linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] module and param

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Date:	Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:33:16 +0200
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PULL] module and param

[ Cut-and-paste reply: mentally just "sed s/9p/module/g" ]

So for the merge window, I *really* want the development trees I pull
from explicitly verified some way.

Now, the p9 patches seem to be small enough, and not core enough, for
me to care deeply, but I really *really* want to not see unsigned
github things.

Putting a signed tag on there somewhere that actually signs the top
commit *and* mentions the repository and branch it is on (ie github)
is not wonderfully convenient, but it's at least relatively
straightforward (do I have a gpg key I can trust?).

Or using a host that I can trust is being maintained by you guys (or
some trusted third party like kernel.org).

(Also, I'm only seeing about half the patches mentioned in linux-next. Hmm?)

Please? Not pulled.

                      Linus

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> (Via github, returning to kernel.org is on my TODO list...)
>
> The following changes since commit 1bf1aacedcda23c75e70fa3394e1caa6d4b5ee49:
>
>  Merge branch 'samsung-fixes-4' of git://github.com/kgene/linux-samsung (2011-10-23 10:44:40 +0300)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>  git://github.com/rustyrussell/linux.git master
>
> Jiri Kosina (1):
>      kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()
>
> Michal Schmidt (1):
>      params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal
>
>  include/linux/moduleparam.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  init/main.c                 |    4 ++--
>  kernel/kmod.c               |    4 +++-
>  kernel/params.c             |   21 ++++++++++++++-------
>  4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> commit ea1c71de56fb2799da9d6f26778c7ddf5f42c4a3
> Author: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> Date:   Tue Oct 25 11:53:31 2011 +1030
>
>    kmod: prevent kmod_loop_msg overflow in __request_module()
>
>    Due to post-increment in condition of kmod_loop_msg in __request_module(),
>    the system log can be spammed by much more than 5 instances of the 'runaway
>    loop' message if the number of events triggering it makes the kmod_loop_msg
>    to overflow.
>
>    Fix that by making sure we never increment it past the threshold.
>
>    Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
>    Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
>    CC: stable@...nel.org
>
>  kernel/kmod.c |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> commit 14377d658e711ef2301db023370aeaa48a466401
> Author: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
> Date:   Mon Oct 10 00:03:37 2011 +0200
>
>    params: make dashes and underscores in parameter names truly equal
>
>    The user may use "foo-bar" for a kernel parameter defined as "foo_bar".
>    Make sure it works the other way around too.
>
>    Apply the equality of dashes and underscores on early_params and __setup
>    params as well.
>
>    The example given in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt indicates that
>    this is the intended behaviour.
>
>    With the patch the kernel accepts "log-buf-len=1M" as expected.
>    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744545
>
>    Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
>    Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> (neatened implementations)
>
>  include/linux/moduleparam.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  init/main.c                 |    4 ++--
>  kernel/params.c             |   21 ++++++++++++++-------
>  3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
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