2.5.64-mm8

Andrew Morton
2003-03-16T10:32:07Z

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.64/2.5.64-mm8/

. Several fixes to the anticipatory scheduler. It is the default IO
scheduler again.

The main thing which was fixed here was an interesting deadlock involving
keventd, the I/O scheduler, vfork and request_module().

. I should have mentioned that 2.5.64-mm7 included a CPU scheduler tweak
from Mike Galbraith which apparently fixes up the various starvation
problems which people have been experiencing. That is also in 2.5.64-mm8.

Changes since 2.5.64-mm7:

-ppc64-compat-flock.patch
-ppc64-eeh-fix.patch
-ppc64-socketcall-fix.patch
-register-tty_devclass.patch

Merged

+proc-sys-debug.patch

Create /proc/sys/debug/0 ... /proc/sys/debug/5. These appear in the
kernel as

int proc_sys_debug[8];

These are not used for anyting - it is for ah-hoc debugging convenience.

+as-jumbo-fix.patch
+as-request_fn-in-timer.patch
+as-remove-request-fix.patch

Anticipatory scheduler fixes

-deadline-default.patch

Make the anticipatory scheduler the default again.

+unplug-from-timer.patch

Call q->unplug_fn direct from timer context rather than via
schedule_work().

+ext2-no-lock_super-set-s_dirt.patch
+ext2-ialloc-no-lock_super.patch
+ext2-ialloc-no-lock_super-fixes.patch

Avoid lock_super() in the ext2 inode allocator

+pci-update-1.patch

Update for Russell's PCI rework.

+affs-lock_kernel-fix.patch

Missing an unlock_kernel(). (Why didn't any of the checkers notice this?)

+lseek-ext2_readdir.patch

Remove the lock_kernel()s in ext2_readdir/ext3_readdir

+inode_setattr-lock_kernel-removal.patch

Remove the lock_kernel() around inode_setattr's vmtruncate() call.

+raid0-oops-fix.patch

Fix oops in RAID0.

All 124 patches:

linus.patch
Latest from Linus

mm.patch
add -mmN to EXTRAVERSION

kgdb.patch

proc-sys-debug.patch
create /proc/sys/debug/0 ... 7

noirqbalance-fix.patch
Fix noirqbalance

config_spinline.patch
uninline spinlocks for profiling accuracy.

ppc64-reloc_hide.patch

ppc64-pci-patch.patch
Subject: pci patch

ppc64-aio-32bit-emulation.patch
32/64bit emulation for aio

ppc64-64-bit-exec-fix.patch
Pass the load address into ELF_PLAT_INIT()

ppc64-scruffiness.patch
Fix some PPC64 compile warnings

sym-do-160.patch
make the SYM driver do 160 MB/sec

config-PAGE_OFFSET.patch
Configurable kenrel/user memory split

ptrace-flush.patch
cache flushing in the ptrace code

buffer-debug.patch
buffer.c debugging

warn-null-wakeup.patch

ext3-truncate-ordered-pages.patch
ext3: explicitly free truncated pages

reiserfs_file_write-5.patch

tcp-wakeups.patch
Use fast wakeups in TCP/IPV4

rcu-stats.patch
RCU statistics reporting

ext3-journalled-data-assertion-fix.patch
Remove incorrect assertion from ext3

nfs-speedup.patch

nfs-oom-fix.patch
nfs oom fix

sk-allocation.patch
Subject: Re: nfs oom

nfs-more-oom-fix.patch

rpciod-atomic-allocations.patch
Make rcpiod use atomic allocations

linux-isp.patch

isp-update-1.patch

remove-unused-congestion-stuff.patch
Subject: [PATCH] remove unused congestion stuff

as-iosched.patch
anticipatory I/O scheduler

as-debug-BUG-fix.patch

as-eject-BUG-fix.patch
AS: don't go BUG during cdrom eject

as-jumbo-fix.patch
AS: OSDL fixes

as-request_fn-in-timer.patch
Remove the scheduled_work thing

as-remove-request-fix.patch

cfq-2.patch
CFQ scheduler, #2

unplug-from-timer.patch

smalldevfs.patch
smalldevfs

remap-file-pages-2.5.63-a1.patch
Subject: [patch] remap-file-pages-2.5.63-A1

hugh-remap-fix.patch
hugh's file-offset-in-pte fix

fremap-limit-offsets.patch
fremap: limit remap_file_pages() file offsets

fremap-all-mappings.patch
Make all executable mappings be nonlinear

filemap_populate-speedup.patch
filemap_populate speedup

file-offset-in-pte-x86_64.patch
x86_64: support for file offsets in pte's

file-offset-in-pte-ppc64.patch

objrmap-2.5.62-5.patch
object-based rmap

objrmap-nonlinear-fixes.patch
objrmap fix for nonlinear

scheduler-tunables.patch
scheduler tunables

scheduler-starvation-fixes.patch
CPU scheduler starvation fixes

timer-cleanup.patch
timer code cleanup

timer-readdition-fix.patch
timer re-addition lockup fix

show_task-free-stack-fix.patch
show_task() fix and cleanup

yellowfin-set_bit-fix.patch
yellowfin driver set_bit fix

htree-nfs-fix.patch
Fix ext3 htree / NFS compatibility problems

update_atime-ng.patch
inode a/c/mtime modification speedup

one-sec-times.patch
Implement a/c/time speedup in ext2 & ext3

task_prio-fix.patch
simple task_prio() fix

set_current_state-fs.patch
use set_current_state in fs

set_current_state-mm.patch
use set_current_state in mm

copy_thread-leak-fix.patch
Fix memory leak in copy_thread

slab_store_user-large-objects.patch
slab debug: perform redzoning against larger objects

file_list_lock-contention-fix.patch
file_list_lock contention fixes

tty_files-fixes.patch
file->f_list locking in tty_io.c

file_list_cleanup.patch
file_list cleanup

file_list-remove-free_list.patch
file_table: remove the private freelist

file-list-less-locking.patch
file_list: less locking

vt_ioctl-stack-use.patch
stack reduction in drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c

fix-mem-equals.patch
Fix mem= options

no-mmu-stubs.patch
a few missing stubs for !CONFIG_MMU

nommu-slab.patch
slab changes for !CONFIG_MMU

nfs-memleak-fix.patch
memleak in fs/nfs/inode.c::nfs_get_sb()

ufs-memleak-fix.patch
Memleak in fs/ufs/util.c

hugetlb-unmap_vmas-fix.patch
fix the fix for unmap_vmas & hugepages

early-writeback-init.patch
Early writeback initialisation

posix-timers-update.patch
posix timers update

e100-memleak-fix.patch
Memleak in e100 driver

pcmcia-1-kill-get_foo_map.patch
pcmcia: 1/6 kill get_*_map

pcmcia-2-remove-bus_foo-abstractions.patch
pcmcia: 2/6: Remove bus_* abstractions

pcmcia-3-add-SOCKET_CARDBUS_CONFIG.patch
pcmcia: 3/6: add SOCKET_CARDBUS_CONFIG flag

pcmcia-4-add-locking.patch
pcmcia: 4/6: Add some locking to rsrc_mgr.c

pcmcia-5-add-CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE.patch
pcmcia 5/6: Introduce CONFIG_PCMCIA_PROBE

pcmcia-6-remove-old-cardbus-clients.patch
pcmcia: 6/6: Remove support for old cardbus clients

oops-counters.patch
OOPS instance counters

io_apic-DO_ACTION-cleanup.patch
io-apic.c: DO_ACTION cleanup

ext2-ext3-noatime-fix.patch
Ext2/3 noatime and dirsync sometimes ignored

oprofile-timer-fix.patch
fix oprofile timer race

htree-nfs-fix-2.patch
htree nfs fix

ext2-balloc-fix.patch
ext2: block allocation fix

ext2-no-lock_super.patch
concurrent block allocation for ext2

ext2-no-lock-super-whitespace-fixes.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-fix-1.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-fix-2.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-fix-3.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-fix-4.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-fix-5.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-fix-6.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-fix-7.patch

ext2-no-lock_super-set-s_dirt.patch
ext2 block allocator: set s_dirt

ext2-ialloc-no-lock_super.patch
concurrent inode allocation for ext2

ext2-ialloc-no-lock_super-fixes.patch
ext2: concurrent ialloc fixes

brlock-removal-1.patch
Brlock removal 1/5 - core

brlock-removal-2.patch
brlock removal 2/5: remove brlock from snap and vlan

brlock-removal-3.patch
brlock removal 3/5: remove brlock from bridge

brlock-removal-4.patch
brlock removal 4/5: removal from ipv4/ipv6

brlock-removal-5.patch
brlock removal 5/5: remove brlock code

pgd_index-comments.patch
pgd_index/pmd_index/pte_index commentary

pci-6.patch

pci-7.patch

pci-8.patch

pci-9.patch

pci-10.patch

pci-11.patch

pci-12.patch

pci-13.patch

pci-14.patch

pci-15.patch

pci-update-1.patch
PCI patches: update

proc-sysrq-trigger.patch
/proc/sysrq-trigger: trigger sysrq functions via /proc

aio-bits-fix.patch
kiocbClear should use clear_bit instead of set_bit

clean-inode-fix.patch
initialise inode->i_rdev

affs-lock_kernel-fix.patch
affs unlock_kernel() fix

lseek-ext2_readdir.patch
remove lock_kernel() from readdir implementations.

inode_setattr-lock_kernel-removal.patch
remove lock_kernel() from inode_setattr's vmtruncate() call

raid0-oops-fix.patch
fix raid0 oops