Chuck Ebbert raised an issue with the stability of Andrew Morton [interview]'s 2.6 -mm kernel development tree, "most -mm kernels have small but critical bugs that are found shortly after release. Patches for these are posted on linux-kernel but they aren't made available on kernel.org until the next -mm release." Andrew releases a complete copy of his -mm kernel with varying frequency, not making the in between tree-states available from source control due to his development methods [story].

As a solution, Chuck suggested the creation of a hotfix directory for each -mm release, in which critical fixes could be placed as they are discovered, "I'm talking about patches for problems that keep you from even testing
-mm, or that fix really annoying things you hit while testing.". Andrew agreed to the idea, "OK, I'll create a hot-fixes directory there and will try to remember to put stuff into it." The release of the 2.6.16-rc1-mm5 kernel quickly followed and included a directory for critical hot-fixes.

From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: Andrew Morton [email blocked]
Subject: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels
Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:00:18 -0500

Most -mm kernels have small but critical bugs that are found shortly
after release.  Patches for these are posted on linux-kernel but
they aren't made available on kernel.org until the next -mm release.

Would it be possible to create a hotfix/ directory for each -mm
release and put those patches there?  A README could explain that
the fixes are untested.  At least people reading the files could
see an issue exists even if they're not brave enough to try the
patch. :)

-- 
Chuck



From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Subject: Re: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels
Date:	Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:53:52 -0500

On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 15:00 -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Most -mm kernels have small but critical bugs that are found shortly
> after release.  Patches for these are posted on linux-kernel but
> they aren't made available on kernel.org until the next -mm release.
> 
> Would it be possible to create a hotfix/ directory for each -mm
> release and put those patches there?  A README could explain that
> the fixes are untested.  At least people reading the files could
> see an issue exists even if they're not brave enough to try the
> patch. :)

I doubt it - mm is an experimental kernel, hotfixes only make sense for
production stuff.  It moves too fast.

A better question is what does -mm give you that mainline does not, that
causes you to want to "stabilize" a specific -mm version?

Lee



From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels
Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:08:26 -0500


On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 at 15:53:52 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 15:00 -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > Most -mm kernels have small but critical bugs that are found shortly
> > after release.  Patches for these are posted on linux-kernel but
> > they aren't made available on kernel.org until the next -mm release.
> > 
> > Would it be possible to create a hotfix/ directory for each -mm
> > release and put those patches there?  A README could explain that
> > the fixes are untested.  At least people reading the files could
> > see an issue exists even if they're not brave enough to try the
> > patch. :)
>
> I doubt it - mm is an experimental kernel, hotfixes only make sense for
> production stuff.  It moves too fast.
>
> A better question is what does -mm give you that mainline does not, that
> causes you to want to "stabilize" a specific -mm version?

I'm talking about patches for problems that keep you from even testing
-mm, or that fix really annoying things you hit while testing.

E.g. in 2.6.16-rc1-mm4 we have:

        - SMP alternatives removes the lock prefix from instructions
          in every loaded module because it wrongly believes you are
          running an SMP kernel on UP.

        - Device-mapper mirroring is using the wrong endianness and will
          try to recover non-existent regions on the device.

        - Compiler spews hundreds of warning messages during build.

        - VGA console scrollback is totally broken because it prints
          a message on every scroll operation.

Patches for all of the above and more have been posted to the list and
I have applied them.  All I want is a place to collect them so they can
be more easily found.
-- 
Chuck



From: Andrew Morton [email blocked]
Subject: Re: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels
Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:29:09 -0800

Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> E.g. in 2.6.16-rc1-mm4 we have:
> 
>         - SMP alternatives removes the lock prefix from instructions
>           in every loaded module because it wrongly believes you are
>           running an SMP kernel on UP.
> 
>         - Device-mapper mirroring is using the wrong endianness and will
>           try to recover non-existent regions on the device.
> 
>         - Compiler spews hundreds of warning messages during build.
> 
>         - VGA console scrollback is totally broken because it prints
>           a message on every scroll operation.

We suck.

> Patches for all of the above and more have been posted to the list and
> I have applied them.  All I want is a place to collect them so they can
> be more easily found.

OK, I'll create a hot-fixes directory there and will try to remember to put
stuff into it.



From: Andrew Morton [email blocked]
Subject: 2.6.16-rc1-mm5
Date:	Fri, 3 Feb 2006 00:07:04 -0800


ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.16-rc1/2.6.16-rc1-mm5/


- The ntp/time rework patches from John Stultz have been resurrected and fixed.

- There's now a `hot-fixes' directory at the above URL.  Please look in
  there for any updates which should be applied.


Known problems:

- Sam has added a new check in the kbuild tree.  It detects multiple
  instances of EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo) across separate .o files.

  It catches a _lot_ of problems.   You'll see something like this:

WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol '__down_interruptible' previous definition was in vmlinux
WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol '__down' previous definition was in vmlinux
WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol '__up' previous definition was in vmlinux
WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol 'smp_call_function' previous definition was in vmlinux
WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol 'iounmap' previous definition was in vmlinux
WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol '__ioremap' previous definition was in vmlinux
WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol 'ioremap' previous definition was in vmlinux
WARNING: vmlinux: duplicate symbol 'sys_ctrler' previous definition was in vmlinux

  There's probably not a lot of point in reporting this if you see it.

  Patches would be nice, but be warned that fixing these is not as trivial
  as one might think:

  - If one export is in generic code and the other is in arch code then

    - If you remove the export in generic code, you need to check all
      architectures for breakage.

    - If you remove the export in arch code then you need to be sure
      that the generic .o file a) always compiles in the offending function
      and b) is always linked into vmlinux.

  - If both exports are in arch code then you need to ensure that
    the export which isn't deleted is always included in vmlinux when
    the symbol which it exports is included in vmlinux.

  If possible, the best approach is to put the EXPORT_SYMBOL
  immediately after the symbol which is being exported.  And if it's
  a function, pleeeze don't put a blank line between the end of the
  function and the export - I've no idea why people do that...


Boilerplate:

- -mm kernel commit activity can be reviewed by subscribing to the
  mm-commits mailing list.

        echo "subscribe mm-commits" | mail [email blocked]

- If you hit a bug in -mm and it's not obvious which patch caused it, it is
  most valuable if you can perform a bisection search to identify which patch
  introduced the bug.  Instructions for this process are at

        http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/bisecting-mm-trees.txt

  But beware that this process takes some time (around ten rebuilds and
  reboots), so consider reporting the bug first and if we cannot immediately
  identify the faulty patch, then perform the bisection search.

- When reporting bugs, please try to Cc: the relevant maintainer and mailing
  list on any email.



Changes since 2.6.15-mm4:


 linus.patch
 git-alsa.patch
 git-arm.patch
 git-audit.patch
 git-blktrace.patch
 git-block.patch
 git-cfq.patch
 git-cpufreq.patch
 git-dvb.patch
 git-ia64.patch
 git-ieee1394.patch
 git-infiniband.patch
 git-jfs.patch
 git-kbuild.patch
 git-libata-all.patch
 git-mmc.patch
 git-netdev-all.patch
 git-net.patch
 git-nfs.patch
 git-ntfs.patch
 git-ocfs2.patch
 git-parisc.patch
 git-powerpc.patch
 git-serial.patch
 git-sym2.patch
 git-pcmcia.patch
 git-sas-jg.patch
 git-watchdog.patch
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-s390-ccw_device_probe_console-return-value.patch
-s390-dasd-open-counter.patch
-s390-dasd-wait-for-clear-i-o-interrupt.patch
-s390-new-default-configuration.patch
-s390-add-support-for-new-syscalls-tif_restore_sigmask.patch
-s390-fix-modalias-for-ccw-devices.patch
-s390-add-missing-memory-constraint-to-stcrw.patch
-define-bits_per_byte.patch
-introduce-__iowrite32_copy.patch
-add-faster-__iowrite32_copy-routine-for-x86_64.patch
-sem2mutex-infiniband-2.patch
-sem2mutex-jfs.patch
-reiserfs-remove-kmalloc-wrapper.patch
-reiserfs-use-__gfp_nofail-instead-of-yield-and-retry-loop.patch
-reiserfs-missing-kmalloc-failure-check.patch
-reiserfs-remove-reiserfs_permission_locked.patch
-reiserfs-use-generic_permission.patch
-reiserfs-fix-race-between-invalidatepage-checks-and-data=ordered-writeback.patch
-reiserfs-zero-b_private-when-allocating-buffer-heads.patch
-reiserfs-hang-and-performance-fix-for-data=journal-mode.patch
-reiserfs-write_ordered_buffers-should-not-oops-on-dirty-non-uptodate-bh.patch
-reiserfs-fix-journal-accounting-in-journal_transaction_should_end.patch
-reiserfs-check-for-files-2gb-on-35x-disks.patch
-kernel-kprobesc-fix-a-warning-ifndef-arch_supports_kretprobes.patch
-fbcon-fix-screen-artifacts-when-moving-cursor.patch
-video-hp680-backlight-driver.patch
-i810fb-do-not-probe-the-third-i2c-bus-by-default.patch
-fbdev-fix-usage-of-blank-value-passed-to-fb_blank.patch
-md-fix-device-size-updates-in-md.patch
-md-make-sure-array-geometry-changes-persist-with-version-1-superblocks.patch
-md-dont-remove-bitmap-from-md-array-when-switching-to-read-only.patch
-md-add-sysfs-access-to-raid6-stripe-cache-size.patch
-docbook-allow-even-longer-return-types.patch
-docbook-fix-some-kernel-doc-comments-in-net-sunrpc.patch
-docbook-fix-some-kernel-doc-comments-in-fs-and-block.patch
-doc-kernel-doc-add-more-usage-info.patch
-kernel-doc-clean-up-the-script-whitespace.patch

 Merged

+fix-rocketport-driver.patch
+cleanup-documentation-driver-model-overviewtxt.patch
+md-handle-overflow-of-mdu_array_info_t-size-better.patch
+md-assorted-little-md-fixes.patch
+md-make-sure-rdev-size-gets-set-for-version-1-superblocks.patch
+kernel-kprobesc-fix-a-warning-ifndef-arch_supports_kretprobes.patch
+kprobes-fix-deadlock-in-function-return-probes.patch
+fix-build-failure-in-recent-pm_prepare_-changes.patch
+documentation-updated-pci-error-recovery.patch
+fix-generic_fls64.patch
+fix-compilation-errors-in-maps-dc21285c.patch

 Fixes for 2.6.16-rc2

+multiple-exports-of-strpbrk.patch
+multiple-exports-of-strpbrk-fix.patch

 Fix multiple EXPORT_SYMBOLs

+i386-cpu-hotplug-dont-access-freed-memory.patch

 init sectoin fix

+pnpacpi-fix-non-memory-address-space-descriptor-handling.patch
+pnpacpi-remove-some-code-duplication.patch
+pnpacpi-whitespace-cleanup.patch

 pnpacpi updates

+simplify-audit_free-locking.patch

 audit locking cleanup

-powernow-k7-work-when-kernel-is-compiled-for-smp.patch

 Dropped, had problems.

+cpufreq-_ppc-frequency-change-issues-freq-already-lowered-by-bios.patch

 cpufreq fix

+gregkh-i2c-i2c-i801-i2c-patch-for-intel-ich8.patch

 i2c tree update

+fix-debug-statement-in-inftlcorec.patch

 mtd fix

+s2io-c99-warning-fix.patch
+sky2-fix-ethtool-ops.patch
+e100-remove-init_hw-call-to-fix-panic.patch
+8139too-fix-a-tx-timeout-watchdog-thread-against-napi-softirq-race.patch
+ipw2200-warning-fix.patch
+drivers-net-e1000-proper-prototypes.patch
+gianfar-fix-sparse-warnings.patch
+prism54-warning-fix.patch
+sky2-fix-hang-on-yukon-ec-0xb6-rev-1.patch

 net driver fixes
 
+net-convert-rtnl-to-mutex.patch

 mutex conversion

+appletalk-warning-fix.patch
+smctr-warning-fix.patch

 net fixlets

+gregkh-pci-altix-msi-support-git-ia64-fix.patch

 Fix a patch in the PCI tree

+gregkh-usb-usb-remove-usbcore-specific-wakeup-flags.patch

 USB tree update

+uhci-hcd-fix-mistaken-usage-of-list_prepare_entry.patch
+gregkh-usb-usb-remove-usbcore-specific-wakeup-flags-fix.patch

 USB fixes

+x86_64-pmtimer-variable-fallback.patch
+x86_64-apic-timer-only-with-cx.patch
+x86_64-even-more-cpuinit.patch
+x86_64-iommu-fallback.patch
+x86_64-switchto-no-kprobes.patch
+x86_64-apic-pmtimer-calibrate.patch
+x86_64-cpu_pda-array-to-macro-followup-correction.patch
+x86_64-small-fix-for-cfi-annotations.patch
+x86_64-disallow-multi-byte-hardware-execution-breakpoints.patch
+x86_64-eliminate-set_debug.patch
+x86_64-minor-odering-correction-to-dump_pagetable.patch
+x86_64-save-fpu-context-slightly-later.patch
+x86_64-cleanup-allocating-logical-cpu-numbers-in-x86_64.patch
+x86_64-dont-record-local-apic-ids-when-they-are-disabled-in-madt.patch
+x86_64-pmtimer-dont-touch-pit.patch
+x86_64-boot-report-apicid.patch
+x86_64-bad-apic-ack.patch#X86_64-END

 x86_64 updates

+oom-kill-children-accounting.patch
+slab-object-to-index-mapping-cleanup.patch

 mm updates

+update-mm-acx-driver-to-version-0331.patch

 ACX wireless driver update

+x86-smp-alternatives-fix.patch
+x86-smp-alternatives-fix-2.patch

 Fix x86-smp-alternatives.patch

+i386-add-a-temporary-to-make-put_user-more-type-safe-fix.patch

 Fix i386-add-a-temporary-to-make-put_user-more-type-safe.patch

+i386-instead-of-poisoning-init-zone-change-protection.patch

 x86 debugging

+x86_64-print-the-offset-in-hex-as-opposed-to-decimal-in-stack-dump.patch

 Make x86_64 oopses saner-lookng

+s390-dasd-extended-error-reporting-module.patch
+s390-timer-interface-visibility.patch
+s390-compile-fix-missing-defines-in-asm-s390-ioh.patch
+s390-fix-compat-syscall-wrapper.patch
+s390-fix-to_channelpath-macro.patch

 s390 update

+kernel-modulec-semaphore-to-mutex-conversion-for-module_mutex.patch

 Mutex conversion

-add-trylock_kernel.patch
-add-trylock_kernel-fix.patch
-turn-on-might_sleep-in-early-bootup-code-too.patch

 Dropped - a bit messy, scary warnings, not very pointful.

+__generic_per_cpu-changes.patch

 per-cpu data changes

-exec-cleanup-exec-from-a-non-thread-group-leader.patch

 Dropped

+fat-replace-an-own-implementation-with-ll_rw_blockswrite.patch
+trivial-optimization-of-ll_rw_block.patch
+fat-fix-truncate-write-ordering.patch
+edac_mc-remove-include-of-versionh.patch
+tvec_bases-too-large-for-per-cpu-data.patch
+tvec_bases-too-large-for-per-cpu-data-fix.patch
+remove-drivers-mca-mca-procc.patch
+fix-keyctl-usage-of-strnlen_user.patch
+ip2main-warning-fixes.patch
+i4l-warning-fixes.patch
+debugfs-hard-link-count-wrong.patch
+kconfig-detect-if-lintl-is-needed-when-linking-confmconf.patch
+kconfig-detect-if-lintl-is-needed-when-linking-confmconf-fix.patch
+unify-pxm_to_node-id-ver2-generic-code.patch
+unify-pxm_to_node-id-ver2-for-ia64.patch
+unify-pxm_to_node-id-ver2-for-x86_64.patch
+unify-pxm_to_node-id-ver2-for-i386.patch
+extract-ikconfig-use-mktemp1.patch
+extract-ikconfig-be-sure-binoffset-exists-before-extracting.patch
+extract-ikconfig-dont-use-long-options.patch
+vfs-ensure-lookup_continue-flag-is-preserved-by.patch

 Misc

+exec-allow-init-to-exec-from-any-thread.patch
+simplify-exec-from-inits-subthread.patch
-pid-dont-hash-pid-0.patch
+pidhash-dont-count-idle-threads.patch
+pidhash-dont-use-zero-pids.patch
+dont-touch-current-tasks-in-de_thread.patch
+choose_new_parent-remove-unused-arg-sanitize-exit_state-check.patch

 Various core kernel cleanups from Oleg and Eric.

+mempool-add-page-allocator.patch
+mempool-add-page-allocator-fix.patch
+mempool-add-page-allocator-fix-2.patch
+mempool-use-common-mempool-page-allocator.patch
+mempool-add-kmalloc-allocator.patch
+mempool-use-common-mempool-kmalloc-allocator.patch
+mempool-add-kzalloc-allocator.patch
+mempool-add-kmalloc-allocator-fix.patch
+mempool-use-common-mempool-kzalloc-allocator.patch
+mempool-add-mempool_create_slab_pool.patch
+mempool-add-mempool_create_slab_pool-fix.patch
+mempool-add-mempool_create_slab_pool-update.patch
+mempool-use-mempool_create_slab_pool.patch

 mempool code librarification

+time-reduced-ntp-rework-part-1.patch
+time-reduced-ntp-rework-part-2.patch
+time-reduced-ntp-rework-part-2-fix.patch
+time-clocksource-infrastructure.patch
+time-clocksource-infrastructure-fix-clocksource_lock-deadlock.patch
+time-generic-timekeeping-infrastructure.patch
+time-i386-conversion-part-1-move-timer_pitc-to-i8253c.patch
+time-i386-conversion-part-2-rework-tsc-support.patch
+time-i386-conversion-part-2-rework-tsc-support-c2-fix.patch
+time-i386-conversion-part-3-enable-generic-timekeeping.patch
+time-i386-conversion-part-4-remove-old-timer_opts-code.patch
+time-i386-conversion-part-5-acpi-pm-variable-renaming-and-config-change.patch
+time-i386-clocksource-drivers.patch
+time-fix-cpu-frequency-detection.patch
+time-delay-clocksource-selection-until-later-in-boot.patch
+x86-blacklist-tsc-from-systems-where-it-is-known-to-be-bad.patch

 Bring back John's time-reqork patches.  New, improved, fixed.

+kprobes-clean-up-resume_execute.patch
+x86-kprobes-booster.patch
+kretprobe-kretprobe-booster.patch

 kprobes cleanup and speedups

+sched-new-sched-domain-for-representing-multi-core.patch
+sched-new-sched-domain-for-representing-multi-core-fix.patch
+sched-new-sched-domain-for-representing-multi-core-default-y.patch

 Multicore support in the CPU scheduler.

+sis5513-support-sis-965l.patch

 Bring back this IDE fix

+vgacon-add-support-for-soft-scrollback-fix.patch

 Fix vgacon-add-support-for-soft-scrollback.patch

+pidhash-temporal-debug-checks.patch

 pid debugging



All 869 patches:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.16-rc1/2.6.16-rc1-mm5/patch-list

• Archive of above thread
• KernelTrap interview with Andrew Morton