2.6.21-rc7-mm2

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc7/2.6.21-rc7-mm2/


- this has everything which is in 2.6.21.  Plus more!

- a number of nasty bugs were fixed.  This should be (a lot) more stable
  than 2.6.21-rc7-mm1.

  Some sysfs-related problems are still expected.  Fiddling with the
  setting of CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED might help avoid them.

- the 64-bit futex patches and (consequently) the private-futex patches were
  dropped.  Because the 64-bit futex patches need to be reconstituted.

- the unprivileged mounts code was dropped, pending an updated patch series

- lots of minor fbdev bugs were fixed


Boilerplate:

- See the `hot-fixes' directory for any important updates to this patchset.

- To fetch an -mm tree using git, use (for example)

  git-fetch git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/smurf/linux-trees.git tag v2.6.16-rc2-mm1
  git-checkout -b local-v2.6.16-rc2-mm1 v2.6.16-rc2-mm1

- -mm kernel commit activity can be reviewed by subscribing to the
  mm-commits mailing list.

        echo "subscribe mm-commits" | mail majordomo@vger.kernel.org

- If you hit a bug in -mm and it is not obvious which patch caused it, it is
  most valuable if you can perform a bisection search to identify which patch
  introduced the bug.  Instructions for this process are at

        http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/bisecting-mm-trees.txt

  But beware that this process takes some time (around ten rebuilds and
  reboots), so consider reporting the bug first and if we cannot immediately
  identify the faulty patch, then perform the bisection search.

- When reporting bugs, please try to Cc: the relevant maintainer and mailing
  list on any email.

- When reporting bugs in this kernel via email, please also rewrite the
  email Subject: in some manner to reflect the nature of the bug.  Some
  developers filter by Subject: when looking for messages to read.

- Occasional snapshots of the -mm lineup are uploaded to
  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/mm/ and are announced on
  the mm-commits list.



Changes since 2.6.21-rc7-mm1:

 origin.patch
 git-acpi.patch
 git-alsa.patch
 git-agpgart.patch
 git-arm.patch
 git-avr32.patch
 git-cifs.patch
 git-cpufreq.patch
 git-powerpc.patch
 git-drm.patch
 git-dvb.patch
 git-gfs2-nmw.patch
 git-hid.patch
 git-ia64.patch
 git-ieee1394.patch
 git-infiniband.patch
 git-input.patch
 git-jfs.patch
 git-kbuild.patch
 git-kvm.patch
 git-leds.patch
 git-libata-all.patch
 git-md-accel.patch
 git-mips.patch
 git-mmc.patch
 git-mtd.patch
 git-ubi.patch
 git-netdev-all.patch
 git-e1000.patch
 git-net.patch
 git-ioat.patch
 git-nfs-server-cluster-locking-api.patch
 git-ocfs2.patch
 git-parisc.patch
 git-r8169.patch
 git-selinux.patch
 git-pciseg.patch
 git-s390.patch
 git-s390-fixup.patch
 git-sh.patch
 git-scsi-misc.patch
 git-block.patch
 git-watchdog.patch
 git-ipwireless_cs.patch
 git-cryptodev.patch
 git-gccbug.patch

 git trees

-fix-possible-null-pointer-access-in-8250-serial-driver.patch
-fix-oom-killing-processes-wrongly-thought-mpol_bind.patch
-char-mxser_new-fix-recursive-locking.patch
-char-mxser_new-fix-tiocmiwait.patch
-char-mxser-fix-tiocmiwait.patch
-taskstats-fix-the-structure-members-alignment-issue.patch
-maintainers-use-listslinux-foundationorg.patch
-paride-drivers-initialize-spinlocks.patch
-add-mbuesch-to-mailmap.patch
-fix-spelling-in-drivers-video-kconfig.patch
-page-migration-fix-nr_file_pages-accounting.patch
-ieee1394-update-maintainers-database.patch
-v9fs-dont-use-primary-fid-when-removing-file.patch
-acpi-thermal-fix-mod_timer-interval.patch
-allow-reading-tainted-flag-as-user.patch
-do-not-truncate-irq-number-for-icom-adapter.patch
-hwmon-w83627ehf-dont-redefine-region_offset.patch
-reiserfs-fix-xattr-root-locking-refcount-bug.patch
-char-icom-mark-__init-as-__devinit.patch
-fault-injection-add-entry-to-maintainers.patch
-8250-fix-possible-deadlock-between-serial8250_handle_port-and-serial8250_interrupt.patch
-oom-kill-all-threads-that-share-mm-with-killed-task.patch
-fix-x86-fix-potential-overflow-in-perfctr-reservation.patch
-cleanup-cpufreq-kconfig-options.patch
-ppc-pci_32-stop-using-old-hotplug-unsafe-apis.patch
-jdelvare-i2c-i2c-delete-scx200_i2c.patch
-jdelvare-i2c-i2c-obsolete-ixp2000-and-ixp4xx.patch
-jdelvare-hwmon-hwmon-smsc47m1-use-dynamic-attributes.patch
-ide-cmd64x-remove-broken-sw-mw-dma-support.patch
-ide-cmd64x-interrupt-status-fixes-resend.patch
-ide-cmd64x-add-fix-enablebits.patch
-ide-cmd64x-procfs-code-fixes-cleanups.patch
-ide-cmd64x-use-interrupt-status-from-mrdmode-register.patch
-ide-cmd64x-add-back-mwdma-support.patch
-git-netdev-all-baycom_ser_fdx-fix.patch
-fix-sparse-errors-in-drivers-net-ibmvethc.patch
-netdrv-perform-missing-csum_offset-conversions.patch
-x86_64-mm-remove-noreplacement.patch
-fix-x86_64-mm-fam10-mwait-idle.patch
-more-fix-x86_64-mm-fam10-mwait-idle.patch
-fix-x86_64-mm-sched-clock-share.patch
-revert-x86_64-mm-account-for-module-percpu-space-separately-from-kernel-percpu.patch
-rename-the-parainstructions-symbols-to-be-consistent-with-the-others.patch
-rename-the-parainstructions-symbols-to-be-consistent-with-the-others-fix.patch
-i386-sysenter-arch-pages-fix.patch
-i386-acpi-remove-earlyquirk-warning.patch
-i386-mcheck-p4-grotesque-and-needless-warning-fix.patch
-i386-pgd-clone-under-lock-fix.patch
-vmi-supports-compat-vdso.patch
-resurrect-the-vmi-lazy-mode-fixes-fix.patch
-vmi-kmap_atomic_pte-fix.patch
-vmi-timer-update.patch
-i386-pte-drop-ptep_get_and_clear-paravirt-op.patch
-mtrr-adds-mtrr_save_fixed_ranges-for-use-in-two-later-patches.patch
-mtrr-save-the-mtrrs-of-the-bsp-before-booting-an-ap.patch
-mtrr-save-and-restore-the-fixed-range-mtrrs-of-the-bsp-when-suspending.patch
-mtrr-enable-support-for-fixed-range-iorrs-to-keep-rdmem-wrmem-in-sync.patch
-i386-map-enough-initial-memory-to-create-lowmem-mappings.patch
-mm-only-i386-for-debugging-make-the-initial-page-table-setup-less-forgiving.patch
-depcac-fix-handling-of-platorm_device_add-failure.patch
-clean-up-elf-note-generation.patch
-deflate-stack-usage-in-lib-inflatec.patch

 Merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

+make-sysrq-t-show-all-tasks-again.patch
+ia64-race-flushing-icache-in-do_no_page-path.patch

 2.6.21 queue (sigh)

-acpi-asus_acpi-support-f2je-model.patch

 Dropped

+git-agp-build-fix.patch

 Fix git-agpgart.patch

+git-cpufreq-borkage-fix.patch

 Fix git-cpufreq.patch

+gregkh-driver-uevent-use-add_uevent_var-instead-of-open-coding-it.patch

 Driver tree update

+fix-gregkh-driver-uevent-use-add_uevent_var-instead-of-open-coding-it.patch
+sysfs-oops-workaround.patch

 Fix things in driver tree

+jdelvare-i2c-i2c-deprecate-specific-gpio-drivers.patch
+jdelvare-i2c-i2c-tiny-usb-new-driver.patch
+jdelvare-i2c-i2c-s3c2410-setup-time.patch
+jdelvare-i2c-i2c-s3c2410-fix-bug-in-releasing-driver.patch

 i2c tree updates

+jdelvare-hwmon-hwmon-smsc47m1-use-dynamic-attributes.patch

 hwmon tree update

+gfs2-printk-warning-fixes.patch

 Fix git-gfs2-nmw.patch

+ohci1394-fix-mistake-in-printk-message.patch
+fw-device-printk-fix.patch
+ieee1394-iso-needs-schedh.patch

 1394 fixes

-git-infiniband-make-it-build-hack.patch

 Unneeded

+input-convert-from-class-devices-to-standard-devices.patch
+input-evdev-implement-proper-locking.patch
+mousedev-fix.patch
+mousedev-fix-2.patch

 input stuff

+ahci-crash-fix.patch
+ata-printk-warning-fixes.patch
+ata_timing-ensure-t-cycle-is-always-correct.patch
+pata_ali-more-work.patch

 ata fixes

+ide-cmd64x-fix-multiword-and-remove-single-word-dma-support.patch
+ide-cmd64x-interrupt-status-fixes-take-2.patch
+ide-cmd64x-add_fix-enablebits-take-2.patch
+ide-cmd64x-procfs-code-fixes_cleanups-take-2.patch
+ide-cmd64x-use-interrupt-status-from-mrdmode-register-take-2.patch
+ide-aec62xx-fix-pio_dma-setup-issues.patch

 IDE tree updates

+git-mtd-build-fix.patch

 Fix git-mtd.patch

-git-netdev-all-fixup.patch

 Unneeded

+git-netdev-all-export-ieee80211_debug_level.patch

 Fix git-netdev-all

+netlink-dont-reinitialize-callback-mutex.patch
+sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs-type-fix.patch

 net things

-pcmcia-irq-probe-can-be-done-without-risking-an-irq-storm.patch

 Dropped

+ide-cs-recognize-2gb-compactflash-from-transcend.patch

 ide-cs fix

+s390-net-lcs-convert-to-the-kthread-api-fix.patch

 Fix s390-net-lcs-convert-to-the-kthread-api.patch

+x86_64-mm-deflate-stack-usage-in-lib-inflate_c.patch
+x86_64-mm-page-align-the-gdt.patch
+x86_64-mm-convert-pda-into-the-percpu-section.patch
+x86_64-mm-paravirt-non-gpl-export.patch
+x86_64-mm-cleanups-to-help-using-per-cpu-variables-from-asm.patch
+x86_64-mm-define-per_cpu_offset.patch
+x86_64-mm-fix-up-gdt-bugs.patch
+x86_64-mm-map-enough-initial-memory-to-create-lowmem-mappings.patch
+x86_64-mm-incremental-update-for-i386-and-x86-64-check_bugs.patch
+x86_64-mm-paravirt-flush-lazy-mmu-updates-on-kunmap_atomic.patch
+x86_64-mm-paravirt-fix-paravirt-documentation.patch
+x86_64-mm-in-compat-mode-the-return-value-here-was-uninitialized_.patch
+x86_64-mm-kremove-a-warning-about-unused-variable-in-config_acpi-compilation_.patch
+x86_64-mm-cleanup-arch-i386-kernel-cpu-mcheck-p4_c.patch
+x86_64-mm-vmi-now-that-the-vdso-can-be-relocated-we-can-support-it-in-vmi-configurations.patch
+x86_64-mm-vmi-kmap-atomic-pte.patch
+x86_64-mm-vmi-convert-vmi-timer-to-use-clock-events.patch
+x86_64-mm-paravirt-drop-unused-ptep_get_and_clear.patch
+x86_64-mm-paravirt-rename-parainstructions.patch
+x86_64-mm-clean-up-elf-note-generation.patch
+x86_64-mm-mtrr-adds-mtrr_save_fixed_ranges-for-use-in-two-later-patches.patch
+x86_64-mm-mtrr-save-the-mtrrs-of-the-bsp-before-booting-an-ap.patch
+x86_64-mm-mtrr-save-and-restore-the-fixed-range-mtrrs-of-the-bsp-when-suspending.patch
+x86_64-mm-mtrr-enable-support-for-fixed-range-iorrs-to-keep-rdmem-wrmem-in-sync.patch
+x86_64-mm-nmi-hack-revert.patch
+x86_64-mm-nmi-watchdog-ops.patch
+x86_64-mm-nmi-wd-ops-64bit.patch
+x86_64-mm-compat-siocgifcount.patch
+x86_64-mm-apic-timer-calibration.patch
+x86_64-mm-vdso.patch

 x86 tree updates

+fix-x86_64-mm-nmi-watchdog-ops.patch

 Fix it

+x86_64-unexport-cpu_llc_id.patch
+i386-efi-fix-proc-iomem-type-for-kexec-tools.patch

 x86 updates

+fix-slab-corruption-running-ip6sic.patch

 net fix

+create-the-zone_movable-zone-align-zone_movable-to-a-max_order_nr_pages-boundary.patch

 Fix create-the-zone_movable-zone.patch

+handle-kernelcore=-boot-parameter-in-common-code-to-avoid-boot-problem-on-ia64.patch

 Fix Mel's MM patches som emore

+introduce-high_order-delineating-easily-reclaimable-orders-cleanups.patch
+lumpy-increase-pressure-at-the-end-of-the-inactive-list-cleanups.patch

 clean up lumpy reclaim code

+slub-core-update-cpu-after-new_slab.patch

 slub fix

+quicklists-for-page-table-pages-avoid-useless-virt_to_page-conversion-fix.patch

 Fix crashes in the quiklist code

+madv_free-lazytlb-fix.patch

 Fix madv_free code

+mm-document-fault_data-and-flags.patch
+mm-fix-handling-of-panic_on_oom-when-cpusets-are-in-use.patch

 MM udpates

+return-eperm-not-echild-on-security_task_wait-failure-fix.patch

 Fix return-eperm-not-echild-on-security_task_wait-failure.patch

+pm-introduce-suspend-notifiers-rev-2.patch

 swsusp update

+enlarge-console-name.patch

 prefix for fixes-and-cleanups-for-earlyprintk-aka-boot-console.patch

+ignore-stolen-time-in-the-softlockup-watchdog.patch
+ignore-stolen-time-in-the-softlockup-watchdog-fix.patch
+add-touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs.patch

 Bring these back

-report-that-kernel-is-tainted-if-there-were-an-oops-before.patch

 Experimentally drop this - the oops output has been odd-looking.

+copy-i_flags-to-ext2-inode-flags-on-write.patch
+fix-chapter-reference-in-codingstyle.patch
+sleep-during-spinlock-in-tpm-driver.patch

 Misc

-fix-pf_nofreeze-and-freezeable-race.patch
+fix-kthread_create-vs-freezer-theoretical-race-dont-be-obnoxious.patch
+fix-pf_nofreeze-and-freezeable-race-2.patch

 Update thread-management patches in -mm

+rtc-update-vr41xx-alarm-handling.patch

 rtc driver fixes

-sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes.patch
-sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-fix.patch
-sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-workaround.patch
-sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-workaround-for-uml.patch
-sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-get_futex_key-must-check-proper-alignement-for-64bit-futexes.patch
-futex-new-private-futexes.patch

 Dropped

-lguest-the-host-code-vs-sys_futex64-allows-64bit-futexes-get_futex_key-must-check-proper-alignement-for-64bit-futexes.patch
-lguest-the-host-code-vs-futex-new-private-futexes.patch

 Dropped as a result of futex droppage

+lguest-build-hack.patch
+lguest-build-hack-2.patch

 Make lguest build against x86 tree

-unprivileged-mounts-add-user-mounts-to-the-kernel.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-allow-unprivileged-umount.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-account-user-mounts.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-account-user-mounts-fix.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-propagate-error-values-from-clone_mnt.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-propagate-error-values-from-clone_mnt-fix.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-allow-unprivileged-bind-mounts.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-allow-unprivileged-bind-mounts-fix.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-put-declaration-of-put_filesystem-in-fsh.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-allow-unprivileged-mounts.patch
-unprivileged-mounts-allow-unprivileged-fuse-mounts.patch

 Dropped

+epson1355fbc-fix-error-handling-code.patch
+nvidiafb-vga-state-save-and-restore.patch
+savagefb-rework-i2c-bit-access.patch
+savagefb-vga-state-save-and-restore.patch
+fbdev-link-vgastateo-using-kconfig.patch
+fbcon-delay-screen-update-when-setting-the-mode-of.patch
+nvidiafb-fix-sparse-warning.patch
+rivafb-fix-io-access.patch
+fbdev-kill-sparse-warning-in-deferred-io.patch
+fbdev-add-sparse-annotations-in-svgalibc.patch
+arcfb-kill-sparse-warning.patch
+s3fb-add-sparse-annotations.patch
+hecubafb-kill-sparse-warnings.patch
+i810fb-fix-incorrect-frequency-mask.patch
+vt-add-documentation-for-new-boot-sysfs-options.patch
+skeletonfb-documentation-error-fixes.patch
+fbdev-add-drawing-functions-for-framebuffers-in-system.patch
+arcfb-use-sys-instead-of-cfb-drawing-functions.patch
+hecubafb-use-sys-instead-of-cfb-drawing-functions.patch
+vfb-use-sys-instead-of-cfb-drawing-functions.patch
+fbdev-pass-struct-fb_info-to-fb_read-and-fb_write.patch
+fbdev-add-fb_read-fb_write-functions-for-framebuffers.patch
+arcfb-us-fb_sys_read.patch
+hecubafb-us-fb_sys_read.patch
+vfb-us-fb_sys_read-and-fb_sys_write.patch
+fbdev-consolidate-common-drawing-functions-into-a.patch
+fbdev-advertise-limitation-of-drawing-engine.patch
+fbcon-font-setting-should-check-limitation-of-driver.patch
+vga16fb-restrict-to-blit-rectangles-with-widths-of.patch
+s3fb-limit-8x16-rectangles-when-tileblitting-is-enabled.patch
+fbdev-add-tile-operation-to-get-the-maximum-length.patch
+s3fb-implement-fb_get_tilemax.patch
+fbcon-check-if-the-character-count-can-be-handled.patch
+fbdev-save-the-activate-field-before-calling-fb_check_var.patch
+s3fb-driver-fixes.patch
+vmlfb-framebuffer-driver-for-intel-vermilion-range.patch
+nvidiafb-rivafb-switch-to-pci_get-refcounting.patch
+pm2fb-3dlabs-permedia-2v-reference-board-added.patch
+pm2fb-permedia-2v-memory-clock-setting.patch
+pm2fb-pixclock-setting-restriction.patch
+nvidiafb-prevent-triggering-of-softlockup.patch

 fbdev bugstomp

-cfq-debugging-stuff.patch

 Dropped due to rejects



All 1993 patches:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc7/2.6.21-rc7-mm2/patch-list