ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.72/2.5.72-mm2/ . Experimental O_DIRECT support for the NFS client. . Various new fixes and minor feature work. Changes since 2.5.72-mm1: +linus.patch Latest from Linus -pcmcia-detect-fix.patch -ext3-no-bkl.patch -journal_get_write_access-speedup.patch -ext3-concurrent-block-inode-allocation.patch -ext3-concurrent-block-allocation-hashed.patch -jbd-010-b_committed_data-race-fix.patch -jbd-020-locking-schema.patch -jbd-030-remove-splice_lock.patch -jbd-040-journal_add_journal_head-locking.patch -jbd-045-rename-journal_unlock_journal_head.patch -jbd-050-b_frozen_data-locking.patch -jbd-060-b_committed_data-locking.patch -jbd-070-b_transaction-locking.patch -jbd-080-b_next_transaction-locking.patch -jbd-090-b_tnext-locking.patch -jbd-100-remove-journal_datalist_lock.patch -jbd-110-t_nr_buffers-locking.patch -jbd-120-t_updates-locking.patch -jbd-130-t_outstanding_credits-locking.patch -jbd-140-t_jcb-locking.patch -jbd-150-j_barrier_count-locking.patch -jbd-160-j_running_transaction-locking.patch -jbd-170-j_committing_transaction-locking.patch -jbd-180-j_checkpoint_transactions.patch -jbd-190-j_head-locking.patch -jbd-200-j_tail-locking.patch -jbd-210-j_free-locking.patch -jbd-220-j_commit_sequence-locking.patch -jbd-230-j_commit_request-locking.patch -jbd-240-dual-revoke-tables.patch -jbd-250-remove-sleep_on.patch -jbd-300-remove-lock_kernel.patch -jbd-400-remove-lock_journal.patch -jbd-510-h_credits-fix.patch -jbd-520-journal_unmap_buffer-race.patch -jbd-530-walk_page_buffers-race-fix.patch -jbd-540-journal_try_to_free_buffers-race-fix.patch -jbd-550-locking-checks.patch -jbd-570-transaction-state-locking.patch -jbd-580-log_start_commit-race-fix.patch -jbd-590-do_get_write_access-speedup.patch -ext3-010-fix-journalled-data.patch -ext3-035-journal_try_to_free_buffers-race-fix.patch -ext3-040-recursive-ext3_write_inode-check.patch -ext3-050-ioctl-transaction-leak.patch -ext3-070-xattr-clone-leak-fix.patch -ext3-080-remove-block-inode-count-message.patch -jbd-600-journal_dirty_metadata-speedup.patch -jbd-610-journal_dirty_metadata-diags.patch -jbd-620-commit-vs-start-race-fix.patch -ext3-090-journalled-writepage-vs-truncate-fix.patch -jbd-630-remove-j_commit_timer_active.patch -jbd-650-truncate-ordered-pages.patch -jbd-660-log_do_checkpoint-fix.patch -jbd-670-log_start_commit-locking-fix.patch -jbd-680-log_wait_for_space-fix.patch Merged +ia32-copy_from_user-fix.patch Zero out the userspace buffer if access_ok() fails. +rd-range-check.patch Check for valid minor in the ramdisk driver +proc-kcore-notes-fix.patch +proc-kcore-handle-unmapped-areas.patch /proc/kcore fixes -statfs64-3-fixes-1.patch Folded into statfs64-3.patch +hugetblfs-statfs-update.patch Fix hugetlbfs statfs() for the statfs64 changes. -as-proc-read-write.patch -as-discrete-read-fifo-batches.patch -as-sync-async.patch -as-hash-removal-fix.patch -as-jumbo-patch-for-scsi.patch -as-stupid.patch -as-no-batch-antic-limit.patch -as-autotune-write-batches.patch -as-div-by-zero-fix.patch -as-more-HZ.patch -as-even-more-write-batch-tuning.patch -as-locking.patch -as-HZ.patch Folded into as-iosched.patch -cfq-hash-removal-fix.patch -cfq-list_del-fix.patch Folded into cfq-2.patch -syncppp-locking-fix.patch Was fixed by Paul. +printk-oops-mangle-fix.patch Prevent mangled oops output on SMP+serial console +nfs-O_DIRECT-remove-async-cruft.patch +nfs-O_DIRECT-nfs_read_data.patch +nfs-O_DIRECT-nfs_write_proc.patch +nfs-O_DIRECT-sync-commit-rpcs.patch +nfs-O_DIRECT.patch +nfs-O_DIRECT-config-option.patch +nfs-O_DIRECT-always-enabled.patch O_DIRECT support for NFS +mach-generic-build-fix.patch Fix the build for generic x86 arch +nfs-suspend-fix.patch Fix NFS versus swsusp +elf_plat_init-fix.patch PPC64 elf fix +node-local-hugetlbpages.patch Allocate hugetlb pages from the local NUMA node. +highmem-build-fix.patch Compile fix +common-kernel-DSO-name.patch Make the ia32 vsyscall DSO have the same name as the ia64 DSO. +restore-daniels-c.patch Restore lost copyright +ehci_hcd-linkage-fix.patch USB linkage section fix. +get_unmapped_area-speedup.patch Fix the mmap() speedup heuristic. +jbd-really-readonly.patch Prevent accidental writes on readonlymounts of ext3 filesystems. +ext3-jbd-trailing-whitespace.patch Fix up zillions of lines which end in tabs. All 128 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-fixes-2.patch Maek ppc64 compile ppc64-bat-initialisation-fix.patch ppc64: BAT initialisation fix ppc64-pci-update.patch 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 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 fb-image-depth-fix.patch fbdev image depth 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 ia32-copy_from_user-fix.patch ia32 copy_from_user() fix e100-use-after-free-fix.patch rd-range-check.patch range checking in rd_open() proc-kcore-notes-fix.patch Fix /proc/kcore for i386 proc-kcore-handle-unmapped-areas.patch /proc/kcore: handle unmapped areas statfs64-3.patch Add system calls statfs64 and fstatfs64 1-kmem-cache-destroy.patch kmem_cache_destroy(): use slab_error() 2-slab-poison-fix.patch slab poisoning fix 3-unmap-page-debugging.patch page unmappng debug patch VM_RESERVED-check.patch VM_RESERVED check rcu-stats.patch RCU statistics reporting sysv-semundo-fixes.patch sysv semundo raw-devfs-support.patch raw.c devfs support ide_setting_sem-fix.patch hugetlbfs-size-inodes-mount-option.patch hugetlbfs: specify size & inodes at mount hugetblfs-statfs-update.patch hugetlbfs:update statfs reslabify-pgds-and-pmds.patch re-slabify i386 pgd's and pmd's misc5.patch misc fixes scroll-distance-fix.patch Premit big console scrolls 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: pgbench improvement AS: discrete read fifo batches AS sync/async batches AS: hash removal fix AS jumbo patch (for SCSI and TCQ) AS: fix stupid thinko AS: no batch-antic-limit AS: autotune write batches AS: divide by zero fix AS: more HZ != 1000 fixes AS: update_write_batch tuning AS locking 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 CFQ: empty the queuelist per-queue-nr_requests.patch per queue nr_requests blk-invert-watermarks.patch blk_congestion_wait threshold cleanup blk-as-hint.patch blk-as-hint get_request_wait-oom-fix.patch handle OOM in get_request_wait(). blk-fair-batches.patch blk-fair-batches blk-fair-batches-2.patch blk fair batches #2 generic-io-contexts.patch generic io contexts blk-request-batching.patch block request batching get_io_context-fix.patch get_io_context fixes blk-allocation-commentary.patch block allocation comments blk-batching-throttle-fix.patch blk batch requests 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 invalidate_mmap_range.patch Interface to invalidate regions of mmaps aio-01-retry.patch AIO: Core retry infrastructure io_submit_one-EINVAL-fix.patch Fix aio process hang on EINVAL 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 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 lock_buffer_wq-fix.patch lock_buffer_wq fix unuse_mm-locked.patch AIO: hold the context lock across unuse_mm vfsmount_lock.patch From: Maneesh Soni Subject: [patch 1/2] vfsmount_lock sched-hot-balancing-fix.patch fix for CPU scheduler load distribution truncate-pagefault-race-fix.patch Fix vmtruncate race and distributed filesystem race remove-swapper_inode.patch remove swapper_inode sync-write-more-pages.patch dirty inode writeback fix workqueue-reorg-fix.patch workqueue.c subtle fix and core extraction task_struct-use-after-free-fix.patch proc_pid_lookup use-after-free fix sleepometer.patch sleep instrumentation time-goes-backwards.patch demonstrate do_gettimeofday() going backwards keventd-thread-cleanup.patch Fix kmod return value skip-apic-ids-on-boot.patch skip apicids on boot AT_SECURE-auxv-entry.patch AT_SECURE auxv entry printk-oops-mangle-fix.patch disentangle printk's whilst oopsing on SMP nfs-O_DIRECT-remove-async-cruft.patch remove async cruft from NFS O_DIRECT nfs-O_DIRECT-nfs_read_data.patch expose read offset in the nfs_read_proc routine nfs-O_DIRECT-nfs_write_proc.patch expose write offset in the nfs_write_proc routine nfs-O_DIRECT-sync-commit-rpcs.patch add a proc to issue synchronous commit RPCs nfs-O_DIRECT.patch direct I/O support for 2.5 nfs-O_DIRECT-config-option.patch provide an option to enable NFS O_DIRECT nfs-O_DIRECT-always-enabled.patch Force CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO mach-generic-build-fix.patch mach-generic build fix nfs-suspend-fix.patch Fix suspend with NFS mounts active elf_plat_init-fix.patch Fix binfmt_elf.c bug on ppc64 node-local-hugetlbpages.patch node-local allocation for hugetlbpages highmem-build-fix.patch highmem.h needs mm.h common-kernel-DSO-name.patch common name for the kernel DSO restore-daniels-c.patch Restore Daniel Phillips' copyright ehci_hcd-linkage-fix.patch ehci-hdd linkage fix get_unmapped_area-speedup.patch get_unmapped_area() speedup jbd-really-readonly.patch JBD: honour read-only mounts more carefully ext3-jbd-trailing-whitespace.patch ext3/JBD: remove trailing whitespace