Linux 2.6.4-rc3

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds_at_osdl.org)
Date: 03/10/04

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    Date:	Tue, 9 Mar 2004 16:34:14 -0800 (PST)
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    Hmm. Nothing earth-shaking here, most of the changes end up being minor
    code cleanups and fixes for things like memory leaks in some error
    handling paths etc.

    See the full log for more details.

                    Linus

    ---
    Summary of changes from v2.6.4-rc2 to v2.6.4-rc3
    ============================================
    Alexander Viro:
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: gadgetfs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: adfs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: afs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: autofs4
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: befs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: coda
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: cramfs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: efs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: ext2
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: ext3
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: freevxfs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: hfs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: hfsplus
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: romfs
      o d_alloc_root() fixes: hpfs
    Andrew Morton:
      o another rd.c leak
      o Add missing AFAVLAB P030 PCI ID
      o svcauth_gss oops fix
      o dm: remove v1 ioctl interface
      o drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c needs mm.h
      o fastcall / regparm fixes
      o ppc64: Make xmon survive exit after soft reset
      o ppc64: iSeries_vio_dev cleanup
      o ppc64: iSeries virtual cdrom driver
      o ppc64: Convert mm_context_t to a struct
      o fix put_compat_timespec prototype
      o char/rio/rioctrl: fix ioctl return values
      o Fix initrd Kconfig dependencies
      o c99 initializers for cs46xx_wrapper
      o kill a dead function in lockd
      o serial_core.h needs sched.h
      o sb16 sample size fix
      o ext2/ext3 -ENOSPC bug
      o add missing MODULE_LICENSEs
      o v4l1 compatibility module fix
      o i2o subsystem minor bugfixes
      o fix oops in emu10k1_wavein_open() error recovery
      o CONFIG_LBD fixes
      o Fix nobh_prepare_write() race
      o alpha ptrace race fix
      o Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd fix
      o fix i2c compile warnings
      o OSS Sound Driver Forte needs ac97_codec
      o floppy oops fix
      o arc4.c compile fix for older gcc's
      o tulip printk cleanup
      o update filemap_flush() comments
      o vma corruption fix
      o gcc-3.5 io_apic.c build fix
      o Print function names during do_initcall debugging
    Arjan van de Ven:
      o sata vs suspend-to-ram
    Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz:
      o fix CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE/BURST for modular pdc202xx new/old
        drivers
    Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
      o Fix typo in radeonfb
      o High BAT initialization wrong
      o pmac_zillog 1/2 : Cosmetic only, change "up" to "uap" to avoid
        collision
      o pmac_zilog 2/2 : Fix various bugs
    Bjorn Helgaas:
      o [SERIAL] Make serial console work for any port (take 2)
    Brian Gerst:
      o PnP BIOS exception fixes
    Chris Wright:
      o proper error cleanup on security_acct hook
    Dave Jones:
      o mismatched syscall protos
      o R128 DRI limits checking
    Dave Kleikamp:
      o JFS: setting xattr should update ctime
      o JFS: warn users of inaccessible file names
      o JFS: Avoid incrementing i_count on file create
      o JFS: Add lots of missing statics and remove dead code
    David S. Miller:
      o [TIGON3]: tg3_phy_copper_begin() tweaks
      o [SPARC]: Kill sys_ioperm decl from unistd.h
      o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig
      o [SPARC64]: Update defconfig
      o [FFB]: Force-disable cursor in ffb_switch_from_graph()
      o [SPARC]: Pass a real page into do_mount() a final arg
      o [TIGON3]: Allow MAC address changing even when iface is up
      o [TIGON3]: Always force PHY reset after major hw config changes
      o [TIGON3]: Update driver version and reldate
    David Stevens:
      o [IPV4]: Add sysctl for per-socket limit on number of mcast src
        filters
      o [IPV4/IPV6]: Add sysctl limits for mcast src filters
    Deepak Saxena:
      o [ARM PATCH] 1762/1: Fix typo in CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN help text
      o [ARM PATCH] 1757/1: Allow building of LE kernels with BE-default
        toolchain
    Don Fry:
      o pcnet32 transmit hang fix
    Eric Sandeen:
      o [XFS] zero log buffer during initialization at mount time
    Grant Grundler:
      o [TIGON3]: Consolidate MMIO write flushing using tg3_f() macro
    Harald Welte:
      o [SERIAL] Fix supprot for AFAVLAB 8port boards in 2.6.x
    Herbert Xu:
      o [NETFILTER]: In ip_route_me_harder, don't forget to set fl.proto
    Ian Campbell:
      o [ARM PATCH] 1764/1: Export __arch_strncpy_from_user for modules
    Igmar Palsenberg:
      o [QLOGIC]: Mark mbox_param[] as static to avoid namespace pollution
    Jean Tourrilhes:
      o [IRDA]: Flush irtty symbols that were exported but never used
      o [IRDA]: Move last of irsyms.c to irmod.c
    Jeff Garzik:
      o [IA32] VIA C3 crypto/RNG bits
      o Fix ramdisk driver leak on module unload
      o [libata] Include linux/suspend.h
      o [libata ata_piix] Make sure annoying BIOSen don't disable our
        interrupts
      o [libata sata_promise] provide proper SCSI completion function
    Jens Axboe:
      o add blk_queue_stopped() helper function
      o blk_insert_request() buglet
      o fix blk_start_queue()
    Jon Oberheide:
      o [CRYPTO]: Add ARC4 module
    Keith M. Wesolowski:
      o [SPARC32]: Small SMP build fixes
      o [SPARC]: Add stack usage instrumentation
      o [SPARC]: Make parport_sunbpp compile again
      o [SPARC32]: Avoid an oops if thread_info allocation fails
    Krzysztof Halasa:
      o 2.6.x wanXL driver update
    Len Brown:
      o ACPI URL update
      o [ACPI] delete unnecessary dmesg lines, fix spelling
      o [ACPI] include CONFIG_ACPI_RELAXED_AML code always add acpi=strict
        option to disable platform workarounds
      o [ACPI] ACPICA 20040220 from Bob Moore
      o [ACPI] acpi_boot_init() cleanup suggested by Matt Wilcox HPET
        doesn't depend on IOAPIC
      o [ACPI] Support for PCI MMCONFIG for PCI Express (Matt Wilcox)
      o [ACPI] delete ACPI table parsing code from bootflags module
    Linus Torvalds:
      o Add missing QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER bit from Jens' blk_start_queue()
        fix.
      o Fix bogon in slab hotplug cleanup from Rusty
      o Linux 2.6.4-rc3
    Marc Zyngier:
      o Fix hp100 EISA probing
    Marcel Holtmann:
      o [Bluetooth] Send HCI_Reset for some Broadcom dongles
      o [Bluetooth] Add notify callback for host drivers
      o [Bluetooth] Dynamic allocation of the RFCOMM TTY devices
    Nathan Scott:
      o [XFS] Fix out-of-space deadlock when flushing delalloc data with
        pages locked under write
      o xfs: filemap_flush() unresolved
    Neil Brown:
      o kNFSd -  Tidy up new filehandle type
    Patrick McHardy:
      o [PKT_SCHED]: Fix ipv6 ECN marking in RED scheduler
    Roman Zippel:
      o hfsplus: symlink initialization fix
    Russell King:
      o [SERIAL] Remove obsolete CLPS711x serial driver names
      o [SERIAL] Clear up comments concerning mapbase and membase
      o [SERIAL] Don't initialise port->mctrl before calling ->startup
      o [SERIAL] Correct Oxford Semiconductor 16PCI952 PCI type entry
    Rusty Russell:
      o stop_machine_run: Move Bogolock Code Out of module.c
      o make module code use stop_machine.c
      o introduce __drain_pages() to take a CPU number
      o minor cleanups for hotplug CPUs
      o remove sparc64's num_possible_cpus()
      o minor slab cleanups for hotplug CPUs
      o Clean up hotplug slab some more
    Scott Feldman:
      o missing setup for National DP83840 PHY rev b/c
    Stephen Hemminger:
      o [IRDA]: stir4200 update for 2.6.4-rc1
      o [IRDA]: Move proc_irda export out of irsyms.c into irproc.c
      o [IRDA]: Move hashbin exports out of irsyms and into irqueue
      o [IRDA]: Move irttp exports out of irsyms
      o [IRDA]: Move iriap routines out of irsyms, rename missing to
        irias_missing
      o [IRDA]: Move irlmp routines out of irsyms
      o [IRDA]: Move async_wrap function exports out of irsyms
      o [IRDA]: Move crc16 exports out of irsyms
      o [IRDA]: Make irda_start_timer inline rather than exporting
      o [IRDA]: More irlap exports out of irsyms
      o [IRDA]: Make irda_get_mtt et al. inline and not defines for better
        type checking
      o [IRDA]: Move qos related exports out of irsyms
      o [IRDA]: Move irda_param related exports out of irsyms
    Stephen Rothwell:
      o small iSeries cleanup
    Trond Myklebust:
      o Fix knfsd filehandles
    Wensong Zhang:
      o [IPVS]: Code tidy up
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