ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.70/2.5.70-mm8/ . lots of new fixes . Anticipatory scheduler patch should fix the recently-noticed slowdown with seeky O_DIRECT read loads. . ext3 locking work will hopefully fix the assertion failure in journal_commit_transaction() which two people have reported. Changes since 2.5.70-mm7: -isapnp-warning-fix.patch Merged -mem_driver_cleanup.patch +mem-driver-cleanup-2.patch new version +loop-01-use-highmem.patch +loop-02-privatise-bio_copy.patch +loop-03-rename-bio-things.patch +loop-04-copy-bio-not-data.patch +loop-05-remove-unused-IV.patch +loop-06-remove-LO_FLAGS_BH_REMAP.patch +loop-07-remove-blk_queue_bounce.patch +loop-08-copy_bio-use-highmem.patch +loop-09-dont-lose-PF_MEMDIE.patch Loop fixes +fix-numa-meminfo.patch Fix /proc/meminfo on x440 +tmpfs-01-shmem_file_write-EFAULT.patch +tmpfs-02-swapoff-truncate-race-refix.patch +tmpfs-03-little-bits.patch tmpfs fixes +pci-init-ordering-fix.patch Maybe fix PCI initialisation ordering problems. +early-printk-x86.patch super-early printk over the serial port +resource-seqfile-cleanup.patch Code consolidation +ds-01-arcnet-oops-fix.patch +ds-02-x25-facilities-parse-fix.patch +ds-05-eicon-usercopy-fix.patch +ds-06-intermezzo-usercopy-fix.patch +ds-07-mdc800-usercopy-fix.patch +ds-08-mpu401-usercopy-fix.patch +ds-09-vicam-usercopy-fix.patch +ds-11-emu10k1-memleak-fix.patch +ds-12-rio-memleak-fix.patch +ds-13-i810-leak-fix.patch usercopy and memleak fixes -statfs64.patch -statfs64-x86_64-fixes.patch -ppc64-statfs-fix.patch -xfs-statfs-warning-fix.patch Dropped - Peter is redoing this -odd-numa-fixes.patch Sent back to Anton - needs consolidation with other work. +tioclinux-symbolic-names.patch Use names, not numbers for the tioclinux ioctl. +isp-remove-pci_detect.patch Fix linux-isp for PCI API changes +as-fix-seeky-loads.patch Fix anticipatory scheduler regression with seeky reading loads -unmap-page-debugging-2-fix.patch Folded into unmap-page-debugging-2.patch -jbd-640-ordered-truncate-fix.patch +jbd-650-truncate-ordered-pages.patch oops, this was the wrong patch +jbd-660-log_do_checkpoint-fix.patch +jbd-670-log_start_commit-locking-fix.patch ext3 locking fixes +aio-11-workqueue-flush.patch Might fix a race in the experimental AIO code +char-dev-init-call-fix.patch Fix initialisation ordering problems. All 192 patches: linus.patch mm.patch add -mmN to EXTRAVERSION kgdb-ga.patch kgdb stub for ia32 (George Anzinger's one) kgdb-use-ggdb.patch HZ-100.patch config_spinline.patch uninline spinlocks for profiling accuracy. ppc64-bat-initialisation-fix.patch ppc64: BAT initialisation fix 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 ppc64-knr-to-ansi.patch K&R style to ANSI style conversions in arch/ppc64/boot/zlib.c sym-do-160.patch make the SYM driver do 160 MB/sec x86_64-fixes.patch x86_64 fixes remove-DRM-ioctls.patch Remove DRM ioctls for common compat ioctl code rtc-32-bit-fix.patch Fix rtc driver for 32bit and 64bit rtc-busywait-fix.patch fix possible busywait in rtc_read() 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 lru_cache_add-check.patch lru_cache_add debug check discontig-empty-node-fix.patch fix discontig with 0-sized nodes mem-driver-cleanup-2.patch drivers/char/mem.c cleanup TARGET_CPUS-cleanup-fix.patch fix TARGET_CPUS inconsistency compaq-drivers-MAINTAINERS.patch update MAINTAINERS for Compaq drivers fixed-size-kmalloc-speedup.patch optimize fixed-sized kmalloc calls rebalance_tick-fix.patch fix scheduler bug not passing idle delay-ksoftirqd-fallback.patch Try harded in IRQ context before falling back to ksoftirqd time-fixes-cleanup-1.patch Some clean up of the time code. time-fixes-cleanup-2.patch More time clean up stuff loop-01-use-highmem.patch loop 1/9 file use highmem loop-02-privatise-bio_copy.patch loop 2/9 make bio_copy private to loop loop-03-rename-bio-things.patch loop 3/9 loop bio renaming loop-04-copy-bio-not-data.patch loop 4/9 copy bio not data loop-05-remove-unused-IV.patch loop 5/9 remove an IV loop-06-remove-LO_FLAGS_BH_REMAP.patch loop 6/9 remove LO_FLAGS_BH_REMAP loop-07-remove-blk_queue_bounce.patch loop 7/9 remove blk_queue_bounce loop-08-copy_bio-use-highmem.patch loop 8/9 copy_bio use highmem loop-09-dont-lose-PF_MEMDIE.patch loop 9/9 don't lose PF_MEMDIE fix-numa-meminfo.patch fix numa meminfo tmpfs-01-shmem_file_write-EFAULT.patch tmpfs 1/3 shmem_file_write EFAULT tmpfs-02-swapoff-truncate-race-refix.patch tmpfs 2/3 swapoff-truncate race tmpfs-03-little-bits.patch tmpfs 3/3 misc fixes pci-init-ordering-fix.patch randomly mangle x86 PCI init ordering early-printk-x86.patch early printk for x86 fb-image-depth-fix.patch fbdev image depth fix resource-seqfile-cleanup.patch cleanup seqfile usage in resource.c ds-01-arcnet-oops-fix.patch arcnet oops fix ds-02-x25-facilities-parse-fix.patch x25 facilities parsing fix ds-05-eicon-usercopy-fix.patch eicon usercopy fix ds-06-intermezzo-usercopy-fix.patch intermezzo usercopy fix ds-07-mdc800-usercopy-fix.patch mdc800 usercopy fix ds-08-mpu401-usercopy-fix.patch mpu401 usercopy fix ds-09-vicam-usercopy-fix.patch vicam usercopy fix ds-11-emu10k1-memleak-fix.patch emu10k1 memleak fix ds-12-rio-memleak-fix.patch rio memleak fix ds-13-i810-leak-fix.patch fix resource leak in i810 driver serial-core-oops-fix.patch fix oops in driver/serial/core.c buffer-debug.patch buffer.c debugging show_stack-cleanup.patch show_stack() portability and cleanup patch ppc64-show_stack.patch trond-3.patch trond debug patch #3 nfs-to-localhost-lockup-fix.patch fix hangs with nfs to localhost devfs_mk_dir-fix.patch devfs_mk_dir() fix tioclinux-symbolic-names.patch tioclinux() numbers in cpqarray-stack-reduction.patch Subject: [PATCH] cpqarray.c fix stack usage 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 linux-isp.patch isp-update-1.patch isp-remove-pci_detect.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 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) as-stupid.patch AS: fix stupid thinko as-no-batch-antic-limit.patch AS: no batch-antic-limit as-autotune-write-batches.patch AS: autotune write batches as-locking.patch AS locking as-HZ.patch AS HZ fixes as-double-free-and-debug.patch AS: fix a leak + more debugging as-fix-seek-estimation.patch AS: maybe repair performance drop of random read O_DIRECT as-fix-seeky-loads.patch AS: fix IBM's seek load 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(). blk-fair-batches-2.patch blk fair batches #2 unmap-page-debugging-2.patch debug patch: unmap unused kernel pages 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 ext3-no-bkl.patch ext3: move lock_kernel() down into the JBD layer. journal_get_write_access-speedup.patch JBD: journal_get_write_access() speedup ext3-concurrent-block-inode-allocation.patch ext3: concurrent block/inode allocation Fix orlov allocator boundary case ext3-concurrent-block-allocation-hashed.patch ext3: scalable counters and locks fix ext3 inode allocator race jbd-010-b_committed_data-race-fix.patch JBD: fix race over access to b_committed_data jbd-020-locking-schema.patch JBD: plan JBD locking schema jbd-030-remove-splice_lock.patch JBD: remove jh_splice_lock jbd-040-journal_add_journal_head-locking.patch JBD: fine-grain journal_add_journal_head locking jbd-045-rename-journal_unlock_journal_head.patch JBD: rename journal_unlock_journal_head to journal_put_journal_head jbd-050-b_frozen_data-locking.patch JBD: Finish protection of journal_head.b_frozen_data jbd-060-b_committed_data-locking.patch JBD: implement b_committed_data locking jbd-070-b_transaction-locking.patch JBD: implement b_transaction locking rules jbd-080-b_next_transaction-locking.patch JBD: Implement b_next_transaction locking rules jbd-090-b_tnext-locking.patch JBD: b_tnext locking jbd-100-remove-journal_datalist_lock.patch JBD: remove journal_datalist_lock jbd-110-t_nr_buffers-locking.patch JBD: t_nr_buffers locking jbd-120-t_updates-locking.patch JBD: t_updates locking jbd-130-t_outstanding_credits-locking.patch JBD: implement t_outstanding_credits locking jbd-140-t_jcb-locking.patch JBD: implement t_jcb locking jbd-150-j_barrier_count-locking.patch JBD: implement j_barrier_count locking jbd-160-j_running_transaction-locking.patch JBD: implement j_running_transaction locking jbd-170-j_committing_transaction-locking.patch JBD: implement j_committing_transaction locking jbd-180-j_checkpoint_transactions.patch JBD: implement j_checkpoint_transactions locking jbd-190-j_head-locking.patch JBD: implement journal->j_head locking jbd-200-j_tail-locking.patch JBD: implement journal->j_tail locking jbd-210-j_free-locking.patch JBD: implement journal->j_free locking jbd-220-j_commit_sequence-locking.patch JBD: implement journal->j_commit_sequence locking jbd-230-j_commit_request-locking.patch JBD: implement j_commit_request locking jbd-240-dual-revoke-tables.patch JBD: implement dual revoke tables. jbd-250-remove-sleep_on.patch JBD: remove remaining sleep_on()s jbd-300-remove-lock_kernel.patch JBD: remove lock_kernel() jbd-400-remove-lock_journal.patch JBD: remove lock_journal() jbd-510-h_credits-fix.patch JBD: journal_release_buffer: handle credits fix jbd-520-journal_unmap_buffer-race.patch JBD: journal_unmap_buffer race fix jbd-530-walk_page_buffers-race-fix.patch ext3: ext3_writepage race fix jbd-540-journal_try_to_free_buffers-race-fix.patch JBD: buffer freeing non-race comment jbd-550-locking-checks.patch JBD: add some locking assertions jbd-570-transaction-state-locking.patch JBD: additional transaction shutdown locking jbd-580-log_start_commit-race-fix.patch JBD: 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 ext3: fix data=journal mode 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: journal_dirty_metadata() speedup jbd-610-journal_dirty_metadata-diags.patch JBD: journal_dirty_metadata diagnostics jbd-620-commit-vs-start-race-fix.patch JBD: fix race between journal_commit_transaction and start_this_handle ext3-090-journalled-writepage-vs-truncate-fix.patch ext3: fix data=journal for small blocksize jbd-630-remove-j_commit_timer_active.patch JBD: remove j_commit_timer_active jbd-650-truncate-ordered-pages.patch ext3: explicitly free truncated pages jbd-660-log_do_checkpoint-fix.patch JBD: log_do_checkpoint() locking fixes jbd-670-log_start_commit-locking-fix.patch JBD: fix locking around log_start_commit() 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! O_SYNC-speedup-2.patch speed up O_SYNC writes aio-09-o_sync.patch aio O_SYNC aio-10-BUG-fix.patch AIO: fix a BUG aio-11-workqueue-flush.patch AIO: flush workqueues before destroying ioctx'es 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. sched-hot-balancing-fix.patch fix for CPU scheduler load distribution char-dev-init-call-fix.patch chardev initcall sequence fix