[PATCHSET] blkcg: update locking and fix stacking

Hey, guys. This is the third patchset of blkcg API cleanup series and does the following two things. * Drops RCU and use double locking. As with ioc, we might want to re-introduce RCU in more restricted form to walk blkg from blkcg but for now ...

Message posted on the February 16th, 2012 - 5:40 PM ET

iOS 6.1.3: Apple credits the Evad3rs team in their list of corrected faults update

Apple deployed iOS 6.1.3 to all mobile devices, closing the security fault which compromised the screen locking in addition to that used by EvasiOn to Jailbreak the device. Among the 6 bugs corrected, 4 were credited to the evad3rs team.

News published on the March 21st, 2013 - 1:36 AM ET

iOS 6.1.2: Apple corrects the Exchange bug but not the fault in the locking code

Apple has released a new version of their iOS, version 6.1.2, which corrects a bug linked to the synchronisation with Exchange. This corrective patch is late in being delivered and doesn’t correct the security fault linked to the unlocking of ...

News published on the February 21st, 2013 - 5:40 AM ET

Brand Abuse in the SEM Channel: Billions of Dollars at Risk, According to Atrinsic Interactive White Paper

Case study provides advertisers with proven strategies for locking down brand to prevent average 40% revenue misattribution.

Press published on the March 14th, 2011 - 6:00 AM ET

Apple: iOS 6.1.3 available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

A new update has been released for Apple’s iOS devices. It brings with it a corrective patch for recent vulnerabilities affecting the screen locking code.

News published on the March 20th, 2013 - 10:30 AM ET

OS X Mountain Lion drains batteries

Apple is investigating reduced battery life problems on laptop computers following an update to OS X Mountain Lion.

News published on the August 7th, 2012 - 9:10 AM ET

Windows 8.1: a few new features made official

Following leaks about the return of the Start button into Windows 8.1, Microsoft has published a list of new features that will appear with the update of their OS.

News published on the June 4th, 2013 - 1:27 AM ET

Comparison of free antivirus for Windows XP, Vista and 7

The arrival of Microsoft’s new 7 operating system means that it may be time to update your antivirus. In our selection we have looked at the best free antivirus programs currently available. These are Avast, AVG, Avira AntiVir Personal, Microsoft ...

Review published on the December 15th, 2009 - 11:10 AM ET

[PATCHSET cgroup/for-3.8] cgroup_freezer: allow migration regardless of freezer state and update locking

Hello, This patchset updates cgroup_freezer so that * Unfreezable kernel tasks don't prevent a cgroup from transitioning into FROZEN from FREEZING. There's nothing userland can do with or about such tasks. * Tasks can be moved in and out of a ...

Message posted on the October 16th, 2012 - 6:30 PM ET

Locking Primitives

Hi I'm seeking info on locking primitives, ideally some open src C code that builds on top of Windows primitives. We have a pretty sophisticated API library, it provides a range of services to managed code for using shared/mapped memory this is by ...

Message posted on the April 28th, 2009 - 6:34 AM ET

[PATCH 0/10] mm/memcg: per-memcg per-zone lru locking

Here is my per-memcg per-zone LRU locking series, as promised last year. zone->lru_lock is a heavily contended lock, and we expect that splitting it across memcgs will show benefit on systems with many cpus. Sorry, no performance numbers ...

Message posted on the February 20th, 2012 - 6:30 PM ET

[PATCH] Documentation: update top level 00-INDEX file with new additions

It seems there are about 80 new, but undocumented addtions at the top level Documentation directory. This fixes up the top level 00-INDEX by adding new entries and deleting a couple orphans. Some subdirs could probably still use a check/cleanup too ...

Message posted on the January 29th, 2013 - 10:40 AM ET

Best way to deal with record-locking conflicts

Is there a best practice or are there design elements to use or avoid regarding the interception and & processing of record-locking conflicts during mass update processes? I already trap error 7878 on forms where users may attempt to edit the ...

Message posted on the December 29th, 2009 - 3:17 PM ET

[PATCH] Documentation: update top level 00-INDEX file with new additions

It seems there are about 80 new, but undocumented addtions at the top level Documentation directory. This fixes up the top level 00-INDEX by adding new entries and deleting a couple orphans. Some subdirs could probably still use a check/cleanup too ...

Message posted on the February 14th, 2013 - 3:30 PM ET