ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.70/2.5.70-mm6/ . Numerous little fixes and additional work against additional patches. . Waaay too many "cleanups". These are taking significant amounts of effort and it is time to start learning to live with dirty code. Changes since 2.5.70-mm5: linus.patch Latest drop from Linus -kmalloc_percpu-interface-change.patch -kmalloc_percpu-interface-change-warning-fix.patch -DEFINE_PERCPU-in-modules.patch -irq-check-rate-limit.patch -irq_desc-others.patch -force_successful_syscall_return.patch -proc-stat-btime-fix.patch -console-blanking-fix.patch -console-privacy.patch -fix-tty-driver-mess.patch -misc3.patch -cs423x-fixes.patch -remove-get_current_user.patch -de_thread-BUG-fix.patch -sched_best_cpu-fix-01.patch -sched_best_cpu-fix-02.patch -sched_best_cpu-fix-03.patch -hweight64-warning-fix.patch -dac960-negotiation-fix.patch -min_free_kbytes.patch Merged +HZ-100.patch +kallsyms-build-fix.patch Fix the build for !CONFIG_KALLSYMS +ppc64-sk_family-fix.patch Fix ppc64 for the socket field renaming +x86_64-fixes.patch Stuff from Andi +non-CONFIG_PROC_FS-fix.patch Build fix for !CONFIG_PROC_FS -eat-keys-on-panic.patch Dropped, needs rethinking. +remove_proc_entry-fix.patch Fix iaaa1394_core.c (at least) for !CONFIG_PROC_FS +procfs-jffs-fix.patch Another !CONFIG_PROC_FS fix +fix-numaq-apic-handling.patch NUMAQ fix +cleanup-summit-subarch.patch Summit cleanup +summit-bus-to-node-mapping.patch Summit fix +rocket-devfs-fix.patch rocket.c cleanup +alloc_bootmem_core-BUG-fix.patch Init ordering fix +discontig-empty-node-fix.patch dicontigmem fix for nodes which have no memory +TARGET_CPUS-cleanup-fix.patch More gratuitous cleanups +show_stack-cleanup.patch Rationalise show_stack(), show_task(), etc, etc. +ppc64-show_stack.patch Fix it for ppc64 -statfs64-fix.patch -statfs-overflow-fix.patch -statfs64-leftovers.patch Folded into statfs64.patch +statfs64-x86_64-fixes.patch +ppc64-statfs-fix.patch +xfs-statfs-warning-fix.patch More statfs64() fixes +as-autotune-write-batches.patch Anticipatory scheduler tuning. All 153 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 kallsyms-build-fix.patch Fix build for CONFIG_KALLSYMS=n config_spinline.patch uninline spinlocks for profiling accuracy. ppc64-fixup.patch ppc64 fixup ppc64-ioctl-pci-update.patch From: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Subject: ppc64 stuff ppc64-reloc_hide.patch ppc64-semaphore-reimplementation.patch ppc64: use the ia32 semaphore implementation ppc64-sk_family-fix.patch ppc64: fixup for family/sk_family rename sym-do-160.patch make the SYM driver do 160 MB/sec x86_64-fixes.patch x86_64 fixes non-CONFIG_PROC_FS-fix.patch Fix the build with !CONFIG_PROC_FS irqreturn-snd-via-fix.patch via sound irqreturn fix irq_cpustat-cleanup.patch irq_cpustat cleanup config-PAGE_OFFSET.patch Configurable kenrel/user memory split common-ioctl32.patch common 32-bit ioctl code ioctl32-cleanup-sparc64.patch ioctl32 cleanup: sparc64 ioctl32-cleanup-x86_64.patch x86_64: use common ioctl code lru_cache_add-check.patch lru_cache_add debug check remove_proc_entry-fix.patch remove_proc_entry() fix procfs-jffs-fix.patch JFFS_PROC_FS must depend on JFFS_FS fix-numaq-apic-handling.patch fix apic handling for NUMA-Q cleanup-summit-subarch.patch cleanup conditionals in summit subarch summit-bus-to-node-mapping.patch Subject: [PATCH] provide bus to node mapping for Summit rocket-devfs-fix.patch rocket.c: devfs fix alloc_bootmem_core-BUG-fix.patch add bootmem failure warning discontig-empty-node-fix.patch fix discontig with 0-sized nodes mem_driver_cleanup.patch driver/char/mem.c cleanup eventpoll-use-after-free-fix.patch eventpoll: fix possible use-after-free TARGET_CPUS-cleanup-fix.patch fix TARGET_CPUS inconsistency fb-image-depth-fix.patch fbdev image depth fix buffer-debug.patch buffer.c debugging show_stack-cleanup.patch show_stack() portability and cleanup patch ppc64-show_stack.patch statfs64.patch Add system calls statfs64 and fstatfs64 statfs64: handle overflows statfs64: remaining filesystems statfs64-x86_64-fixes.patch statfs64 fixes for x86_64 ppc64-statfs-fix.patch xfs-statfs-warning-fix.patch VM_RESERVED-check.patch VM_RESERVED check rcu-stats.patch RCU statistics reporting ide_setting_sem-fix.patch reslabify-pgds-and-pmds.patch re-slabify i386 pgd's and pmd's linux-isp.patch isp-update-1.patch list_del-debug.patch list_del debug check airo-schedule-fix.patch airo.c: don't sleep in atomic regions synaptics-mouse-support.patch Add Synaptics touchpad tweaking to psmouse driver 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 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(). unmap-page-debugging-2.patch debug patch: unmap unused kernel pages unmap-page-debugging-2-fix.patch 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 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 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 vfsmount_lock.patch From: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com> Subject: [patch 1/2] vfsmount_lock syncppp-locking-fix.patch syncppp locking fix s390-dirty-bit-cleaning.patch dirty bit clearing on s390. sched-hot-balancing-fix.patch fix for CPU scheduler load distribution