From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753794AbYI2XJW (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:09:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751786AbYI2XJP (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:09:15 -0400 Received: from mail.lang.hm ([64.81.33.126]:33487 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751477AbYI2XJO (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:09:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:09:59 -0700 (PDT) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Linus Torvalds cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So yet another week, another -rc. This one should be the last one: we're > certainly not running out of regressions, but at the same time, at some > point I just have to pick some point, and on the whole the regressions > don't look _too_ scary. And -rc8 obviously does fix more of them. unless there is news that I missed, the E1000 bricking bug is still out there. that is a particularly nasty one. David Lang > Most of the changes since -rc7 are pretty small, and there aren't even a > whole lot of them. The shortlog (appended) is just a couple of pages, and > the diffstat is even smaller, but since the dirstat is a dense overview, > I'll just put that here instead: > > 4.6% arch/m32r/kernel/ > 5.7% arch/m32r/ > 9.5% arch/mips/pci/ > 10.4% arch/mips/ > 4.2% arch/x86/kernel/ > 4.4% arch/x86/ > 26.0% arch/ > 3.5% drivers/usb/storage/ > 10.4% drivers/usb/ > 3.6% drivers/watchdog/ > 23.8% drivers/ > 11.5% fs/xfs/ > 13.5% fs/ > 3.7% kernel/ > 9.8% net/9p/ > 10.6% net/ > 5.4% scripts/kconfig/ > 5.9% scripts/ > 7.4% sound/soc/codecs/ > 8.4% sound/soc/ > 10.1% sound/ > > and it's actually more spread out than usual. Arch and drivers are just > half of the patch even when combined. > > Give it a try, > > Linus > > --- > Adrian Bunk (5): > m32r: remove the unused NOHIGHMEM option > m32r: don't offer CONFIG_ISA > m32r: export empty_zero_page > m32r: export __ndelay > m32r/kernel/: cleanups > > Adrian Hunter (2): > UBIFS: TNC / GC race fixes > UBIFS: remove incorrect assert > > Akinobu Mita (2): > [WATCHDOG] ibmasr: remove unnecessary spin_unlock() > ibmasr: remove unnecessary spin_unlock() > > Alan Cox (1): > pcmcia: Fix broken abuse of dev->driver_data > > Alan Stern (2): > USB: unusual_devs addition for RockChip MP3 player > USB: revert recovery from transient errors > > Alex Chiang (1): > [IA64] Ski simulator doesn't need check_sal_cache_flush > > Alexander Beregalov (1): > UBIFS: fix printk format warnings > > Alexander Duyck (1): > netdev: simple_tx_hash shouldn't hash inside fragments > > Andrea Righi (1): > x86, oprofile: BUG scheduling while atomic > > Andreas Bombe (1): > usb-serial: Add Siemens EF81 to PL-2303 hack triggers > > Andreas Herrmann (1): > x86: c1e_idle: don't mark TSC unstable if CPU has invariant TSC > > Andrew Morton (2): > Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: fix softlockup_thresh description > USB: drivers/usb/musb/: disable it on SuperH > > Andrew Vasquez (1): > [SCSI] qla2xxx: Defer enablement of RISC interrupts until ISP initialization completes. > > Anti Sullin (1): > atmel_serial: update the powersave handler to match serial core > > Atsuo Igarashi (1): > kgdb: could not write to the last of valid memory with kgdb > > Aurelien Jarno (2): > [MIPS] BCM47xx: Fix build error due to missing PCI functions > [SSB] Initialise dma_mask for SSB_BUSTYPE_SSB devices > > Balbir Singh (1): > mm owner: fix race between swapoff and exit > > Ben Dooks (1): > [WATCHDOG] wdt285: fix sparse warnings > > Boaz Harrosh (2): > [SCSI] qlogicpti: fix sg list traversal error in continuation entries > scsi: fix fall out of sg-chaining patch in qlogicpti > > Borislav Petkov (1): > ide-tape: fix vendor strings > > Bruno Randolf (2): > [MIPS] au1000: Fix gpio direction > [MIPS] au1000: Make sure GPIO value is zero or one > > Chris Adams (1): > usb serial: ti_usb_3410_5052 obviously broken by firmware changes > > Craig Shelley (1): > USB: SERIAL CP2101 add device IDs > > Daisuke Nishimura (1): > memcg: check under limit at shrink_usage > > David Almaroad (1): > usb: unusual devs patch for Nokia 5310 Music Xpress > > David Brownell (3): > USB: ehci: fix some ehci hangs and crashes > usb gadget: fix omap_udc DMA regression > USB: fix EHCI periodic transfers > > David Howells (3): > MN10300: Move asm-arm/cnt32_to_63.h to include/linux/ > MN10300: Make sched_clock() report time since boot > ARM: Delete ARM's own cnt32_to_63.h > > David S. Miller (2): > sparc64: Fix disappearing PCI devices on e3500. > sparc64: Fix missing devices due to PCI bridge test in of_create_pci_dev(). > > Eric Van Hensbergen (1): > 9p: fix put_data error handling > > Felipe Balbi (1): > usb: musb: fix include path > > Filip Joelsson (1): > USB: Fixing Nokia 3310c in storage mode > > Gaetan Carlier (1): > usb: ftdi_sio: add support for Domintell devices > > Geoff Levand (1): > USB: fix hcd interrupt disabling > > Greg Kroah-Hartman (1): > PCI: fix compiler warnings in pci_get_subsys() > > Haavard Skinnemoen (1): > ALSA: ASoC: Fix at32-pcm build breakage with PM enabled > > Henrik Rydberg (1): > Input: bcm5974 - switch back to normal mode when closing > > Ingo Molnar (1): > timers: fix build error in !oneshot case > > Jack Tan (1): > [MIPS] Fixe the definition of PTRS_PER_PGD > > James Bottomley (1): > [SCSI] Fix hang with split requests > > Jaroslav Kysela (1): > USB: ftdi_sio: Add 0x5050/0x0900 USB IDs (Papouch Quido USB 4/4) > > Jason Wessel (4): > kgdb, x86, arm, mips, powerpc: ignore user space single stepping > kgdb, x86_64: gdb serial has BX and DX reversed > kgdb, x86_64: fix PS CS SS registers in gdb serial > kgdboc,tty: Fix tty polling search to use name correctly > > Jay Lan (1): > [IA64] kexec fails on systems with blocks of uncached memory > > Jean Delvare (2): > i2c: Fix mailing lists in two MAINTAINERS entries > ALSA: ASoC: Fix another cs4270 error path > > Jeremy Katz (1): > x86: disable apm on the olpc > > Joerg Roedel (2): > AMD IOMMU: set iommu sunc flag after command queuing > AMD IOMMU: protect completion wait loop with iommu lock > > Jonathan Steel (1): > kexec: fix segmentation fault in kimage_add_entry > > Julia Lawall (1): > 9p: introduce missing kfree > > Julien Brunel (1): > 9p: use an IS_ERR test rather than a NULL test > > Kevin Lloyd (3): > USB Storage: Sierra: Non-configurable TRU-Install > USB Serial: Sierra: Device addition & version rev > USB Serial: Sierra: Add MC8785 VID/PID > > Kirill A. Shutemov (1): > smb.h: do not include linux/time.h in userspace > > Kristoffer Ericson (1): > Input: jornada720_ts - fix build error ( LONG() usage ) > > Lachlan McIlroy (2): > [XFS] Fix extent list corruption in xfs_iext_irec_compact_full(). > [XFS] Remove xfs_iext_irec_compact_full() > > Liam Girdwood (1): > ALSA: ASoC: maintainers - update email address for Liam Girdwood > > Linus Torvalds (2): > Fix NULL pointer dereference in proc_sys_compare > Linux 2.6.27-rc8 > > Luis R. Rodriguez (1): > ath9k: disable MIB interrupts to fix interrupt storm > > Marc Dionne (1): > x86: prevent stale state of c1e_mask across CPU offline/online, fix > > Marcel Holtmann (3): > [Bluetooth] Fix I/O errors on MacBooks with Broadcom chips > [Bluetooth] Fix wrong URB handling of btusb driver > [Bluetooth] Fix USB disconnect handling of btusb driver > > Marin Mitov (1): > Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt: update for pci_dma_mapping_error() changes > > Michael Kerrisk (1): > sys_paccept: disable paccept() until API design is resolved > > M?rton N?meth (1): > cdrom: update ioctl documentation > > Nick Piggin (1): > mm: tiny-shmem fix lock ordering: mmap_sem vs i_mutex > > Oliver Neukum (1): > USB: update of Documentation/usb/anchors.txt > > Otavio Salvador (1): > USB: serial: add ZTE CDMA Tech id to option driver > > Peter Korsgaard (1): > USB: fsl_usb2_udc: fix VDBG() format string > > Rakib Mullick (1): > sched: fix init_hrtick() section mismatch warning > > Ralf Baechle (2): > [MIPS] IP27: Switch to dynamic interrupt routing avoding panic on error. > Swarm: Fix crash due to missing initialization > > Randy Dunlap (1): > kernel-doc: allow structs whose members are all private > > Ravikiran G Thirumalai (1): > x86: fix 27-rc crash on vsmp due to paravirt during module load > > Richard Nauber (1): > USB: Fix the Nokia 6300 storage-mode. > > Roland Dreier (1): > IPoIB: Fix crash when path record fails after path flush > > Sebastian Siewior (1): > UBIFS: create the name of the background thread in every case > > Senthil Balasubramanian (2): > ath9k: connectivity is lost after Group rekeying is done > ath9k: Fix IRQ nobody cared issue with ath9k > > Sitsofe Wheeler (1): > PCI: Fix pcie_aspm=force > > Sven Wegener (1): > i2c-dev: Return correct error code on class_create() failure > > Takashi Iwai (2): > ALSA: fix locking in snd_pcm_open*() and snd_rawmidi_open*() > ALSA: remove unneeded power_mutex lock in snd_pcm_drop > > Tejun Heo (7): > 9p: implement proper trans module refcounting and unregistration > 9p-trans_fd: fix trans_fd::p9_conn_destroy() > 9p-trans_fd: clean up p9_conn_create() > 9p-trans_fd: don't do fs segment mangling in p9_fd_poll() > 9p-trans_fd: fix and clean up module init/exit paths > ide: note that IDE generic may prevent other drivers from attaching > sata_nv: reinstate nv_hardreset() for non generic controllers > > Thomas Gleixner (6): > clockevents: prevent cpu online to interfere with nohz > x86: prevent stale state of c1e_mask across CPU offline/online > clockevents: prevent stale tick_next_period for onlining CPUs > clockevents: check broadcast device not tick device > clockevents: prevent mode mismatch on cpu online > x86: prevent C-states hang on AMD C1E enabled machines > > Timur Tabi (1): > ALSA: make the CS4270 driver a new-style I2C driver > > Tony Murray (1): > USB: Correct Sierra Wireless USB EVDO Modem Device ID > > Uwe Kleine-K?nig (1): > i2c-powermac: Fix section for probe and remove functions > > Wim Van Sebroeck (1): > [WATCHDOG] unlocked_ioctl changes > > Yasuyuki Kozakai (1): > netfilter: ip6t_{hbh,dst}: Rejects not-strict mode on rule insertion > > born.into.silence@gmail.com (1): > wireless: zd1211rw: add device ID fix wifi dongle "trust nw-3100" > > zippel@linux-m68k.org (2): > kconfig: fix silentoldconfig > kconfig: readd lost change count > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >