ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.70/2.5.70-mm9/ Lots of fixes, lots of new things. Changes since 2.5.70-mm8: linus.patch Current Linus -BK. -remove-DRM-ioctls.patch -rtc-32-bit-fix.patch -rtc-busywait-fix.patch -irq_cpustat-cleanup.patch -discontig-empty-node-fix.patch -mem-driver-cleanup-2.patch -TARGET_CPUS-cleanup-fix.patch -compaq-drivers-MAINTAINERS.patch -fixed-size-kmalloc-speedup.patch -rebalance_tick-fix.patch -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 -fix-numa-meminfo.patch -tmpfs-01-shmem_file_write-EFAULT.patch -tmpfs-02-swapoff-truncate-race-refix.patch -tmpfs-03-little-bits.patch -pci-init-ordering-fix.patch -early-printk-x86.patch -resource-seqfile-cleanup.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-11-emu10k1-memleak-fix.patch -ds-12-rio-memleak-fix.patch -ds-13-i810-leak-fix.patch -serial-core-oops-fix.patch -trond-3.patch -nfs-to-localhost-lockup-fix.patch -devfs_mk_dir-fix.patch -tioclinux-symbolic-names.patch -cpqarray-stack-reduction.patch -s390-dirty-bit-cleaning.patch -char-dev-init-call-fix.patch Merged +generic-numa-fixes.patch Fix strancely-configured NUMA systems. +compat_ioctl-fixes.patch Fix up some 64/32-bit ioctl things +synaptics.patch +synaptics-cleanup.patch Synaptics driver (one flavour thereof) +es7000-01-generic.patch +es7000-02-subarch.patch Unisys ES7000 subarch support. -ppc64-ioctl-pci-update.patch +ppc64-pci-update.patch ppc64 PCI fixes (split out) +ppc64-do_settimeofday-update.patch +sparc64-do_settimeofday-update.patch +x86_64-do_settimeofday-update.patch +ia64-do_settimeofday-update.patch +parisc-do_settimeofday-update.patch +s390-do_settimeofday-update.patch +alpha-do_settimeofday-update.patch +arm-do_settimeofday-update.patch +cris-do_settimeofday-update.patch +m68k-do_settimeofday-update.patch +ppc-do_settimeofday-update.patch +arm26-do_settimeofday-update.patch +sh-do_settimeofday-update.patch +sparc-do_settimeofday-update.patch +um-do_settimeofday-update.patch +v850-do_settimeofday-update.patch Save george from angry arch maintainers +centrino-cpufreq-driver.patch cpufreq driver for Intel Centrino CPUs +remove_anon_hash_chain.patch anon_hash_chain is unneeded. +e100-use-after-free-fix.patch Manfred's debug patch kills this driver. (Scott has a patch for this queued). +statfs64-3.patch sys_statfs64(), again. +hugetlbfs-size-inodes-mount-option.patch Allowthe admin to specify the sizing of a hugetlbfs mount +sched-cleanup-2.patch Tidy a few things in the CPU scheduler. +shmem-license-revert.patch use the same licensing words as in 2.4 +lsm-1-early-init.patch +lsm-2-remove-hook.patch +lsm-3-remove-inode_permission_lite.patch +lsm-4-setfsuid-fix.patch Security stuff -synaptics-mouse-support.patch Dropped +as-div-by-zero-fix.patch +as-more-HZ.patch +as-even-more-write-batch-tuning.patch Anticipatory scheduler changes +jbd-680-log_wait_for_space-fix.patch Tiny tweak. +aio-12-readahead.patch Open-code the readahead neeed for restartable AIO. +truncate-pagefault-race-fix.patch Fix race between truncate and pagein which leaves dangling anon pages. +writeback-memory-backed-fix.patch Don't let dirty memory-backed inodes prevent writeout of non-memory-backed inodes. +mark-inode-dirty-debug.patch Check that inode->i_sb really cannot be zero in __mark_inode_dirty() +sync-write-more-pages.patch sys_sync() and the kupdate function can forget to write out atime updates. +make-pid_max-readable.patch Make /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max readable by mortals. 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 generic-numa-fixes.patch NUMA fixes compat_ioctl-fixes.patch compat_ioctl fixes synaptics.patch From: "Joseph Fannin" Subject: [PATCH] Synaptics TouchPad driver for 2.5.70 synaptics-cleanup.patch es7000-01-generic.patch Unisys ES7000 platform subarch 1/2: generic bits es7000-02-subarch.patch Unisys ES7000 2/2: platform subarch config_spinline.patch uninline spinlocks for profiling accuracy. ppc64-bat-initialisation-fix.patch ppc64: BAT initialisation fix ppc64-fixup.patch ppc64 fixup ppc64-pci-update.patch 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 irqreturn-snd-via-fix.patch via sound irqreturn fix config-PAGE_OFFSET.patch Configurable kenrel/user memory split lru_cache_add-check.patch lru_cache_add debug check 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 ppc64-do_settimeofday-update.patch ppc64: fix do_settimeofday() for new API sparc64-do_settimeofday-update.patch sparc64: fix do_settimeofday() for new API x86_64-do_settimeofday-update.patch x86_64: fix do_settimeofday() for new API ia64-do_settimeofday-update.patch ia64: fix do_settimeofday() for new API parisc-do_settimeofday-update.patch parisc: fix do_settimeofday() for new API s390-do_settimeofday-update.patch ppc64: fix do_settimeofday() for new API alpha-do_settimeofday-update.patch ppc64: fix do_settimeofday() for new API arm-do_settimeofday-update.patch arm: fix do_settimeofday() for new API cris-do_settimeofday-update.patch cris: fix do_settimeofday() for new API m68k-do_settimeofday-update.patch m68k: fix do_settimeofday() for new API ppc-do_settimeofday-update.patch ppc: fix do_settimeofday() for new API arm26-do_settimeofday-update.patch arm26: fix do_settimeofday() for new API sh-do_settimeofday-update.patch sh: fix do_settimeofday() for new API sparc-do_settimeofday-update.patch sparc: fix do_settimeofday() for new API um-do_settimeofday-update.patch um: fix do_settimeofday() for new API v850-do_settimeofday-update.patch ppc64: fix do_settimeofday() for new API centrino-cpufreq-driver.patch Pentium M (Centrino) cpufreq device driver (please test me) fb-image-depth-fix.patch fbdev image depth fix ds-01-arcnet-oops-fix.patch arcnet oops fix ds-09-vicam-usercopy-fix.patch vicam usercopy fix buffer-debug.patch buffer.c debugging show_stack-cleanup.patch show_stack() portability and cleanup patch ppc64-show_stack.patch remove_anon_hash_chain.patch remove anon_hash_chain e100-use-after-free-fix.patch statfs64-3.patch Add system calls statfs64 and fstatfs64 VM_RESERVED-check.patch VM_RESERVED check rcu-stats.patch RCU statistics reporting ide_setting_sem-fix.patch hugetlbfs-size-inodes-mount-option.patch hugetlbfs: specify size & inodes at mount sched-cleanup-2.patch sched.c cleanups, hotplug CPU preparation shmem-license-revert.patch tmpfs: revert license to 2.4 version reslabify-pgds-and-pmds.patch re-slabify i386 pgd's and pmd's lsm-1-early-init.patch LSM 1/4: Early init for security modules lsm-2-remove-hook.patch LSM 2/4: Remove task_kmod_set_label hook lsm-3-remove-inode_permission_lite.patch LSM 3/4: Remove inode_permission_lite hook lsm-4-setfsuid-fix.patch LSM 4/4: setfsuid/setgsuid bug fix 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 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-div-by-zero-fix.patch AS: divide by zero fix as-more-HZ.patch AS: more HZ != 1000 fixes as-even-more-write-batch-tuning.patch AS: update_write_batch tuning 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() jbd-680-log_wait_for_space-fix.patch JBD: hold onto j_state_lock after log_wait_for_space(). 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 aio-12-readahead.patch AIO: readahead fixes vfsmount_lock.patch From: Maneesh Soni Subject: [patch 1/2] vfsmount_lock syncppp-locking-fix.patch syncppp locking fix sched-hot-balancing-fix.patch fix for CPU scheduler load distribution truncate-pagefault-race-fix.patch Fix vmtruncate race and distributed filesystem race writeback-memory-backed-fix.patch fix writeback for dirty ramdisk blockdev inodes mark-inode-dirty-debug.patch sync-write-more-pages.patch dirty inode writeback fix make-pid_max-readable.patch make pid_max readable