[Intrepid] SRU: Stable update to 2.6.27.13

[Tim Gardner]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> Coming in at "ridiculous speed"...
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/321474
> 
> SRU justification:
> 
> Impact: Many bug fixes imported from upstream stable tree (2.6.27.13)
> 
> Two patches change the ABI
> * fs: sys_sync fix
> * fs: remove WB_SYNC_HOLD
> 
> Fix:
> * Linux 2.6.27.13
> * fs: sys_sync fix
> * fs: sync_sb_inodes fix
> * fs: remove WB_SYNC_HOLD
> * mm: direct IO starvation improvement
> * mm: do_sync_mapping_range integrity fix
> * mm: write_cache_pages more terminate quickly
> * mm: write_cache_pages terminate quickly
> * mm: write_cache_pages optimise page cleaning
> * mm: write_cache_pages cleanups
> * mm: write_cache_pages integrity fix
> * mm: write_cache_pages writepage error fix
> * mm: write_cache_pages early loop termination
> * mm: write_cache_pages cyclic fix
> * powerpc: is_hugepage_only_range() must account for both 4kB and 64kB slices
> * hwmon: (abituguru3) Fix CONFIG_DMI=n fallback to probe
> * dell_rbu: use scnprintf() instead of less secure sprintf()
> * ath9k: quiet harmless ForceXPAon messages
> * hwmon-vid: Add support for AMD family 10h CPUs
> * clocksource: introduce clocksource_forward_now()
> * sgi-xp: eliminate false detection of no heartbeat
> * security: introduce missing kfree
> * rt2x00: add USB ID for the Linksys WUSB200.
> * PCI: keep ASPM link state consistent throughout PCIe hierarchy
> * p54usb: Add USB ID for Thomson Speedtouch 121g
> * lib/idr.c: use kmem_cache_zalloc() for the idr_layer cache
> * 'kill sig -1' must only apply to caller's namespace
> * IA64: Turn on CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_CLOCK
> * drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c: fix buffer overflow
> * ALSA: hda - make laptop-eapd model back for AD1986A
> * [ALSA: hda - Add automatic model setting for Samsung Q45] (skipped as already 
> applied)
> * usb-storage: set CAPACITY_HEURISTICS flag for bad vendors
> * usb-storage: add last-sector hacks
> * tcp: don't mask EOF and socket errors on nonblocking splice receive
> * r6040: bump release number to 0.19
> * r6040: save and restore MIER correctly in the interrupt routine
> * r6040: fix wrong logic in mdio code
> * pkt_sched: cls_u32: Fix locking in u32_change()
> * sctp: Avoid memory overflow while FWD-TSN chunk is received with bad stream ID
> * ipv6: Fix fib6_dump_table walker leak
> * pkt_sched: sch_htb: Fix deadlock in hrtimers triggered by HTB

ACK
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com