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] m68knommu: ColdFire cache flush fixups
Problem Details: Fix flush code for the ColdFire 5206/5206e/5272 cases. Add support for the new ColdFire 532x CPU family Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-m68knommu/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-m68knommu/cacheflush.h index 49925e91e89c..c3aadf3b0d88 100644 --- a/include/asm-m68knommu/cacheflush.h +++ b/include/asm-m68knommu/cacheflush.h @@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ static inline void __flush_cache_all(void) "nop\n\t" : : : "d0" ); #endif /* C...
623f523cc05c35a385c04fde2114925f5954192b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] m68knommu: improve syscall entry and fix strace
Problem Details: Here is a patch to the system call handling for 5307/5272/etc to: - fix the strace support (one tested the wrong bit) - make all system calls a little bit faster by inlining set_esp0 and supporting ENOSYS out of the critical path. - remove extraneous spaces Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux...
```diff diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/entry.S b/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/entry.S index 89b180d4ed6a..9ddf5476ef8f 100644 --- a/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/entry.S +++ b/arch/m68knommu/platform/5307/entry.S @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ * Copyright (C) 1999-2002, Greg Ungerer (gerg@snapgear.com) * Copyright (C)...
7bf9a37d8df1e7db82784117d28bb98da5f53f2f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] m68knommu: force stack alignment on ColdFire
Problem Details: This patch solve a bug triggered by execvp (this function use calloc to store the argument list and gcc 3.4.x align the stack to word, not to dword). This situation aren't related to signal handling and all 2.6.x have the bug. On ColdFire targets we must force the stack to be aligned. Original patch f...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-m68knommu/processor.h b/include/asm-m68knommu/processor.h index 278b00bc60c5..0ee158e09abb 100644 --- a/include/asm-m68knommu/processor.h +++ b/include/asm-m68knommu/processor.h @@ -77,20 +77,32 @@ struct thread_struct { {0, 0}, 0, {0,}, {0, 0, 0}, {0,}, \ } +/* + * Coldfire stacks...
bb28632c0d651f26dddf99afb7d7703e8e0ce293
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] m68knommu: check DEBUG defined arch code
Problem Details: Don't rely on DEBUG having a value, check for it being defined. Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/signal.c b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/signal.c index 8e2c5a88efa7..437f8c6c14a0 100644 --- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/signal.c +++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/signal.c @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ adjust_stack: if (regs->stkadj) { struct pt_regs *tregs = (struct pt_regs *)((ulong)regs + r...
f36f44de721db44b4c2944133c3c5c2e06f633f0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Fix NFS2 compile error
Problem Details: Trond had apparently merged the same patch twice, causing a duplicate include of the "internal.h" file, with resulting obvious confusion. Tssk. I'm the only one allowed to send out trees that don't even compile! Who does this Trond guy think he is? Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c index 3b939e055a08..67391eef6b93 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c @@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ #include <linux/nfs_fs.h> #include "internal.h" -#include "internal.h" - #define NFSDBG_FACILITY NFSDBG_XDR /* #define NFS_PARANOIA 1 */ ```
a5d157e0675ac11188a8d429a062b1938bb2d353
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] i386: Fix softirq accounting with 4K stacks
Problem Details: Copy the softirq bits in preempt_count from the current context into the hardirq context when using 4K stacks to make the softirq_count macro work correctly and thereby fix softirq cpu time accounting. Signed-off-by: Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel....
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c b/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c index 248e922ee13a..49ce4c31b713 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/irq.c @@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ fastcall unsigned int do_IRQ(struct pt_regs *regs) irqctx->tinfo.task = curctx->tinfo.task; irqctx->tinfo.previous_esp = current...
72cf2709bf8e0410800f118c4298bfbf8715b303
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Fix PM_TRACE dependency: works only on 32-bit x86 for now
Problem Details: Not that x86-64 and other architecture support should be difficult to add (trivial fixups to the data format and add the proper linker script entry). Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig index cdf315e794ff..fc311a4673a2 100644 --- a/kernel/power/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config PM_DEBUG config PM_TRACE bool "Suspend/resume event tracing" - depends on PM && PM_DEBUG && X86 + depends on PM && PM_DEBUG && X86_...
1eec00565d849ceda67f425e089c3233e3ef2ca2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix race in idr code
Problem Details: I ran into a bug where the kernel died in the idr code: cpu 0x1d: Vector: 300 (Data Access) at [c000000b7096f710] pc: c0000000001f8984: .idr_get_new_above_int+0x140/0x330 lr: c0000000001f89b4: .idr_get_new_above_int+0x170/0x330 sp: c000000b7096f990 msr: 800000000000b032 dar: 0 dsisr...
```diff diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c index d226259c3c28..de19030a999b 100644 --- a/lib/idr.c +++ b/lib/idr.c @@ -48,15 +48,21 @@ static struct idr_layer *alloc_layer(struct idr *idp) return(p); } +/* only called when idp->lock is held */ +static void __free_layer(struct idr *idp, struct idr_layer *p) +{ + p-...
d84a84775bba661d5a3fd06757bbb419381937f3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix "biovec-(256)" in /proc/slabinfo
Problem Details: Stringify does what it was told to do. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h index b60ffe32cd21..76bdaeab6f62 100644 --- a/include/linux/bio.h +++ b/include/linux/bio.h @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ #define BIO_BUG_ON #endif -#define BIO_MAX_PAGES (256) +#define BIO_MAX_PAGES 256 #define BIO_MAX_SIZE (BIO_MAX_PAGES << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) ...
00212fef814612245ed0261cbac8426d0c9a31a5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix kdump Crash Kernel boot memory reservation for NUMA machines
Problem Details: This patch will fix a boot memory reservation bug that trashes memory on the ES7000 when loading the kdump crash kernel. The code in arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c to reserve boot memory for the crash kernel uses the non-numa aware "reserve_bootmem" function instead of the NUMA aware "reserve_bootmem_gene...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c index b8d5116d7371..fdb82658b1a1 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup.c @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) #endif #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC if (crashk_res.start != crashk_res.end) { - ...
cc13ad6217018833e590a0e2ef5937aa16162d34
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] s390: setup.c cleanup + build fix
Problem Details: Cleanup & fix 31 bit compilation: CC arch/s390/kernel/setup.o arch/s390/kernel/setup.c:83: error: initializer element is not computable at load time arch/s390/kernel/setup.c:83: error: (near initialization for 'code_resourc...
```diff diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c index 0a04e4a564b2..b282034452a4 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ #include <asm/irq.h> #include <asm/page.h> #include <asm/ptrace.h> +#include <asm/sections.h> /* * Machine setup.. @@ -...
7d93a1a53a72aa704a8fef6e0fb4f6c6cd6aa07a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ext2: cleanup: put_page and comment fix
Problem Details: Things which force me think a little: why so? Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c index 3c1c9aaaca6b..92ea8265d7d5 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/dir.c +++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c @@ -399,8 +399,7 @@ ino_t ext2_inode_by_name(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry) de = ext2_find_entry (dir, dentry, &page); if (de) { res = le32_to_cpu(de->inode); - kunmap(p...
77787bfb44da6e6166af088226707aeccee27968
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] pacct: none-delayed process accounting accumulation
Problem Details: In current 2.6.17 implementation, signal_struct refered from task_struct is used for per-process data structure. The pacct facility also uses it as a per-process data structure to store stime, utime, minflt, majflt. But those members are saved in __exit_signal(). It's too late. For example, if some...
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index d8429dc250f0..8d11d9310db0 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ struct pacct_struct { int ac_flag; long ac_exitcode; unsigned long ac_mem; + cputime_t ac_utime, ac_stime; + unsigned long a...
0e4648141af02331f21aabcd34940c70f09a2d04
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] pacct: add pacct_struct to fix some pacct bugs.
Problem Details: The pacct facility need an i/o operation when an accounting record is generated. There is a possibility to wake OOM killer up. If OOM killer is activated, it kills some processes to make them release process memory regions. But acct_process() is called in the killed processes context before calling ...
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/acct.h b/include/linux/acct.h index 3d54fbcf969e..5bca9b3ef2d7 100644 --- a/include/linux/acct.h +++ b/include/linux/acct.h @@ -121,12 +121,16 @@ struct vfsmount; struct super_block; extern void acct_auto_close_mnt(struct vfsmount *m); extern void acct_auto_close(struct super_block...
294dad05311416718c2a172738e1ca4071449877
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix synclink_gt diagnostics error reporting
Problem Details: Fix diagnostics error reporting that was being overwritten by incorrect use of return codes from individual diagnostic functions. Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c index 03a7f20db49a..41eab9831ad5 100644 --- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c +++ b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c @@ -4702,13 +4702,13 @@ static int loopback_test(struct slgt_info *info) static int adapter_test(struct slgt_info *info) { DBGINFO(("...
ed6a209024c23dbb39bfaa7361eb0b9c3fcc2b93
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] irda-usb printk fix
Problem Details: drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c: In function 'stir421x_patch_device': drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c:1108: warning: format '%u' expects type 'unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'size_t' Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> S...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c b/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c index 844fa74ac9ec..2a0d538b387f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c @@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ static int stir421x_patch_device(struct irda_usb_cb *self) return ret; /* We get a ...
9e37bd301ee130598fa1406c1281caa159473bf8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] kthread: move kernel-doc and put it into DocBook
Problem Details: Move kthread API kernel-doc from kthread.h to kthread.c & fix it. Add kthread API to kernel-api DocBook. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index 5a4abe0d5165..8305eb7b8c15 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ <sect1><title>Internal Functions</title> !Ikernel/exit.c !Ikernel/s...
f796937a062c7aeb44cd0e75e1586c8543634a7d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix bounds check in vsnprintf, to allow for a 0 size and NULL buffer
Problem Details: This change allows callers to use a 0-byte buffer and a NULL buffer pointer with vsnprintf, so it can be used to determine how large the resulting formatted string will be. Previously the code effectively treated a size of 0 as a size of 4G (on 32-bit systems), with other checks preventing it from act...
```diff diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index b07db5ca3f66..f5959476e53d 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -187,49 +187,49 @@ static char * number(char * buf, char * end, unsigned long long num, int base, i size -= precision; if (!(type&(ZEROPAD+LEFT))) { while(size-->0) { - if (...
fa9799e33d362aeca4555cd6318735bab1c04d16
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ktime/hrtimer: fix kernel-doc comments
Problem Details: Fix kernel-doc formatting in ktime.h and hrtimer.[ch] files. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h index 7d2a1b974c5e..07d7305f131e 100644 --- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h +++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h @@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ struct hrtimer_base; /** * struct hrtimer - the basic hrtimer structure - * * @node: red black tree node for time ordered in...
9dc65576d67dc45e529062e41ca34066e02f03e5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] reed-solomon: fix kernel-doc comments
Problem Details: Fix kernel-doc formatting in Reed-Solomon code. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c b/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c index f8ac9fa95de1..2cc11faa4ff1 100644 --- a/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c +++ b/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(rslistlock); /** * rs_init - Initialize a Reed-Solomon codec - * * @syms...
cc44a817f65f9b4651643d334f6351b6d1f5e6c2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix memory leak in rocketport rp_do_receive
Problem Details: Fix memory leak caused by incorrect use of tty buffer facility. tty buffers are allocated but never processed by call to tty_flip_buffer_push so they accumulate on the full buffer list. Current code uses the buffers as a temporary storage for data before passing it directly to the line discipline. S...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/rocket.c b/drivers/char/rocket.c index 7edc6a4dbdc4..0708c5164c83 100644 --- a/drivers/char/rocket.c +++ b/drivers/char/rocket.c @@ -324,35 +324,15 @@ static void rp_do_receive(struct r_port *info, CHANNEL_t * cp, unsigned int ChanStatus) { unsigned int CharNStat; - int ToRecv...
fc75cdfa5b43ac4d3232b490800cd35063adafd3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] cpu hotplug: fix CPU_UP_CANCEL handling
Problem Details: If a cpu hotplug callback fails on CPU_UP_PREPARE, all callbacks will be called with CPU_UP_CANCELED. A few of these callbacks assume that on CPU_UP_PREPARE a pointer to task has been stored in a percpu array. This assumption is not true if CPU_UP_PREPARE fails and the following calls to kthread_bind...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index f8d540b324ca..f06d059edef5 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -4756,6 +4756,8 @@ static int migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, break; #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU case CPU_UP_CANCELED: + if (!cpu_rq(cpu)->migra...
04a3446c90137a473837288b04b517b19dc67a0d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fs: sys_poll with timeout -1 bug fix
Problem Details: If you do a poll() call with timeout -1, the wait will be a big number (depending on HZ) instead of infinite wait, since -1 is passed to the msecs_to_jiffies function. Signed-off-by: Frode Isaksen <frode.isaksen@gmail.com> Acked-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infr...
```diff diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c index 9c4f0f2604f1..33b72ba0f86f 100644 --- a/fs/select.c +++ b/fs/select.c @@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ out_fds: asmlinkage long sys_poll(struct pollfd __user *ufds, unsigned int nfds, long timeout_msecs) { - s64 timeout_jiffies = 0; + s64 timeout_jiffies; - if (timeout_ms...
2b943cf09d75c0dfbfd22548988df48f6c24c727
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix %s in affs_fill_super()
Problem Details: %s is only valid if array is known to contain NUL or precision is given and does not exceed the size of array. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/affs/super.c b/fs/affs/super.c index 8765cba35bb9..5200f4938df0 100644 --- a/fs/affs/super.c +++ b/fs/affs/super.c @@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ static int affs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) int reserved; unsigned long mount_flags; int tmp_flags; /* fix remount p...
d14c4ab58c77c9a03b716c28f230ef944b08dc34
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] CCISS: fix a few spelling errors
Problem Details: Fix a few spelling errors. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Acked-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c index 94e82a229d9f..349654598d2e 100644 --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static struct board_type products[] = { { 0x3215103C, "Smart Array E200i", &SA5_access}, }; -/* How long to wait (in millesconds) fo...
6e1907ffdc694023712b5e6516933a29e1be954f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] kernel-doc for lib/bitmap.c
Problem Details: Make corrections/fixes to kernel-doc in lib/bitmap.c and include it in DocBook template. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl index 31b727ceb127..920aed8465a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl @@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ X!Ilib/string.c <sect1><title>Bit Operations</title> !Iinclude/as...
18cddac3d17781d9cbc109522d70ab021c846e2b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ide-floppy: fix debug-only syntax error
Problem Details: Fix debug-only printk syntax error. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c index a1179e924962..4656587aa2f7 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c @@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t idefloppy_do_request (ide_drive_t *drive, struct request debug_log(KERN_INFO "rq_status: %d, dev...
bafa96541b250a7051e3fbc5de6e8369daf8ffec
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fuse: add control filesystem
Problem Details: Add a control filesystem to fuse, replacing the attributes currently exported through sysfs. An empty directory '/sys/fs/fuse/connections' is still created in sysfs, and mounting the control filesystem here provides backward compatibility. Advantages of the control filesystem over the previous soluti...
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt index e7747774ceb9..324df27704cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt @@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ Non-privileged mount (or user mount): user. NOTE: this is not the same as mounts a...
51eb01e73599efb88c6c20b1c226d20309a75450
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fuse: no backgrounding on interrupt
Problem Details: Don't put requests into the background when a fatal interrupt occurs while the request is in userspace. This removes a major wart from the implementation. Backgrounding of requests was introduced to allow breaking of deadlocks. However now the same can be achieved by aborting the filesystem through t...
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt index 33f74310d161..e7747774ceb9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt @@ -304,25 +304,7 @@ Scenario 1 - Simple deadlock | | for "file...
326f28e9ec4b2619c2fd410593fc95fcb0ba6b41
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] More !tty cleanups in drivers/char
Problem Details: Another bunch of checks in the char drivers .put_char() and .write() routines, where tty can never be NULL. This patch removes these checks to save some code. Coverity choked at those with the following bug ids: isicom.c 767, 766 specialix.c 773, 774 synclink_cs.c 779, 781 synclink_gt.c 784, 785 sy...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/isicom.c b/drivers/char/isicom.c index e9ebabaf8cb0..efaaa1937ab6 100644 --- a/drivers/char/isicom.c +++ b/drivers/char/isicom.c @@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ static int isicom_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, if (isicom_paranoia_check(port, tty->name, "isicom_write"))...
76d42bd96984832c4ea8bc8cbd74e496ac31409e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] readahead: backoff on I/O error
Problem Details: Backoff readahead size exponentially on I/O error. Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> described the problem as: [QUOTE] Suppose there's a CD-rom with a scratch/etc, one sector is unreadable. In order to "fix" it, one have to read it and write to another CD-rom, or something.. or just ignore the error (...
```diff diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 1ed4be2a7654..9c7334bafda8 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -828,6 +828,32 @@ grab_cache_page_nowait(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long index) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_nowait); +/* + * CD/DVDs are error prone. When a medium error...
78dbe706e22f54bce61571ad837238382e1ba5f9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] R3964: fix GFP_KERNEL allocations in timer function
Problem Details: In the error case, add_msg() gets called from timer functions, so should be using GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_KERNEL. Ref: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6659. Thanks to Christian Werner <chw@ch-werner.de> for reporting, and for the initial fix. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infrad...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/n_r3964.c b/drivers/char/n_r3964.c index c48de09d68f0..203dc2b661d5 100644 --- a/drivers/char/n_r3964.c +++ b/drivers/char/n_r3964.c @@ -951,7 +951,8 @@ static void add_msg(struct r3964_client_info *pClient, int msg_id, int arg, { queue_the_message: - pMsg = kmalloc(sizeof(...
c836043e708d50bb301479d0db8e0dc77d4f52ca
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] advansys section fixes
Problem Details: Priority: not critical. Mark 3 functions __init. Saves a little memory. This makes these functions' calls to AdvWaitEEPCmd() (which is __init) be clean (i.e., eliminates text -> init -> text call chain). Fix multiple section mismatch warnings: WARNING: drivers/scsi/advansys.o - Section mismatch: refe...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/advansys.c b/drivers/scsi/advansys.c index 2a419634b256..5ee47555a8af 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/advansys.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/advansys.c @@ -17316,7 +17316,7 @@ AdvWaitEEPCmd(AdvPortAddr iop_base) /* * Write the EEPROM from 'cfg_buf'. */ -void +void __init AdvSet3550EEPConfig(Adv...
673e321cf9a12ecc2d6ce683fa9105f3443c1cbd
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] char/ip2: more section fixes (replacement)
Problem Details: Priority: tossup. In theory some of these (previously) __init functions could be called after init, but that problem has not been observed AFAIK. There were 2 cases of cleanup_module() (module_exit) calling __init functions (clear_requested_irq() & have_requested_irq()). These are more serious, but st...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c index 03db1cb3fa95..9ab33c3d359f 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c +++ b/drivers/char/ip2/ip2main.c @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static struct class *ip2_class; // Some functions to keep track of what irq's we have -static int __init +static...
cad2af5eb7470f9a0b85498f5ffac894e3cdcd27
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] cdrom/mcdx: section fixes
Problem Details: Priority: not critical. Make __mcdx_init() __init and static. Saves a little memory. Fix section mismatch warning and make the function static while there: WARNING: drivers/cdrom/mcdx.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'init_module' (at offset 0x8be) and 'mcdx_transfer'...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c b/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c index a0b580c22d80..0f6e7aab8d2c 100644 --- a/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c +++ b/drivers/cdrom/mcdx.c @@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ static int mcdx_talk(struct s_drive_stuff *stuffp, /* MODULE STUFF ***********************************************************/ -int _...
474ab45a1f7de888df63da86b46785fe19d7fbe7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] trident fb section fixes
Problem Details: Priority: not critical. Change 3 functions from __init to __devinit. Could be an init/probe problem in theory, but not observed, so not high priority IMO. Fix section mismatch warnings: WARNING: drivers/video/tridentfb.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .text between 'trident_pci_prob...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/video/tridentfb.c b/drivers/video/tridentfb.c index 9ac2d3171187..41f8c2d93892 100644 --- a/drivers/video/tridentfb.c +++ b/drivers/video/tridentfb.c @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static inline void enable_mmio(void) #define crtc_unlock() write3X4(CRTVSyncEnd, read3X4(CRTVSyncEnd) & 0x7F) /* Ret...
96ebb92840b6bbb2e2fd8ad6b2b55d9cd76a06a0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] wan/sdla section fixes
Problem Details: netdev->set_config can be called at any time, so these references to __initdata would be a real problem. However, problem has not been observed AFAIK. Fix section mismatch warnings: WARNING: drivers/net/wan/sdla.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data: from .text between 'sdla_set_config' (at of...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c b/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c index 22e794071cf4..7628c2d81f45 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/sdla.c @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ static const char* version = "SDLA driver v0.30, 12 Sep 1996, mike.mclagan@linux.org"; -static unsigned int valid_port[] __initdat...
6e656be899993f450a765056cdc8d87e58906508
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ftruncate does not always update m/ctime
Problem Details: In the course of trying to track down a bug where a file mtime was not being updated correctly, it was discovered that the m/ctime updates were not quite being handled correctly for ftruncate() calls. Quoth SUSv3: open(2): If O_TRUNC is set and the file did previously exist, upon suc...
```diff diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 5fb16e5267dc..303f06d2a7b9 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length, int small) error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, file, length); if (!error) - error = do_truncate(dentry, length, 0, f...
5ec3e4b7aefbb8613b27ec4449fa8f9916ab9099
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] RTC: add rtc-ds1742 driver
Problem Details: Add an RTC driver for the Dallas DS1742 RTC chip. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups, compile fix] Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig index 40e3d9c3da84..bccff400b198 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig @@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ config RTC_DRV_DS1672 This driver can also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called rtc-ds1672. +config RTC_DRV_DS1742 +...