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cb94c62c252796f42bb83fe40960d12f3ea5a82a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IPV4]: Fix DST leak in icmp_push_reply()
Problem Details: Based upon a bug report and initial patch by Ollie Wild. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c index 3d78464f64ea..badfc5849973 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c @@ -349,12 +349,12 @@ static void icmp_push_reply(struct icmp_bxm *icmp_param, { struct sk_buff *skb; - ip_append_data(icmp_socket->sk, icmp_glue_bits, icmp_param, - ic...
22783649568a28839c5a362f47da7819ecfcbb9f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: Fix comment in loopback driver.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index b33111e21313..1f61f0cc95d8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ struct net_device loopback_dev = { .ethtool_ops = &loopback_ethtool_ops, }; -/* Setup and register the of the LOOPBACK device. ...
9ef9ac51cc5fa5f5811230b5fb242536b636ff47
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] DM9000 - spinlock fixes
Problem Details: Fix DM9000 driver usage of spinlocks, which mainly came to light when running a kernel with spinlock debugging. These come down to: 1) Un-initialised spin lock 2) Several cases of using spin_xxx(lock) and not spin_xxx(&lock) 3) move the locking around the phy reg for read/write to only keep the ...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c index 5fddc0ff8878..1d92ddd1ec35 100644 --- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c +++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ * net_device_stats * * introduced tx_timeout function * * reworked lock...
852ea22ab24df4c64c0211c3b6d6358eb0e759f9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] IOC3 fixes
Problem Details: - Using the right register clearly improves chances of getting the MII code and thus the driver working at all. - On startup check the media type before setting up duplex or we might spend the first 1.2s with a wrong duplex setting. - Get rid of whitespace lines. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jga...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c b/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c index d520b5920d6c..49e5467bdd73 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ioc3-eth.c @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int ioc3_mdio_read(struct net_device *dev, int phy, int reg) ioc3_w_micr((phy << MICR_PHYADDR_SHIFT) | reg | MICR_READTRIG);...
b07e5eccaf512ae3209beae5cd2e3a27c92c300b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ide: fix PCI_DEVIEC_ID_APPLE_UNI_N_ATA spelling
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Grant Coady <gcoady@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c index be0fcc8f4b15..ea65b070a367 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c @@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ static struct macio_driver pmac_ide_macio_driver = }; static struct pci_device_id pmac_ide_pci_match[] = { - { PCI_VENDOR_ID_AP...
0ac72b351bdf29252e4181b07fa7feed8501b5d2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ide: fix the BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI dependency for drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c
Problem Details: drivers/ide/ppc/pmac.c uses symbols ide_build_sglist, __ide_dma_off_quietly, __ide_dma_on and __ide_dma_timeout when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PMAC is defined. The declarations for these symbols (in ide.h) depend on CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI. There is a missing dependency for this in drivers/ide/Kconfig wh...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ide/Kconfig b/drivers/ide/Kconfig index 5f33df47aa74..1cadd2c3cadd 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/ide/Kconfig @@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC_ATA100FIRST config BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PMAC bool "PowerMac IDE DMA support" depends on BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC + select BLK_DEV_...
c40d3d38a8f04fff4394c7323db239bce780db60
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ide-floppy: fix IDEFLOPPY_TICKS_DELAY
Problem Details: * IDEFLOPPY_TICKS_DELAY assumed HZ == 100, fix it * increase the delay to 50ms (to match comment in the code) Thanks to Manfred Scherer <manfred.scherer.mhm@t-online.de> for reporting the problem and testing the patch. Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c index 9eab6426148e..29c22fc278c6 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ typedef struct ide_floppy_obj { unsigned long flags; } idefloppy_floppy_t; -#define IDEFLOPPY_TICKS_DELAY 3 /* default d...
c6a3ea22af7a2ed36afa4672a86b3a86d604db33
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: Fix PPC440SP SRAM controller DCRs
Problem Details: Fixes the incorrect DCR base value for the 440SP SRAM controller. Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/ibm44x.h b/include/asm-ppc/ibm44x.h index 21e41c9b7267..e5374be86aef 100644 --- a/include/asm-ppc/ibm44x.h +++ b/include/asm-ppc/ibm44x.h @@ -423,11 +423,7 @@ #define MQ0_CONFIG_SIZE_2G 0x0000c000 /* Internal SRAM Controller 440GX/440SP */ -#ifdef CONFIG_440SP -#define DCRN_SRA...
28cd1d17801774561c81a5be53bfb2d632aee2a2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: fix ppc4xx stb03xxx dma build
Problem Details: Fixes build on 4xx stb03xxx when general purpose dma engine support is enabled. Signed-off-by: Matt Porter <mporter@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc4xx_dma.c b/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc4xx_dma.c index 5015ab99afd2..f15e64285f96 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc4xx_dma.c +++ b/arch/ppc/syslib/ppc4xx_dma.c @@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ ppc4xx_clr_dma_status(unsigned int dmanr) return DMA_STATUS_GOOD; } +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC4xx_EDMA /* * E...
2eaa297ca234eb518673b28dd6f3715d4b292e09
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] uml: fix a crash under screen
Problem Details: Running UML inside a detached screen delivers SIGWINCH when UML is not expecting it. This patch ignores them. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/process.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/process.c index 6dd9e5bf18ed..f228f8b54194 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/process.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/process.c @@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ void wait_stub_done(int pid, int sig, char * fname) CATCH_EINTR(n = waitpid(pid, &statu...
718d8989bca49761daf65f77249b0067c40756b2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] uml: fix the x86_64 build
Problem Details: asm/elf.h breaks the x86_64 build. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/elf_aux.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/elf_aux.c index 9416e1c29926..4cca3e9c23fe 100644 --- a/arch/um/os-Linux/elf_aux.c +++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/elf_aux.c @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ */ #include <elf.h> #include <stddef.h> -#include <asm/elf.h> #include "init.h" #include "elf_user.h" #include "me...
6cbe9de7a4353d1a1b77887b5459ac5304c0984a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] disable debug info in radeonfb old driver
Problem Details: This driver spams the user. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/video/radeonfb.c b/drivers/video/radeonfb.c index c46387024b1d..a78b9bd8f897 100644 --- a/drivers/video/radeonfb.c +++ b/drivers/video/radeonfb.c @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ #include <video/radeon.h> #include <linux/radeonfb.h> -#define DEBUG 1 +#define DEBUG 0 #if DEBUG #define RTRACE prin...
d86c390ffbf5746df9a3cc2c5f7b75d27704580f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] reiserfs+acl+quota deadlock fix
Problem Details: When i_acl_default is set to some error we do not hold the lock (hence we are not allowed to drop it and reacquire later). Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Cc: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com> Cc: <reiserfs-dev@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.or...
```diff diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c index d9f614a57731..ff291c973a56 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c @@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th, * iput doesn't deadlock in reiserfs_delete_xattrs. The locking * code real...
9223214e8d757663f366133ba5f9b58aa6b28efb
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] md: make sure mddev->bitmap_offset gets cleared between array instantiations.
Problem Details: ... otherwise we might try to load a bitmap from an array which hasn't one. The bug is that if you create an array with an internal bitmap, shut it down, and then create an array with the same md device, the md drive will assume it should have a bitmap too. As the array can be created with a differen...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index 480f658db6f2..d4c275604a3e 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ static int super_90_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev) mddev->raid_disks = sb->raid_disks; mddev->size = sb->size; mddev->events = md_event(sb);...
dc59250c6ebed099a9bc0a11298e2281dd896657
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] NFS: Introduce the use of inode->i_lock to protect fields in nfsi
Problem Details: Down the road we want to eliminate the use of the global kernel lock entirely from the NFS client. To do this, we need to protect the fields in the nfs_inode structure adequately. Start by serializing updates to the "cache_validity" field. Note this change addresses an SMP hang found by njw@osdl.org...
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index 27cf5577f239..147cbf9261ce 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ int nfs_readdir_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct page *page) goto error; } SetPageUptodate(page); + spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); NFS_I(inode)->cache_vali...
30d5b64b63fa69af31b2cba32e6d71d68526eec9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] broken error path in drivers/pnp/card.c
Problem Details: The error path in pnp_request_card_device() is broken (one variable is left initialized and the semaphore is not unlocked). This fixes it (and has been tested). Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pnp/card.c b/drivers/pnp/card.c index add12f7c489a..6e5229e92fbc 100644 --- a/drivers/pnp/card.c +++ b/drivers/pnp/card.c @@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ found: if (drv->link.driver.probe) { if (drv->link.driver.probe(&dev->dev)) { dev->dev.driver = NULL; + dev->card_link = NULL; + up_writ...
8c8b83854ea973ee7f37db6612d10d3acc5531d9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Fix up various printk levels and whitespace corrections.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c index eb052427670b..ac9da0ca36b7 100644 --- a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c +++ b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int agp_bind_memory(struct agp_memory *curr, off_t pg_start) return -EINVAL; if (curr->is_bound == TRUE) { - ...
518e6540831c69422faecceee8f964bd439ac9d0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix manual binding infinite loop
Problem Details: Fix for manual binding of drivers to devices. Problem is if you pass in a valid device id, but the driver refuses to bind. Infinite loop as write() tries to resubmit the data it just sent. Thanks to Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@watson.ibm.com> for pointing the problem out. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-H...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c index 96fe2f956754..ab53832d57e5 100644 --- a/drivers/base/bus.c +++ b/drivers/base/bus.c @@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv, up(&dev->sem); put_device(dev); } - return err; + if (err) + return err; + return coun...
470ceb05d9a2b4d61c19fac615a79e56e8401565
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64-SGI] - New SN hardware support - ptc_fixes
Problem Details: Shub2 provides a much improved mechanism for issuing internode TLB purges. Add code to support the newer mechanism. There is also some debug code (disabled) that is useful for testing. Collect statistics on the number, type & duration of TLB purges. This data will be useful for making future improvem...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c index ed77715393ef..6648deb778a6 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c @@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static void __init sn_init_pdas(char **cmdline_p) memset(nodepdaindr[cnode], 0, sizeof(nodepda_t)); memset(...
7e95b9d6e21eda23bac1ff024d465d2072c8996d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64-SGI] - New SN hardware support - bte_fixes
Problem Details: Change the BTE driver so that it works for both shub1 and shub2. Most of the changes are related to the number of cores that use the BTE engine, to the MMR addresses of various shub registers, and to using the correct processor or network physical address. Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com> Si...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c index 647deae9bfcd..7adef84190db 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/bte.c @@ -29,16 +29,30 @@ /* two interfaces on two btes */ #define MAX_INTERFACES_TO_TRY 4 +#define MAX_NODES_TO_TRY 2 static struct btein...
3d14487b2677cc44b5d1ef115d9d4301ec046591
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64-SGI] - New SN hardware support - addr_macros
Problem Details: Update the SN address macros so that they work on both shub1 and shub2. Most of the code to support shub2 was added last year but this patch fixes a few bugs and adds macros to help generate both processor-specific physical addresses & numalink physical addresses. More cleanup & optimization will be d...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sn/addrs.h b/include/asm-ia64/sn/addrs.h index b6e85e454456..8881882ccafb 100644 --- a/include/asm-ia64/sn/addrs.h +++ b/include/asm-ia64/sn/addrs.h @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ #define GLOBAL_MMR_PHYS_ADDR(n,a) (GLOBAL_PHYS_MMR_SPACE | REMOTE_ADDR(n,a)) #define GLOBAL_CAC_ADDR(n,a) (CAC_...
ac9af7cba9e642961bfdee1a1fac6060405597e5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc64: iommu vmerge fix
Problem Details: This fixes a bug in the PPC64 iommu vmerge code which results in the potential for iommu_unmap_sg to go off unmapping more than it should. This was found on a test system which resulted in PCI bus errors due to PCI memory being unmapped while DMAs were still in progress. Signed-off-by: Brian King <br...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/iommu.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/iommu.c index 8316426ccaf6..845eebd1e28d 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/iommu.c +++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/iommu.c @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int iommu_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct iommu_table *tbl, dma_addr_t dma_next = 0, dma_addr; unsigned long flags;...
c231c7db30faf93419fc22d680f74d816bea70e2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Revert unnecessary zlib_inflate/inftrees.c fix
Problem Details: It turns out that empty distance code tables are not an error, and that a compressed block with only literals can validly have an empty table and should not be flagged as a data error. Some old versions of gzip had problems with this case, but it does not affect the zlib code in the kernel. Analysis ...
```diff diff --git a/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.c b/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.c index c5f66fbb0dd0..874950ec4858 100644 --- a/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.c +++ b/lib/zlib_inflate/inftrees.c @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int huft_build( { *t = NULL; *m = 0; - return Z_DATA_ERROR; + return Z_OK; } ```
c4f92dba97f4e3aa757500896f87001569f4604b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] nfsd to unlock kernel before exiting
Problem Details: The nfsd holds the big kernel lock upon exit, when it really shouldn't. Not to mention that this breaks Ingo's RT patch. This is a trivial fix to release the lock. Ingo, this patch also works with your kernel, and stops the problem with nfsd. Note, there's a "goto out;" where "out:" is right above sv...
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c index 07b9a065e9da..1697539a7171 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c @@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ out: svc_exit_thread(rqstp); /* Release module */ + unlock_kernel(); module_put_and_exit(0); } ```
dd12f48d4e8774415b528d3991ae47c28f26e1ac
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] NPTL signal delivery deadlock fix
Problem Details: This bug is quite subtle and only happens in a very interesting situation where a real-time threaded process is in the middle of a coredump when someone whacks it with a SIGKILL. However, this deadlock leaves the system pretty hosed and you have to reboot to recover. Not good for real-time priority-p...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index ca1186eef938..d282fea81138 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c @@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static void handle_stop_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p) { struct task_struct *t; - if (p->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT) + if (p->signal->flags & SIGNAL_...
a59c658607b63ec7b6c2536597a075ee307b1b4c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CIFS] Missing ; from previous fix. Pointed out by Shaggy.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Steve French
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c index 459320222cf7..1b073546f5d9 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ CIFSSMBLogoff(const int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses) rc = -ESHUTDOWN; } } - up(&ses->sesSem) + up(&ses->sesSem); cifs_small_buf_release(pSMB...
1f07247de51efd30c88ad8e3e06a8b5382fc7d35
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [DECNET]: Fix RCU race condition in dn_neigh_construct().
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c b/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c index f32dba9e26fe..8d0cc3cf3e49 100644 --- a/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c +++ b/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c @@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ static int dn_neigh_construct(struct neighbour *neigh) __neigh_parms_put(neigh->parms); neigh->parms = neigh_parms_clone(parms); ...
bfd272b1ca1164382eabaa9986aad822adb91eb2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IPV6]: Fix SKB leak in ip6_input_finish()
Problem Details: Changing it to how ip_input handles should fix it. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c index 866f10726c58..10fbb50daea4 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c @@ -198,12 +198,13 @@ resubmit: if (!raw_sk) { if (xfrm6_policy_check(NULL, XFRM_POLICY_IN, skb)) { IP6_INC_STATS_BH(IPSTATS_MIB_INUNKNOWNPROTOS); - ...
35d59efd105b3b7c1b5878dcc9d1749f41f9740f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TCP]: Fix bug #5070: kernel BUG at net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:864
Problem Details: 1) We send out a normal sized packet with TSO on to start off. 2) ICMP is received indicating a smaller MTU. 3) We send the current sk_send_head which needs to be fragmented since it was created before the ICMP event. The first fragment is then sent out. At this point the remaining fragment is alloca...
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c index 3ed6fc15815b..566045e58437 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -861,7 +861,8 @@ static int tso_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len, u16 flags; /* All of a TSO frame must be composed o...
97077c4a9868fce8ac151512cde5d24fc1144f24
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IPV6]: Fix raw socket hardware checksum failures
Problem Details: When packets hit raw sockets the csum update isn't done yet, do it manually. Packets can also reach rawv6_rcv on the output path through ip6_call_ra_chain, in this case skb->ip_summed is CHECKSUM_NONE and this codepath isn't executed. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Dav...
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c index e2b848ec9851..1d4d75b34d32 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/raw.c +++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c @@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ int rawv6_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) { if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_HW) { + skb_postpull_rcsum(...
413a1c7520ad6207c9122a749983c500f29e3e32
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: AUDIT: Fix task refcount leak in audit_filter_syscall()
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
```diff diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c index 46b45abceb9a..a73176eaa57d 100644 --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ void audit_syscall_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int valid, long return_code) /* Not having a context here is ok, since the parent may have * called _...
e382eb1dbdb2dec69806a72551bcb4a736142f6d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] sil24: fix PORT_CTRL_STAT constants
Problem Details: 07_sil24_fix-PORT_CTRL_STAT-constants.patch PORT_CTRL_STAT constants were copied incorrectly from the preview driver. Signed-off-by: Edward Falk sata_sil24.c | 8 ++++---- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.c index 547c29a5613b..7a3d50dcd938 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil24.c @@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ enum { PORT_CS_DEV_RST = (1 << 1), /* device reset */ PORT_CS_INIT = (1 << 2), /* port initialize */ PORT_CS_IR...
da5ca008933b3b28303ba44d0be3372fbac7748b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] USB: usbmon: Copyrights and a typo
Problem Details: Add copyright statements and fix a typo. Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_main.c b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_main.c index aa9d00808e4e..508a21028db4 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_main.c +++ b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_main.c @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ * The USB Monitor, inspired by Dave Harding's USBMon. * * mon_main.c: Main file, module initiation and exit, regist...
dc1d97e466c2836adebe5618759bfb5b35b3bc0a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] USB: fix usb wacom tablet driver bug
Problem Details: This patch fixes bug 4905 and a Cintiq 21UX bug. Signed-off-by: Ping Cheng <pingc@wacom.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c b/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c index 02412e31a46b..3b266af3048a 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c +++ b/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c @@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ static void wacom_graphire_irq(struct urb *urb, struct pt_regs *regs) goto exit; } - x = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *) &...
4b47b0eefc37fe3bf6bffb4507c8b6df5b14348d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] PCI: fix quirk-6700-fix.patch
Problem Details: drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x32c3): In function `quirk_pcie_pxh': /usr/src/25/drivers/pci/quirks.c:1312: undefined reference to `disable_msi_mode' Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.h b/drivers/pci/pci.h index fa36094aa0f9..d00168b1f662 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pci.h +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.h @@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ extern int pci_msi_quirk; #else #define pci_msi_quirk 0 #endif + +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MSI void disable_msi_mode(struct pci_dev *dev, int pos, int type);...
208f3d6175cb17772c5af202fe12373f90894ff4
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Driver core: potentially fix use after free in class_device_attr_show
Problem Details: This moves the code to free devt_attr from class_device_del() to class_dev_release() which is called after the last reference to the corresponding kobject() is gone. This allows us to keep the devt_attr alive while the corresponding sysfs file is open. Signed-off-by: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c index 479c12570881..0154a1623b21 100644 --- a/drivers/base/class.c +++ b/drivers/base/class.c @@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ static void class_dev_release(struct kobject * kobj) pr_debug("device class '%s': release.\n", cd->class_id); + if (cd->devt_attr) { +...
fad87acaea7b0965fe91f0351fdd688fc9761cbe
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IPV6]: Fix SKB leak in ip6_input_finish()
Problem Details: Changing it to how ip_input handles should fix it. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c index 866f10726c58..10fbb50daea4 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c @@ -198,12 +198,13 @@ resubmit: if (!raw_sk) { if (xfrm6_policy_check(NULL, XFRM_POLICY_IN, skb)) { IP6_INC_STATS_BH(IPSTATS_MIB_INUNKNOWNPROTOS); - ...
c8ac37746489f05a32a958b048f29ae45487e81e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TCP]: Fix bug #5070: kernel BUG at net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:864
Problem Details: 1) We send out a normal sized packet with TSO on to start off. 2) ICMP is received indicating a smaller MTU. 3) We send the current sk_send_head which needs to be fragmented since it was created before the ICMP event. The first fragment is then sent out. At this point the remaining fragment is alloca...
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c index 3ed6fc15815b..566045e58437 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -861,7 +861,8 @@ static int tso_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len, u16 flags; /* All of a TSO frame must be composed o...
793245eeb97bd28e363f2b0f2e766fdbff0c9619
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IPV6]: Fix raw socket hardware checksum failures
Problem Details: When packets hit raw sockets the csum update isn't done yet, do it manually. Packets can also reach rawv6_rcv on the output path through ip6_call_ra_chain, in this case skb->ip_summed is CHECKSUM_NONE and this codepath isn't executed. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Dav...
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c index e2b848ec9851..1d4d75b34d32 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/raw.c +++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c @@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ int rawv6_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) { if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_HW) { + skb_postpull_rcsum(...
c1ffb910f7a4e1e79d462bb359067d97ad1a8a25
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64]: SN fix bus->sysdata pointer and memory cleanups
Problem Details: The main issue is that bus_fixup calls may potentially call functions that require a valid bus->sysdata pointer. Since this is the case, we must set the bus->sysdata pointer before calling the bus_fixup functions. The remaining changes are simple fixes to make sure memory is cleaned up in the functio...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_init.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_init.c index a6649baf629a..7566a97b0ce1 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_init.c +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/io_init.c @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void sn_pci_controller_fixup(int segment, int busnum, struct pci_bus *bus) struct pci_controller *contr...
050ec18a35f3106437da8e9c55e441c076c7b93e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] skge: stop bogus sensor messages
Problem Details: Some versions of the Marvell yukon generate bogus sensor warning interrupts. The driver would flood log with these messages. Handle this situation cleanly by masking away at boot time. Fixes: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87182 Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> driver...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/skge.c b/drivers/net/skge.c index f15739481d62..9ff1261f07ca 100644 --- a/drivers/net/skge.c +++ b/drivers/net/skge.c @@ -2670,18 +2670,6 @@ static void skge_error_irq(struct skge_hw *hw) /* Timestamp (unused) overflow */ if (hwstatus & IS_IRQ_TIST_OV) skge_write8(hw, GMAC_TI_...
12aaa0855b39b5464db953fedf399fa91ee365ed
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] i386 / desc_empty macro is incorrect
Problem Details: Chuck Ebbert noticed that the desc_empty macro is incorrect. Fix it. Thankfully, this is not used as a security check, but it can falsely overwrite TLS segments with carefully chosen base / limits. I do not believe this is an issue in practice, but it is a kernel bug. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden ...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-i386/processor.h b/include/asm-i386/processor.h index 5d06e6bd6ba0..d0d8b0160090 100644 --- a/include/asm-i386/processor.h +++ b/include/asm-i386/processor.h @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct desc_struct { }; #define desc_empty(desc) \ - (!((desc)->a + (desc)->b)) + (!((desc)->a | (desc)->...
481d0374217f3fefaf98efbd8d21d73c138dd928
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: NTFS: Complete the previous fix for the unset device when mapping buffers
Problem Details: for mft record writing. I had missed the writepage based mft record write code path. Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net>
```diff diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog index 21e21fe519e2..9eecc9939dfe 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog +++ b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ ToDo/Notes: the ntfs inode in memory if present. Also, the ntfs inode has its own locking so it does not matter if the vfs inode is locked. - ...
65e4308d2500e7daf60c3dccc202c61ffb066c63
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] NFS: Ensure we always update inode->i_mode when doing O_EXCL creates
Problem Details: When the client performs an exclusive create and opens the file for writing, a Netapp filer will first create the file using the mode 01777. It does this since an NFSv3/v4 exclusive create cannot immediately set the mode bits. The 01777 mode then gets put into the inode->i_mode. After the file creation...
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c index 4845911f1c63..bb7ca022bcb2 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c @@ -814,28 +814,39 @@ nfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr) nfs_wb_all(inode); } error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->setattr(dentry, &fattr, attr); - if (error == 0) { + i...
367ae3cd74bdc2ad32d71293427fec570b14ddcd
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix for ia64 sched-domains code
Problem Details: Fix for ia64 sched domain building triggered by cpuset code. Acked-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Acked-by: Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/domain.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/domain.c index d65e87b6394f..bbb8efe126b7 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/domain.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/domain.c @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ next_sg: #endif /* Attach the domains */ - for_each_online_cpu(i) { + for_each_cpu_mask(i, *cpu_map) { struct sch...
58fcb8df0bf663bb6b8f46cd3010bfe8d13d97cf
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] NFS: Ensure ACL xdr code doesn't overflow.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c index 18c58c32e326..251e5a1bb1c4 100644 --- a/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c +++ b/fs/nfs_common/nfsacl.c @@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ nfsacl_decode(struct xdr_buf *buf, unsigned int base, unsigned int *aclcnt, if (xdr_decode_word(buf, base, &entries) || entri...
e74589ac250e463973361774a90fee2c9d71da02
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: NTFS: Fix bug in mft record writing where we forgot to set the device in
Problem Details: the buffers when mapping them after the VM had discarded them. Thanks to Martin MOKREJŠ for the bug report. Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net>
```diff diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog index 9709fac6531d..21e21fe519e2 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog +++ b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog @@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ ToDo/Notes: fact that the vfs and ntfs inodes are one struct in memory to find the ntfs inode in memory if present. Also, the ntfs inode has its...
702c7e7626deeabb057b6f529167b65ec2eefbdb
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ACPI] fix ia64 build issues resulting from Lindent and merge
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: MAEDA Naoaki <maeda.naoaki@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Brown, Len <len.brown@intel.com>
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c index f3046bdd4b14..78bc21987121 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/acpi.c @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ unsigned int acpi_cpei_override; unsigned int acpi_cpei_phys_cpuid; #define MAX_SAPICS 256 -u16 ia64_acpiid_to_sapicid[MAX_SAPI...
75cd968ab251ac84dd3a5dc252af7036dc4a64f4
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: um: fix __pa/__va macro expansion problem
Problem Details: Proper parentheses around arguments needed, especially as the macros use a high-precedence cast operator on the argument.
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-um/page.h b/include/asm-um/page.h index 5afee8a8cdf3..f58aedadeb4e 100644 --- a/include/asm-um/page.h +++ b/include/asm-um/page.h @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ extern void *to_virt(unsigned long phys); * casting is the right thing, but 32-bit UML can't have 64-bit virtual * addresses */ -#d...
1a402aaca51b7d56e62348f50a426c531b6bc29e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64-SGI] fix unaligned memory access in snsc_event.c
Problem Details: It's been pointed out that environmental events from the system controllers on Altix machines cause the kernel to complain about unaligned memory accesses. This turns out to be because "be32_to_cpup()" didn't do everything I thought/hoped it did. I've added calls to pull the offending integers out of ...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/snsc_event.c b/drivers/char/snsc_event.c index d692af57213a..baaa365285fa 100644 --- a/drivers/char/snsc_event.c +++ b/drivers/char/snsc_event.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h> #include <asm/sn/sn_sal.h> +#include <asm/unaligned.h> #i...
30e332f3307e9f7718490a706e5ce99f0d3a7b26
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ACPI] re-enable platform-specific hotkey drivers by default
Problem Details: When both platform-specific and generic drivers exist, enable generic over-ride with "acpi_generic_hotkey". http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4953 Signed-off-by: Luming Yu <luming.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt b/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt index 4c115a7bb826..0acdc80c30c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt +++ b/Documentation/acpi-hotkey.txt @@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ The result of the execution of this aml method is attached to /proc/acpi/hotkey/poll_method, which is dnya...
54738e82755f73080e779ba0c8052e232df24d78
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2851/1: Fix NWFPE extended precision exception handling
Problem Details: Patch from Richard Purdie The exception handling code fails to compile if the extended precision mode is enabled. This patch fixes those compile errors and also stops _quiet functions from incorrectly raising exceptions. Reported-by: Ralph Siemsen <ralphs@netwinder.org> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.c b/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.c index 8b75a6e7cb3a..f9f049132a17 100644 --- a/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.c +++ b/arch/arm/nwfpe/softfloat.c @@ -1602,9 +1602,7 @@ flag float32_le_quiet( float32 a, float32 b ) if ( ( ( extractFloat32Exp( a ) == 0xFF ) && extractFloat32Fr...
3edea4833a1efcd43e1dff082bc8001fdfe74b34
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] intelfb/fbdev: Save info->flags in a local variable
Problem Details: Reported by: Pavel Kysilka (Bugzilla Bug 5059) The intelfb driver does not keep resolution set with fbset after switching to anot console and back. Steps to reproduce: initial options: tty1,tty2 - 1024x768-60 1) tty1 - fbset after booting (1024x768-60) 2) tty1 - fbset 800x600-100 tty1: 800x6...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c index d2e19f6dd72c..4ff853fbe0be 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ fb_pan_display(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var) int fb_set_var(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)...
6bd49341f2806168c877e12cefca77b93437bac2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] intelfb: Do not ioremap entire graphics aperture
Problem Details: Reported by: Pavel Kysilka (Bugzilla Bug 4738) modprobe of intelfb results in the following error message: intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G chi intelfb: Version 0.9.2 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 allocation failed: ou...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c index 298bc9cd99e7..a112a1786855 100644 --- a/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c +++ b/drivers/video/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c @@ -583,23 +583,6 @@ intelfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) retur...
0bf955ce98cb3cf40e20d0cc435299eb76e8819e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] inotify: fix idr_get_new_above usage
Problem Details: We are saving the wrong thing in ->last_wd. We want the wd, not the return value. Signed-off-by: Robert Love <rml@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c index 27ebcac5e07f..868901b1e779 100644 --- a/fs/inotify.c +++ b/fs/inotify.c @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static struct inotify_watch *create_watch(struct inotify_device *dev, return ERR_PTR(ret); } - dev->last_wd = ret; + dev->last_wd = watch->wd; watch->mask = mask; ...
f241be74b803dcf9d70c9978292946370654320f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ieee80211: Fix frame control pver mask
Problem Details: IEEE 802.11 frame control has two bits reserved for protocol version. IEEE80211_FCTL_VERS was not used anywhere, but I would assume it was supposed to be a mask for the protocol field and as such, it should be 0x0003, not 0x0002. This matches with WLAN_FC_PVER definition in hostap. Signed-off-by: Joun...
```diff diff --git a/include/net/ieee80211.h b/include/net/ieee80211.h index 1cf7ca0b6182..11524c9b659a 100644 --- a/include/net/ieee80211.h +++ b/include/net/ieee80211.h @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct eapol { #define MAX_FRAG_THRESHOLD 2346U /* Frame control field constants */ -#define IEEE80211_FCTL_VERS 0x0002 ...
5bee720fd7fa5ed4eade96058acd3a684da30932
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] hostap: Fix skb->cb use for TX meta data
Problem Details: Old AP mode code for power saving was using skb->cb for couple of flags before the more generic 802.11 TX code started using the same buffer for struct hostap_skb_tx_data. This resulted in the power save code corrupting the magic value in beginning of the buffer and TX code dropping the power saved pac...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_tx.c index 8f39871d6908..cfb3ecc783fa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_tx.c @@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ int hostap_data_start_xmit(struct sk_buff...
b4b08e581fac8e0ba9ae348bdc13246c9798c99e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Revert "dc395x: Fix support for highmem"
Problem Details: It introduces a repeatable oops in the driver, which is a bigger problem than the patch tries to solve. From the original description: Author: Jamie Lenehan <lenehan@twibble.org> Date: Thu Mar 3 14:41:40 2005 +0200 [PATCH] dc395x: Fix support for highmem From: Guennadi Liakhovetski...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c index 929170dcd3cb..600ba1202864 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/dc395x.c @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ * cross a page boundy. */ #define SEGMENTX_LEN (sizeof(struct SGentry)*DC395x_MAX_SG_LISTENTRY) -#define VIRTX_LEN (sizeof(void *) *...
27876d02b30aa34bb1ad35b81ccc40c174282f31
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] CIFS: Fix path name conversion for long filenames
Problem Details: Fix path name conversion for long filenames when mapchars mount option was specified at mount time. Signed-off-by: Steve French (sfrench@us.ibm.com) Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES index dab4774ee7bb..3196d4c4eed3 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES +++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Version 1.35 +------------ +Add writepage performance improvements. Fix path name conversions +for long filenames on mounts which were done with "mapchars" mount o...
d024709deb4997aced6140a62e8ee82b10666c5f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] CIFS: Fix missing entries in search results
Problem Details: Fix missing entries in search results when very long file names and more than 50 (or so) of such long search entries in the directory. FindNext could send corrupt last byte of resume name when resume key was a few hundred bytes long file name or longer. Fixes Samba Bug # 2932 Signed-off-by: Steve Fr...
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c index 3c628bf667a5..0db0b313d715 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c @@ -2602,6 +2602,9 @@ int CIFSFindNext(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon, if(name_len < PATH_MAX) { memcpy(pSMB->ResumeFileName, psrch_inf->presume_name, name_le...
1b0a74d1c002320d5488333dd9c72126af1aab02
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix error handling in reiserfs
Problem Details: Initialize key object ID in inode so that we don't try to remove the inode when we fail on some checks even before we manage to allocate something. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c index a20bbc1642dc..3549067c42d9 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c @@ -593,6 +593,9 @@ static int new_inode_init(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir, int mode) */ inode->i_uid = current->fsuid; inode->i_mode = mode; + /* M...
4bb82551e165f887448f6f61055d7bcd90aefa2a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Fix up mmap of /dev/kmem
Problem Details: This leaves the issue of whether we should deprecate the whole thing (or if we should check the whole mmap range, for that matter) open. Just do the minimal fix for now.
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c index 42187381506b..850a78c9c4bc 100644 --- a/drivers/char/mem.c +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c @@ -261,7 +261,11 @@ static int mmap_mem(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma) static int mmap_kmem(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma) { - ...
4a6d87f1db06c9670251d6c72a89319e7d1cbaee
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CIFS] Add missing check for path name allocation failure. Remove four
Problem Details: redundant null pointer checks before cifs_buf_release. Found by coverity analyzer. Signed-off-by: Steve French (sfrench@us.ibm.com)
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c index e555cb5cf493..459320222cf7 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c @@ -415,15 +415,16 @@ CIFSSMBNegotiate(unsigned int xid, struct cifsSesInfo *ses) if(server->secMode & SECMODE_SIGN_REQUIRED) cERROR(1, ("Server requires /pro...
badea125d7cbd93f1678a95cf009b3bdfe6065cd
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] Fix race in mm-context wrap-around logic.
Problem Details: The patch below should fix a race which could cause stale TLB entries. Specifically, when 2 CPUs ended up racing for entrance to wrap_mmu_context(). The losing CPU would find that by the time it acquired ctx.lock, mm->context already had a valid value, but then it failed to (re-)check the delayed TLB ...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/mmu.h b/include/asm-ia64/mmu.h index ae1525352a25..611432ba579c 100644 --- a/include/asm-ia64/mmu.h +++ b/include/asm-ia64/mmu.h @@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ #define __MMU_H /* - * Type for a context number. We declare it volatile to ensure proper ordering when it's - * accessed outside ...
2da5bf80f754e28cc153362e5ed1edaa9740897a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] w1: more debug level decrease.
Problem Details: Do not spam syslog each 10 seconds when there is nothing on the wire. Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c index 8a9c42822502..0bbf029b1ef1 100644 --- a/drivers/w1/w1.c +++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ void w1_search(struct w1_master *dev, w1_slave_found_callback cb) * Return 0 - device(s) present, 1 - no devices present. */ if (w1_reset_bus(dev)) { ...
0336ee5aed1f9a5a6a04e3deabd7797dc193ccd3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] fix warning in aic7770.c
Problem Details: From: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@mbligh.org> drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770.c: In function `aic7770_config': drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770.c:129: warning: unused variable `l' Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770.c index 00f3bd1e181e..527efd36f5c1 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770.c @@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ aic7770_find_device(uint32_t id) int aic7770_config(struct ahc_softc *ahc, struct aic7770_identity ...
6becdff3bcaff1b89c392cf0630dcb5759704492
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] fix warning in scsi_softirq
Problem Details: From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> drivers/scsi/scsi.c: In function `scsi_softirq': drivers/scsi/scsi.c:814: warning: int format, long int arg (arg 4) Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c index 4befbc275f94..a780546eda9c 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c @@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ static void scsi_softirq(struct softirq_action *h) if (disposition != SUCCESS && time_before(cmd->jiffies_at_alloc + wait_for, jiffies)...
ea84c3f74df646a0897e95c78147190517a751a9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] lpfc driver 8.0.30 : dev_loss and nodev timeouts
Problem Details: Fix handling of the dev_loss and nodev timeouts. Symptoms: when remote port disappears for a period of time longer then either nodev_tmo or dev_loss_tmo, the lpfc driver worker thread will stall removing that remote port. Cause: removing remote port involves un-blocking and sync-ing corresponding blo...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c index 15e747faaa5f..4be506a33a2e 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c @@ -753,6 +753,10 @@ lpfc_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd, void (*done) (struct scsi_cmnd *)) cmnd->result = ScsiResu...
f888ba3ce77c66bece3d804caf7d559838209a4a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] lpfc driver 8.0.30 : fix get_stats panic
Problem Details: Fix panic in lpfc_get_stats() Symptoms: Panic on sysfs stats access Cause: In lpfc_get_stats() we are writing to memory that we do not own. Fix: Fix our stats structure allocation. Embed phba->link_stats in struct lpfc_hba and stop treating it like rogue structure. Note: Embedding midlayer/transpor...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h index 3bb82aae432e..adb95674823f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h @@ -342,9 +342,6 @@ struct lpfc_hba { #define VPD_MASK 0xf /* mask for any vpd data */ struct timer_list els_tmofunc; - -...
8cbdc5fffa15d5c573e2531c6f533822d08b6b0f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] lpfc driver 8.0.30 : fix lip/cablepull panic
Problem Details: Fix panic on lip and cable pull Symptoms: Panic on lip or cable pull Cause: Use after free of nlp in lpfc_nlp_remove() Fix: Do not make FC transport calls after a node is removed. Transport calls are disabled by ignoring the initial delete transition. Signed-off-by: James Smart <James.Smart@emulex....
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c index 233901e9dfde..2e44824a3bd5 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c @@ -1135,6 +1135,8 @@ lpfc_nlp_list(struct lpfc_hba * phba, struct lpfc_nodelist * nlp, int list) switch(list) ...
483f05f0134e60b724bc3678507c1def860c56d5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] lpfc driver 8.0.30 : fix iocb reuse initialization
Problem Details: IOCB BDE not getting fully initialized during reuse Symptoms: Driver gets Status 3 and Reason 0x13 on IOCB completions. Cause: The IOCB bpl.bdeSize and bdeFlags are not getting initialized on reuse. Fix: Reinitialize these fields in prep_dma each time an IOCB is used. Signed-off-by: James Smart <Ja...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c index 17e4974d4445..7cb1e467734f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c @@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ lpfc_scsi_prep_dma_buf(struct lpfc_hba * phba, struct lpfc_scsi_buf * lpfc_cmd) bpl->tus.f.bdeSize = s...
349188f66da2fd88f8cb2407763051d8e136c9aa
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] x86_64: Fix apicid versus cpu# confusion.
Problem Details: Oops. I knew I didn't have the physical versus logical cpu identifiers right when I generated that patch. It's not nearly as bad as I feared at the time though. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c index 6e4807d64d46..b15761ff4101 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/smpboot.c @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static void __cpuinit tsc_sync_wait(void) { if (notscsync || !cpu_has_tsc) return; - sync_tsc(boot_cpu_...
6ae4cfb5711b6f2878c9e384617971d98c34a7f5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] libata ata_data_xfer() fix
Problem Details: PATCH 1/2: ata_data_xfer() fix Changes: - Modify ata_mmio_data_xfer() and ata_pio_data_xfer() to handle odd-lengthed buffer. - Add some function comments This patch does not reuse ap->pad as alignment buffer since using local variable seems good enough. Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.i...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c index 73b1f72b7e43..8f6e536d8924 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c @@ -2519,6 +2519,20 @@ void swap_buf_le16(u16 *buf, unsigned int buf_words) #endif /* __BIG_ENDIAN */ } +/** + * ata_mmio_data_xfer -...
53fb95d3c14290fd6ee808b221e35493f096246f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NETPOLL]: fix initialization/NAPI race
Problem Details: This fixes a race during initialization with the NAPI softirq processing by using an RCU approach. This race was discovered when refill_skbs() was added to the setup code. Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h index be68d94b03d5..5ade54a78dbb 100644 --- a/include/linux/netpoll.h +++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include <linux/netdevice.h> #include <linux/interrupt.h> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h> #include <linux/list.h> struct netpoll...
a636e1357911afdea7c8344ee65f78d36caf3c16
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NETPOLL]: deadlock bugfix
Problem Details: This fixes an obvious deadlock in the netpoll code. netpoll_rx takes the npinfo->rx_lock. netpoll_rx is also the only caller of arp_reply (through __netpoll_rx). As such, it is not necessary to take this lock. Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.co...
```diff diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index 895f3efc65aa..b9d9da082af2 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -353,11 +353,8 @@ static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb) struct sk_buff *send_skb; struct netpoll *np = NULL; - spin_lock_irqsave(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags); ...
11513128bb66b0b09d5d0df069b58afdb01752a2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NETPOLL]: rx_flags bugfix
Problem Details: Initialize npinfo->rx_flags. The way it stands now, this will have random garbage, and so will incur a locking penalty even when an rx_hook isn't registered and we are not active in the netpoll polling code. Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> S...
```diff diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index c327c9edadc5..895f3efc65aa 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) if (!npinfo) goto release; + npinfo->rx_flags = 0; npinfo->rx_np = NULL; npinfo->poll_lock = SP...
716e084edb0230910b174000dc3490f9e91652e3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ACPI] Fix "ec_burst=1" mode latency issue
Problem Details: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3851 Signed-off-by: Luming Yu <luming.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c index 1ac5731d45e5..31067a0a3671 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c @@ -234,18 +234,29 @@ static int acpi_ec_burst_wait(union acpi_ec *ec, unsigned int event) ec->burst.expect_event = event; smp_mb(); - result = wait_event_interruptibl...
9ef2eec39383f8fe2bd7c9fac4dfdd4fdf7173e6
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ixgb: Fix data output by ethtool -d
Problem Details: Fix data output by ethtool -d Signed-off-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c index c80fa0007904..44a07a9dcbc1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c @@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ ixgb_get_regs(struct net_device *netdev, *reg++ = IXGB_READ_REG(hw, RAIDC); /* 19 */ *reg++ ...
7b89178d1d803c854dfd6f4e81633109a1238884
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ixgb: Fix Broadcast/Multicast packets received statistics
Problem Details: Fix Broadcast/Multicast packets received statistics Signed-off-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c index d1fc431cb1c9..d7a0f4e36118 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c @@ -1524,7 +1524,8 @@ ixgb_update_stats(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter) multi |= ((u64)IXGB_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, MPRCH) << 3...
51b54b512cd26c4477ccd57b8d3736b99ccef7a0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ixgb: Fix unnecessary link state messages
Problem Details: Fix unnecessary link state messages Signed-off-by: Mallikarjuna R Chilakala <mallikarjuna.chilakala@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Venkatesan <ganesh.venkatesan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John Ronciak <john.ronciak@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c index 3fa113854eeb..94bc3d41cfa3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c @@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ ixgb_set_settings(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_cmd *ecmd) ixgb_down(adapter, TRU...
7d69fa6266770eeb6317eddd46b64456e8a515bf
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix DVB URL
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 5fd00c075053..3b38d6ab06cf 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ DVB SUBSYSTEM AND DRIVERS P: LinuxTV.org Project M: linux-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org L: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org (subscription required) -W: http://linuxtv.org/developer/dvb.x...
67c4f3fa25502ce7ed82fb0307e09cf36f1f81da
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Fix numerous minor problems with new phy subsystem.
Problem Details: Includes fixes for problems noted by Adrian Bunk, Andrew Morton, and one other person lost in the annals of history (and email folders).
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig index 8b5db2343cc3..c2f1bf1d02d2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/phy/Kconfig @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ menu "PHY device support" config PHYLIB - bool "PHY Device support and infrastructure" + tristate "PHY Device support and infrast...
303bcb4b675d7284a1097dd1c18c995c0179883a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] S2io: Errors found during review
Problem Details: Hi, This is a patch to incorporate comments from earlier 12 patches. It also fixes a few issues we found during this time. Following is a list of changes in this patch. Item 1 incorporates earlier comments. Issues addressed in items 2 to 4 were discovered recently. 1. wmb() call in s2io_xmit() replace...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io.c b/drivers/net/s2io.c index abf910e40334..e083351e3f42 100644 --- a/drivers/net/s2io.c +++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ /* S2io Driver name & version. */ static char s2io_driver_name[] = "Neterion"; -static char s2io_driver_version[] = "Version 2.0.2.0"; +static char...
0b1f7ebe455ba4f1f46e7024150eeddbbf08addc
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] S2io: Miscellaneous fixes
Problem Details: Hi, The last patch in this series fixes the following issues found during testing. 1. Ensure we don't pass zero sized buffers to the card(which can lockup) 2. Restore the PCI-X parameters(in case of Xframe I adapter) after a reset. 3. Make sure total size of all FIFOs does not exceed 8192. Signed-off-...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io.c b/drivers/net/s2io.c index e7c428561e3f..abf910e40334 100644 --- a/drivers/net/s2io.c +++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c @@ -365,10 +365,9 @@ static int init_shared_mem(struct s2io_nic *nic) size += config->tx_cfg[i].fifo_len; } if (size > MAX_AVAILABLE_TXDS) { - DBG_PRINT(ERR_DBG,...
1ddc50d40a19b3524d302d1d6bfd52ac7bc6b6f7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] S2io: Removed memory leaks
Problem Details: Hi, This patch fixes certain memory leaks discovered in free_tx_buffers() and rx_osm_handler() Signed-off-by: Ravinandan Arakali <ravinandan.arakali@neterion.com> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Koushik <raghavendra.koushik@neterion.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io.c b/drivers/net/s2io.c index e24c5e544734..6668b99025c8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/s2io.c +++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c @@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ static void free_tx_buffers(struct s2io_nic *nic) int i, j; mac_info_t *mac_control; struct config_param *config; - int cnt = 0; + int cnt = ...
7ba013ac029513eb4b70cfcd4b86e37c5f16c483
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] S2io: Software fixes
Problem Details: Hi, Below patch includes fixes for few purely software bugs identified since last release. 1. Keep track and display(as part of ethtool command output) the no. of single-bit and double-bit ECC errors. 2. Handle race condition between intr handler and "interface down" routine. 3. Initial link stat...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io.c b/drivers/net/s2io.c index e2144fc7df9a..e24c5e544734 100644 --- a/drivers/net/s2io.c +++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c @@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ static char ethtool_stats_keys[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = { {"rmac_pause_cnt"}, {"rmac_accepted_ip"}, {"rmac_err_tcp"}, + {"\n DRIVER STATISTICS"}, +...
5e25b9ddb6683fe225a2266b53d73c57381a0c18
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] S2io: Hardware fixes
Problem Details: Hi, Below patch addresses few h/w specific issues. 1. Check for additional ownership bit on Rx path before starting Rx processing. 2. Enable only 4 PCCs(Per Context Controller) for Xframe I revisions less than 4. 3. Program Rx and Tx round robin registers depending on no. of rings/FIFOs. 4. Tx...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io-regs.h b/drivers/net/s2io-regs.h index 8746740e6efd..826deb0eb03a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/s2io-regs.h +++ b/drivers/net/s2io-regs.h @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ typedef struct _XENA_dev_config { #define ADAPTER_STATUS_RMAC_REMOTE_FAULT BIT(6) #define ADAPTER_STATUS_RMAC_LOCAL_FAULT BI...
6bf11e8c708f0e512ed733fc65a50770c5bc7b54
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] fix perfmon context load
Problem Details: The PFM_LOAD_CONTEXT may fail silently and cause a session to remain reserved even though it should not. This can happen when the commands succeeds in reserving the session but fails when it actually tries to attach to the load_pid. In that case, the command has failed but will return 0. More important...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c index b8ebb8e427ef..f1201ac8a116 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c @@ -4312,6 +4312,7 @@ pfm_context_load(pfm_context_t *ctx, void *arg, int count, struct pt_regs *regs) DPRINT(("before cmpxchg() old_ct...
1c53e4357ec72d6114c58d20c26d00a904f55da3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] fix iosapic_remove build error for !HOTPLUG
Problem Details: This patch removes the following stupid compile error that happens when CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not defined on ia64. arch/ia64/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x712): In function `acpi_unregister_ioapic': : undefined reference to `iosapic_remove' Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/iosapic.h b/include/asm-ia64/iosapic.h index 1093f35b3b90..a429fe225b07 100644 --- a/include/asm-ia64/iosapic.h +++ b/include/asm-ia64/iosapic.h @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ extern int __devinit iosapic_init (unsigned long address, unsigned int gsi_base); #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG exte...
606867443764edac5a2c542f2fa0a12ef7a7c7fd
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] remove name length check in a workqueue
Problem Details: We have a chek in there to make sure that the name won't overflow task_struct.comm[], but it's triggering for scsi with lots of HBAs, only scsi is using single-threaded workqueues which don't append the "/%d" anyway. All too hard. Just kill the BUG_ON. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: ...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 259cf55da3c9..c7e36d4a70ca 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -308,8 +308,6 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqueue(const char *name, struct workqueue_struct *wq; struct task_struct *p; - BUG_ON(strlen(name) > 10); ...
e62b8b2bc73b2433239a2ac394c2fafd50c43d9e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc64: Fix Fan control for new PowerMac G5 2.7GHz machines
Problem Details: The workaround for broken device-tree that prevents fan control from working on recent G5 models need to be "enabled" for machines with revision 0x37 of the bridge in addition to machines with revision 0x35. Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmid...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c index e248a7950aeb..dbbe6c79d8da 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c +++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c @@ -1803,7 +1803,7 @@ static void __init fixup_device_tree(void) if (prom_getprop(u3, "device-rev", &u3_rev, sizeof(u3_rev)...
22d0def9d09111513f5a8d38583210620f97d710
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ns558 list handling fix
Problem Details: Need to use list_for_entry_safe(), as we're removing items during the traversal. list_for_each_entry() uses the first ptr also as an iterator, if you kfree() it slab takes it, might poison it and then you try to use it to iterate to the next object in list. Cc: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> Cc: Dm...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/input/gameport/ns558.c b/drivers/input/gameport/ns558.c index 1ab5f2dc8a2a..70f051894a3c 100644 --- a/drivers/input/gameport/ns558.c +++ b/drivers/input/gameport/ns558.c @@ -275,9 +275,9 @@ static int __init ns558_init(void) static void __exit ns558_exit(void) { - struct ns558 *ns558; +...
c0438174e8272d23fe43a5d3f23d777f5b412e87
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] 6pack persistence fix
Problem Details: Fix the p-persistence CSMA algorithm which in simplex mode was starting with a slottime delay before doing anything else as if there was carrier collision resulting in bad performance on simplex links. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Si...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c index e44f8e9055ef..f9e3be96963c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c @@ -130,12 +130,11 @@ struct sixpack { #define AX25_6PACK_HEADER_LEN 0 -static void sp_start_tx_timer(struct sixpack *); st...
42517438f9c1011a03e49a542cba32ac5a80dd8e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: libata: fix EH-related lockup by properly cleaning EH command list
Problem Details: Yet another hack due to the fact that libata is the only user of SCSI's ->eh_strategy_handler() hook.
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c index 794fb559efb0..6a75ec2187fd 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c @@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ int ata_scsi_error(struct Scsi_Host *host) * appropriate place */ host->host_failed--; + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&host...
fae009847c9ea3d668bbee21ce1d76764eca5039
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] sata: fix sata_sx4 dma_prep to not use sg->length
Problem Details: sata_sx4 directly references sg->length to calculate total_len in pdc20621_dma_prep(). This is incorrect as dma_map_sg() could have merged multiple sg's into one and, in such case, sg->length doesn't reflect true size of the entry. This patch makes it use sg_dma_len(sg). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <ht...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.c index 140cea05de3f..efd7d7a61135 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.c @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static void pdc20621_dma_prep(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc) for (i = 0; i < last; i++) { buf[idx++] = cpu_to_le32(sg_dma_addres...
8a9cd6d676728792aaee31f30015d284acd154a3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: JFS: Fix race in txLock
Problem Details: TxAnchor.anon_list is protected by jfsTxnLock (TXN_LOCK), but there was a place in txLock() that was removing an entry from the list without holding the spinlock. Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com>
```diff diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c index 3555acff12d0..c7a92f9deb2b 100644 --- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c +++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c @@ -657,7 +657,9 @@ struct tlock *txLock(tid_t tid, struct inode *ip, struct metapage * mp, /* only anonymous txn. * Remove from anon_list */ + T...
86b3786078d63242d3194ffc58ae8dae1d1bbef3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Fix ide-disk.c oops caused by hwif == NULL
Problem Details: 1. Move hwif_to_node to ide.h 2. Use hwif_to_node in ide-disk.c Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c index f9c1acb4ed6a..c9d3a00a3c0c 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c @@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ static int ide_disk_probe(struct device *dev) goto failed; g = alloc_disk_node(1 << PARTN_BITS, - pcibus_to_node(drive->hw...
aeb3f76350e78aba90653b563de6677b442d21d6
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] DVB: lgdt330x frontend: some bug fixes & add lgdt3303 support
Problem Details: This patch removes the tda9887 stuff from lgdt330x.c. It's experimental code which wasn't supposed to leak out and we don't want it in 2.6.13. Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-o...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.c index e1c71afad214..1f1cd7a8d500 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/lgdt330x.c @@ -172,38 +172,6 @@ static int lgdt330x_SwReset(struct lgdt330x_state* state) } } -...
d64d3873721cfe870d49d73c3744f06260779ce7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: Fix memory leak in sys_{send,recv}msg() w/compat
Problem Details: From: Dave Johnson <djohnson+linux-kernel@sw.starentnetworks.com> sendmsg()/recvmsg() syscalls from o32/n32 apps to a 64bit kernel will cause a kernel memory leak if iov_len > UIO_FASTIOV for each syscall! This is because both sys_sendmsg() and verify_compat_iovec() kmalloc a new iovec structure. On...
```diff diff --git a/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c b/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c index 06740582717e..d3a66ea74a7f 100644 --- a/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c +++ b/arch/sparc64/solaris/socket.c @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ #include <linux/net.h> #include <linux/compat.h> #include <net/compat.h> +#include <net/sock.h> #incl...
3501466941347f0e1992b2672affb3feb92925fd
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SUNRPC]: Fix nsec --> usec conversion.
Problem Details: We need to divide, not multiply. While we're here, use NSEC_PER_USEC instead of a magic constant. Based upon a report from Josip Loncaric and a patch by Andrew Morton. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c index 56db8f13e6cb..d0c3120d0233 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ svc_udp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp) } if (skb->stamp.tv_sec == 0) { skb->stamp.tv_sec = xtime.tv_sec; - skb->stamp.tv_usec = xt...