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392a8b7efe069564bf7ed057103b1a3f41e55734
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] IrDA: IrDA: Fix CONFIG_VIA_FIR typo (double `those')
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/Kconfig b/drivers/net/irda/Kconfig index 1c553d7efdd9..ca5914091d3a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/irda/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/irda/Kconfig @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ config VIA_FIR help Say Y here if you want to build support for the VIA VT8231 and VIA VT1211 IrDA controllers, fou...
74e8ebc55d85ca1acb3e73610965bea63cc39054
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] remove bogus hack from radeon IRQ handler
Problem Details: This removes a bogus hack from the radeon IRQ handler. There is a better fix from myself and benh in DRM CVS but I'll wait until 2.6.13-rc so it gets more testing. Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c index 5b18bee6492e..cd25f28e26a3 100644 --- a/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c +++ b/drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c @@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ static int radeon_wait_irq(drm_device_t *dev, int swi_nr) dev_priv->stats.boxes |= RADEON_BOX_WAIT_I...
0086b5ec7834b78358dea3f713275a9ae2b229ec
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: Fix nasty sleep/wakeup problem
Problem Details: Despite all the care lately in making the powermac sleep/wakeup as robust as possible, there is still a nasty related to the use of cpufreq on PMU based machines. Unfortunately, it affects paulus old powerbook so I have to fix it :) We didn't manage to understand what is precisely going on, it leads ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_cpufreq.c b/arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_cpufreq.c index 937f46df711e..5fdd4f607a40 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_cpufreq.c +++ b/arch/ppc/platforms/pmac_cpufreq.c @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static u32 frequency_gpio; static u32 slew_done_gpio; static int no_schedule; static int...
243cd55e021baf28babdd88112ac03ae5cd4bb9c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] iseries_veth: Supress spurious WARN_ON() at module unload
Problem Details: My patch from a few weeks back (now in mainline), called "Cleanup skbs to prevent unregister_netdevice() hanging", can cause our TX timeout code to fire on machines with lots of VLANs (because it takes > 2 seconds between when we stop the queues and when we're finished stopping the connections). When ...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c index 13ed8dc1e91d..55af32e9bf08 100644 --- a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c +++ b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c @@ -802,13 +802,14 @@ static void veth_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev) spin_lock_irqsave(&port->pending_gate, flags); + if (!por...
7fbdf1a23be1837b8bc5bcec096015ca99e00aa7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: add 405EP cpu_spec entry
Problem Details: Add a definition for PPC 405EP which was lost somehow during 2.4 -> 2.6 transition. Recent change to arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S ("Fix incorrect CPU_FTR fixup usage for unified caches") triggered this bug and 405EP boards don't boot anymore. Signed-off-by: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net> Signed-off-by:...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c index 17abf6cd0d90..ce2618ac8ac2 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c +++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c @@ -860,6 +860,17 @@ struct cpu_spec cpu_specs[] = { .icache_bsize = 32, .dcache_bsize = 32, }, + { /* 405EP */ + .pvr_mask =...
1e06276704c101bd1ae7b62879faaffcd7496a3e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] PCI: MSI functionality broken on Serverworks GC chipset
Problem Details: MSI functionality is broken on the GC_LE x86 chipset that Serverworks developed and that is being used in various platforms today. Broadcom is going to push out to the kernel MSI enabled Gigabit drivers (in the very near future), and we would like to make sure that MSI does not get enabled on any platf...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c index 2194669300bf..968033fd29f0 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c @@ -456,6 +456,12 @@ static void __init quirk_amd_8131_ioapic(struct pci_dev *dev) } DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMD, PCI_DEVICE_ID_AMD_8131_APIC, ...
3079ca621e9e09f4593c20a9a2f24237c355f683
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CIFS] Fix cifs update of page cache. Write at correct offset when out of memory
Problem Details: and add_to_page_cache fails. Thanks to Shaggy for pointing out the fix. Signed-off-by: Steve French (sfrench@us.ibm.com) Signed-off-by: Shaggy (shaggy@us.ibm.com)
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES index 95483baab706..dab4774ee7bb 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES +++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ kills the cifsd thread (NB: killing the cifs kernel threads is not recommended, unmount and rmmod cifs will kill them when they are no longer needed). Fix readdir...
07c6d48fd10a8eeae899e06876aa0b885a8e2a1b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2708/1: Fix hackkit CPU Frequency build faliure
Problem Details: Patch from Vincent Sanders This fixes the "multiple definitions of cpufreq_get" build faliure on the hackkit SA1100 platform. Signed-off-by: Vincent Sanders Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 0aeb5f91d11d..5eee3bcb22b5 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig" config CPU_FREQ_SA1100 bool - depends on CPU_FREQ && (SA1100_H3100 || SA1100_H3600 || SA1100_H3800 || SA1100_LART || SA...
7aa0b0d5ab5eed29a49fce55868456bca073d77e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2707/2: Fix badge4 CPU Frequency build faliure
Problem Details: Patch from Vincent Sanders This fixes the "multiple definitions of cpufreq_get" build faliure on the Badge4 SA1100 platform. Signed-off-by: Vincent Sanders Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index e787029d1978..0aeb5f91d11d 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ source "drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig" config CPU_FREQ_SA1100 bool - depends on CPU_FREQ && (SA1100_H3100 || SA1100_H3600 || SA1100_H3800 || SA1100_LART || SA...
a2a64769d0d3cc0380b4b6ecdcb781a2f790a69e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] Fix race condition in the rt_sigprocmask fastcall
Problem Details: current->blocked will be set to the value of current->thread_info->flags if the cmpxchg to update thread_info->flags fails. For performance reasons the store into current->blocked was placed in the cmpxchg loop. However, the cmpxchg overwrites the register holding the value to be stored. In the rare ca...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S index 4f3cdef75797..962b6c4e32b5 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/fsys.S @@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ EX(.fail_efault, ld8 r14=[r33]) // r14 <- *set ;; st8 [r2]=r14 // update current->blocked with new mask - cmpxchg4.acq...
12035d64565ae7ecbc7fe906e7fcc8a4a71a3789
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2706/1: Fix compile on SA-based iPAQs and remove stale CREDITS info
Problem Details: Patch from Dave Neuer This fixes the "multiple definitions of cpufreq_get" errors on StrongARM-based iPAQs. Signed-off-by: Dave Neuer Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS index 9bd099d960f3..d65ffe5a4d08 100644 --- a/CREDITS +++ b/CREDITS @@ -2475,13 +2475,9 @@ S: Potsdam, New York 13676 S: USA N: Dave Neuer -E: dneuer@innovation-charter.com -E: mr_fred_smoothie@yahoo.com +E: dave.neuer@pobox.com D: Helped implement support for Compaq's H31xx ...
4e71e47da3367e8df5994a17fb421ddeaa5025e3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: Remove zero-byte sized file
Problem Details: Remove the remaining zero byte file left over from the Xscale fixes. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/minicache.c b/arch/arm/mm/minicache.c deleted file mode 100644 index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000 ```
9f793d2c77ec5818679e4747c554d9333cecf476
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] USB: fix ub issues
Problem Details: This smoothes two imperfections: - Increase number of LUNs per device from 4 to 9. The best solution would be to remove this limit altogether, but that has to wait until the time when more than 26 hosts are allowed. - Replace mdelay with msleep in a probing routine. Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <za...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c index adc4dcc306f4..19c5e59bcfa8 100644 --- a/drivers/block/ub.c +++ b/drivers/block/ub.c @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ * This many LUNs per USB device. * Every one of them takes a host, see UB_MAX_HOSTS. */ -#define UB_MAX_LUNS 4 +#define UB_MAX_LUNS 9 /* ...
03e49d40ea3436cae0fe43708f11584130ee4a0c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] PCI Hotplug: fix CPCI reference counting bug
Problem Details: Here's a patch that fixes up the pci_dev refcounting in the CPCI code. I've done some testing against it and it seems fine here. Signed-off-by: Scott Murray <scottm@somanetworks.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c index 8132d946c384..30af105271a2 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c @@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ static void release_slot(struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot) kfr...
6952df035509717bdc46194b2a3d6ffb9349f267
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] sg traverse fix for __atapi_pio_bytes()
Problem Details: Problem: Incorrect md5sum when using ATAPI PIO mode to verify a distro CD. Root cause: sg traverse problem. In __atapi_pio_bytes(), if qc->cursg++ is increased and "goto next_page" is executed, then sg is not updated to the new qc->cursg and the old sg is overwritten with the new data. Changes: - Re...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c index 21d194c6ace3..9e58f134f68b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c @@ -2577,7 +2577,6 @@ static void __atapi_pio_bytes(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc, unsigned int bytes) next_sg: sg = &qc->sg[qc->cursg]; ...
e1dd23a0012c3929737798fda9fede0e783f4ff3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] sata_sil: Fix FIFO PCI Bus Arbitration kernel oops
Problem Details: Correct this. diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c index 238580d244e6..49ed557a4b66 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sata_sil.c @@ -432,7 +432,13 @@ static int sil_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) writeb(cls, mmio_base + SIL_FIFO_R0); writ...
ce10d979053379553757c3b178a138facaddff82
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc64: Fix PER_LINUX32 behaviour
Problem Details: This patch fixes some bugs in the ppc64 PER_LINUX32 implementation, noted by Juergen Kreileder: * uname(2) doesn't respect PER_LINUX32, it returns 'ppc64' instead of 'ppc' * Child processes of a PER_LINUX32 process don't inherit PER_LINUX32 Along the way I took the opportunity to move things around s...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S index b944717c1dbd..e3c73b3425dc 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S +++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ _GLOBAL(sys_call_table32) .llong .compat_sys_newstat .llong .compat_sys_newlstat .llong .compat_sys_newfstat - .llong ....
05062d96a23ec0959ee5ea969f40813170c73c0e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ia64: fix floating-point preemption problem
Problem Details: There've been reports of problems with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y and the high floating point partition. This is caused by the possibility of preemption and rescheduling on a different processor while saving or restioirng the high partition. The only places where the FPU state is touched are in ptrace, in swit...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c index 08c8a5eb25ab..575a8f657b31 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -635,11 +635,17 @@ ia64_flush_fph (struct task_struct *task) { struct ia64_psr *psr = ia64_psr(ia64_task_regs(task)); + /* + * Preve...
beb9e1c3f32a0f878765c7c1142f91083739c5bd
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: add 405EP cpu_spec entry
Problem Details: Add a definition for PPC 405EP which was lost somehow during 2.4 -> 2.6 transition. Recent change to arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S ("Fix incorrect CPU_FTR fixup usage for unified caches") triggered this bug and 405EP boards don't boot anymore. Signed-off-by: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net> Signed-off-by:...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c index d44b7dc5390a..17abf6cd0d90 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c +++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c @@ -849,6 +849,17 @@ struct cpu_spec cpu_specs[] = { .icache_bsize = 32, .dcache_bsize = 32, }, + { /* 405EP */ + .pvr_mask =...
501cb02b431fb88c7f157c46c8b54de59d1dd463
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] uml: fix strace -f
Problem Details: It turns out that we need to check for pending signals when a newly forked process is run for the first time. With strace -f, strace needs to know about the forked process before it gets going. If it doesn't, then it ptraces some bogus values into its registers, and the process segfaults. So, I adde...
```diff diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c index ab5d3271da0b..fc71ef295782 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c @@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ void new_thread_handler(int sig) * 0 if it just exits */ n = run_kernel_thread...
da00d9a5466558ccd9e7b7d04b13d7cb9160c876
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] uml: compile fixes for gcc 4
Problem Details: This is a bunch of compile fixes provoked by building UML with gcc 4. There are a bunch of signedness mismatches, a couple of uninitialized references, and a botched C99 structure initialization which had somehow gone unnoticed. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Gi...
```diff diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c index 583b8e137c33..96f3a477c95e 100644 --- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c +++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int winch_tramp(int fd, struct tty_struct *tty, int *fd_out) printk("winch_tramp : failed to read synch...
3df59529ad1045da61698bb5dd8ebaa547aeb46f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] uml: make the emulated iomem driver work on 2.6
Problem Details: This makes the minimal fixes needed to make the UML iomem driver work in 2.6. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig_char b/arch/um/Kconfig_char index 3e50fdb67626..62d87b71179b 100644 --- a/arch/um/Kconfig_char +++ b/arch/um/Kconfig_char @@ -204,5 +204,11 @@ config UML_RANDOM http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/). rngd periodically reads /dev/hwrng and injects the entropy into /dev/rando...
98e56405521b74b4826f855d45ef7859f34548ff
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PKT_SCHED]: Fix numeric comparison in meta ematch
Problem Details: This patch is brought to you by the department of applied stupidity. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c index ed2a46cbb67f..48bb23c2a35a 100644 --- a/net/sched/em_meta.c +++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c @@ -639,9 +639,9 @@ static int meta_int_compare(struct meta_obj *a, struct meta_obj *b) /* Let gcc optimize it, the unlikely is not really based on * some numbe...
b824979aeccbfd997e6e5dbe75c47d586b5a2923
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PKT_SCHED]: Fix typo in NET_EMATCH_STACK help text
Problem Details: Spotted by Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/sched/Kconfig b/net/sched/Kconfig index b0941186f867..b22c9beb604d 100644 --- a/net/sched/Kconfig +++ b/net/sched/Kconfig @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ config NET_EMATCH_STACK ---help--- Size of the local stack variable used while evaluating the tree of ematches. Limits the depth of the tree, i...
e3876605450979fe52a1a03e7eb78a89bf59e76a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: Fix sysctl net.core.dev_weight
Problem Details: Changing the sysctl net.core.dev_weight has no effect because the weight of the backlog devices is set during initialization and never changed. This patch propagates any changes to the global value affected by sysctl to the per-cpu devices. It is done every time the packet handler function is run. Si...
```diff diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index f15a3ffff635..ab935778ce81 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1744,6 +1744,7 @@ static int process_backlog(struct net_device *backlog_dev, int *budget) struct softnet_data *queue = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data); unsigned long start_time = j...
6d1cfbab4de64f2d0c5b0f81177ade0d75b69288
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TG3]: Fix 5700/5701 DMA corruption on Apple G4.
Problem Details: Fix 5700/5701 DMA write corruption on Apple G4 by detecting the Apple UniNorth PCI 1.5 chipset and adjusting the DMA write boundary to 16. DMA test fails to detect the problem with this chipset. Thanks to Manuel Perez Ayala for reporting the problem and helping to debug it. Signed-off-by: Michael Cha...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c index e944aac258e3..77337c3b4285 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tg3.c +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c @@ -9695,10 +9695,24 @@ static int __devinit tg3_test_dma(struct tg3 *tp) } if ((tp->dma_rwctrl & DMA_RWCTRL_WRITE_BNDRY_MASK) != DMA_RWCTRL_WRITE_BNDRY_16) { + s...
70aa488cff83c965c9e1850f48d82b000d0d6c1c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] Extract correct break number for break.b
Problem Details: break.b does not store the break number in cr.iim, instead it stores 0, which makes all break.b instructions look like BUG(). Extract the break number from the instruction itself. Signed-off-by: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c index e82ad78081b3..9bad6652d531 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c @@ -111,6 +111,24 @@ ia64_bad_break (unsigned long break_num, struct pt_regs *regs) siginfo_t siginfo; int sig, code; + /* break.b always s...
aeabbbbe126f3d5e61e2db07629443cd10932bb2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2705/1: fix writesw for misaligned source pointer
Problem Details: Patch from Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/io-writesw-armv4.S b/arch/arm/lib/io-writesw-armv4.S index 6d1d7c27806e..5e240e452af6 100644 --- a/arch/arm/lib/io-writesw-armv4.S +++ b/arch/arm/lib/io-writesw-armv4.S @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ ENTRY(__raw_writesw) subs r2, r2, #2 orr ip, ip, r3, push_hbyte1 strh ip, [r0] - bpl 2b +...
ad597bd518559f59ede8d01262cdf4467e13282e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] Fill holes in FIXADDR_USER space with zero pages.
Problem Details: This fixes an oops reported by Jason Baron. Signed-off-by: David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c index 547785e3cba2..4eb2f52b87a1 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/ia64/mm/init.c @@ -305,8 +305,9 @@ setup_gate (void) struct page *page; /* - * Map the gate page twice: once read-only to export the ELF headers etc. and once - * execute-o...
358c6ac0dd4ffa5e44d59d4008a2627aa2f02b6f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc64 kprobes: don't eat dabr/iabr exceptions
Problem Details: Kprobes was eating the hardware instruction and data address breakpoint exceptions. This patch fixes it; kprobes doesn't use those exceptions at all and should ignore them. Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <amavin@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Li...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c index 103daaf73573..5a9f47b18c45 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c +++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/kprobes.c @@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ int kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long val, */ preempt_disable(); switch ...
f8f98a9335db4a7d6285b785180fad720bf22864
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: Fix Xscale copy_page implementation
Problem Details: The ARM copypage changes in 2.6.12-rc4-git1 removed the preempt locking from the copypage functions which broke the XScale implementation. This patch fixes the locking on XScale and removes the now unneeded minicache code. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Checked-by: Richard Purdie
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig index 48bac7da8c70..ade0e2222f59 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig @@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ config CPU_SA1100 select CPU_CACHE_V4WB select CPU_CACHE_VIVT select CPU_TLB_V4WB - select CPU_MINICACHE # XScale config CPU_XSCALE @@ ...
1d6757fbff5bc86e94e59ab0d7bdd7e71351d839
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] NFS: Fix lookup intent handling
Problem Details: We should never apply a lookup intent to anything other than the last path component in an open(), create() or access() call. Introduce the helper nfs_lookup_check_intent() which always returns zero if LOOKUP_CONTINUE or LOOKUP_PARENT are set, and returns the intent flags if we're on the last componen...
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c index 73f96acd5d37..ff6155f5e8d9 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -528,19 +528,39 @@ static inline void nfs_renew_times(struct dentry * dentry) dentry->d_time = jiffies; } +/* + * Return the intent data that applies to this particular path component +...
ad95d6098dd1e94a09d2a1fdf39fd8281fcd8958
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: add 405EP cpu_spec entry
Problem Details: Add a definition for PPC 405EP which was lost somehow during 2.4 -> 2.6 transition. Recent change to arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S ("Fix incorrect CPU_FTR fixup usage for unified caches") triggered this bug and 405EP boards don't boot anymore. Signed-off-by: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net> Signed-off-by:...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c index 8aa5e8c69009..d44b7dc5390a 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c +++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/cputable.c @@ -838,6 +838,17 @@ struct cpu_spec cpu_specs[] = { .icache_bsize = 32, .dcache_bsize = 32, }, + { /* 405EP */ + .pvr_mask =...
eda9937656e0b9879ca521140fe61cbc9788c398
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] send_IPI_mask_sequence() warning fix
Problem Details: In file included from arch/i386/kernel/smp.c:235: include/asm-i386/mach-numaq/mach_ipi.h:4: warning: `send_IPI_mask_sequence' declared inline after its definition Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-i386/mach-numaq/mach_ipi.h b/include/asm-i386/mach-numaq/mach_ipi.h index 1b46fd3f2ae3..c6044488e9e6 100644 --- a/include/asm-i386/mach-numaq/mach_ipi.h +++ b/include/asm-i386/mach-numaq/mach_ipi.h @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ #ifndef __ASM_MACH_IPI_H #define __ASM_MACH_IPI_H -inline void send_I...
66bb8bf8b235ba4d37fda14375827864977c6a3e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] Replace check_bridge_mode() with (bridge->mode & AGSTAT_MODE_3_0).
Problem Details: [AGPGART] Replace check_bridge_mode() with (bridge->mode & AGSTAT_MODE_3_0). As mentioned earlier, the current check_bridge_mode() code assumes that AGP bridges are PCI devices. This isn't always true. Definitely not for HP zx1 chipset and the same seems to be the case for SGI's AGP bridge. The pat...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c index d62505b5d25a..f0079e991bdc 100644 --- a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c +++ b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c @@ -295,19 +295,6 @@ int agp_num_entries(void) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(agp_num_entries); -static int check_bridge_mode(struct pci_dev *dev...
07eee78ea8ba2d0b7b20551c35a3e7dd158d50bb
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] AGP fix for Xen VMM
Problem Details: When Linux is running on the Xen virtual machine monitor, physical addresses are virtualised and cannot be directly referenced by the AGP GART. This patch fixes the GART driver for Xen by adding a layer of abstraction between physical addresses and 'GART addresses'. Architecture-specific functions ar...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/agp.h b/drivers/char/agp/agp.h index ad9c11391d81..c1fe013c64f3 100644 --- a/drivers/char/agp/agp.h +++ b/drivers/char/agp/agp.h @@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ void agp3_generic_cleanup(void); #define AGP_GENERIC_SIZES_ENTRIES 11 extern struct aper_size_info_16 agp3_generic_sizes[]; +#def...
e29b545cb153f230fbd8ff4c19bc98ab950f9f5c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] sgi-agp: fixes a problem with accessing GART memory in sgi_tioca_insert_memory and sgi_tioca_remove_memory
Problem Details: This patch fixes a problem with accessing GART memory in sgi_tioca_insert_memory and sgi_tioca_remove_memory. sgi-agp.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Mike Werner <werner@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/sgi-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/sgi-agp.c index 4b3eda267976..d3aa159c9dec 100644 --- a/drivers/char/agp/sgi-agp.c +++ b/drivers/char/agp/sgi-agp.c @@ -133,11 +133,14 @@ static int sgi_tioca_insert_memory(struct agp_memory *mem, off_t pg_start, off_t j; void *temp; struct agp_br...
9ba27794197a18168b99ccecfb7b799f18b64426
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [TG3] Fix link failure in 5701
Problem Details: On some 5701 devices with older bootcode, the LED configuration bits in SRAM may be invalid with value zero. The fix is to check for invalid bits (0) and default to PHY 1 mode. Incorrect LED mode will lead to error in programming the PHY. Thanks to Grant Grundler for debugging the problem. >From Gran...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c index d20501339305..6315564d2dc0 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tg3.c +++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c @@ -8560,6 +8560,16 @@ static void __devinit tg3_get_eeprom_hw_cfg(struct tg3 *tp) case NIC_SRAM_DATA_CFG_LED_MODE_MAC: tp->led_ctrl = LED_CTRL_MODE_MAC; + + /* D...
8f5bb0438b86d1a5393176ceeec2836fd469edf8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] binfmt_flat mmap flag fix
Problem Details: Make sure that binfmt_flat passes the correct flags into do_mmap(). nommu's validate_mmap_request() will simple return -EINVAL if we try and pass it a flags value of zero. Signed-off-by: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torv...
```diff diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c index f0cd67d9d31b..c8998dc66882 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm, DBG_FLT("BINFMT_FLAT: ROM mapping of file (we hope)\n"); down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem); - ...
d671a1cbf7c7a5c5562106d39eb7f830ae5273ae
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (19/19)
Problem Details: __do_follow_link() passes potentially worng vfsmount to touch_atime(). It matters only in (currently impossible) case of symlink mounted on something, but it's trivial to fix and that actually makes more sense. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Mort...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 5af7681e8ea3..a7f7f44119b3 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd) int error; struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry; - touch_atime(nd->mnt, dentry); + touch_atime(path...
634ee7017b31e46e28c0bd2cb488213331bfd39a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (18/19)
Problem Details: Cosmetical cleanups - __follow_mount() calls in __link_path_walk() absorbed into do_lookup(). Obviously equivalent transformation. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 36925ff307b3..5af7681e8ea3 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name, done: path->mnt = mnt; path->dentry = dentry; + __follow_mount(path); return 0; need_lookup: @@ -789,8 +790,6...
58c465eba4d7ed307c4c7cb3382ba7ee565e8858
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (17/19)
Problem Details: follow_mount() made void, reordered dput()/mntput() in it. follow_dotdot() switched from struct vfmount ** + struct dentry ** to struct nameidata *; callers updated. Equivalent transformation + fix for too-early-mntput() race. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-of...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 444086d441e1..36925ff307b3 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -596,20 +596,17 @@ static int __follow_mount(struct path *path) return res; } -static int follow_mount(struct vfsmount **mnt, struct dentry **dentry) +static void follow_mount(struct vfsmount *...
39ca6d49759346d4710c759d443eec8048b27213
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (16/19)
Problem Details: Conditional mntput() moved into __do_follow_link(). There it collapses with unconditional mntget() on the same sucker, closing another too-early-mntput() race. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <t...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 6a884682b0a7..444086d441e1 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ static inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd) touch_atime(nd->mnt, dentry); nd_set_link(nd, NULL); - mntget(path->mnt); + if (path->mnt == nd->mn...
d9d29a29669f96903d9950bb881c2a393fd33849
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (15/19)
Problem Details: Getting rid of sloppy logics: a) in do_follow_link() we have the wrong vfsmount dropped if our symlink had been mounted on something. Currently it worls only because we never get such situation (modulo filesystem playing dirty tricks on us). And it obfuscates already convoluted logics... b) same go...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 411bb3243c36..6a884682b0a7 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -544,15 +544,15 @@ static inline int do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd) current->total_link_count++; nd->depth++; if (path->mnt != nd->mnt) - mntput(nd->mnt); + mntput(p...
4b7b9772e4c3d87e649d4c419d2487aacf1235aa
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (14/19)
Problem Details: shifted conditional mntput() into do_follow_link() - all callers were doing the same thing. Obviously equivalent transformation. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 5153f57ee6b3..411bb3243c36 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -543,11 +543,15 @@ static inline int do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd) current->link_count++; current->total_link_count++; nd->depth++; + if (path->mnt != nd->mnt) + mnt...
ba7a4c1a76f56c607560f1676680ff491747bdae
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (13/19)
Problem Details: In open_namei() exit_dput: we have mntput() done in the wrong order - if nd->mnt != path.mnt we end up doing mntput(nd->mnt); nd->mnt = path.mnt; dput(nd->dentry); mntput(nd->mnt); which drops nd->dentry too late. Fixed by having path.mnt go first. That allows to switch O_NOFOLLOW under if (__foll...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 37fcf941fa3f..5153f57ee6b3 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1501,11 +1501,8 @@ do_last: if (__follow_mount(&path)) { error = -ELOOP; - if (flag & O_NOFOLLOW) { - dput(path.dentry); - mntput(path.mnt); - goto exit; - } + if (flag & O_NOFOLLOW...
a15a3f6fc67d910f43098acec6e19d25a37d7cb9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (12/19)
Problem Details: In open_namei() we take mntput(nd->mnt);nd->mnt=path.mnt; out of the if (__follow_mount(...)), making it conditional on nd->mnt != path.mnt instead. Then we shift the result downstream. Equivalent transformations. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew ...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 907a3f2b4c9c..37fcf941fa3f 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1506,8 +1506,6 @@ do_last: mntput(path.mnt); goto exit; } - mntput(nd->mnt); - nd->mnt = path.mnt; } error = -ENOENT; if (!path.dentry->d_inode) @@ -1517,6 +1515,9 @@ do_last: ...
2f12dbfbb6286c725c283a169f8f05e89a86848b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (11/19)
Problem Details: shifted conditional mntput() calls in __link_path_walk() downstream. Obviously equivalent transformation. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 935b08d8dcd8..907a3f2b4c9c 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -791,8 +791,6 @@ static fastcall int __link_path_walk(const char * name, struct nameidata *nd) break; /* Check mountpoints.. */ __follow_mount(&next); - if (nd->mnt != next.mnt) - mntpu...
e13b210f6f7bdc44dfee0a9bbd633a32db0d6333
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (10/19)
Problem Details: In open_namei(), __follow_down() loop turned into __follow_mount(). Instead of if we are on a mountpoint dentry if O_NOFOLLOW checks fail drop path.dentry drop nd return do equivalent of follow_mount(&path.mnt, &path.dentry) nd->mnt = path.mnt we do if __follow_mount(path) had, indeed,...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 23a1ad467976..935b08d8dcd8 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -612,26 +612,21 @@ static int follow_mount(struct vfsmount **mnt, struct dentry **dentry) /* no need for dcache_lock, as serialization is taken care in * namespace.c */ -static inline int __fol...
463ffb2e9d39c2a3fd8c3c1d4a34e01f2078f972
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (9/19)
Problem Details: New helper: __follow_mount(struct path *path). Same as follow_mount(), except that we do *not* do mntput() after the first lookup_mnt(). IOW, original path->mnt stays pinned down. We also take care to do dput() before mntput() in the loop body (follow_mount() also needs that reordering, but that wil...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 3d08478d3130..23a1ad467976 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -576,6 +576,23 @@ int follow_up(struct vfsmount **mnt, struct dentry **dentry) /* no need for dcache_lock, as serialization is taken care in * namespace.c */ +static int __follow_mount(struct p...
d671d5e51400aab03c713a16ce3545aa81ad7b1c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (8/19)
Problem Details: In open_namei() we never use path.mnt or path.dentry after exit: or ok:. Assignment of path.dentry in case of LAST_BIND is dead code and only obfuscates already convoluted function; assignment of path.mnt after __do_follow_link() can be moved down to the place where we set path.dentry. Obviously equiv...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 18ea0606145e..3d08478d3130 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1526,14 +1526,11 @@ do_link: if (error) goto exit_dput; error = __do_follow_link(&path, nd); - path.mnt = nd->mnt; if (error) return error; nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT; - if (nd->last...
cd4e91d3bca8d5527289f5984cf32e9fe6fb8293
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (7/19)
Problem Details: The first argument of __do_follow_link() switched to struct path * (__do_follow_link(path->dentry, ...) -> __do_follow_link(path, ...)). All callers have the same calls of mntget() right before and dput()/mntput() right after __do_follow_link(); these calls have been moved inside. Obviously equivalen...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 519900d83bcb..18ea0606145e 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -498,12 +498,15 @@ struct path { struct dentry *dentry; }; -static inline int __do_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) +static inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path...
839d9f93c9f1623fb37234d464d739617879d97e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (6/19)
Problem Details: mntget(path->mnt) in do_follow_link() moved down to right before the __do_follow_link() call and rigth after loop: resp. dput()+mntput() on non-ELOOP branch moved up to right after __do_follow_link() call. resulting loop: mntget(path->mnt); path_release(nd); dput(path->mnt); mntput(path->mnt); re...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 020fb8c8d1cd..519900d83bcb 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ static inline int __do_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) static inline int do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd) { int err = -ELOOP; - m...
1be4a0900be5d2c2fd9cd012e3a153e1ea47b96a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (5/19)
Problem Details: fix for too early mntput() in open_namei() - we pin path.mnt down for the duration of __do_follow_link(). Otherwise we could get the fs where our symlink lived unmounted while we were in __do_follow_link(). That would end up with dentry of symlink staying pinned down through the fs shutdown. Signed-...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index e42f7c35545a..020fb8c8d1cd 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1524,8 +1524,10 @@ do_link: error = security_inode_follow_link(path.dentry, nd); if (error) goto exit_dput; + mntget(path.mnt); error = __do_follow_link(path.dentry, nd); dput(path.dentr...
d73ffe16b8baafae6e9249acee6b50c24099c6de
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (4/19)
Problem Details: path.mnt in open_namei() set to mirror nd->mnt. nd->mnt is set in 3 places in that function - path_lookup() in the beginning, __follow_down() loop after do_last: and __do_follow_link() call after do_link:. We set path.mnt to nd->mnt after path_lookup() and __do_follow_link(). In __follow_down() loop...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 167f19b5e51a..e42f7c35545a 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1442,6 +1442,7 @@ int open_namei(const char * pathname, int flag, int mode, struct nameidata *nd) nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT; down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem); path.dentry = __lookup_hash(&nd->las...
4e7506e4dd9e40c189fcbec95d5dbc92f2e5926a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (3/19)
Problem Details: Replaced struct dentry *dentry in namei with struct path path. All uses of dentry replaced with path.dentry there. Obviously equivalent transformation. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 12d75ed214f6..167f19b5e51a 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ int may_open(struct nameidata *nd, int acc_mode, int flag) int open_namei(const char * pathname, int flag, int mode, struct nameidata *nd) { int acc_mode, error = 0; - struct ...
5f92b3bcec0fa2e2d775b589850097f9dc6b2de2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes (2/19)
Problem Details: All callers of do_follow_link() do mntget() right before it and dput()+mntput() right after. These calls are moved inside do_follow_link() now. Obviously equivalent transformation. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index abeec34e7553..12d75ed214f6 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ static inline int __do_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) static inline int do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd) { int err = -ELOOP; + m...
90ebe5654febe3555a2516d51d3d251226d35fdb
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] namei fixes
Problem Details: OK, here comes a patch series that hopefully should close all too-early-mntput() races in fs/namei.c. Entire area is convoluted as hell, so I'm splitting that series into _very_ small chunks. Patches alread in the tree close only (very wide) races in following symlinks (see "busy inodes after umount"...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index dd78f01b6de8..abeec34e7553 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -493,6 +493,11 @@ fail: return PTR_ERR(link); } +struct path { + struct vfsmount *mnt; + struct dentry *dentry; +}; + static inline int __do_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata...
4481e8eea761857367162b0957277d5524fbea63
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: Fix incorrect CPU_FTR fixup usage for unified caches
Problem Details: Runtime feature support for unified caches was testing a userland feature flag (PPC_FEATURE_UNIFIED_CACHE) instead of a cpu feature flag (CPU_FTR_SPLIT_ID_CACHE). Luckily the current defined bit mask for cpu features and userland features do not overlap so this only causes an issue on machines with a ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S b/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S index e4f1615ec13f..7329ef177a18 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S +++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ _GLOBAL(flush_instruction_cache) _GLOBAL(flush_icache_range) BEGIN_FTR_SECTION blr /* for 601, do nothing */ -END_FTR_SECTION_...
8e2894e51d6407e47226a60c0d19bf384642c55a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] h8300 build error fix
Problem Details: h8300 was missing a few definitions. Signed-off-by: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-h8300/kmap_types.h b/include/asm-h8300/kmap_types.h index 82431edeb2a1..1ec8a3427120 100644 --- a/include/asm-h8300/kmap_types.h +++ b/include/asm-h8300/kmap_types.h @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -#ifndef _ASM_KMAP_TYPES_H -#define _ASM_KMAP_TYPES_H +#ifndef _ASM_H8300_KMAP_TYPES_H +#define _ASM_H830...
e5119885f00874453e837e3407014b73de2f4741
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: wacom - fix formatting in accordance to CodingStyle
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c b/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c index 60df242ba67f..f6b34af66b3d 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c +++ b/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c @@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ static void wacom_pl_irq(struct urb *urb, struct pt_regs *regs) if (!wacom->tool[0]) { /* Going into proximity sel...
b2f86369e3e999a70f98e2a812aa5ec1b3c7bd0b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: Wacom driver update
Problem Details: - add support for Cintiq 21UX - fix a Graphire bug - merge wacom_intuos3_irq into wacom_intuos_irq Signed-off-by: Ping Cheng <pingc@wacom.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c b/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c index e37d31b57b23..60df242ba67f 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c +++ b/drivers/usb/input/wacom.c @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ * Copyright (c) 2000 Daniel Egger <egger@suse.de> * Copyright (c) 2001 Frederic Lepied <flepied@mandrakesoft.com> *...
f26d583e41aedad8159acf9533fa287d7209dfbf
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] s390: deadlock in appldata
Problem Details: The system might hang when using appldata_mem with high I/O traffic and a large number of devices. The spinlocks bdev_lock and swaplock are acquired via calls to si_meminfo() and si_swapinfo() from a tasklet, i.e. interrupt context, which can lead to a deadlock. Replace tasklet with work queue. Sig...
```diff diff --git a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c index 01ae1964c938..c067435bae45 100644 --- a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c +++ b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_base.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ //#include <linux/kernel_stat.h> #include <linux/notifier.h> #include <linux/cpu.h> ...
c5c3a6d8fe923b8780b9cd10e72344b8cf8518b5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] s390: uml ptrace fixes
Problem Details: To make UML build and run on s390, I needed to do these two little changes: 1) UML includes some of the subarch's (s390) headers. I had to change one of them with the following one-liner, to make this compile. AFAICS, this change doesn't break compilation of s390 itself. 2) UML needs to inte...
```diff diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c index 329d9391c83d..06afa3103ace 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -760,6 +760,13 @@ syscall_trace(struct pt_regs *regs, int entryexit) ptrace_notify(SIGTRAP | ((current->ptrace & PT_TRACESYSGOOD) ...
778959db97c7ed8eed4025916916b17a4629ce3d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] s390: ptrace peek and poke
Problem Details: The special cases of peek and poke on acrs[15] and the fpc register are not handled correctly. A poke on acrs[15] will clobber the 4 bytes after the access registers in the thread_info structure. That happens to be the kernel stack pointer. A poke on the fpc with an invalid value is not caught by th...
```diff diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c index 26889366929a..329d9391c83d 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ #include <asm/pgalloc.h> #include <asm/system.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> +#include <asm/unistd.h> #ifdef CONFIG_S390...
854715be73b221596c7127d4042e1120d4539e19
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] mpage_end_io_write() I/O error handling fix
Problem Details: When fsync() runs wait_on_page_writeback_range() it only inspects pages which are actually under I/O (PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK). If a page completed I/O prior to wait_on_page_writeback_range() looking at it, it is supposed to have recorded its I/O error state in the address_space. But mpage_mpage_end_...
```diff diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c index b92c0e64aefa..bb9aebe93862 100644 --- a/fs/mpage.c +++ b/fs/mpage.c @@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ static int mpage_end_io_write(struct bio *bio, unsigned int bytes_done, int err) if (--bvec >= bio->bi_io_vec) prefetchw(&bvec->bv_page->flags); - if (!uptodate) + if (!up...
8be3de3fd8469154a2b3e18a4712032dac5b4a53
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] prom_find_machine_type typo breaks pSeries lpar boot
Problem Details: A typo in prom_find_machine_type from Ben's recent patch "ppc64: Fix result code handling in prom_init" prevents pSeries LPAR systems from booting. Tested on a pSeries 570 and OpenPower 720 (both Power5 LPAR). Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.or...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c index 1ac531ba7056..b7683abfbe6a 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c +++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c @@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ static int __init prom_find_machine_type(void) } /* Default to pSeries. We need to know if we are r...
8775420d2fbcfff866995471ea5f6130d14d121c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2691/1: PXA27x sleep fixes take 2
Problem Details: Patch from Todd Poynor PXA27x sleep fixes: * set additional sleep/wakeup registers for Mainstone boards. * move CKEN=0 to pxa25x-specific code; that value is harmful on pxa27x. * save/restore additional registers, including some found necessary for C5 processors and/or newer blob versions. * enable fu...
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mainstone.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mainstone.c index 3f952237ae3d..6823ae28ae6a 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mainstone.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/mainstone.c @@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ static void __init mainstone_map_io(void) PWER = 0xC0000002; PRER = 0x00000002; PFER = 0x000000...
105bb2698b54a838165947199f1c8be5c2e7d9bb
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2694/1: [s3c2410/dma] release irq properly to fix kernel oops
Problem Details: Patch from Albrecht Dre Problem: When a module requests a DMA channel via the function s3c2410_dma_request(), this function requests the appropriate irq under the name of the client module. When the client module is unloaded, it calls s3c2410_dma_free() which does not free the irq. Consequently, when ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/dma.c index bc229fab86d4..c7c28890d406 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/dma.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/dma.c @@ -785,6 +785,10 @@ int s3c2410_dma_free(dmach_t channel, s3c2410_dma_client_t *client) chan->client = NULL; chan->in_use = 0; ...
4ab5c01c7cc28f29d5cf5f2a591cb6f7bbece48e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ARM: 2692/1: Fix compile warnings in include/asm-arm/arch-ixp2000/io.h
Problem Details: Patch from Deepak Saxena This patch fixes the following warnings: include/asm/arch/io.h: In function `insw': include/asm/arch/io.h:78: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks acast include/asm/arch/io.h:79: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks acast include/asm/arch/io.h: In...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp2000/io.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp2000/io.h index a8e3c2daefd6..083462668e18 100644 --- a/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp2000/io.h +++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp2000/io.h @@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static inline void insw(u32 ptr, void *buf, int length) * Is this cycle meant for the CS...
ff89bf3bc0534aa03b5375aa906544d96911bad4
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] fix setting of sn_hub_info->shub_1_1_found
Problem Details: Fix a bug in which shub_1_1_found is not being properly initialized or set, resulting in the improper setting of sn_hub_info->shub_1_1_found. Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c index e64cb8175f7a..44bfc7f318cb 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/setup.c @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void __init early_sn_setup(void) extern int platform_intr_list[]; extern nasid_t master_nasid; -static int sh...
72e3148a6e987974e3e949c5668e5ca812d7c818
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: JFS: Fix compiler warning in jfs_logmgr.c
Problem Details: fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c: In function `jfs_flush_journal': fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c:1632: warning: unused variable `mp' Some debug code in jfs_flush_journal does nothing when CONFIG_JFS_DEBUG is not defined. Place the whole code segment within an ifdef to avoid unnecessary code to be compiled and the warning t...
```diff diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c index c5cc03bcae69..7c8387ed4192 100644 --- a/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c +++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_logmgr.c @@ -1617,6 +1617,8 @@ void jfs_flush_journal(struct jfs_log *log, int wait) } } assert(list_empty(&log->cqueue)); + +#ifdef CONFIG_JFS_DEBUG if (!list_empty...
597487b9ba875785f3ee9bd541073e9edd2e700a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] fix aic7xxx coupled parameter problem
Problem Details: For setting coupled parameters, we need to be comparing against the goal settings, not the current ones. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c index 57d22c4f0081..34e486aba46b 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c @@ -2552,9 +2552,9 @@ static void ahc_linux_set_period(struct scsi_target *starget, int period) ...
521314c122ea0cd58e5184443b8cc28f82ee2136
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] sg: Command completion after remove oops
Problem Details: A problem exists todayin the sg driver that if an SG_IO request is outstanding to a device when it is removed from the system. The system may oops if that command completes later in time. 1. sg_remove gets called 2. sg_remove calls sg_finish_req_req on all pending requests This removes the Sg_reque...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c index 7936aafc3d05..3d1d7bff38ed 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c @@ -2472,6 +2472,8 @@ sg_remove_request(Sg_fd * sfp, Sg_request * srp) if ((!sfp) || (!srp) || (!sfp->headrp)) return res; write_lock_irqsave(&sfp->rq_list_lock, ifla...
b05a720b374ac6af05b2fd4c70bb2c61a9f461ca
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] m68knommu: fix scheduling and race problems in idle loop
Problem Details: Re-work the m68knommu specific idle code according to suggestions from Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>. A couple of rules that we need to follow: 1. Preempt should now disabled over idle routines. Should only be enabled to call schedule() then disabled again. 3. When cpu_idle finds (need_resch...
```diff diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c index 2b6c9d32b7a6..c4a33f265dc0 100644 --- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c @@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void); */ void default_idle(void) { - while(1) { - if (need_re...
c92715b3c22e94105a8fd9e4a23047d05c5077e7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] fix slab corruption during ipr probe
Problem Details: With CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y I see slab corruption messages during boot on pSeries machines with IPR adapters with any 2.6.12-rc kernel. The change which seems to have introduced the problem is "SCSI: revamp target scanning routines" and may be found at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bk-commits-head&m=1...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c index cca772624ae7..8d0d302844a1 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c @@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ struct scsi_device *__scsi_add_device(struct Scsi_Host *shost, uint channel, if (!starget) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); ...
18e144d32cd3dae6953c385e4b376ef9688b61b0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] qla2xxx: fix bad locking during eh_abort
Problem Details: Correct incorrect locking order in qla2xxx_eh_abort() handler which would case a hang during certain code-paths. With extra pieces to fix the irq state in the locks. Signed-off-by: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c index 579448222d69..3c97aa45772d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c @@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ qla2xxx_eh_abort(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd) int ret, i; unsigned int id, lun; unsigned long serial; + u...
36358c21423d58dde90aedde2b8517192c4092f4
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CIFS] fs/cifs/netmisc.c: fix sparse warning
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c index a92af41d4411..873b812c0f40 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c +++ b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c @@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ static const struct smb_to_posix_error mapping_table_ERRHRD[] = { int cifs_inet_pton(int address_family, char *cp,void *dst) { - struct in_addr addres...
5ba0eac6e0b7e2889649a1105d97c600595e2bb1
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: Fix HH_DATA_OFF.
Problem Details: When the hardware header size is a multiple of HH_DATA_MOD, HH_DATA_OFF() incorrectly returns HH_DATA_MOD (instead of 0). This affects ieee80211 layer as 802.11 header is 32 bytes long. Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 470af8c1a4a0..ba5d1236aa17 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ struct hh_cache /* cached hardware header; allow for machine alignment needs. */ #define HH_DATA_MOD 16 #defin...
b597ef4712c05c962640a655386a7f06cc1a1fbc
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [NET]: Fix locking in shaper driver.
Problem Details: o use a semaphore instead of an opencoded and racy lock o move locking out of shaper_kick and into the callers - most just released the lock before calling shaper_kick o remove in_interrupt() tests. from ->close we can always block, from ->hard_start_xmit and timer context never Signed-off-by...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/shaper.c b/drivers/net/shaper.c index e68cf5fb4920..20edeb345792 100644 --- a/drivers/net/shaper.c +++ b/drivers/net/shaper.c @@ -100,35 +100,8 @@ static int sh_debug; /* Debug flag */ #define SHAPER_BANNER "CymruNet Traffic Shaper BETA 0.04 for Linux 2.1\n" -/* - * Locking - */ -...
decc6d0b68f27bbb8a0357fccf41936a3c196b03
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: libata: kernel-doc warning fixes
Problem Details:
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c index 86e84ed87bee..a5d7c33a434d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c @@ -3359,7 +3359,7 @@ void ata_bmdma_setup(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc) /** * ata_bmdma_irq_clear - Clear PCI IDE BMDMA interrupt. - *...
d0d2f2df65ddea9a30ddd117f769bfff65d3fc56
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CIFS] Update cifs version number and fix whitespace
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Steve French (sfrench@us.ibm.com)
```diff diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h index d00b3bfe1a52..78af5850c558 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.h @@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ extern ssize_t cifs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t); extern ssize_t cifs_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t); extern int cifs_...
0fd56f67890acf7904c83e7de6cb71723eb1c962
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp.c: cleanups
Problem Details: The times when tricky goto's produced better codes are long gone. This patch should express the same in a better way. (Also fixes the final gcc-4.0 x86 compile error) Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-o...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp.c index 1c563f905a59..a7f15d9f13e5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp.c +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_epp.c @@ -374,29 +374,6 @@ static inline void do_kiss_params(struct baycom_state *bc, } /* --------------------...
7e3b11a9be6ac94bf4af81757b6a10e7e65b846f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ext3: fix list scanning in __cleanup_transaction
Problem Details: Fix a bug in list scanning that can cause us to skip the last buffer on the checkpoint list (and hence fail to do any progress under some rather unfavorable conditions). The problem is we first do jh=next_jh and then test } while (jh!=last_jh); Hence we skip the last buffer on the list (if it was n...
```diff diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c index 58133ab9457e..5a97e346bd95 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c +++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c @@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static int __cleanup_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transaction) } else { jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh); } - jh = next_jh; ...
00ea81459c279f14a7b344320a71c94f60f88929
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ext3: fix log_do_checkpoint() assertion failure
Problem Details: Fix possible false assertion failure in log_do_checkpoint(). We might fail to detect that we actually made a progress when cleaning up the checkpoint lists if we don't retry after writing something to disk. The patch was confirmed to fix observed assertion failures for several users. When we flushed...
```diff diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c index 98d830401c56..58133ab9457e 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c +++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c @@ -339,8 +339,10 @@ int log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal) } } while (jh != last_jh && !retry); - if (batch_count) + if (batch_count) { __flush_ba...
3087e1ff8d64da7b6b527e89d0c0864ab36294b8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ATM]: fix ATM makefile for out-of-source-tree builds
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/atm/Makefile b/drivers/atm/Makefile index d1dcd8eae3c9..5b77188527a9 100644 --- a/drivers/atm/Makefile +++ b/drivers/atm/Makefile @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ATM_FORE200E_PCA),y) fore_200e-objs += fore200e_pca_fw.o # guess the target endianess to choose the right PCA-200E firmwa...
c2731509cfb538b9b38feaf657fab2334ea45253
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: JFS: kernel BUG at fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c:859
Problem Details: add_missing_indices() must set tlck->type to tlckBTROOT when modifying a root btree root to avoid a trap in txRelease() Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com>
```diff diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c index ac41f72d6d50..8676aee3ae48 100644 --- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c +++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c @@ -2931,6 +2931,9 @@ static void add_missing_indices(struct inode *inode, s64 bn) ASSERT(p->header.flag & BT_LEAF); tlck = txLock(tid, inode, mp, tlckDTREE | tlck...
1e86d1c648508fd50e6c9960576b87906a7906ad
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc64: Fix result code handling in prom_init
Problem Details: prom_init(), the trampoline code that "talks" to Open Firmware during early boot, has various issues with managing OF result codes. Some of my recent fixups in fact made the problem worse on some platforms. This patch reworks it all. Tested on g5, Maple, POWER3 and POWER5. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Her...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c index 3de950de3671..1ac531ba7056 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c +++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c @@ -211,13 +211,23 @@ struct { */ #define ADDR(x) (u32) ((unsigned long)(x) - offset) +/* + * Error results ... some OF...
4bcff1b37e7c3aed914d1ce5b45994adc7dbf455
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: AUDIT: Fix user pointer deref thinko in sys_socketcall().
Problem Details: I cunningly put the audit call immediately after the copy_from_user().... but used the _userspace_ copy of the args still. Let's not do that. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
```diff diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c index 6b7c3b51a7c1..38729af09461 100644 --- a/net/socket.c +++ b/net/socket.c @@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_socketcall(int call, unsigned long __user *args) if (copy_from_user(a, args, nargs[call])) return -EFAULT; - err = audit_socketcall(nargs[call]/...
d8caebd285a084ee1e4d484ce597865228614067
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] fix compilation warning in sys32_epoll_wait()
Problem Details: This gets rid of an unused variable `error' in sys_ia32.c:sys32_epoll_wait() Getting rid of this one makes parsing the output of the kernecomp autobuild easier --- searching for `Error' to find a problem kept hitting this one, even though it's only a warning. Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c index 247a21c64aea..c1e20d65dd6c 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c +++ b/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c @@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ sys32_epoll_wait(int epfd, struct epoll_event32 __user * events, int maxevents, { struct epoll_event *events64 = NUL...
f93ea2349832c040bdf66dc7495aa87bfe3394b8
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc32: Apple device-tree bug fix
Problem Details: This is the ppc32 patch equivalent to the just posted ppc64 one working around a bug in Apple device-trees regarding the "cpus" nodes. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc/syslib/prom_init.c b/arch/ppc/syslib/prom_init.c index 2cee87137f2e..7f15136830f4 100644 --- a/arch/ppc/syslib/prom_init.c +++ b/arch/ppc/syslib/prom_init.c @@ -626,8 +626,18 @@ inspect_node(phandle node, struct device_node *dad, l = call_prom("package-to-path", 3, 1, node, mem_...
44e4665cc9d856d15f04a012c78e4ab48f71290b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] ppc64: Fix a device-tree bug on Apple's
Problem Details: Apple's Open Firmware has a funny bug when creating the /cpus nodes where it leaves a dangling '\0' character in the CPU name which ends up appearing in the full path of the node. This is bogus and confuses /proc/device-tree badly. This patch strips those bogus zero's from the node full path when read...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c index bc53967a8643..3de950de3671 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c +++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom_init.c @@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ static void __init scan_dt_build_struct(phandle node, unsigned long *mem_start, { int l, align; ph...
c30b4c10d9cfe5506fd421304935d8836773c7e5
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Input: ALPS - fix forward/back buttons on Ahtec laptop.
Problem Details: I have an Ahtec laptop with a ALPS GlidePoint device, with 4 buttons. With Linux hernel 2.6.12rc4 and rc5 I'm unable to use the vertical scroll buttons (BACK and FORWARD). BACK gets detected as BTN_MIDDLE and FORWARD is undetected. I've modified the drivers/input/mouse/alps.c from 2.6.12rc5 and now i...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c index 5c9cd4a84a1c..2679a165d399 100644 --- a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c @@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ #define ALPS_DUALPOINT 0x01 #define ALPS_WHEEL 0x02 -#define ALPS_FW_BK 0x04 +#define ALPS_FW_BK_1 0x04 #define ...
dac1c1a56279b4545a822ec7bc770003c233e546
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CPUFREQ] ondemand,conservative minor bug-fix and cleanup
Problem Details: [PATCH] [1/5] ondemand,conservative minor bug-fix and cleanup Attached patch fixes some minor issues with Alexander's patch and related cleanup in both ondemand and conservative governor. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c index dd2f5b272a4d..3082a3fa5ec4 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c @@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ static struct dbs_tuners dbs_tuners_ins = { .sampling_down_factor =...
b53cc6ead046093477ec7a3354d620337101ea5b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CPUFREQ] fix up comment in cpufreq.h
Problem Details: Fix up comment in cpufreq.h stating transition latency should be passed in microseconds -- it was decided long ago to switch to nanoseconds. Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h index f21af067d015..927daa86c9b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int cpufreq_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned int list); /* Frequency values here are CPU kHz so that hardwa...
91350ed49bf3613e243c2e216228cd4ae8f32516
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CPUFREQ] Recalibrate cpu_khz [1/2]
Problem Details: We have to recalibrate cpu_khz in order to use the current FID instead the max FID since some BIOS do not put the processor at maximum frequency at POST. Also, some BIOS will change the processor frequency at our back after cpu_khz was calibrate. Finally, this will fix a long standing bug when we do ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c index 80f01b00bada..5c530064eb74 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include <linux/dmi.h> #include <asm/msr.h> +#inclu...
78ee998fd46ed4cc647ee442d2a5492f389ee27a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [CPUFREQ] cpufreq-core: reduce warning messages.
Problem Details: cpufreq core is printing out messages at KERN_WARNING level that the core recovers from without intervention, and that the system administrator can do nothing about. Patch below reduces the severity of these messages to debug. Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Mo...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index 8e561313d094..03b5fb2ddcf4 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void cpufreq_notify_transition(struct cpufreq_freqs *freqs, unsigned int state) (likely(cpufreq_cpu_data[freqs->c...
36839836e8132731e0cadddce452423036a1d5b3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IPSEC]: Fix esp_decap_data size verification in esp4.
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Edgar E Iglesias <edgar@axis.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c index 053a883247ba..eae84cc39d3f 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static int __init esp4_init(void) { struct xfrm_decap_state decap; - if (sizeof(struct esp_decap_data) < + if (sizeof(struct esp_decap_data) > sizeo...
7c963ad1d113790a8c723a178988b675868f3abe
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SPARC64]: Fix streaming buffer flushing on PCI and SBUS.
Problem Details: Firstly, if the direction is TODEVICE, then dirty data in the streaming cache is impossible so we can elide the flush-flag synchronization in that case. Next, the context allocator is broken. It is highly likely that contexts get used multiple times for different dma mappings, which confuses the strb...
```diff diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c index 33ca56c90da2..1807876f8c36 100644 --- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c +++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c @@ -196,6 +196,34 @@ static iopte_t *alloc_consistent_cluster(struct pci_iommu *iommu, unsigned long return NULL; ...
0451eb074eef30240c6c06dacf2911bee26831e1
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PKT_SCHED]: Fix dsmark to count ignored indices while walking
Problem Details: Unused indices which are ignored while walking must still be counted to avoid dumping the same index twice. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c b/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c index 8a3db9d95bab..acbe9d2b3e15 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_dsmark.c @@ -163,14 +163,15 @@ static void dsmark_walk(struct Qdisc *sch,struct qdisc_walker *walker) return; for (i = 0; i < p->indices; i++) { if (p->ma...