2.6.27-stable review

This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.27.2 release. There are 14 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let us know. If anyone is a maintainer of the proper subsystem, and wants to add a Signed-off-by: line to the patch, please respond with it.

These patches are sent out with a number of different people on the Cc:
line. If you wish to be a reviewer, please email [email protected] to add your name to the list. If you want to be off the reviewer list, also email us.

Responses should be made by Sat, October 18, 18:00:00 UTC. Anything received after that time might be too late.

The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:

	kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.27.2-rc1.gz

and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

the -stable release team

 Makefile                              |    2 
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c         |    2 
 arch/x86/kernel/early-quirks.c        |   48 ++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/io_apic_32.c          |    3 
 arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c                 |    2 
 drivers/char/tty_io.c                 |    2 
 drivers/net/atl1e/atl1e_main.c        |    2 
 drivers/net/sky2.c                    |   19 +----
 drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c |    2 
 drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c  |   20 +++++
 fs/cifs/cifsglob.h                    |    1 
 fs/cifs/cifssmb.c                     |    4 +
 fs/cifs/readdir.c                     |  128 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
 fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c            |    3 
 fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h            |    8 ++
 fs/xfs/xfs_log.c                      |    7 +
 kernel/sched_rt.c                     |    8 +-
 net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c         |   14 +++
 net/rfkill/rfkill.c                   |    5 -
 19 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)