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627d3e7abca30d6e86787c98dd7cbac0233bc5a9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ALSA: PCI168 snd-azt3328: some more fixups
Problem Details: - fix problem with codec register 0x6a being write-only by adding a software shadow register (caused annoying noise after module loading due to _toggling_ between gameport and audio bits instead of configuring them properly) - rename several "Wave" mixer controls to "PCM", since this is what Wi...
```diff diff --git a/sound/pci/azt3328.c b/sound/pci/azt3328.c index b832333c3023..22f18f3cfbc9 100644 --- a/sound/pci/azt3328.c +++ b/sound/pci/azt3328.c @@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ struct snd_azf3328 { struct pci_dev *pci; int irq; + /* register 0x6a is write-only, thus need to remember setting. + * If we need to add...
0d8440657ef184907ac5add0b59c771ee8e8a77f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: cpm_uart: fix whitespace issues
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart.h b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart.h index 0cc39f82d7c5..3d07bec06fad 100644 --- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart.h +++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart.h @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ * Copyright (C) 2004 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. * * 2006 (c) MontaVista Softwa...
4389ed2ff61de2b1485b31bf342da913dd342f59
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ACPI: don't walk tables if ACPI was disabled
Problem Details: Ingo Molnar wrote: > -tip auto-testing started triggering this spinlock corruption message > yesterday: > > [ 3.976213] calling acpi_rtc_init+0x0/0xd3 > [ 3.980213] ACPI Exception (utmutex-0263): AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Thread F7C50000 could not acquire Mutex [3] [20080321] > [ 3.992213] BUG: spinl...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/acpi/glue.c b/drivers/acpi/glue.c index 2808dc60fd67..9b227d4dc9c9 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/glue.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/glue.c @@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ static int __init acpi_rtc_init(void) { struct device *dev = get_rtc_dev(); + if (acpi_disabled) + return 0; + if (dev) { rtc_wake_set...
16d752397301b95abaa95cbaf9e785d221872311
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: thermal: Create CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=n
Problem Details: A bug in libsensors <= 2.10.6 is exposed when this new hwmon I/F is enabled. Create CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=n until some time after libsensors 2.10.7 ships so those users can run the latest kernel. libsensors 3.x is already fixed -- those users can use CONFIG_THERMAL_HWMON=y now. Signed-off-by: Rene Her...
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 5b3f31faed56..46ece3fba6f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -312,3 +312,12 @@ When: 2.6.26 Why: Implementation became generic; us...
e4ec7a00ed30429030112e5591cf3138645727c2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: PCI: correct resource number in debug output
Problem Details: If pci_request_region fails, make the warning include the resource number, not the resource number + 1.
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci.c b/drivers/pci/pci.c index 8b755a7fb4ef..8e8ecc1da93d 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pci.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pci.c @@ -1114,10 +1114,10 @@ int pci_request_region(struct pci_dev *pdev, int bar, const char *res_name) err_out: dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "BAR %d: can't reserve %s region [%#ll...
80ccba1186d48fa728dc4b1456cc07ffb07da501
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: PCI: use dev_printk when possible
Problem Details: Convert printks to use dev_printk(). I converted pr_debug() to dev_dbg(). Both use KERN_DEBUG and are enabled only when DEBUG is defined. I converted printk(KERN_DEBUG) to dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG), not to dev_dbg(), because dev_dbg() is only enabled when DEBUG is defined. I converted DBG(KERN_INFO) (...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi.c index ccb1974464fb..15af618d36e2 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/msi.c +++ b/drivers/pci/msi.c @@ -565,9 +565,8 @@ int pci_enable_msi(struct pci_dev* dev) /* Check whether driver already requested for MSI-X irqs */ if (dev->msix_enabled) { - printk(KERN_INFO "P...
b30dd56d1c3786fb0c4e442a58d9a2ea78eeabb9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pciehp: fix typo in hpc_release_ctlr
Problem Details: Fix the typo in hpc_release_ctlr(). Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c index 0cfaedf2edca..c030c94a4acb 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static void hpc_release_ctlr(struct controller *ctrl) { /* Mask Hot-plug Interrupt Enable ...
9e6c29768fc05d32ba1342b9348957b24bc476c2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] 5117/1: pxafb: fix __devinit/exit annotations
Problem Details: This patch fixes pxafb's init/exit annotations. It uses __devinit/exit for probe functions and __init for init functions. g_options is left as __devinitdata since it is used by both. Signed-off-by: Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com> Acked-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Acked-by: Eric Miao ...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/video/pxafb.c b/drivers/video/pxafb.c index 796e0d1d5b19..fafe7db20d6d 100644 --- a/drivers/video/pxafb.c +++ b/drivers/video/pxafb.c @@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ static int pxafb_resume(struct platform_device *dev) * cache. Once this area is remapped, all virtual memory * access to...
99ade2597e3f7f0ad463c489aaccd6cc605e242c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: rt2x00: Fix unbalanced mutex locking
Problem Details: The usb_cache_mutex was not correctly released under all circumstances. Both rt73usb as rt2500usb didn't release the mutex under certain conditions when the register access failed. Obviously such failure would lead to deadlocks. In addition under similar circumstances when the bbp register couldn't be...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c index fdbd0ef2be4b..61e59c17a60a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c @@ -138,11 +138,8 @@ static void rt2500usb_bbp_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, ...
2f9ec47d0954f9d2e5a00209c2689cbc477a8c89
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: b43legacy: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in DMA code
Problem Details: This fixes a possible NULL pointer dereference in an error path of the DMA allocation error checking code. This is also necessary for a future DMA API change that is on its way into the mainline kernel that adds an additional dev parameter to dma_mapping_error(). Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3s...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c index c990f87b107a..93ddc1cbcc8b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/dma.c @@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ struct b43legacy_dmaring *b43legacy_setup_dmaring(struct b43legacy_wldev *dev...
7b3abfc87ec13a81b255012b6e1bd4caeeb05aec
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: b43: Fix possible MMIO access while device is down
Problem Details: This fixes a possible MMIO access while the device is still down from a suspend cycle. MMIO accesses with the device powered down may cause crashes on certain devices. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/leds.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/leds.c index 36a9c42df835..76f4c7bad8b8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/leds.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/leds.c @@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ static void b43_led_brightness_set(struct led_classdev *led_dev, struct b43_wldev *dev = led->dev...
c9e8eae0935f03e2d03a7ad7af80d8fc6c53e68c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: b43: Do not return TX_BUSY from op_tx
Problem Details: Never return TX_BUSY from op_tx. It doesn't make sense to return TX_BUSY, if we can not transmit the packet. Drop the packet and return TX_OK. This will fix the resume hang. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c index fa4b0d8b74a2..a70827793086 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c @@ -2883,12 +2883,11 @@ static int b43_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, if (unlikely(skb->len < 2 + 2 + 6)) { /*...
8d0a60032ffd472f0f7821ff388e9f438c06077a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Blackfin arch: fix up section mismatch warning
Problem Details: -- WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x721a): Section mismatch in reference from the function ___fill_code_cplbtab() to the function .init.text:_fill_cplbtab() The function ___fill_code_cplbtab() references the function __init _fill_cplbtab(). This is often because ___fill_code_cplbtab lacks a __init annotation...
```diff diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplb-nompu/cplbinit.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplb-nompu/cplbinit.c index 917325bfbd84..6be0c50122e8 100644 --- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplb-nompu/cplbinit.c +++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/cplb-nompu/cplbinit.c @@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ close_cplbtab(struct cplb_tab *table) } /* helper...
71a7d1556264c1ad84b1bcf5f7a9cbc980b1e1fd
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Blackfin arch: fix bug - kernel boot fails when Spinlock and rw-lock debugging enabled
Problem Details: Initialize the lock of bad_irq_desc properly. The content of irq_desc array is replaced by bad_irq_desc in blackfin arch irqchip init code. So, do it properly as common irq init code. Signed-off-by: Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org>
```diff diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/irqchip.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/irqchip.c index 73647c158774..07402f57c9de 100644 --- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/irqchip.c +++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/irqchip.c @@ -60,9 +60,14 @@ static struct irq_chip bad_chip = { }; static struct irq_desc bad_irq_desc = { + .status = IRQ_DIS...
9f0aecdd1cd6aacee9aa8f08031f4f2e09e454dc
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] audit: fix kernel-doc parameter notation
Problem Details: Fix auditfilter kernel-doc misssing parameter description: Warning(lin2626-rc3//kernel/auditfilter.c:1551): No description found for parameter 'sessionid' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c index 0e0bd27e6512..75cdf262851d 100644 --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c @@ -1544,6 +1544,7 @@ static void audit_log_rule_change(uid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid, u32 sid, * @data: payload data * @datasz: size of payload data * @lo...
eadc49b1a8d09480f14caea292142f103a89c77a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] esp: Fix OOPS in esp_reset_cleanup().
Problem Details: OOPS reported by Friedrich Oslage <bluebird@porno-bullen.de> The problem here is that tp->starget is set every time a lun is allocated for a particular target so we can catch the sdev_target parent value. The reset handler uses the NULL'ness of this value to determine which targets are active. But e...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c index a0b6d414953d..305eddef5ca1 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/esp_scsi.c @@ -2371,6 +2371,7 @@ static int esp_slave_alloc(struct scsi_device *dev) dev->hostdata = lp; tp->starget = dev->sdev_target; + tp->starget_ref...
ea7b44c8e6baa1a4507f05ba2c0009ac21c3fe0b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: enable bus mastering on i915 at resume time
Problem Details: On 9xx chips, bus mastering needs to be enabled at resume time for much of the chip to function. With this patch, vblank interrupts will work as expected on resume, along with other chip functions. Fixes kernel bugzilla #10844. Signed-off-by: Jie Luo <clotho67@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/i915_drv.c b/drivers/char/drm/i915_drv.c index e8f3d682e3b1..93aed1c38bd2 100644 --- a/drivers/char/drm/i915_drv.c +++ b/drivers/char/drm/i915_drv.c @@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static int i915_resume(struct drm_device *dev) pci_restore_state(dev->pdev); if (pci_enable_device(dev->pdev)...
f6e16d5ad463d15f285666f588cfe49495c692d9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86: KVM guest: Use the paravirt clocksource structs and functions
Problem Details: This patch updates the kvm host code to use the pvclock structs and functions, thereby making it compatible with Xen. The patch also fixes an initialization bug: on SMP systems the per-cpu has two different locations early at boot and after CPU bringup. kvmclock must take that in account when registe...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index f94bca6ff47f..e0edaaa6920a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ config VMI config KVM_CLOCK bool "KVM paravirtualized clock" select PARAVIRT + select PARAVIRT_CLOCK depends on !(X86_VISWS || X86_VOYAGER) help ...
5af4e7a0bea715f2dd7190859a43eb2258b1f388
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [GFS2] fix gfs2 block allocation (cleaned up)
Problem Details: This patch fixes bz 450641. This patch changes the computation for zero_metapath_length(), which it renames to metapath_branch_start(). When you are extending the metadata tree, The indirect blocks that point to the new data block must either diverge from the existing tree either at the inode, or at t...
```diff diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c index c19184f2e70e..bec76b1c2bb0 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c @@ -246,15 +246,11 @@ static void find_metapath(const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 block, } -static inline unsigned int zero_metapath_length(const struct metapath *mp, - unsigned...
8097110d179b874d91c6495330c2b96c991e8c6e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] Handle count==0 in sn2_ptc_proc_write()
Problem Details: The fix applied in e0c6d97c65e0784aade7e97b9411f245a6c543e7 "security hole in sn2_ptc_proc_write" didn't take into account the case where count==0 (which results in a buffer underrun when adding the trailing '\0'). Thanks to Andi Kleen for pointing this out. Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c index 6dd886c5d860..e585f9a2afb9 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn2_smp.c @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static ssize_t sn2_ptc_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user, si int cp...
2826f8c0f4c97b7db33e2a680f184d828eb7a785
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [IA64] Fix boot failure on ia64/sn2
Problem Details: Call check_sal_cache_flush() after platform_setup() as check_sal_cache_flush() now relies on being able to call platform vector code. Problem was introduced by: 3463a93def55c309f3c0d0a8aaf216be3be42d64 "Update check_sal_cache_flush to use platform_send_ipi()" Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>...
```diff diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c index f48a809c686d..4ae15c8c2488 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c @@ -578,8 +578,6 @@ setup_arch (char **cmdline_p) cpu_init(); /* initialize the bootstrap CPU */ mmu_context_init(); /* initialize context_id...
c95e62ce8905aab62fed224eaaa9b8558a0ef652
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [SCSI] ses: Fix timeout
Problem Details: Timeouts are measured in jiffies, not in seconds. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> Cc: Stable Tree <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ses.c b/drivers/scsi/ses.c index 45df83b9d847..0fe031f003e7 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/ses.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/ses.c @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int ses_probe(struct device *dev) return err; } -#define SES_TIMEOUT 30 +#define SES_TIMEOUT (30 * HZ) #define SES_RETRIES 3 static int...
aabdc3b8c3b3d081f1532454e344208338478e29
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: kgdb: sparse fix
Problem Details: - Fix warning reported by sparse kernel/kgdb.c:1502:6: warning: symbol 'kgdb_console_write' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
```diff diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c index 79e3c90113c2..3ec23c3ec97f 100644 --- a/kernel/kgdb.c +++ b/kernel/kgdb.c @@ -1499,7 +1499,8 @@ int kgdb_nmicallback(int cpu, void *regs) return 1; } -void kgdb_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned count) +static void kgdb_console_write(...
a606b5e24b7e2937604f4c85023d8d9c5ab0a28b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: kgdb: documentation update - remove kgdboe
Problem Details: kgdboe is not presently included kgdb, and there should be no references to it. Also fix the tcp port terminal connection example. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
```diff diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl index 028a8444d95e..e8acd1f03456 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl @@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ runs an instance of gdb against the vmlinux file which contains the symbols (not boot im...
4aeba0134f1e54cfd881e118b039ab6ed8b99126
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pcmcia: (re)move {pcmcia,pccard}_get_status
Problem Details: Except for one debug message in a driver marked BROKEN, pcmcia_get_status is only used by the ioctl. Therefore, move it to pcmcia_ioctl.c and unexport it. Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c index 00530f9bf4a7..0cc31675aeb9 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pcmciamtd.c @@ -560,9 +560,7 @@ static int pcmciamtd_config(struct pcmcia_device *link) DEBUG(1, "Allocated a window of %dKiB", dev->win_si...
05f43d48ddbda0ce74941aff4711a1829116cc4f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pcmcia: Fix ti12xx_2nd_slot_empty always failing
Problem Details: For TI 1520 and others, ti12xx_2nd_slot_empty was reading card detect from the wrong slot, and always failing. Signed-off-by: Alex Harford <alex.harford@inmotiontechnology.com> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/ti113x.h b/drivers/pcmcia/ti113x.h index 87a5fd5c2127..129db7bd06c3 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/ti113x.h +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/ti113x.h @@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static int ti12xx_2nd_slot_empty(struct yenta_socket *socket) goto out; /* check state */ - yenta_get_status(&socket->sock...
c1ac02280d76de7aba8a9d43638d0f7d1fd0f820
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pcmcia: check for pointer instead of pointer address
Problem Details: Bug noted by Michael Buesch: checking for the pointer address is always true. This didn't matter much, for the very first check in pcmcia_release_window() was for the pointer pointing to something, and the return value is ignored here. Nonetheless, fix it. CC: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c index 1d128fbd1a92..c8f77b889d42 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c @@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ void pcmcia_disable_device(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev) { pcmcia_release_configuration(p_de...
785e821eb679c171f453722f15c6791de0c1abe1
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pcmcia: add support CompactFlash PCMCIA support for Blackfin.
Problem Details: A new host driver to add CompactFlash PCMCIA support for Blackfin. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org> Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig index 1b0eb5aaf650..e45402adac3f 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig @@ -263,6 +263,13 @@ config OMAP_CF Say Y here to support the CompactFlash controller on OMAP. Note that this doesn't support "True IDE" mode. ...
b3363997a62d67f76f388c629673094935209d16
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pcmcia: fix Alchemy warnings
Problem Details: Fix the following warnings: drivers/pcmcia/au1000_generic.c: In function `au1x00_pcmcia_socket_probe': drivers/pcmcia/au1000_generic.c:405: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type drivers/pcmcia/au1000_generic.c:413: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type by properly po...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/au1000_generic.h b/drivers/pcmcia/au1000_generic.h index 1e467bb54077..c62437df175e 100644 --- a/drivers/pcmcia/au1000_generic.h +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/au1000_generic.h @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ #define AU1000_PCMCIA_IO_SPEED (255) #define AU1000_PCMCIA_MEM_SPEED (300) -#define ...
17c15da00c0e7289375ad57e8fea0c7892b74aa0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [GFS2] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff81002690e000
Problem Details: This patch fixes bugzilla bug bz448866: gfs2: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff81002690e000. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
```diff diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c index 6387523a3153..3401628d742b 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ ulong_aligned: depending on architecture. I've experimented with several ways of writing this section such as using an else before the goto but this ...
93e1ade5382206d597e9d6de2d1383e69f54d064
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86/oprofile: disable preemption in nmi_shutdown
Problem Details: fix: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: oprofiled/27301 caller is nmi_shutdown+0x11/0x60 Pid: 27301, comm: oprofiled Not tainted 2.6.26-rc7 #25 [<c028a90d>] debug_smp_processor_id+0xbd/0xc0 [<c045fba1>] nmi_shutdown+0x11/0x60 [<c045dd4a>] oprofile_...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c index cc48d3fde545..2b6ad5b9f9d5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c +++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c @@ -269,12 +269,13 @@ static void nmi_cpu_shutdown(void *dummy) static void nmi_shutdown(void) { - struct op_msrs *msrs = &__get_...
3e9c83b309fd7cbf1d9b801d0d5877c040e30420
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86: pat.c consolidate error/debug messages in reserve_memtype
Problem Details: ... and move last debug message out of locked section. Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com> Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Cc: Suresh B Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c index c996a3641200..1118288f8fe2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c @@ -269,12 +269,6 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type, } if (actual_type != entry->type) { - printk( - KERN_INFO "%s:%d conflicti...
69e26be9b1d0c83d3581475095ce2a1ccc578215
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86: pat.c more trivial changes
Problem Details: - add BUG statement to catch invalid start and end parameters - No need to track the actual type in both req_type and actual_type -- keep req_type unchanged. - removed (IMHO) superfluous comments Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com> Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallip...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c index a6507bfb12a7..c996a3641200 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c @@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned long req_type, unsigned long actual_type; int err = 0; - /* Only track when pat_enabled */ + BUG_...
e8183c2452041326c95258ecc7865b6fcd91c730
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: udf: Fix regression in UDF anchor block detection
Problem Details: In some cases it could happen that some block passed test in udf_check_anchor_block() even though udf_read_tagged() refused to read it later (e.g. because checksum was not correct). This patch makes udf_check_anchor_block() use udf_read_tagged() so that the checking is stricter. This fixes the regres...
```diff diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c index 7a5f69be6ac2..44cc702f96cc 100644 --- a/fs/udf/super.c +++ b/fs/udf/super.c @@ -682,38 +682,26 @@ static int udf_vrs(struct super_block *sb, int silent) /* * Check whether there is an anchor block in the given block */ -static int udf_check_anchor_block(st...
a9b21b622958afc3f3bc5a23d266dd9ed1171fd3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: KVM: VMX: Fix host msr corruption with preemption enabled
Problem Details: Switching msrs can occur either synchronously as a result of calls to the msr management functions (usually in response to the guest touching virtualized msrs), or asynchronously when preempting a kvm thread that has guest state loaded. If we're unlucky enough to have the two at the same time, host ms...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 02efbe75f317..540e95179074 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static void vmx_save_host_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) load_transition_efer(vmx); } -static void vmx_load_host_state(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx) +stat...
4fa6b9c5dc4134bdeac341d731a87783cc11ca10
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: KVM: ioapic: fix lost interrupt when changing a device's irq
Problem Details: The ioapic acknowledge path translates interrupt vectors to irqs. It currently uses a first match algorithm, stopping when it finds the first redirection table entry containing the vector. That fails however if the guest changes the irq to a different line, leaving the old redirection table entry in ...
```diff diff --git a/virt/kvm/ioapic.c b/virt/kvm/ioapic.c index 98778cb69c6e..1dcf9f3d1107 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/ioapic.c +++ b/virt/kvm/ioapic.c @@ -269,28 +269,9 @@ void kvm_ioapic_set_irq(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic, int irq, int level) } } -static int get_eoi_gsi(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic, int vector) +static v...
6bf6a9532fd03ad719f0c86654f16ef777b78fc6
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: KVM: MMU: Fix oops on guest userspace access to guest pagetable
Problem Details: KVM has a heuristic to unshadow guest pagetables when userspace accesses them, on the assumption that most guests do not allow userspace to access pagetables directly. Unfortunately, in addition to unshadowing the pagetables, it also oopses. This never triggers on ordinary guests since sane OSes will ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c index baa6503894d3..7e7c3969f7a2 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c @@ -1083,10 +1083,6 @@ static void mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *shadow_pte, struct kvm_mmu_page *shadow; spte |= PT_WRITABLE_MASK; - if (user_fault)...
6597ca09e6c0e5aec7ffd2b8ab48c671d3c28414
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: KVM: MMU: Fix rmap_write_protect() hugepage iteration bug
Problem Details: rmap_next() does not work correctly after rmap_remove(), as it expects the rmap chains not to change during iteration. Fix (for now) by restarting iteration from the beginning. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c index ee3f53098f0c..9628091c574d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c @@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ static void rmap_write_protect(struct kvm *kvm, u64 gfn) rmap_remove(kvm, spte); --kvm->stat.lpages; set_shadow_pte(spte, shadow_trap_non...
d4acf7e7abe45457e751525a2a4d5b693dfdd597
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: KVM: Fix race between timer migration and vcpu migration
Problem Details: A guest vcpu instance can be scheduled to a different physical CPU between the test for KVM_REQ_MIGRATE_TIMER and local_irq_disable(). If that happens, the timer will only be migrated to the current pCPU on the next exit, meaning that guest LAPIC timer event can be delayed until a host interrupt is tr...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 00acf1301a15..b90744a1dc3a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -2759,6 +2759,8 @@ again: if (vcpu->requests) { if (test_and_clear_bit(KVM_REQ_MIGRATE_TIMER, &vcpu->requests)) __kvm_migrate_timers(vcpu); + if (test_and_c...
6ff10de374cc68ff2024247793176dc8a1b317ea
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86: fix "x86: use cpu_khz for loops_per_jiffy calculation"
Problem Details: fix: arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c: In function ‘tsc_init': arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c:421: error: ‘lpj_tsc' undeclared (first use in this function) arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c:421: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c:421: error: for each function it appears in.) S...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c index be729035b30b..0af49fb533e1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_32.c @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/clocksource.h> #include <linux/workqueue.h> +#include <linux/delay.h> #include <linu...
72c6e251ed84b3a9cdfde6711191155c47bb2b9c
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: alpha: fix compile error in arch/alpha/mm/init.c
Problem Details: Commit 9267b4b3880d00dc2dab90f1d817c856939114f7 ("alpha: fix module load failures on smp (bug #10926)") causes a regression for my ev4 uniprocessor build: CC arch/alpha/mm/init.o /export/data/repositories/linux-2.6/arch/alpha/mm/init.c:34: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h b/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h index 82e8a94b4b2f..3495e8e00d70 100644 --- a/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h +++ b/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS]; #define __get_cpu_var(var) per_cpu_var(var) #define __raw_get_cpu_va...
cd1a28e8457e6ebf72c48d84d4e736307e86436e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: lockdep: add lock_class information to lock_chain and output it
Problem Details: It is based on x86/master branch of git-x86 tree, and has been tested on x86_64 platform. ChangeLog: v2: - Enclosing proc file system related code into CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING. - Fix nr_chain_hlocks update code. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello....
```diff diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c index a796f1f38ac5..7553a28b99cd 100644 --- a/kernel/lockdep.c +++ b/kernel/lockdep.c @@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ out_bug: unsigned long nr_lock_chains; struct lock_chain lock_chains[MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS]; -atomic_t nr_chain_hlocks; +int nr_chain_hlocks; static u16 ...
b7e2445737ff69cef892b6fd9cd71cae2c9e9515
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: NFS: Fix filehandle size comparisons in the mount code
Problem Details: Fix a sign issue in xdr_decode_fhstatus3() Fix incorrect comparison in nfs_validate_mount_data() Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c index 49c7cd0502cc..779d2eb649c5 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c +++ b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c @@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ static int xdr_decode_fhstatus3(struct rpc_rqst *req, __be32 *p, struct mnt_fhstatus *res) { struct nfs_fh *fh = res->fh; + unsigned si...
33852a1f2bb014e4047a844556c0d76a2f790c37
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: NFS: Reduce the NFS mount code stack usage.
Problem Details: This appears to fix the Oops reported in http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10826 Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c index 2a4a024a4e7b..dac663dc5611 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/super.c +++ b/fs/nfs/super.c @@ -1216,8 +1216,6 @@ static int nfs_validate_mount_data(void *options, { struct nfs_mount_data *data = (struct nfs_mount_data *)options; - memset(args, 0, sizeof(*args)); - if (...
76fbc263ff7e42ce8b21b8aee176e3c74b45f81a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pci: debug extra pci bus resources
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c index 8ddb918f5f57..c74a2bce083d 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c +++ b/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c @@ -537,6 +537,36 @@ void __ref pci_bus_assign_resources(struct pci_bus *bus) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(pci_bus_assign_resources); +static void pci_bus_dum...
9bf8a1a79d549a0cf3b26c88d1ac8cdf07deafee
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pci: debug extra pci resources range
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c index 3706ce7972dd..27cdbb06c4dd 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/probe.c +++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c @@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ static void pci_read_bases(struct pci_dev *dev, unsigned int howmany, int rom) } res->start = l64 & PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_MASK; res->e...
945754a1754f9d4c2974a8241ad4f92fad7f3a6a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: mm: fix race in COW logic
Problem Details: There is a race in the COW logic. It contains a shortcut to avoid the COW and reuse the page if we have the sole reference on the page, however it is possible to have two racing do_wp_page()ers with one causing the other to mistakenly believe it is safe to take the shortcut when it is not. This could...
```diff diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 423e0e7c2f73..d14b251a25a6 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -1785,7 +1785,6 @@ gotten: page_table = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl); if (likely(pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte))) { if (old_page) { - page_remove_rmap(old_page, vma); ...
672ca28e300c17bf8d792a2a7a8631193e580c74
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Fix ZERO_PAGE breakage with vmware
Problem Details: Commit 89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f ("Reinstate ZERO_PAGE optimization in 'get_user_pages()' and fix XIP") broke vmware, as reported by Jeff Chua: "This broke vmware 6.0.4. Jun 22 14:53:03.845: vmx| NOT_IMPLEMENTED /build/mts/release/bora-93057/bora/vmx/main/vmmonPosix.c:774" and ...
```diff diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 9aefaae46858..423e0e7c2f73 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -1045,6 +1045,26 @@ no_page_table: return page; } +/* Can we do the FOLL_ANON optimization? */ +static inline int use_zero_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma) +{ + /* + * We don't want to opt...
31f3e0b3a18c6d48196c40a82a3b8c01f4ff6b23
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [patch 1/3] vfs: dcache sparse fixes
Problem Details: Fix the following sparse warnings: fs/dcache.c:2183:19: warning: symbol 'filp_cachep' was not declared. Should it be static? fs/dcache.c:115:3: warning: context imbalance in 'dentry_iput' - unexpected unlock fs/dcache.c:188:2: warning: context imbalance in 'dput' - different lock contexts for basic bl...
```diff diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index 2b479de10a0a..e4b2b9436b32 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/string.h> #include <linux/mm.h> +#include <linux/fdtable.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/fsnotify.h> #include <linux/sla...
be285c712bbbe5db43e503782fbef2bfeaa345f9
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [patch 3/3] vfs: make d_path() consistent across mount operations
Problem Details: The path that __d_path() computes can become slightly inconsistent when it races with mount operations: it grabs the vfsmount_lock when traversing mount points but immediately drops it again, only to re-grab it when it reaches the next mount point. The result is that the filename computed is not alway...
```diff diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index c4c9072d810c..2b479de10a0a 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -1782,6 +1782,7 @@ char *__d_path(const struct path *path, struct path *root, char * end = buffer+buflen; char * retval; + spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock); prepend(&end, &buflen, "\0", 1); i...
c7d106c90ec40a0e35a6960157b40f238627246e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: nfsd: fix race in nfsd_nrthreads()
Problem Details: We need the nfsd_mutex before accessing nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads or we can't even guarantee nfsd_serv will still be there. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c index 26c81149d49a..96fdbcab8d95 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c @@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ int nfsd_vers(int vers, enum vers_op change) int nfsd_nrthreads(void) { - if (nfsd_serv == NULL) - return 0; - else - return nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads;...
3dd98a3bccb1bdd30b8a4a755e7bead1b64160ec
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: knfsd: clean up nfsd filesystem interfaces
Problem Details: Several of the nfsd filesystem interfaces allow changes to parameters that don't have any effect on a running nfsd service. They are only ever checked when nfsd is started. This patch fixes it so that changes to those procfiles return -EBUSY if nfsd is already running to make it clear that changes on t...
```diff diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c index 5c97d47676ae..bf11d6879ab4 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c @@ -3249,12 +3249,14 @@ nfs4_state_shutdown(void) nfs4_unlock_state(); } +/* + * user_recovery_dirname is protected by the nfsd_mutex since it's only + * access...
87afd448b186c885d67a08b7417cd46253b6a9d6
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: IB/mthca: Clear ICM pages before handing to FW
Problem Details: Current memfree FW has a bug which in some cases, assumes that ICM pages passed to it are cleared. This patch uses __GFP_ZERO to allocate all ICM pages passed to the FW. Once firmware with a fix is released, we can make the workaround conditional on firmware version. This fixes the bug reported by A...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_memfree.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_memfree.c index b224079d4e1f..d5862e5d99a0 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_memfree.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_memfree.c @@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ static int mthca_alloc_icm_pages(struct scatterl...
694a1764d657e0f7a9b139bc7269c8d5f5a2534b
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [patch 3/4] vfs: fix ERR_PTR abuse in generic_readlink
Problem Details: generic_readlink calls ERR_PTR for negative and positive values (vfs_readlink returns length of "link"), but it should not (not an errno) and does not need to. Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Mi...
```diff diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index ee1544696e83..01e67dddcc3d 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2856,16 +2856,17 @@ int generic_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen) { struct nameidata nd; void *cookie; + int res; nd.depth = 0; cookie = dentry->d_inode->i...
c70f84417429f41519be0197a1092a53c2201f47
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [patch for 2.6.26 4/4] vfs: utimensat(): fix write access check for futimens()
Problem Details: The POSIX.1 draft spec for futimens()/utimensat() says: Only a process with the effective user ID equal to the user ID of the file, *or with write access to the file*, or with appropriate privileges may use futimens() or utimensat() with a null pointer as the times argu...
```diff diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c index 118d1c3241be..b6b664e7145e 100644 --- a/fs/utimes.c +++ b/fs/utimes.c @@ -148,14 +148,9 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *filename, struct timespec *times, int flags goto mnt_drop_write_and_out; if (!is_owner_or_cap(inode)) { - if (f) { - if (!(f-...
4cca92264e61a90b43fc4e076cd25b7f4e16dc61
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [patch for 2.6.26 3/4] vfs: utimensat(): fix error checking for {UTIME_NOW,UTIME_OMIT} case
Problem Details: The POSIX.1 draft spec for utimensat() says: Only a process with the effective user ID equal to the user ID of the file or with appropriate privileges may use futimens() or utimensat() with a non-null times argument that does not have both tv_nsec fields set to UTIME_NOW and does n...
```diff diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c index d466bc587e6e..118d1c3241be 100644 --- a/fs/utimes.c +++ b/fs/utimes.c @@ -40,14 +40,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_utime(char __user *filename, struct utimbuf __user *times) #endif -static bool nsec_special(long nsec) -{ - return nsec == UTIME_OMIT || nsec == UTIME_NO...
12fd0d3088d27867be68655bcab2b074f2835f60
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [patch for 2.6.26 2/4] vfs: utimensat(): be consistent with utime() for immutable and append-only files
Problem Details: This patch fixes utimensat() to make its behavior consistent with that of utime()/utimes() when dealing with files marked immutable and append-only. The current utimensat() implementation also returns EPERM if 'times' is non-NULL and the tv_nsec fields are both UTIME_NOW. For consistency, the (times ...
```diff diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c index af059d5cb485..14d3edbb3d7c 100644 --- a/fs/utimes.c +++ b/fs/utimes.c @@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ long do_utimes(int dfd, char __user *filename, struct timespec *times, int flags if (error) goto dput_and_out; + if (times && times[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW && + ti...
fe6e9c1f25ac01f848bd084ee0ee62a5a0966ff3
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [PATCH] fix cgroup-inflicted breakage in block_dev.c
Problem Details: devcgroup_inode_permission() expects MAY_FOO, not FMODE_FOO; kindly keep your misdesign consistent if you positively have to inflict it on the kernel. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c index 470c10ceb0fb..10d8a0aa871a 100644 --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -931,8 +931,16 @@ static int do_open(struct block_device *bdev, struct file *file, int for_part) struct gendisk *disk; int ret; int part; + int perm = 0; - ret = devcgroup_in...
1b7558e457ed0de61023cfc913d2c342c7c3d9f2
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: futexes: fix fault handling in futex_lock_pi
Problem Details: This patch addresses a very sporadic pi-futex related failure in highly threaded java apps on large SMP systems. David Holmes reported that the pi_state consistency check in lookup_pi_state triggered with his test application. This means that the kernel internal pi_state and the user space futex varia...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index 449def8074fe..7d1136e97c14 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -1096,21 +1096,64 @@ static void unqueue_me_pi(struct futex_q *q) * private futexes. */ static int fixup_pi_state_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q, - struct task_st...
3e14b50dd4a3178f4f635267a2706b5d4f8c61ee
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ALSA: sb - Fix wrong assertions
Problem Details: snd_assert() in save_mixer() and restore_mixer() in sb_mixer.c is just wrong. The debug code wasn't tested at all, obviously... Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
```diff diff --git a/sound/isa/sb/sb_mixer.c b/sound/isa/sb/sb_mixer.c index 91d14224f6b3..73d4572d136b 100644 --- a/sound/isa/sb/sb_mixer.c +++ b/sound/isa/sb/sb_mixer.c @@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ static unsigned char als4000_saved_regs[] = { static void save_mixer(struct snd_sb *chip, unsigned char *regs, int num_regs) { ...
44e051773da465f8c92127914bc784770e0e2a28
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ALSA: aw2 - Fix Oops at initialization
Problem Details: The irq handler may be called before the proper initialization of hardware. Call snd_aw2_saa7146_setup() before the irq handler registration. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
```diff diff --git a/sound/pci/aw2/aw2-alsa.c b/sound/pci/aw2/aw2-alsa.c index 56f87cd33c19..3f00ddf450f8 100644 --- a/sound/pci/aw2/aw2-alsa.c +++ b/sound/pci/aw2/aw2-alsa.c @@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ static int __devinit snd_aw2_create(struct snd_card *card, return -ENOMEM; } + /* (2) initialization of the chip hardw...
b206ed0462b7112d07bb9f245bf49f5e95ff174a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] Orion: remove error printks in ->map_irq() implementations
Problem Details: If all PCI devices are working as expected, the error printks in the various implementations of ->map_irq() doesn't really provide any useful info. And if something is not working as expected, turning on pci=debug gives you more useful information than the printk calls in ->map_irq(), since the former...
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/dns323-setup.c b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/dns323-setup.c index 05ce66048741..ad810aa5fff5 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/dns323-setup.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/dns323-setup.c @@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ static int __init dns323_pci_map_irq(struct pci_dev *dev, u8 slot, u8 pin) if...
e7068ad337a991fba627148a4a57939fdc1e6a2d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] Orion: fix various whitespace and coding style issues
Problem Details: More cosmetic cleanup: - Replace 8-space indents by proper tab indents. - In structure initialisers, use a trailing comma for every member. - Collapse "},\n{" in structure initialiers to "}, {". Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com> Acked-by: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/common.c b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/common.c index 4f13fd037f04..fa4be3cb1549 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/common.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/common.c @@ -39,25 +39,22 @@ static struct map_desc orion5x_io_desc[] __initdata = { .virtual = ORION5X_REGS_VIRT_BASE, .pfn...
4c4925c1f4ccd72002957c3e73b4f117f2bcf712
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] fix cache alignment code in memset.S
Problem Details: This code is currently disabled, which explains why no one was affected. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@marvell.com>
```diff diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S b/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S index ef7fddc14ac9..018522c3ff26 100644 --- a/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S +++ b/arch/arm/lib/memmove.S @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ ENTRY(memmove) CALGN( bcs 2f ) CALGN( adr r4, 6f ) CALGN( subs r2, r2, ip ) @ C is set here + CALGN( rsb ip, ip, #32 ) C...
55d8538498f62ec72b5ba67aa386c7726f630475
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Fix performance regression on lmbench select benchmark
Problem Details: Christian Borntraeger reported that reinstating cond_resched() with CONFIG_PREEMPT caused a performance regression on lmbench: For example select file 500: 23 microseconds 32 microseconds and that's really because we totally unnecessarily do the cond_resched() in the innermost loop of select(), wh...
```diff diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c index 8dda969614a9..da0e88201c3a 100644 --- a/fs/select.c +++ b/fs/select.c @@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ int do_select(int n, fd_set_bits *fds, s64 *timeout) retval++; } } - cond_resched(); } if (res_in) *rinp = res_in; @@ -257,6 +256,7 @@ int do_s...
ee98476bbc565f8fe42e198602e647288b6a258d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] 5116/1: pxafb: cleanup and fix order of failure handling
Problem Details: This issue was found by Krzysztof Helt and Eric Miao. pxafb had issues in the order with which it cleaned up if errors occurred during a probe. This patch reorders the failure handling sequence and also frees the cmap and clk. Signed-off-by: Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com> Acked-by: Krzysztof H...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/video/pxafb.c b/drivers/video/pxafb.c index eb23d1923332..796e0d1d5b19 100644 --- a/drivers/video/pxafb.c +++ b/drivers/video/pxafb.c @@ -1685,14 +1685,14 @@ static int __init pxafb_probe(struct platform_device *dev) if (r == NULL) { dev_err(&dev->dev, "no I/O memory resource defined\n...
f1edfc420ac7beb90b27bf822036cbbfa32483f1
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [ARM] 5115/1: pxafb: fix ifdef for command line option handling
Problem Details: This bug was found and fixed by Lothar Wassmann. Previously, the use of ifndef CONFIG_MODULES made it such that pxafb command line option parsing was dependent on whether the kernel was built with module support. The ifndef should be MODULE so that parsing is dependent only on whether the driver is bu...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/video/pxafb.c b/drivers/video/pxafb.c index 7dcda187d9ba..eb23d1923332 100644 --- a/drivers/video/pxafb.c +++ b/drivers/video/pxafb.c @@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ static int __init pxafb_parse_options(struct device *dev, char *options) static char g_options[256] __devinitdata = ""; -#ifndef C...
481c5346d0981940ee63037eb53e4e37b0735c10
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Slab: Fix memory leak in fallback_alloc()
Problem Details: The zonelist patches caused the loop that checks for available objects in permitted zones to not terminate immediately. One object per zone per allocation may be allocated and then abandoned. Break the loop when we have successfully allocated one object. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi...
```diff diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c index 06236e4ddc1b..046607f05f3e 100644 --- a/mm/slab.c +++ b/mm/slab.c @@ -3263,9 +3263,12 @@ retry: if (cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, flags) && cache->nodelists[nid] && - cache->nodelists[nid]->free_objects) + cache->nodelists[nid]->free_objects) { obj...
71c2742f5e6348d76ee62085cf0a13e5eff0f00e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Add return value to reserve_bootmem_node()
Problem Details: This patch changes the function reserve_bootmem_node() from void to int, returning -ENOMEM if the allocation fails. This fixes a build problem on x86 with CONFIG_KEXEC=y and CONFIG_NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES=y Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@suse.de> Reported-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Signed-o...
```diff diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h index 6a5dbdc8a7dc..686895bacd9d 100644 --- a/include/linux/bootmem.h +++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ extern unsigned long init_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long freepfn, unsigned long startpfn, ...
8dc244f7deac4c0e95ce0ffd26f494bb6e1534c0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [WATCHDOG 48/57] txx9: Fix locking, switch to unlocked_ioctl
Problem Details: Review and switch to unlocked_ioctl Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c index 57cefef27ce3..b729cc447df3 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/txx9wdt.c @@ -45,27 +45,34 @@ static unsigned long txx9wdt_alive; static int expect_close; static struct txx9_tmr_reg __iomem *txx9wdt_reg; stat...
d14bccaadaa49b651fabcd1298b6ea07db3af552
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [WATCHDOG 42/57] sc1200_wdt: clean up, fix locking and use unlocked_ioctl
Problem Details: Review and switch to unlocked_ioctl Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
```diff diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c index 35cddff7020f..7e5c9cc97dee 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/sc1200wdt.c @@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ * * Changelog: * 20020220 Zwane Mwaikambo Code based on datasheet, no hardware. - * 20020221 Zwane Mwai...
437a0a54eea7b101e8a5b70688009956f6522ed0
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86, bitops: make constant-bit set/clear_bit ops faster, gcc workaround
Problem Details: Jeremy Fitzhardinge reported this compiler bug: Suggestion from Linus: add "r" to the input constraint of the set_bit()/clear_bit()'s constant 'nr' branch: Blows up on "gcc version 3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.3-13)": CC init/main.o include2/asm/bitops.h: In function `start_kernel':...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h index 6c5054819719..96b1829cea15 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static inline void set_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr) if (IS_IMMEDIATE(nr)) { asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX...
b9f75f45a6b46a0ab4eb0857d437a0845871f314
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: netns: Don't receive new packets in a dead network namespace.
Problem Details: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> writes: > Subject: ICMP sockets destruction vs ICMP packets oops > After icmp_sk_exit() nuked ICMP sockets, we get an interrupt. > icmp_reply() wants ICMP socket. > > Steps to reproduce: > > launch shell in new netns > move real NIC to netns > setup routing > ...
```diff diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h index aa540e6be502..d9dd0f707296 100644 --- a/include/net/net_namespace.h +++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h @@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ extern struct list_head net_namespace_list; #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS extern void __put_net(struct net *net); +stat...
735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: sctp: Make sure N * sizeof(union sctp_addr) does not overflow.
Problem Details: As noticed by Gabriel Campana, the kmalloc() length arg passed in by sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old() can overflow if ->addr_num is large enough. Therefore, enforce an appropriate limit. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c index e7e3baf7009e..0dbcde6758ea 100644 --- a/net/sctp/socket.c +++ b/net/sctp/socket.c @@ -4401,7 +4401,9 @@ static int sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old(struct sock *sk, int len, if (copy_from_user(&getaddrs, optval, len)) return -EFAULT; - if (getaddrs....
2645a3c3761ac25498db2e627271016c849c68e1
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pppoe: warning fix
Problem Details: Fix warning: drivers/net/pppoe.c: In function 'pppoe_recvmsg': drivers/net/pppoe.c:945: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast because skb->len is unsigned int and total_len is size_t Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@dav...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/net/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/pppoe.c index bafb69b6f7cb..fc6f4b8c64b3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pppoe.c +++ b/drivers/net/pppoe.c @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ static int pppoe_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, m->msg_namelen = 0; if (skb) { - total_len = min(total_len, skb->len); +...
d559d4a24a3fed75bd890abcc1f95cd8d8dad6e1
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: alpha: fix compile failures with gcc-4.3 (bug #10438)
Problem Details: Vast majority of these build failures are gcc-4.3 warnings about static functions and objects being referenced from non-static (read: "extern inline") functions, in conjunction with our -Werror. We cannot just convert "extern inline" to "static inline", as people keep suggesting all the time, because ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_t2.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_t2.c index c0750291b44a..d9980d47ab81 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/core_t2.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/core_t2.c @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ # define DBG(args) #endif +DEFINE_SPINLOCK(t2_hae_lock); + static volatile unsigned int t2_mcheck_any_expected...
ede426923b25414f5ec9c00fefe6727d9721dd13
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: alpha: link failure fix
Problem Details: With built-in scsi disk driver, the final link fails with a following error: `.exit.text' referenced in section `.rodata' of drivers/built-in.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/built-in.o This happens with -Os (CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y) with all gcc-4 versions, and also with ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/alpha/Makefile b/arch/alpha/Makefile index 4e1a8e2c4541..4759fe751aa1 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/Makefile +++ b/arch/alpha/Makefile @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ NM := $(NM) -B LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -static -N #-relax CHECKFLAGS += -D__alpha__ -m64 cflags-y := -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -msmall-data +cflag...
9267b4b3880d00dc2dab90f1d817c856939114f7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: alpha: fix module load failures on smp (bug #10926)
Problem Details: To calculate addresses of locally defined variables, GCC uses 32-bit displacement from the GP. Which doesn't work for per cpu variables in modules, as an offset to the kernel per cpu area is way above 4G. The workaround is to force allocation of a GOT entry for per cpu variable using ldq instruction w...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h b/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h index 48348fe34c19..82e8a94b4b2f 100644 --- a/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h +++ b/include/asm-alpha/percpu.h @@ -1,6 +1,76 @@ #ifndef __ALPHA_PERCPU_H #define __ALPHA_PERCPU_H +#include <linux/compiler.h> +#include <linux/threads.h> -#include...
39d95b9d857ad9ed335dd1a2d6c6de1f1ee69ce1
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: tty: cdev lock_kernel() pushdown
Problem Details: Parts of the serial code actually BUG() if we don't do this.
```diff diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c index e94bee032314..fd182f2e4a6c 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c @@ -2665,7 +2665,7 @@ static void release_dev(struct file *filp) * ->siglock protects ->signal/->sighand */ -static int tty_open(struct inode *inode,...
1f6ef2342972dc7fd623f360f84006e2304eb935
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: [watchdog] hpwdt: fix use of inline assembly
Problem Details: The inline assembly in drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c was incredibly broken, and included all the function prologue and epilogue stuff, even though it was itself then inside a C function where the compiler would add its own prologue and epilogue on top of it all. This then just _happened_ to work if you had...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c index 2686f3eaeedf..eaa3f2a79ff5 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c @@ -140,49 +140,53 @@ static struct pci_device_id hpwdt_devices[] = { }; MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, hpwdt_devices); +extern asmlinkage void asm...
a17bf220231a5061a29a27a99a273246eb3b156e
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: pcmcia: add another pata/ide ID
Problem Details: Addition of Transcend 1GB 45x id so that it is properly detected. [bart: fix typo in ide-cs's ID spotted by Alan Cox] Signed-off-by: William Peters <w1ll14@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Ericson <Kristoffer_e1@hotmail.com> CC: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> CC: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Si...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c b/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c index c97bc0cd1e17..41b4361bbf6e 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c @@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ static struct pcmcia_device_id pcmcia_devices[] = { PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID12("SMI VENDOR", "SMI PRODUCT", 0x30896c92, 0x...
f54feafa6d47d0aa1a96adefdc763b708b02f94f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ide: increase timeout in wait_drive_not_busy()
Problem Details: Some ATAPI devices take longer than the current max timeout value to become ready (i.e. TEAC DV-W28ECW takes 6 ms) so increase the timeout value to 10 ms. This fixes kernel.org bugzilla bug #10887: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10887 Reported-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Sig...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c index 0c908ca3ff79..ab545ffa1549 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c @@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ static u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *drive) u8 stat; /* - * Last sector was transfered, wait until dri...
ce42a54946db338e43be9a89c0f7927e02aa3a16
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: palm_bk3710: fix resource management
Problem Details: The driver expected a *virtual* address in the IDE platform device's memory resource and didn't request the memory region for the register block. Fix this taking into account the fact that DaVinci SoC devices are fixed-mapped to the virtual memory early and we can get their virtual addresses using IO_A...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c index d024ac8fad14..cc24803fadff 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c +++ b/drivers/ide/arm/palm_bk3710.c @@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ static int __devinit palm_bk3710_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct clk *clkp; struct resourc...
89f5b7da2a6bad2e84670422ab8192382a5aeb9f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Reinstate ZERO_PAGE optimization in 'get_user_pages()' and fix XIP
Problem Details: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki and Oleg Nesterov point out that since the commit 557ed1fa2620dc119adb86b34c614e152a629a80 ("remove ZERO_PAGE") removed the ZERO_PAGE from the VM mappings, any users of get_user_pages() will generally now populate the VM with real empty pages needlessly. We used to get the ZERO_PAGE ...
```diff diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c index c21a626af676..ce245a850db2 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static void dump_one_vdso_page(struct page *pg, struct page *upg) printk("kpg: %p (c:%d,f:%08lx)", __va(page_to_pfn...
2856922c158605514ec5974a03097eaec91f4c0d
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: Ext4: Fix online resize block group descriptor corruption
Problem Details: This is the patch for the group descriptor table corruption during online resize pointed out by Theodore Tso. The problem was caused by the fact that the ext4 group descriptor can be either 32 or 64 bytes long. Only the 64 bytes structure was taken into account. Signed-off-by: Frederic Bohe <frederi...
```diff diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c index 9ecb92f68543..9ff7b1c04239 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/resize.c +++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c @@ -855,7 +855,8 @@ int ext4_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_new_group_data *input) */ /* Update group descriptor block for new group */ - gdp = (struct ext...
ea71a546706dfdad72462624394e1e472c6bf34f
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: sched: refactor wait_for_completion_timeout()
Problem Details: Simplify the code and fix the boundary condition of wait_for_completion_timeout(,0). We can kill the first __remove_wait_queue() as well. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
```diff diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 577f160131bd..bebf9788f45e 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -4398,32 +4398,20 @@ do_wait_for_common(struct completion *x, long timeout, int state) signal_pending(current)) || (state == TASK_KILLABLE && fatal_signal_p...
0f476b6d91a1395bda6464e653ce66ea9bea7167
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: softirq: remove irqs_disabled warning from local_bh_enable
Problem Details: There's no need to use local_irq_save() over local_irq_disable() in the local_bh_enable code since it is a bug to call it with irqs disabled and do_softirq will enable irqs if there is any pending work. Consolidate the code from local_bh_enable and ..._ip to avoid having a disconnect between them in t...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c index 86775340ef1d..2cf2502b7c73 100644 --- a/kernel/softirq.c +++ b/kernel/softirq.c @@ -131,23 +131,17 @@ void _local_bh_enable(void) EXPORT_SYMBOL(_local_bh_enable); -void local_bh_enable(void) +static inline void _local_bh_enable_ip(unsigned long ip) { ...
a1d5a8691f1b6c92491747bea3b778b184fa5837
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86: unify __set_fixmap, fix
Problem Details: fix build failure: arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c:280: warning: ‘enum fixed_addresses’ declared inside parameter list arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c:280: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c:280: error: parameter 1 (‘idx’) has incomplete...
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c index e9fb66361fc8..892fd1892b8d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #include <asm/pgalloc.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> #include <asm/tlb.h> +#include <asm/fixmap.h> pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_s...
05345b0f006ac226d0d25d48fcb2d792ac44a071
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: xen: mask unwanted pte bits in __supported_pte_mask
Problem Details: [ Stable: this isn't a bugfix in itself, but it's a pre-requiste for "xen: don't drop NX bit" ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Stable Kernel <stable@kernel.org> Cc: the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c index c8a56e457d61..c048de34d6a1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c @@ -1228,6 +1228,11 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel(void) if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_supervisor_mode_kernel)) pv_info.kernel_rpl = 0...
eb179e443deb0a5c81a62b4c157124a4b7ff1813
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: xen: mask unwanted pte bits in __supported_pte_mask
Problem Details: [ Stable: this isn't a bugfix in itself, but it's a pre-requiste for "xen: don't drop NX bit" ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Stable Kernel <stable@kernel.org> Cc: the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c index 8e6152e6ed88..73fb0c4c150a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c @@ -1280,6 +1280,11 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel(void) if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_supervisor_mode_kernel)) pv_info.kernel_rpl = 0...
a1855d802fb62718192eb7e180161b08adff4e73
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ALSA: hda - Fix digital converter proc output
Problem Details: AC_VERB_GET_DIGI_CONVERT_2 isn't actually implemented but reserved. The whole SIC bits are returned from DIGI_CONVERT_1. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
```diff diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h index dcd390b2bbaa..efc682888b31 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.h @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ enum { #define AC_VERB_GET_BEEP_CONTROL 0x0f0a #define AC_VERB_GET_EAPD_BTLENABLE 0x0f0c #define AC_VERB_GET_DIGI_CONV...
54481cf88bc59923ea30f2ca345a73c60155e901
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86: fix NULL pointer deref in __switch_to
Problem Details: I am able to reproduce the oops reported by Simon in __switch_to() with lguest. My debug showed that there is at least one lguest specific issue (which should be present in 2.6.25 and before aswell) and it got exposed with a kernel oops with the recent fpu dynamic allocation patches. In addition to t...
```diff diff --git a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c index 5126d5d9ea0e..2e554a4ab337 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void lguest_arch_run_guest(struct lg_cpu *cpu) * we set it now, so we can trap and pass that trap to the Guest if it ...
bb10ed0994927d433f6dbdf274fdb26cfcf516b7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: sched: fix wait_for_completion_timeout() spurious failure under heavy load
Problem Details: It seems that the current implementaton of wait_for_completion_timeout() has a small problem under very high load for the common pattern: if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&done, timeout)) /* handle failure */ because the implementation very roughly does (lots of code deleted to show the basic flow...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 4a3cb0614158..577f160131bd 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -4405,6 +4405,16 @@ do_wait_for_common(struct completion *x, long timeout, int state) spin_unlock_irq(&x->wait.lock); timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout); spin_lock_irq(&...
10b612f440a22a294e87ec7e8f03f9eea3338628
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: sched: rt: fix the bandwidth contraint computations
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: "Daniel K." <dk@uw.no> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 5b307da827ef..1f711a58a2b4 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -8419,7 +8419,7 @@ static unsigned long to_ratio(u64 period, u64 runtime) #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED static int __rt_schedulable(struct task_group *tg, u64 period, u64 runtime) { ...
b79f3833d81d54fc71d98c8064dc45f33a755a8a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: sched: rt: fix SMP bandwidth balancing for throttled groups
Problem Details: Now we exceed the runtime and get throttled - the period rollover tick will subtract the cpu quota from the runtime and check if we're below quota. However with this cpu having a very small portion of the runtime it will not refresh as fast as it should. Therefore, also rebalance the runtime when we'r...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c index 2e0ccdcf046a..87b2e3bf9472 100644 --- a/kernel/sched_rt.c +++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c @@ -228,6 +228,28 @@ static inline struct rt_bandwidth *sched_rt_bandwidth(struct rt_rq *rt_rq) #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +static int do_balance_runtime(struct rt_rq *r...
ada18de2eb76961a4d4847f63291744c9e7beec4
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: sched: debug: add some rt debug output
Problem Details: Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: "Daniel K." <dk@uw.no> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/kernel/sched_debug.c b/kernel/sched_debug.c index 8bb713040ac9..8e077b9c91cb 100644 --- a/kernel/sched_debug.c +++ b/kernel/sched_debug.c @@ -119,9 +119,7 @@ void print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq) struct sched_entity *last; unsigned long flags; -#if !defined(CON...
7dbceaf9bb68919651901b101f44edd5391ee489
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86, bitops: make constant-bit set/clear_bit ops faster, adapt, clean up
Problem Details: fix integration bug introduced by "x86: bitops take an unsigned long *" which turned "(void *) + x" into "(long *) + x". small cleanups to make it more apparent which value get propagated where. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h index ab7635a4acd9..6c5054819719 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h @@ -28,16 +28,15 @@ #define BITOP_ADDR(x) "+m" (*(volatile long *) (x)) #endif -#define ADDR BITOP_ADDR(addr) +#define ADDR BITOP_ADDR(add...
f630e43a215a3129d0c1173cae0bce6ea4855cf7
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: ipv6: Drop packets for loopback address from outside of the box.
Problem Details: [ Based upon original report and patch by Karsten Keil. Karsten has verified that this fixes the TAHI test case "ICMPv6 test v6LC.5.1.2 Part F". -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
```diff diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h index e0a612bc9c4e..f422f7218e1c 100644 --- a/include/net/ipv6.h +++ b/include/net/ipv6.h @@ -367,6 +367,12 @@ static inline int ipv6_addr_any(const struct in6_addr *a) a->s6_addr32[2] | a->s6_addr32[3] ) == 0); } +static inline int ipv6_addr_loopback...
d4abc238c9f4df8b3216f3e883f5d0a07b7ac75a
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: sched, delay accounting: fix incorrect delay time when constantly waiting on runqueue
Problem Details: This patch corrects the incorrect value of per process run-queue wait time reported by delay statistics. The anomaly was due to the following reason. When a process leaves the CPU and immediately starts waiting for CPU on the runqueue (which means it remains in the TASK_RUNNABLE state), the time of re-...
```diff diff --git a/kernel/sched_stats.h b/kernel/sched_stats.h index a38878e0e49d..80179ef7450e 100644 --- a/kernel/sched_stats.h +++ b/kernel/sched_stats.h @@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ static inline void sched_info_queued(struct task_struct *t) /* * Called when a process ceases being the active-running process, either *...
1a750e0cd7a30c478723ecfa1df685efcdd38a90
Analyze and fix the following issue in the Linux kernel code: x86, bitops: make constant-bit set/clear_bit ops faster
Problem Details: On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > And yes, the "lock andl" should be noticeably faster than the xchgl. I dunno. Here's a untested (!!) patch that turns constant-bit set/clear_bit ops into byte mask ops (lock orb/andb). It's not exactly pretty. The reason for using the byte versions is th...
```diff diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h index 7d2494bdc660..ab7635a4acd9 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/bitops.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/bitops.h @@ -23,11 +23,22 @@ #if __GNUC__ < 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1) /* Technically wrong, but this avoids compilation errors on some ...