ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.70/2.5.70-mm4/ . There are no substantial ext3 changes from 2.5.70-mm3. A couple of performance tweaks have been added, and some debug code to help track down one report of an assertion failure in journal_dirty_metadata(). . A patch which adds the statfs64() syscall. This involved some mangling of the BSD accountig code. If anyone knows how to test BSD accounting, please do so, or let me know. . There have been one of two reports of -mm3 getting stuck in get_request_wait() against CDROMs. If anyone sees that, or was seeing it in -mm3 and does not seeit in -mm4, please let us know. Changes since 2.5.70-mm3: linus.patch Latest from Linus -slab-magazine-layer.patch -mtd-build-fix.patch -time-interpolation-infrastructure.patch -proc-kcore-rework.patch -sysv-sem-16-bit-pif-fix.patch -remove-LINUX_2_2.patch Merged +kgdb-use-ggdb.patch Use `-ggdb' when compiling for kgdb. Creates a huge vmlinux, but fixes the problem wherein gdb doesn't know the types of things when it should. +ppc64-fixup.patch PPC64 fixes +ppc64-semaphore-reimplementation.patch Replace the ppc64 semaphore implementation with the ia32 one. (This hasn't been tested afaik). +time-interpolator-cleanup.patch timer.c cleanups +cadetradio-badcopy.patch +cmpci-userptr.patch +zr36120-userptr.patch +bw-qcam-fix.patch copy_*_user fixes +eat-keys-on-panic.patch Work around odd KVM switches +truncate-vs-msync-fix.patch Avoid a feasible BUG in the pagecache code +pnpbios-oops-leak-fix.patch pnpbios fixlets +force_successful_syscall_return.patch ia64: sometimes overloading a negative syscall return code to indicate "error" doesn't work out. +proc-stat-btime-fix.patch Stop /proc/stat:btime from wobbling +eventpoll-use-after-free-fix.patch eventpoll fixes +devfs_remove-fix.patch defvs diagnostics for broken callers +console-blanking-fix.patch fix up console blanking +console-privacy.patch Add an ioctl to prevent keystrokes from unblanking the console (for braille users) +fix-tty-driver-mess.patch tty/devfs cleanups +misc3.patch misc fixes +generic_file_write-fix-2.patch fix the fix to the fix to the fix to the writev() code. +cs423x-fixes.patch driver fixes +statfs64.patch +statfs64-fix.patch +statfs-overflow-fix.patch +statfs64-leftovers.patch Implement the statfs64() syscall. We need this because statfs() will overflow with huge disks. +sched_best_cpu-fix-01.patch +sched_best_cpu-fix-02.patch +sched_best_cpu-fix-03.patch Teach the CPU scheduler to not schedule tasks on nodes which don't have any CPUs +cfq-list_del-fix.patch CFQ IO scheduler BUGfix -unmap-page-debugging.patch -CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC-extras.patch +unmap-page-debugging-2.patch +unmap-page-debugging-2-fix.patch New version of this debug patch from Manfred. +blk-fair-batches.patch block request batching changes +blk-as-hint.patch Fix anticipatory scheduler for the above. +get_request_wait-oom-fix.patch Plug a get_request_wait() hole +slab-poisoning-fix.patch Correctly poison freshly allocated objects with 0x5a5a5a5a, to distinguish them from freed objects, which are poisoned with 0x6b6b6b6b. -fremap-all-mappings.patch +mmap-prefault.patch Implement the prefaulting of executable mmaps more simply. +bio-debug-trap.patch Try to track down a free-of-freed-BIO bug. +event-log-put_task_struct.patch Debugging to try to track down the put_task_struct(free task_struct) bug. +journal_create-deadlock-fix.patch Fix ancient deadlock in journal_create() +jbd-590-do_get_write_access-speedup.patch ext3 tweak +ext3-080-remove-block-inode-count-message.patch Kill a printk which shouldn't be coming out. +jbd-600-journal_dirty_metadata-speedup.patch ext3 tweak +jbd-610-journal_dirty_metadata-diags.patch Try to trap a possible bug in journal_dirty_metadata() All 177 patches linus.patch mm.patch add -mmN to EXTRAVERSION kgdb-ga.patch kgdb stub for ia32 (George Anzinger's one) kgdb-use-ggdb.patch kmalloc_percpu-interface-change.patch kmalloc_percpu: interface change. kmalloc_percpu-interface-change-warning-fix.patch nail a warning DEFINE_PERCPU-in-modules.patch per-cpu support inside modules (minimal) aio-random-cleanups.patch config_spinline.patch uninline spinlocks for profiling accuracy. ppc64-fixup.patch ppc64 fixup ppc64-ioctl-pci-update.patch From: Anton Blanchard Subject: ppc64 stuff ppc64-reloc_hide.patch ppc64-semaphore-reimplementation.patch ppc64: use the ia32 semaphore implementation sym-do-160.patch make the SYM driver do 160 MB/sec irqreturn-snd-via-fix.patch via sound irqreturn fix irq_cpustat-cleanup.patch irq_cpustat cleanup config-PAGE_OFFSET.patch Configurable kenrel/user memory split time-interpolator-cleanup.patch clean up timer interpolation code cadetradio-badcopy.patch radio-cadet.c: remove unnecessary copy_to_user() cmpci-userptr.patch cmpci: fix improper access to userspace zr36120-userptr.patch zr36120: fix improper access to userspace irq-check-rate-limit.patch IRQs: handle bad return values from handlers irq_desc-others.patch Fix up irq_desc initialisation for non-ia32 common-ioctl32.patch From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: must-fix list, v5 ioctl32-cleanup-sparc64.patch ioctl32 cleanup: sparc64 ioctl32-cleanup-x86_64.patch ioctl32 cleanup: sparc64 lru_cache_add-check.patch lru_cache_add debug check eat-keys-on-panic.patch Eat keys on panic truncate-vs-msync-fix.patch remove unsafe BUG_ON() pnpbios-oops-leak-fix.patch pnpbios dereferencing user pointer force_successful_syscall_return.patch force_successful_syscall_return proc-stat-btime-fix.patch fix wobbly /proc/stat:btime eventpoll-use-after-free-fix.patch eventpoll: fix possible use-after-free bw-qcam-fix.patch fix bw-qcam.c bad copy_to_user devfs_remove-fix.patch Graceful failure in devfs_remove() console-blanking-fix.patch Console blanking fix console-privacy.patch Console privacy for braille users fix-tty-driver-mess.patch Fix tty devfs mess misc3.patch misc fixes generic_file_write-fix-2.patch Fix generic_file_write() again. fb-image-depth-fix.patch fbdev image depth fix reiserfs-parser-fix-remount.patch reiserfs option parser fix and ability to pass options to remount reiserfs-small-blocksize.patch reiserfs support for blocksizes other than 4096 bytes raid-fixes.patch gix RAID things neilb-raid1-double-free-fix.patch raid1 double-free fix buffer-debug.patch buffer.c debugging cs423x-fixes.patch cs423x fixes hugetlbfs-mount-options.patch hugetlbfs: mount options and permissions statfs64.patch Add system calls statfs64 and fstatfs64 statfs64-fix.patch statfs-overflow-fix.patch statfs64: handle overflows statfs64-leftovers.patch statfs64: remaining filesystems sched_best_cpu-fix-01.patch Fix Bug 619: Processes Scheduled on CPU-less nodes (1/3) sched_best_cpu-fix-02.patch Processes Scheduled on CPU-less nodes (2/3) sched_best_cpu-fix-03.patch Fix Bug 619: Processes Scheduled on CPU-less nodes (3/3) VM_RESERVED-check.patch VM_RESERVED check rcu-stats.patch RCU statistics reporting ide_setting_sem-fix.patch reslabify-pgds-and-pmds.patch re-slabify i386 pgd's and pmd's raid5-use-right-dev-fix.patch raid5 fix linux-isp.patch isp-update-1.patch list_del-debug.patch list_del debug check airo-schedule-fix.patch airo.c: don't sleep in atomic regions synaptics-mouse-support.patch Add Synaptics touchpad tweaking to psmouse driver deadline-hash-removal-fix.patch DEADLINE: hash removal fix resurrect-batch_requests.patch bring back the batch_requests function kblockd.patch Create `kblockd' workqueue cfq-infrastructure.patch elevator-completion-api.patch elevator completion API as-iosched.patch anticipatory I/O scheduler as-proc-read-write.patch AS: pgbench improvement as-discrete-read-fifo-batches.patch AS: discrete read fifo batches as-sync-async.patch AS sync/async batches as-hash-removal-fix.patch AS: hash removal fix as-jumbo-patch-for-scsi.patch AS jumbo patch (for SCSI and TCQ) unplug-use-kblockd.patch Use kblockd for running request queues cfq-2.patch CFQ scheduler, #2 CFQ: update to rq-dyn API cfq-hash-removal-fix.patch CFQ: hash removal fix cfq-list_del-fix.patch CFQ: empty the queuelist per-queue-nr_requests.patch per queue nr_requests blk-invert-watermarks.patch blk_congestion_wait threshold cleanup blk-fair-batches.patch blk-fair-batches blk-as-hint.patch blk-as-hint get_request_wait-oom-fix.patch handle OOM in get_request_wait(). unmap-page-debugging-2.patch debug patch: unmap unused kernel pages unmap-page-debugging-2-fix.patch slab-poisoning-fix.patch slab poisoning fix print-build-options-on-oops.patch print a few config options on oops mmap-prefault.patch prefault of executable mmaps bio-debug-trap.patch BIO debugging patch sound-irq-hack.patch show_task-free-stack-fix.patch show_task() fix and cleanup put_task_struct-debug.patch ia32-mknod64.patch mknod64 for ia32 ext2-64-bit-special-inodes.patch ext2: support for 64-bit device nodes ext3-64-bit-special-inodes.patch ext3: support for 64-bit device nodes 64-bit-dev_t-kdev_t.patch 64-bit dev_t and kdev_t oops-dump-preceding-code.patch i386 oops output: dump preceding code lockmeter.patch thread-info-in-task_struct.patch allow thread_info to be allocated as part of task_struct reinstate-task-freeing-hack-for-ia64.patch reinstate lame task_struct (non)-refcounting hack/fix event-log-put_task_struct.patch event logging to find the late put_task_struct() bug journal_create-deadlock-fix.patch ext3: fix dadlock in journal_create() ext3-no-bkl.patch journal_get_write_access-speedup.patch ext3-concurrent-block-inode-allocation.patch Subject: [PATCH] concurrent block/inode allocation for EXT3 ext3-orlov-approx-counter-fix.patch Fix orlov allocator boundary case ext3-concurrent-block-allocation-fix-1.patch ext3-concurrent-block-allocation-hashed.patch Subject: Re: [PATCH] concurrent block/inode allocation for EXT3 ext3-concurrent-block-inode-allocation-fix.patch fix ext3 inode allocator race jbd-010-b_committed_data-race-fix.patch Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [RFC] probably bug in current ext3/jbd jbd-020-locking-schema.patch plan JBD locking schema jbd-030-remove-splice_lock.patch remove jh_splice_lock jbd-040-journal_add_journal_head-locking.patch fine-grain journal_add_journal_head locking jbd-045-rename-journal_unlock_journal_head.patch rename journal_unlock_journal_head to journal_put_journal_head jbd-050-b_frozen_data-locking.patch Finish protection of journal_head.b_frozen_data jbd-060-b_committed_data-locking.patch jbd-070-b_transaction-locking.patch implement b_transaction locking rules jbd-080-b_next_transaction-locking.patch Implement b_next_transaction locking rules jbd-090-b_tnext-locking.patch b_tnext locking jbd-100-remove-journal_datalist_lock.patch remove journal_datalist_lock jbd-110-t_nr_buffers-locking.patch t_nr_buffers locking jbd-120-t_updates-locking.patch t_updates locking jbd-130-t_outstanding_credits-locking.patch implement t_outstanding_credits locking jbd-140-t_jcb-locking.patch implement t_jcb locking jbd-150-j_barrier_count-locking.patch implement j_barrier_count locking jbd-160-j_running_transaction-locking.patch implement j_running_transaction locking jbd-170-j_committing_transaction-locking.patch implement j_committing_transaction locking jbd-180-j_checkpoint_transactions.patch implement j_checkpoint_transactions locking jbd-190-j_head-locking.patch implement journal->j_head locking jbd-200-j_tail-locking.patch implement journal->j_tail locking jbd-210-j_free-locking.patch implement journal->j_free locking jbd-220-j_commit_sequence-locking.patch implement journal->j_commit_sequence locking jbd-230-j_commit_request-locking.patch implement j_commit_request locking jbd-240-dual-revoke-tables.patch implement dual revoke tables. jbd-250-remove-sleep_on.patch remove remaining sleep_on()s jbd-300-remove-lock_kernel-journal_c.patch remove lock_kernel() calls from journal.c jbd-310-remove-lock_kernel-transaction_c.patch remove lock_kernel calls from transaction.c jbd-400-remove-lock_journal-checkpoint_c.patch remove lock_journal calls from checkpoint.c jbd-410-remove-lock_journal-commit_c.patch remove lock_journal() from commit.c jbd-420-remove-lock_journal-journal_c.patch remove lock_journal() calls from journal.c jbd-430-remove-lock_journal-transaction_c.patch remove lock_journal() calls from transaction.c transaction leak and race fix jbd-440-remove-lock_journal.patch remove lock_journal() jbd-510-h_credits-fix.patch journal_release_buffer: handle credits fix jbd-520-journal_unmap_buffer-race.patch journal_unmap_buffer race fix jbd-530-walk_page_buffers-race-fix.patch ext3_writepage race fix jbd-540-journal_try_to_free_buffers-race-fix.patch buffer freeing non-race comment jbd-550-locking-checks.patch add some locking assertions jbd-570-transaction-state-locking.patch additional transaction shutdown locking jbd-580-log_start_commit-race-fix.patch fix log_start_commit race jbd-590-do_get_write_access-speedup.patch JBD: do_get_write_access() speedup ext3-010-fix-journalled-data.patch Remove incorrect assertion from ext3 ext3-035-journal_try_to_free_buffers-race-fix.patch ext3-040-recursive-ext3_write_inode-check.patch ext3: add a dump_stack() ext3-050-ioctl-transaction-leak.patch ext3: fix error-path handle leak ext3-070-xattr-clone-leak-fix.patch Fix leak in ext3_acl_chmod() ext3-080-remove-block-inode-count-message.patch ext3: remove mount-time diagnostic messages jbd-600-journal_dirty_metadata-speedup.patch jbd-610-journal_dirty_metadata-diags.patch JBD: journal_dirty_metadata diagnostics invalidate_mmap_range.patch Interface to invalidate regions of mmaps aio-01-retry.patch AIO: Core retry infrastructure aio-02-lockpage_wq.patch AIO: Async page wait aio-03-fs_read.patch AIO: Filesystem aio read aio-04-buffer_wq.patch AIO: Async buffer wait aio-05-fs_write.patch AIO: Filesystem aio write aio-05-fs_write-fix.patch aio-06-bread_wq.patch AIO: Async block read aio-06-bread_wq-fix.patch aio-07-ext2getblk_wq.patch AIO: Async get block for ext2 aio-poll.patch aio_poll aio-poll: don't put extern decls in .c! vfsmount_lock.patch From: Maneesh Soni Subject: [patch 1/2] vfsmount_lock syncppp-locking-fix.patch syncppp locking fix s390-dirty-bit-cleaning.patch dirty bit clearing on s390. min_free_kbytes.patch /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes sched-hot-balancing-fix.patch fix for CPU scheduler load distribution O_SYNC-speedup-2.patch speed up O_SYNC writes