Re: random: Benchamrking fast_mix2

Actually, could you hold off merging that for a bit? Or if you really want to, add a comment that the rotate constants are preliminary and will be further optimized. I posted that as WIP, just as evidence that something with better avalanche could be as fast or faster, and I'd like to go back and

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kpatch: dynamic kernel patching

* Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > in terms of hit-patching kernels you are correct. > > > > > > but that's a far cry from what it sounded like you were demanding > > > (that it must handle any kernel patch) > > > > No, I was not demanding that at all, my suggestion was: > > > >> My cl

Re: [PATCH 0/6] perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code on all architectures

* Vince Weaver wrote: > > Now that "perf/x86: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code" > (c184c980de30dc) was merged, I went and audited all of the > architectures. The following patchset attempts to move > all of the ones that have code disabling sampled events > due to lack of overflow interr

Re: [PATCH] Missing return check against Null for return value of netdev_alloc_dev_skb()

From: Nick Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:05:39 -0400 > Signed-off-by: Nick > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c > b/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe

Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:59 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 06/14/2014 04:36 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> >> Now, if we can do this without adding another page then that becomes >> much more compelling IMO. I suspect we can if you are already down to >> 488 bytes. >> > > (If it isn't already the

[PATCH 1/1 RESEND] drivers/block/rbd.c: use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO

replace IS_ERR/PTR_ERR Cc: Yehuda Sadeh Cc: Sage Weil Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- drivers/block/rbd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c index 4c95b50..552a2ed 100644 --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c +++ b/drivers/bloc

[PATCH V2] fs/omfs/inode.c: use ULLONG_MAX instead of ~0ULL

Use more explicit kernel.h definition Cc: Bob Copeland Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- V2: Fix Cc list fs/omfs/inode.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/omfs/inode.c b/fs/omfs/inode.c index ec58c76..40c0707 100644 --- a/fs/omfs

[PATCH 1/1 RESEND] fs/omfs/inode.c: use ULLONG_MAX instead of ~0ULL

Use more explicit kernel.h definition Bob Copeland Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- fs/omfs/inode.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/omfs/inode.c b/fs/omfs/inode.c index ec58c76..40c0707 100644 --- a/fs/omfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/omfs/i

[PATCH 1/1 RESEND] fs/ceph/export.c: add static to local function

ceph_get_parent is only used in fs/ceph/export.c Cc: Sage Weil Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- fs/ceph/export.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ceph/export.c b/fs/ceph/export.c index 00d6af6..8d7d782 100644 --- a/fs/ceph/export.c +++

[PATCH 1/1 RESEND] fs/adfs/dir_fplus.c: use ARRAY_SIZE instead of sizeof/sizeof[0]

Use kernel.h definition. Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- fs/adfs/dir_fplus.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir_fplus.c b/fs/adfs/dir_fplus.c index d9e3bee..7673c1f 100644 --- a/fs/adfs/dir_fplus.c +++ b/fs/adfs/dir_fplus.c @@ -

[PATCH 1/1 RESEND] drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c: use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO

replace IS_ERR/PTR_ERR Cc: Wolfram Sang Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Linus Walleij Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- This is untested. drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c b/drivers/parport/parport_ip32.c

[PATCH 1/1 RESEND] drivers/misc/carma/carma-fpga.c: use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO

replace IS_ERR/PTR_ERR Cc: Grant Likely Cc: Rob Herring Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- This is untested. drivers/misc/carma/carma-fpga.c | 5 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/carma/carma-fpga.c b/drivers/misc/carma/ca

[PATCH V4 RESEND] drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_debugfs.c: replace 2 kzalloc/copy_from_user by memdup_user

This patch also removes unnecessary printk(KERN_INFO Cc: Anil Gurumurthy Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: One Thousand Gnomes Cc: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- V4: remove blank line after memdup_user V3: memdup_user first argument is already void __user * (thanks to Joe Perche

[PATCH 6/6] sh,perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code

Transition to using the new generic PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT method for failing a sampling event when no PMU interrupt is available. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.c index 0233167..7cfd7f1 100644 --- a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_event.

[PATCH 5/6] s390,perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code

Transition to using the new generic PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT method for failing a sampling event when no PMU interrupt is available. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_cf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_cf.c index ea75d01..d3194de 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/p

[PATCH 4/6] powerpc,perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code

Transition to using the new generic PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT method for failing a sampling event when no PMU interrupt is available. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c index e0766b8..3de7920 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.

[PATCH 3/6] metag,perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code

Transition to using the new generic PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT method for failing a sampling event when no PMU interrupt is available. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver diff --git a/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c b/arch/metag/kernel/perf/perf_event.c index 5cc4d4d..02c0873 100644 --- a/arch/meta

[PATCH 2/6] blackfin,perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code

Transition to using the new generic PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT method for failing a sampling event when no PMU interrupt is available. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/perf_event.c index 974e554..ea20320 100644 --- a/arch/blackfin

[PATCH 1/6] arc,perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code

Transition to using the new generic PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT method for failing a sampling event when no PMU interrupt is available. Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arc/kernel/perf_event.c index 63177e4..b9a5685 100644 --- a/arch/arc/kernel/perf_eve

[PATCH 0/6] perf: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code on all architectures

Now that "perf/x86: Use common PMU interrupt disabled code" (c184c980de30dc) was merged, I went and audited all of the architectures. The following patchset attempts to move all of the ones that have code disabling sampled events due to lack of overflow interrupt to the new common code. ARM and

Re: safety of *mutex_unlock() (Was: [BUG] signal: sighand unprotected when accessed by /proc)

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 05:08:30PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > On 06/12, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > @@ -398,11 +399,9 @@ void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t) > > #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST > > if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->boost_tasks) > > rnp->b

Re: [RFC PATCH] gpio: Add a defer reset object to send board specific reset

Hi Linus, please see my replies below, 2014-06-12 20:35 GMT+08:00 Linus Walleij : > > OK this is interesting stuff.. > > But this driver *MUST* live under drivers/power/reset/*, as it > has absolutely *nothing* to do with GPIO except for being a consumer > of it. I won't merge it. > > And you shou

Re: [Patch v5.1 03/03]: hwrng: khwrngd derating per device

OK, I've merged these changes into the random.git tree. I had to make a few minor changes. 1) Changes so it would compile on 3.15. (random_write_wakeup_thresh got renamed to random_write_wakeup_bits). I'm guessing the patch was massaged so that it would apply, but it was never compile tested.

Re: [PATCH] Missing return check against Null for return value of netdev_alloc_dev_skb()

I am resending this patch as the email for Ben is wrong in the maintainer script due to getting automated message from solarflare. Signed-off-by: Nick --- drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/ pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_

[PATCH] Missing return check against Null for return value of netdev_alloc_dev_skb()

Signed-off-by: Nick --- drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c index 73e6683..704cf63 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/

Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym

On 06/14/2014 04:36 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Now, if we can do this without adding another page then that becomes > much more compelling IMO. I suspect we can if you are already down to > 488 bytes. > (If it isn't already the case, was inteded to be part of that...) -hpa -- To u

Re: [RFC PATCH] OF: fix of_find_node_by_path() assumption that of_allnodes is root

On 6/14/2014 8:39 PM, Frank Rowand wrote: > From: Frank Rowand > > of_find_node_by_path() is borked because of_allnodes is not guaranteed to > contain the root of the tree after using any of the dynamic update functions > because some other nodes ends up as of_allnodes. > > Fixes: c22e650e66b8 o

Re: [RFC PATCH] OF: fix of_find_node_by_path() assumption that of_allnodes is root

From: Frank Rowand of_find_node_by_path() is borked because of_allnodes is not guaranteed to contain the root of the tree after using any of the dynamic update functions because some other nodes ends up as of_allnodes. Fixes: c22e650e66b8 of: Make of_find_node_by_path() handle /aliases Reported-

Re: [RFC PATCH] OF: fix of_find_node_by_path() assumption that of_allnodes is root

On 6/14/2014 8:00 AM, Grant Likely wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Grant Likely wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Rob Herring wrote: >>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Frank Rowand >>> wrote: From: Frank Rowand Pantelis Antoniou reports that of_find_node_by

Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] ARM: DRA7: hwmod: Add ocp2scp3 and sata hwmods

On Fri, 13 Jun 2014, Paul Walmsley wrote: > Hi Roger, > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Roger Quadros wrote: > > > From: Nikhil Devshatwar > > > > Add hwmods for ocp2scp3 and sata modules. > > > > [Roger Q] Clean up. > > Sorry for the delay on this. Have been corresponding with TI to figure > out w

Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/2] ARM: AM43xx: hwmod: add DSS hwmod data

Hi, On Fri, 13 Jun 2014, Felipe Balbi wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 02:57:32AM +, Paul Walmsley wrote: > > > > > > From: Sathya Prakash M R > > > > > > > > > > > > Add DSS hwmod data for AM43xx. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cc: Andrew Morton > > > > > > Acked-by: Rajendra Nayak > > > > > >

Re: Surprising 64-bit performance anomaly (was Re: [PATCH] random: use an improved fast_mix() function)

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:04:41PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > Hi George, > > On top of the above patch, I applied the following to add 64-bit pool > support. I had to use a union to avoid type punning warnings. > > When building a 64-bit kernel and running under under KVM, I'm finding > that

Surprising 64-bit performance anomaly (was Re: [PATCH] random: use an improved fast_mix() function)

Hi George, On top of the above patch, I applied the following to add 64-bit pool support. I had to use a union to avoid type punning warnings. When building a 64-bit kernel and running under under KVM, I'm finding that the 64-bit mix function which you suggested is twice as slow. Using the (new

Re: [Linux-ima-user] oraphaned keywords in audit log text [was: Re: [PATCH] integrity: get comm using lock to avoid race in string] printing

On 14/06/14, Mimi Zohar wrote: > On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 12:43 +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote: > > On 14 June 2014 03:02, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 14/04/02, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > >> On 14/04/02, Mimi Zohar wrote: > > >> > On Wed, 2014-04-02 at 14:18 -0400, Eric Paris wrote: > > >> >

Re: [PATCH] USB:gadget: Fix a warning while loading g_mass_storage

Its v4, sorry for missing it in subject. Regards Wei On 06/15/2014 10:40 AM, wei.y...@windriver.com wrote: From: Yang Wei While loading g_mass_storage module, the following warning is triggered. WARNING: at drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c: usb_composite_setup_continue: Unexpected call Modules

[PATCH] USB:gadget: Fix a warning while loading g_mass_storage

From: Yang Wei While loading g_mass_storage module, the following warning is triggered. WARNING: at drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c: usb_composite_setup_continue: Unexpected call Modules linked in: fat vfat minix nls_cp437 nls_iso8859_1 g_mass_storage [<800179cc>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x104) fro

[PATCH] random: use an improved fast_mix() function

Use more efficient fast_mix() function. Thanks to George Spelvin for doing the leg work to find a more efficient mixing function. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o Cc: George Spelvin --- drivers/char/random.c | 92 +-- 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+)

Re: [PATCHV2]Fixes memory leak in clk-sunxi.c

Hey Guys, Good I just wanted to make sure it was fixed. Cheers Nick On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Emilio López wrote: > Hi, > > El 14/06/14 22:15, Nick escribió: > >> Signed-off-by: Nick >> --- >> drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c | 4 ++-- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >

Re: [Linux-ima-user] oraphaned keywords in audit log text [was: Re: [PATCH] integrity: get comm using lock to avoid race in string] printing

On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 12:43 +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote: > On 14 June 2014 03:02, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > On 14/04/02, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > >> On 14/04/02, Mimi Zohar wrote: > >> > On Wed, 2014-04-02 at 14:18 -0400, Eric Paris wrote: > >> > > On Wed, 2014-04-02 at 14:12 -0400, Mimi

Re: [PATCHV2]Fixes memory leak in clk-sunxi.c

Hi, El 14/06/14 22:15, Nick escribió: Signed-off-by: Nick --- drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c index 6f4fc51..c2ce538 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c

Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: power_supply: update maintainership

Hi Sebastian, On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 17:32:09 +0200 Sebastian Reichel wrote: > > Take over maintanence for orphaned power supply subsystem > and move the git tree to a new kernel.org based repository. > > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel > --- > Hi, > > As suggested by Rafael in [0] I volunteer t

Re: random: Benchamrking fast_mix2

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 08:23:33PM -0400, George Spelvin wrote: > The example I posted: > > // (29/66353) score = 49/121/123: 6 27 16 14 > > a += b; c += d; > b = rol32(a, 6);d = rol32(c, 27); > d ^= a; b ^= c; > > a += b;

[PATCHV2]Fixes memory leak in clk-sunxi.c

Signed-off-by: Nick --- drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c index 6f4fc51..c2ce538 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c +++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c @@ -41,

[PATCH v2] drbd: change one-bit bitfield to be an unsigned int

The one-bit bitfield has no negative values and thus becomes an unsigned int. Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger --- Sorry for the visually ugly first patch. Take this one, if any. thanks, martin drivers/block/drbd/drbd_interval.h |4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+

[PATCH v2 6/7] ACPICA: Events: Fix edge-triggered GPE by disabling before acknowledging it.

From: Lv Zheng Due to ACPI specificiation 5, chapter 5.6.4 General-Purpose Event Hnadling, OSPMs need to disable GPE before clearing the status bit for edge-triggered GPEs. Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng Tested-by: Gareth Williams Tested-by: Steffen Weber --- drivers/acpi/acpica/evgpe.c | 32

[PATCH v2 7/7] ACPI/EC: Add detailed fields debugging support of EC_SC(R).

From: Lv Zheng Developers really don't need to translate EC_SC(R) in mind as long as the field details are decoded in the debugging message. Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng Tested-by: Gareth Williams Tested-by: Steffen Weber --- drivers/acpi/ec.c | 16 1 file changed, 12 insertion

[PATCH v2 4/7] ACPI/EC: Fix a race condition in ec_transaction_completed().

From: Lv Zheng There is a race condition in ec_transaction_completed(). When ec_transaction_completed() is called in the GPE handler, it could return true because of (ec->curr == NULL). Then the wake_up() invocation could complete the next command unexpectedly since there is no lock between the

[PATCH v2 5/7] ACPI/EC: Update revision due to full asynchrnous command support.

From: Lv Zheng The bug fixes and asynchronous improvements have been done to the EC driver by the previous commits. This patch increases the revision to 2.2 to indicate the behavior differences between the old and the new drivers. The copyright/authorship notices are also updated. Authorship of

[PATCH v2 3/7] ACPI/EC: Remove duplicated ec_wait_ibf0() waiter.

From: Lv Zheng After we've added the first command byte write into advance_transaction(), the IBF=0 waiter is duplicated with the command completion waiter implemented in the ec_poll() because: If IBF=1 blocked the first command byte write invoked in the task context ec_poll(), it would be

[PATCH v2 2/7] ACPI/EC: Add asynchronous command byte write support.

From: Lv Zheng This patch moves the first command byte write into advance_transaction() so that all EC register accesses that can affect the command processing state machine can happen in this asynchronous state machine advancement function. The advance_transaction() function then can be a compl

[PATCH v2 1/7] ACPI/EC: Fix an issue that advance_transaction() processes stale hardware status.

From: Lv Zheng The advance_transaction() will be invoked from the IRQ context GPE handler and the task context ec_poll(). The handling of this function is locked so that the EC state machine are ensured to be advanced sequentially. But there is a problem. Before invoking advance_transaction(), E

[PATCH v2 0/7] ACPI/EC: Critical bug fixes related to EC and event handling.

From: Lv Zheng History: v1: The collection of bug-fixes from kernel bugzilla bug 70891. v2: 1. Improves the patch descriptions to make the root cause of the 70891 bug more correct. 2. Improves a race fix to make it more robust. This patchset fixes the following issues: 1. There are 2 race

Re: random: Benchamrking fast_mix2

> I'll need to do a bit more looking to convince myself that 2 > iterations is better from a mixing perspective, but this looks like it > might be a promising replacement for the 32-bit mixer. This was tested with a hacked-up copy of Bob Jenkins' testing code. It tests a few random starting value

[PATCH] ttm: use NULL instead of 0 for ttm_bo_reserve()'s pointer arg.

Fix a sparse warning: ttm_bo_reserve()'s last argument is a pointer to a struct, so use NULL as nullpointer. Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger --- this applies to next-20140613. Please ignore if annoyingly irrelevant. drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c | 14 +++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertio

Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym

On 06/14/2014 03:38 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > Hmm. I hadn't thought of this as a size win, but I guess it could be > if there are static binaries around. > That pretty much *is* the win, because this is in effect treating the kernel vdso as a shared library. > This patch currently generat

[PATCH] staging: imx-drm: ipu-v3: ipu-common.c: Cleaning up return of uninitialized variable

Before when there was an error a uninitialized variable would be returnd. Now it returns -ENODEV This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck. Rickard Strandqvist (1): staging: imx-drm: ipu-v3: ipu-common.c: Cleaning up return of uninitialized variable drivers/staging

[PATCH] staging: imx-drm: ipu-v3: ipu-common.c: Cleaning up return of uninitialized variable

Before when there was an error a uninitialized variable would be returnd. Now it returns -ENODEV Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist --- drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipu-v3/ipu-common.c |4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/ipu-v3/ipu-common

Re: [PATCH RESEND v2] console: Add persistent scrollback buffers for all VGA consoles

This version reuses an "old" scrollback buffer of the previous console if memory allocation fails. However, the issue of clearing the console using the 'clear_console' commnad [1,2] is still unsolved. I'd prefer implementing it using a ioctl() call but it's open for discussion ;) [1] https://sour

Re: [PATCH v5] leds: USB: HID: Add support for MSI GT683R led panels

> Hi! Hi. >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hid-driver-gt683r >> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ >> +What:/sys/class/hidraw//device/state >> +Date:Jun 2014 >> +KernelVersion: 3.15 >> +Contact: Janne Kanniainen >> +Description: >> +

[PATCH RESEND v2] console: Add persistent scrollback buffers for all VGA consoles

Add a scrollback buffers for each VGA console. The benefit is that the scrollback history is not flushed when switching between consoles but is persistent. The buffers are allocated on demand when a new console is opened. Signed-off-by: Manuel Schölling --- drivers/video/console/Kconfig | 19

[PATCH] drbd: change one-bit bitfield to be an unsigned int

The one-bit bitfield has no negative values and thus becomes an unsigned int. Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger --- No idea if you take such small changes. Please ignore if not. This applies to next-20140613 and fixes a sparse error. drivers/block/drbd/drbd_interval.h |4 ++-- 1 file change

[PATCH] staging: ced1401: userspace: use1401.c: Cleaning up if statement that always evaluates to true

This if statement that always evaluates to true. Unsigned variable can't be negative so it is unnecessary to test it. This can of course also mean that there is a problem with this error test is 0 bytes an error? This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck. Rickard Strand

[PATCH] staging: ced1401: userspace: use1401.c: Cleaning up if statement that always evaluates to true

Unsigned variable can't be negative so it is unnecessary to test it. Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist --- drivers/staging/ced1401/userspace/use1401.c |9 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ced1401/userspace/use1401.c b/drivers/staging/c

Re: [PATCH v5] leds: USB: HID: Add support for MSI GT683R led panels

On Thu 2014-06-12 23:34:12, Janne Kanniainen wrote: > This driver adds support for USB controlled led panels that exists in > MSI GT683R laptop Hi! > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-hid-driver-gt683r > @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ > +What:/sys/class/hidraw//device

[PATCH] staging: ced1401: userspace: use1401.c: Cleaning up potential strncpy missing null-terminate

Replacing strncpy with strlcpy to avoid strings that lacks null terminate. There is also a wrong use of strncat, it should have used sizeof - strlen. This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck. Rickard Strandqvist (1): staging: ced1401: userspace: use1401.c: Cleaning u

[PATCH] staging: ced1401: userspace: use1401.c: Cleaning up potential strncpy missing null-terminate

Replacing strncpy with strlcpy to avoid strings that lacks null terminate. Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist --- drivers/staging/ced1401/userspace/use1401.c | 10 -- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ced1401/userspace/use1401.c b/drivers/st

Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Rich Felker wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:16:42AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> The idea is to add AT_VDSO_FINDSYM pointing at __vdso_findsym. This >> implements __vdso_findsym. >> >> This would make it easier for runtimes that don't otherwise implement >

company copyrights. Re: [PATCH] PM / Documentation: Update Srivatsa S. Bhat's email address

On Mon 2014-06-09 13:28:36, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Monday, June 09, 2014 03:54:49 PM Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: > > My @linux.vnet.ibm.com email address is going to disappear soon, as I will > > be > > beginning my M.S./PhD studies at MIT in a few months. > > Congratulations! > > > So update

Re: [PATCH 2/6] thermal: sti: Introduce ST Thermal core code

On Thu 2014-06-05 16:06:55, Lee Jones wrote: > This core is shared by both ST's 'memory mapped' and > 'system configuration register' based Thermal controllers. > > Signed-off-by: Ajit Pal Singh > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones Acked-by: Pavel Machek > +++ b/drivers/thermal/st/st_thermal.c > @@ -

Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] power: twl4030_charger: attempt to power off in case of critical events

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Userland can make orderly_poweroff take long time, or even forever. (Think > disconnected > network with nfsroot). > > Should we do something more forceful here? Userland has to handle sudden > poweroffs, anyway... > > (You could invent

[PATCH v7] iio: add support of the max1027

This driver add partial support of the maxim 1027/1029/1031. Differential mode is not supported. It was tested on armadeus apf27 board. Signed-off-by: Philippe Reynes --- .../devicetree/bindings/iio/adc/max1027-adc.txt| 22 + drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig|9 + dr

Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] power: twl4030_charger: attempt to power off in case of critical events

On Thu 2014-06-05 01:30:40, Grazvydas Ignotas wrote: > On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote: > > On 06/04/2014 05:04 AM, Grazvydas Ignotas wrote: > >> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Nishanth Menon wrote: > >> often while charging on hot summer day. I'd prefer my pandora to not

[PATCH 1/1] drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c: use PAGE_ALIGNED instead of IS_ALIGNED(PAGE_SIZE

use mm.h definition Cc: David Airlie Cc: Rob Clark Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c index 92b7459..198ed84 100644 --- a/drive

Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] power: twl4030_charger: attempt to power off in case of critical events

Hi! > + if (irqs2 & TWL4030_ACCHGOV) { > dev_crit(bci->dev, "Ac charger overvoltage\n"); > + power_off = true; > + } > + > + /* Try to shutdown the system */ > + if (power_off) > + orderly_poweroff(true); > > return IRQ_HANDLED; > } U

[PATCH 1/1] drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c: use PAGE_ALIGNED instead of IS_ALIGNED(PAGE_SIZE

use mm.h definition Cc: Arvind Kumar Cc: VMware PV-Drivers Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c | 10 +- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c index c88e146..07dc492 100644 --- a/driv

Re: [PATCH] Frees gate after if statement in clk-sunxi.c

On 14/06/14 19:11, Nick wrote: Signed-off-by: Nick --- drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c b/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c index 4264834..6f4fc51 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-sunxi.c +++ b/drivers/clk/sunxi/clk-

[PATCH 1/1] drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c: use PAGE_ALIGNED instead of IS_ALIGNED(PAGE_SIZE

use mm.h definition Cc: Nathan Fontenot Cc: Marcelo Henrique Cerri Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx-842.c index 502edf0..923c4b6 100644 --- a/

[PATCH 1/1] drivers/iommu/omap-iovmm.c: use PAGE_ALIGNED instead of IS_ALIGNED(PAGE_SIZE

use mm.h definition Cc: Joerg Roedel Cc: io...@lists.linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- drivers/iommu/omap-iovmm.c | 10 +- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iommu/omap-iovmm.c b/drivers/iommu/omap-iovmm.c index d147259..f583ba0

[PATCH] xen/pvhvm: Fix non-ANSI declaration of xen_has_pv_devices()

Fix sparse warning "non-ANSI function declaration of function 'xen_has_pv_devices'". Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer --- arch/x86/xen/platform-pci-unplug.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/platform-pci-unplug.c b/arch/x86/xen/platform-pci-unpl

[PATCH] ARM: kprobes: Fix non-ANSI declaration of arch_init_kprobes()

Fix sparse warning "non-ANSI function declaration of function 'arch_init_kprobes'". Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer --- arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c index 6d64420..18b79a7 1

[PATCH 1/1] net/netlink/af_netlink.c: use PAGE_ALIGNED instead of IS_ALIGNED(PAGE_SIZE

use mm.h definition Cc: "David S. Miller" Cc: Daniel Borkmann Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c index 15c731f..935fea2 100644 --- a/net/netlink/af_

[PATCH 1/1] arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c: use PAGE_ALIGNED instead of IS_ALIGNED(PAGE_SIZE

use mm.h definition Cc: Gleb Natapov Cc: Paolo Bonzini Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 10 +- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 801332e..4f84be0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch

[PATCH 1/1] arch/x86/mm/init_64.c: use PAGE_ALIGNED instead of IS_ALIGNED(PAGE_SIZE

use mm.h definition Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c index df1a992..0489b55 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c +++ b/

Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:16:42AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > The idea is to add AT_VDSO_FINDSYM pointing at __vdso_findsym. This > implements __vdso_findsym. > > This would make it easier for runtimes that don't otherwise implement > ELF loaders to use the vdso. > > Thoughts? > > If peopl

Re: perf: Add support for full Intel event lists v6

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 10:49:35PM +0200, Hagen Paul Pfeifer wrote: > Probably too late, but IMHO the subcommand "download" is unhappy > named. What is "downloaded"? traces? Python helper libs for > perf-python support, I don't know it. What about "events-download", > "events-database", ... I pref

Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: at91_adc: Correct call to input_free_device

On 14/06/14 22:17, Alexandre Belloni wrote: On 14/06/2014 at 16:41:20 +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote : On 13/06/14 18:11, Himangi Saraogi wrote: This error handling code can be reached before st->ts_input is initialized, so it is safer to always use the original name, input_dev. A simplified ve

[PATCH 1/1] mm/internal.h: use nth_page

Use nth_page instead of pfn_to_page(page_to_pfn Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Rik van Riel Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- mm/internal.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h index 7f22a11f..a1b651b 100644 --- a/mm/internal.h +++ b/mm/int

Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: at91_adc: Correct call to input_free_device

On 14/06/2014 at 16:41:20 +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote : > On 13/06/14 18:11, Himangi Saraogi wrote: > >This error handling code can be reached before st->ts_input is > >initialized, so it is safer to always use the original name, input_dev. > > > >A simplified version of the semantic match that f

[PATCH 1/1] block/bio.c: use GFP_NOFS

Use GFP_NOFS instead of its definition. Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick --- block/bio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c index 8c2e55e..ec5d172 100644 --- a/block/bio.c +++ b/block/bio.c @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ fallback:

Re: perf: Add support for full Intel event lists v6

Probably too late, but IMHO the subcommand "download" is unhappy named. What is "downloaded"? traces? Python helper libs for perf-python support, I don't know it. What about "events-download", "events-database", ... I also thought about further sub-command to delete the cache, update the cache, li

[ 8/9] auditsc: audit_krule mask accesses need bounds checking

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Andy Lutomirski Fixes an easy DoS and possible information disclosure. This does nothing about the broken state of x32 auditing. eparis: If the admin has enabled auditd and has specifical

[ 9/9] net: fix regression introduced in 2.6.32.62 by sysctl

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- fixes From: Willy Tarreau Commits b7c9e4ee1 ("sysctl net: Keep tcp_syn_retries inside the boundary") and eedcafdc ("net: check net.core.somaxconn sysctl values") were missing a .strategy entry w

[ 7/9] futex: Make lookup_pi_state more robust

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Thomas Gleixner The current implementation of lookup_pi_state has ambigous handling of the TID value 0 in the user space futex. We can get into the kernel even if the TID value is 0, becau

[ 2/9] futex: Add another early deadlock detection check

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Thomas Gleixner Dave Jones trinity syscall fuzzer exposed an issue in the deadlock detection code of rtmutex: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140429151655.ga14...@redhat.com That underlying i

[ 6/9] futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlock_pi

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Thomas Gleixner If the owner died bit is set at futex_unlock_pi, we currently do not cleanup the user space futex. So the owner TID of the current owner (the unlocker) persists. That's ob

[ 3/9] futex: Prevent attaching to kernel threads

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Thomas Gleixner We happily allow userspace to declare a random kernel thread to be the owner of a user space PI futex. Found while analysing the fallout of Dave Jones syscall fuzzer. We a

[ 5/9] futex: Validate atomic acquisition in

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- futex_lock_pi_atomic() From: Thomas Gleixner We need to protect the atomic acquisition in the kernel against rogue user space which sets the user space futex to 0, so the kernel side acquisition

[ 4/9] futex-prevent-requeue-pi-on-same-futex.patch futex:

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- Forbid uaddr == uaddr2 in futex_requeue(..., requeue_pi=1) From: Thomas Gleixner If uaddr == uaddr2, then we have broken the rule of only requeueing from a non-pi futex to a pi futex with this

[ 1/9] ethtool: Report link-down while interface is down

2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. -- From: Ben Hutchings While an interface is down, many implementations of ethtool_ops::get_link, including the default, ethtool_op_get_link(), will report the last link state seen while the interfa

[ 0/9] 2.6.32.63-longterm review

[ sorry for those who receive this series twice, I had an issue with the first attempt that prevented it from reaches the mailing lists ] This is the start of the longterm review cycle for the 2.6.32.63 release. All patches will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issue with t

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