2.6.18-rc7-mm1

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Sep 19 2006 - 04:29:18 EST



ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-rc7/2.6.18-rc7-mm1/


- git-input.patch has been dropped due to major mismatches between it
and the driver tree.

- git-alsa.patch has been dropped due to similar mismatches.

- ia64 doesn't build due to bugs in the PCI tree.

- The kernel doesn't work properly on RH FC3 or pretty much anything
which uses old udev, due to improvements in the driver tree.

- `make headers_check' is busted due to various bugs in various trees
and due to collisions between git-magic.patch and git-gfs2.patch
which I couldn't be bothered fixing.

- CONFIG_BLOCK=n is still busted due to mismatches between the NFS
and block trees. Will fix later.

- NFS automounts of subdirectories remain unfixed.

- The large-NR_IRQS-exhausts-per_cpu-memory problem remains unfixed.
I won't merge the genirq changes until it is.

- The i386 genirq MSI bugs have been "fixed" by disabling 4k stacks.

- It took maybe ten hours solid work to get this dogpile vaguely
compiling and limping to a login prompt on x86, x86_64 and powerpc.
I guess it's worth briefly testing if you're keen.



Boilerplate:

- See the `hot-fixes' directory for any important updates to this patchset.

- To fetch an -mm tree using git, use (for example)

git fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/smurf/linux-trees.git v2.6.16-rc2-mm1

- -mm kernel commit activity can be reviewed by subscribing to the
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- If you hit a bug in -mm and it is not obvious which patch caused it, it is
most valuable if you can perform a bisection search to identify which patch
introduced the bug. Instructions for this process are at

http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/bisecting-mm-trees.txt

But beware that this process takes some time (around ten rebuilds and
reboots), so consider reporting the bug first and if we cannot immediately
identify the faulty patch, then perform the bisection search.

- When reporting bugs, please try to Cc: the relevant maintainer and mailing
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- Semi-daily snapshots of the -mm lineup are uploaded to
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/mm/ and are announced on
the mm-commits list.



Breakage since 2.6.18-rc6-mm2:


-libata-ignore-cfa-signature-while-sanity-checking-an-atapi-device.patch
-lockdep-double-the-number-of-stack-trace-entries.patch
-we-can-not-allow-anonymous-contributions-to-the-kernel.patch
-alim15x3c-m5229-rev-c8-support-for-dma-cd-writer.patch
-scsi-lockdep-annotation-in-scsi_send_eh_cmnd.patch
-rcu_do_batch-make-qlen-decrement-irq-safe.patch
-x86-reserve-a-boot-loader-id-number-for-xen.patch
-headers_check-improve-include-regexp.patch
-headers_check-clarify-error-message.patch
-headers_check-reduce-user-visible-noise-in-linux-nfs_fsh.patch
-headers_check-remove-asm-timexh-from-user-export.patch
-headers_check-move-inclusion-of-linux-linkageh-in.patch
-headers_check-move-kernel-only-includes-within-asm-i386-elfh.patch
-headers_check-dont-expose-pfn-stuff-to-userspace-in.patch
-headers_check-fix-userspace-build-of-asm-mips-pageh.patch
-cciss-version-update-new-hw.patch
-usbserial-reference-leak.patch
-drivers-base-check-errors.patch
-fix-device_attribute-memory-leak-in-device_del.patch
-git-ieee1394-fixup.patch
-ieee1394-fix-kerneldoc-of-hpsb_alloc_host.patch
-ieee1394-shrink-tlabel-pools-remove-tpool-semaphores.patch
-ieee1394-remove-include-asm-semaphoreh.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-safer-last_orb-and.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-discard-return-value-of.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-optimize-dma-direction-of.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-safer-initialization-of.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-more-checks-of-status.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-convert.patch
-video1394-add-poll-file-operation-support.patch
-ieee1394-safer-definition-of-empty-macros.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-enable-auto-spin-up-for-all-sbp-2-devices.patch
-config_pm=n-slim-drivers-ieee1394-ohci1394c.patch
-the-scheduled-removal-of-drivers-ieee1394-sbp2cforce_inquiry_hack.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-handle-sbp2util_node_write_no_wait-failed.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-safer-agent-reset-in-error-handlers.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-recheck-node-generation-in-sbp2_update.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-better-handling-of-transport-errors.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-update-includes.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-prevent-rare-deadlock-in-shutdown.patch
-initialize-ieee1394-early-when-built-in.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-more-help-in-kconfig.patch
-ieee1394-nodemgr-fix-rwsem-recursion.patch
-ieee1394-nodemgr-grab-classsubsysrwsem-in.patch
-ieee1394-sbp2-dont-prefer-mode-sense-10.patch
-ieee1394-ohci1394-fix-endianess-bug-in-debug-message.patch
-ieee1394-ohci1394-more-obvious-endianess-handling.patch
-maintainers-updates-to-ieee-1394-subsystem.patch
-git-libata-all-ata_piix-build-fix.patch
-8139cp-trim-ring_info.patch
-8139cp-remove-gratuitous-indirection.patch
-8139cp-ring_info-removal-for-the-receive-path.patch
-8139cp-sync-the-device-private-data-with-its-r8169-counterpart.patch
-8139cp-removal-of-useless-bug_on-check.patch
-8139cp-pci_get_drvdatapdev-can-not-be-null-in-suspend-handler.patch
-8139cp-use-pci_device-to-shorten-the-pci-device-table.patch
-rtnetlink-fix-netdevice-name-corruption.patch
-fix-gregkh-pci-msi-blacklist-pci-e-chipsets-depending-on-hypertransport-msi-capability.patch
-watchdog-use-enotty-instead-of-enoioctlcmd-in-ioctl.patch
-hostap_cs-added-support-for-proxim-harmony-pci-w-lan.patch
-x86_64-mm-core-2-oprofile-identification.patch
-kernel-bug-fixing-for-kernel-kmodc.patch
-linux-magich-for-magic-numbers.patch
-linux-magich-for-magic-numbers-sparc-fix.patch
-knfsd-have-ext2-reject-file-handles-with-bad-inode-numbers-early.patch
-knfsd-have-ext2-reject-file-handles-with-bad-inode-numbers-early-tidy.patch
-knfsd-make-ext3-reject-filehandles-referring-to-invalid-inode-numbers.patch
-knfsd-make-ext3-reject-filehandles-referring-to-invalid-inode-numbers-tidy.patch
-pr_debug-check-pr_debug-arguments.patch

Merged into mainline or a subsystem tree.

+add-headers_check-target-to-output-of-make-help.patch
+fix-make-headers_check-on-m68k.patch
+headers_check-clean-up-asm-parisc-pageh-for-user-headers.patch
+ext2-remove-superblock-lock-contention-in-ext2_statfs-2.patch

Sent to Linus for 2.6.18.

+autofs4-zero-timeout-prevents-shutdown.patch

Probably for 2.6.18.

+fix-longstanding-load-balancing-bug-in-the-scheduler.patch

sched fix

+update-to-the-kernel-kmap-kunmap-api.patch

Prepare to overload the kmap() API in probably-wrong ways.

+sound-core-use-seek_set-cur.patch
+opl4-use-seek_set-cur.patch
+gus-use-seek_set-cur.patch
+mixart-use-seek_set-cur.patch

Sound stuff.

+cifs-use-seek_end-instead-of-hardcoded-value.patch

CIFS cleanup

+git-cpufreq-sw_any_bug_dmi_table-can-be-used-on-resume.patch

cpufreq fix

+gregkh-driver-driver-core-add-const-to-class_create.patch
+gregkh-driver-sysfs_symlink_in_root.patch
+gregkh-driver-class_device_interface.patch
+gregkh-driver-config_sysfs_deprecated.patch
+gregkh-driver-sound-device.patch
+gregkh-driver-ppp-device.patch
+gregkh-driver-ppdev-device.patch
+gregkh-driver-mmc-device.patch
+gregkh-driver-pcmcia-device.patch
+gregkh-driver-input-device.patch
+gregkh-driver-firmware-device.patch
+gregkh-driver-fb-device.patch

Driver tree updates.

-revert-gregkh-driver-class_device_rename-remove.patch
-revert-gregkh-driver-network-class_device-to-device.patch
-revert-gregkh-driver-tty-device.patch
-revert-gregkh-driver-mem-devices.patch

It became untenable to revert so many things.

-more-driver-core-fixes-for-mm.patch
-yet-further-driver-core-fixes-for-mm.patch
-return-code-checking-for-make_class_name.patch

Some of these were broken by driver-tree changes.

+gregkh-driver-input-device-a3d-fix.patch
+gregkh-driver-input-device-more-fixes.patch
+gregkh-driver-input-device-even-more-fixes.patch
+gregkh-driver-input-device-even-more-fixes-2.patch
+gregkh-driver-fb-device-fixes.patch
+more-driver-tree-fixes.patch

Fix driver-tree mess.

+dvb-usb-vs-driver-tree.patch

More.

-gregkh-i2c-i2c-isa-plan-for-removal.patch

Dropped due to rejects.

+hdapsc-inversion-of-each-axis.patch

hdaps fix

+stowaway-keyboard-support-update.patch
+stowaway-vs-driver-tree.patch

Fix stowaway-keyboard-support.patch

+hdrcheck-permission-fix.patch

Fix `make headercheck'

-revert-libata-ignore-cfa-signature-while-sanity-checking-an-atapi-device.patch
-redo-libata-ignore-cfa-signature-while-sanity-checking-an-atapi-device.patch

Unneeded.

+git-magic.patch
+git-magic-fixup.patch
+git-magic-fixup-2.patch

Consolidate magic numbers.

-tulip-update-tulip-version.patch

Unneeded

-tulip-update-winbond840c-version.patch

Merged, I think.

+ip100a-fix-tx-pause-bug-reset_tx-intr_handler.patch
+ip100a-change-phy-address-search-from-phy=1-to-phy=0.patch
+ip100a-correct-initial-and-close-hardware-step.patch
+ip100a-solve-host-error-problem-in-low-performance.patch

Net driver updates

+net-ipv6-bh_lock_sock_nested-on-tcp_v6_rcv.patch

lockdep fix

+revert-allow-file-systems-to-manually-d_move-inside-of-rename.patch

Revert a patch which is also in the OCFS2 tree.

+git-parisc-powerpc-fix.patch

Fix broken changes to core IRQ code which are (logically) in the parisc tree.

+8250-uart-backup-timer.patch

Serial fix.

+gregkh-pci-msi-rename-pci_cap_id_ht_irqconf-into-pci_cap_id_ht.patch
+gregkh-pci-pci_bridge-device.patch

PCI tree updates

+pci-quirks-update.patch

PCI fixes

-fix-panic-when-reinserting-adaptec-pcmcia-scsi-card.patch

Dropped

+bodge-scsi-misc-module-reference-count-checks-with-no-module_unload.patch
+scsi-remove-seagateh.patch
+scsi-seagate-scsi_cmnd-conversion.patch
+aha152x-fix.patch

SCSI stuff.

+revert-gregkh-usb-usbcore-remove-usb_suspend_root_hub.patch

Revert broken USB patch

+gregkh-usb-usbcore-add-autosuspend-autoresume-infrastructure-2.patch
+microtek-usb-scanner-scsi_cmnd-conversion.patch

USB stuff

+x86-remaining-pda-patches.patch

Fix PDA patches in x86_64 tree.

+cleanup-radix_tree_derefreplace_slot-calling-conventions-warning-fixes.patch

Fix cleanup-radix_tree_derefreplace_slot-calling-conventions.patch

-page-migration-replace-radix_tree_lookup_slot-with-radix_tree_lockup.patch

Dropped.

+have-power-use-add_active_range-and-free_area_init_nodes-ppc-fix.patch

Fix have-power-use-add_active_range-and-free_area_init_nodes.patch

+page-invalidation-cleanup.patch
+slab-fix-kmalloc_node-applying-memory-policies-if-nodeid-==-numa_node_id.patch
+slab-fix-kmalloc_node-applying-memory-policies-if-nodeid-==-numa_node_id-fix.patch
+condense-output-of-show_free_areas.patch
+add-numa_build-definition-in-kernelh-to-avoid-ifdef.patch
+disable-gfp_thisnode-in-the-non-numa-case.patch
+gfp_thisnode-for-the-slab-allocator-v2.patch
+gfp_thisnode-for-the-slab-allocator-v2-fix.patch
+add-node-to-zone-for-the-numa-case.patch
+add-node-to-zone-for-the-numa-case-fix.patch
+get-rid-of-zone_table.patch
+get-rid-of-zone_table-fix.patch
+do-not-allocate-pagesets-for-unpopulated-zones.patch
+zone_statistics-use-hot-node-instead-of-cold-zone_pgdat.patch
+deal-with-cases-of-zone_dma-meaning-the-first-zone.patch
+introduce-config_zone_dma.patch
+optional-zone_dma-in-the-vm.patch
+optional-zone_dma-for-i386.patch
+optional-zone_dma-for-x86_64.patch
+optional-zone_dma-for-ia64.patch
+remove-zone_dma-remains-from-parisc.patch
+remove-zone_dma-remains-from-sh-sh64.patch

MM updates

+frv-fix-fls-to-handle-bit-31-being-set-correctly.patch
+frv-implement-fls64.patch
+frv-optimise-ffs.patch

FRV updates

+alchemy-delete-unused-pt_regs-argument-from-au1xxx_dbdma_chan_alloc.patch

MIPS fix

+avr32-dont-leave-dbe-set-when-resetting-cpu.patch
+avr32-make-prot_write-prot_exec-imply-prot_read.patch
+avr32-remove-set_wmb.patch
+avr32-use-parse_early_param.patch
+avr32-fix-exported-headers.patch
+avr32-fix-__const_udelay-overflow-bug.patch
+avr32-mtd-static-memory-controller-driver-try-2.patch
+avr32-mtd-at49bv6416-platform-device-for-atstk1000.patch
+avr32-mtd-unlock-flash-if-necessary.patch

AVR32 udpates

-i386-print-stack-size-in-oops-messages.patch

Dropped due to rejects against x86_64 tree

+x86-restore-i8259a-eoi-status-on-resume.patch

x86 fix

+split-i386-and-x86_64-ptraceh.patch
+split-i386-and-x86_64-ptraceh-fix.patch
+make-uml-use-ptrace-abih.patch

UML work

+inode-diet-eliminate-i_blksize-and-use-a-per-superblock-default-vs-gfs2.patch

Fix gfs2 for inode-diet-eliminate-i_blksize-and-use-a-per-superblock-default.patch

-sanitize-3c589_cs.patch

Dropped.

+blockdevc-check-errors-fix.patch

Fix blockdevc-check-errors.patch

+serial-fix-up-offenders-peering-at-baud-bits-directly.patch
+remove-the-old-bd_mutex-lockdep-annotation.patch
+new-bd_mutex-lockdep-annotation.patch
+codingstyle-cleanup-for-kernel-sysc.patch
+allow-proc-configgz-to-be-built-as-a-module.patch
+add-config_headers_check-option-to-automatically-run-make-headers_check.patch
+add-config_headers_check-option-to-automatically-run-make-headers_check-nobble.patch
+pci-via82cxxx_audio-use-pci_get_device.patch
+pci-cs46xx-oss-switch-to-pci_get_device.patch
+#pci-mxser-pci-refcounts.patch
+pci-piix-use-refcounted-interface-when-searching-for-a-450nx.patch
+pci-serverworks-switch-to-pci-refcounted-interfaces.patch
+pci-sis5513-switch-to-pci-refcounting.patch
+pci-mtd-switch-to-pci_get_device-and-do-ref-counting.patch
+pci-via-switch-to-pci_get_device-refcounted-pci-api.patch
+mbcs-use-seek_set-cur.patch
+eicon-isdn-removed-unused-definitions-for-os_seek_.patch
+vfs-use-seek_set-cur.patch
+proper-flags-type-of-spin_lock_irqsave.patch

Misc

+add-missing-page_copy-export-for-ppc-and-powerpc.patch

Fix nfs-use-local-caching-12.patch

-r-o-bind-mount-clean-up-ocfs2-nlink-handling.patch
+r-o-bind-mount-clean-up-ocfs2-nlink-handling-2.patch

Updated due to changes in git-ocfs2.patch

-thinkpad_ec-new-driver-for-thinkpad-embedded-controller-access.patch
-hdaps-use-thinkpad_ec-instead-of-direct-port-access.patch
-hdaps-unify-and-cache-hdaps-readouts.patch
-hdaps-unify-and-cache-hdaps-readouts-fix.patch
-hdaps-correct-readout-and-remove-nonsensical-attributes.patch
-hdaps-remember-keyboard-and-mouse-activity.patch
-hdaps-limit-hardware-query-rate.patch
-hdaps-delay-calibration-to-first-hardware-query.patch
-hdaps-add-explicit-hardware-configuration-functions.patch
-hdaps-add-explicit-hardware-configuration-functions-fix.patch
-hdaps-add-explicit-hardware-configuration-functions-fix-fix.patch
-hdaps-add-new-sysfs-attributes.patch
-hdaps-power-off-accelerometer-on-suspend-and-unload.patch
-hdaps-stop-polling-timer-when-suspended.patch
-hdaps-simplify-whitelist.patch

Dropped.

+s390-update-fs3270-to-use-a-struct-pid.patch

Fix s390 for pid patches in -mm.

+knfsd-replace-two-page-lists-in-struct-svc_rqst-with-one-fix.patch

Fix knfsd-replace-two-page-lists-in-struct-svc_rqst-with-one.patch

+scheduler-numa-aware-placement-of-sched_group_allnodes.patch

sched tweak.

+ecryptfs-versioning-fixes.patch
+ecryptfs-versioning-fixes-tidy.patch

ecryptfs fixes

+namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag-fix.patch

Fix namespaces-utsname-implement-clone_newuts-flag.patch

+rename-the-provided-execve-functions-to-kernel_execve-headers-fix.patch

Fix rename-the-provided-execve-functions-to-kernel_execve.patch some more

+ide-fix-crash-on-repeated-reset-tidy.patch

Clean up ide-fix-crash-on-repeated-reset.patch

+dm-support-ioctls-on-mapped-devices-fix-with-fake-file.patch
+dm-fix-alloc_dev-error-path.patch
+dm-snapshot-fix-invalidation-enomem.patch
+dm-snapshot-allow-zero-chunk_size.patch
+dm-snapshot-fix-metadata-error-handling.patch
+dm-snapshot-make-read-and-write-exception-functions-void.patch
+dm-snapshot-fix-metadata-writing-when-suspending.patch
+dm-snapshot-tidy-snapshot_map.patch
+dm-snapshot-tidy-pending_complete.patch
+dm-snapshot-add-workqueue.patch
+dm-snapshot-tidy-pe-ref-counting.patch
+dm-snapshot-fix-freeing-pending-exception.patch
+dm-mirror-remove-trailing-space-from-table.patch
+dm-mpath-tidy-ctr.patch
+dm-mpath-use-kzalloc.patch
+dm-add-uevent-change-event-on-resume.patch
+dm-add-debug-macro.patch
+dm-table-add-target-preresume.patch
+dm-crypt-add-key-msg.patch
+dm-crypt-restructure-for-workqueue-change.patch
+dm-crypt-restructure-write-processing.patch
+dm-crypt-move-io-to-workqueue.patch
+dm-crypt-use-private-biosets.patch
+dm-use-private-biosets.patch
+dm-extract-device-limit-setting.patch
+dm-table-add-target-flush.patch

Device mapper updates

+statistics-infrastructure-exploitation-zfcp-sched_clock-fix.patch

Fix statistics-infrastructure-exploitation-zfcp.patch

+genirq-msi-restore-__do_irq-compat-logic-temporarily.patch

Kludge around genirq MSI bugs.

+rcu-credits-and-maintainers.patch

RCU update

-nozomi-pci_module_init-conversion.patch

Collaterally damaged by driver tree fun.

+pr_debug-check-pr_debug-arguments-arm-fix.patch
+pr_debug-check-pr_debug-arguments.patch

Fix pr_debug patches in -mm.

+mprotect-patch-for-use-by-slim.patch
+integrity-service-api-and-dummy-provider.patch
+integrity-service-api-and-dummy-provider-compilation-warning-fix.patch
+slim-main-patch.patch
+slim-main-patch-socket_post_create-hook-return-code.patch
+slim-secfs-patch.patch
+slim-make-and-config-stuff.patch
+slim-debug-output.patch
+slim-fix-security-issue-with-the-task_post_setuid-hook.patch
+slim-secfs-inode-i_private-build-fix.patch
+slim-documentation.patch

New security feature.

-input_register_device-debug.patch

Dropped due to rejects.



All 1979 patches:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-rc7/2.6.18-rc7-mm1/patch-list


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