[Karmic] SRU: Update to 2.6.31.5 stable kernel

[Leann Ogasawara]

On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 17:19 +0000, Stefan Bader wrote:
> Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I realize that Karmic isn't quite out the door just yet, but I wanted to
> > get our first Karmic SRU in order.  Note, updating to 2.6.31.5 will also
> > result in an ABI Bump.
> > 
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/+bug/461556
> > 
> > I've pushed these to a stable branch in my tree for review:
> > 
> > git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ogasawara/ubuntu-karmic stable
> > 
> > SRU Justification/Impact: The upstream process for stable tree updates
> > is quite similar in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch
> > has to demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream by
> > originating either directly from Linus' tree or in a minimally
> > backported form of that patch. The 2.6.31.5 upstream stable patch set is
> > now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu kernel as well.
> > 
> > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.5
> > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.31.5.bz2
> > 
> > The 2.6.31.5 Upstream Stable Kernel brings in the following 47 patches:
> > 
> > * SCSI: Retry ADD_TO_MLQUEUE return value for EH commands
> > * SCSI: Fix protection scsi_data_buffer leak
> > * SCSI: sg: Free data buffers after calling blk_rq_unmap_user
> > * ARM: pxa: workaround errata #37 by not using half turbo switching
> > * tracing/filters: Fix memory leak when setting a filter
> > * x86/paravirt: Use normal calling sequences for irq enable/disable
> > * USB: ftdi_sio: remove tty->low_latency
> > * USB: ftdi_sio: remove unused rx_byte counter
> > * USB: ftdi_sio: clean up read completion handler
> > * USB: ftdi_sio: re-implement read processing
> > * USB: pl2303: fix error characters not being reported to ldisc
> > * USB: digi_acceleport: Fix broken unthrottle.
> > * USB: serial: don't call release without attach
> > * USB: option: Toshiba G450 device id
> > * USB: ipaq: fix oops when device is plugged in
> > * USB: cp210x: Add support for the DW700 UART
> > * USB: Fix throttling in generic usbserial driver
> > * USB: storage: When a device returns no sense data, call it a Hardware Error
> > * arm, cris, mips, sparc, powerpc, um, xtensa: fix build with bash 4.0
> > * intel-iommu: Cope with broken HP DC7900 BIOS
> > * futex: Detect mismatched requeue targets
> > * futex: Fix wakeup race by setting TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE before queue_me()
> > * tpm-fixup-pcrs-sysfs-file-update
> > * TPM: fix pcrread
> > * Bluetooth: Disconnect HIDRAW devices on disconnect
> > * Bluetooth: Add extra device reference counting for connections
> > * Bluetooth: Let HIDP grab the device reference for connections
> > * connector: Keep the skb in cn_callback_data
> > * connector: Provide the sender's credentials to the callback
> > * connector: Removed the destruct_data callback since it is always kfree_skb()
> > * dm/connector: Only process connector packages from privileged processes
> > * dst/connector: Disallow unpliviged users to configure dst
> > * pohmelfs/connector: Disallow unpliviged users to configure pohmelfs
> > * uvesafb/connector: Disallow unpliviged users to send netlink packets
> > * e1000e: swap max hw supported frame size between 82574 and 82583
> > * MAINTAINERS: Fix Riku Voipio's address
> > * macintosh: Don't assume i2c device probing always succeeds
> > * i2c: Hide probe errors caused by ACPI resource conflicts
> > * ALSA: Don't assume i2c device probing always succeeds
> > * bsdacct: switch credentials for writing to the accounting file
> > * sysfs: Allow sysfs_notify_dirent to be called from interrupt context.
> > * Staging: rt2860sta: prevent a panic when disabling when associated
> > * usb-storage: Workaround devices with bogus sense size
> > * iwlwifi: incorrect method used for finding valid OTP blocks
> > * mac80211: fix vlan and optimise RX
> > * tty: Make flush_to_ldisc() locking more robust
> > * Linux 2.6.31.5
> > 
> > Fixes LP Bug 404626:
> > Staging: rt2860sta: prevent a panic when disabling when associated
> > 
> > Fixes LP Bug 446146:
> > usb-storage: Workaround devices with bogus sense size
> > 
> > Fixes LP Bug 445572:
> > e1000e: swap max hw supported frame size between 82574 and 82583
> > 

Fixes LP Bug 400652:
USB: storage: When a device returns no sense data, call it a Hardware
Error

> As we seem to have gathered at least one thing that we might want to get out
> of the door slightly quicker, we probably need to go for those first and then
> add the stable update on top of that. Problem with the stable updates in general
> is that we get them in bulk, so we need a longer timer in proposed for them.
> But hopefully everything you got now just can be rebased onto the new top.

I have rebased the 2.6.31.5 stable patch set onto the new head and have
repushed the patches to the stable branch in my repo for review:

git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ogasawara/ubuntu-karmic stable

Stefan, I will get in touch with you tomorrow about uploading a
pre-proposed test package.

Thanks,
Leann