ChangeLogDevel26 (2005.12.01 12:01:04)

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Devel Change Log 2.6

vs2.1.0.4 [2006.01.10]

• fixed outstanding sendfile issues (tx Doener)
• fixed the inet dev reference issue
• fixed some 64bit warnings and issues
• fixed a reiserfs xattr issue
• Per CPU token buckets
• Improved (Fair) Scheduler for Idle Time
• Allow to assign 0.0.0.0 (ANYIP)
• Added context slab accounting

vs2.1.0 [2005.12.20]

changes over 2.0.1

• Bind Mount Extensions (for ro --bind mounts)
• Copy on Write (CoW?) link breaking
• I/O scheduler queue per context (CFQ)
• Quota Hashes (prereq. for per Context Quota)
• kernel thread protection/handling
• persistent/empty Context Support
• XID propagation (non persistent tagging)
• improved debug support

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vs1.9.5 [2005.03.24]

• fixed ipv6 hiding (ipv6 sequencer)
• fixed memory leak in error path
• fixed x25 double allocation (mainline)
• fixed xfs iunlink and barrier update
• fixed proc/mounts virtualization
• new claim/release allocation scheme
• updated procfs support
• separated legacy support (create info)
• added anon_rss accounting
• added ccap for binmntdata mounts (network)
• added total_forks accounting
• added lock accounting and limits
• added shared memory accounting/limits
• added vci config information

vs1.9.4 [2005.02.12]

• fixed hidden lookup checks
• fixed syscall table for alpha
• fixed process/uptime handling
• fixed buggy spinlock assertions
• fixed SCHED_PRIO w/o SCHED_HARD
• fixed mm release-path bug
• replaced RCU with smart locking
• improved legacy compatibility
• improved barrier and warnings
• major include and cmd/def cleanups
• cleaned up socket tagging
• added history debugging
• added openfd accounting
• added uninterruptible handling
• added tcp_diag isolation
• added prelim xid= mount support
• added prelim cap masks

vs1.9.3.11 [2004.12.18]

• variable HZ patch
• memory splits for x86
• debug code cleanups
• fix for intern xid tagging
• fix for legacy calls
• tagxid mount option extended
• uptime and process times fixed
• bugfix for chroot barrier
• test code for future caps
• some 64bit cleanups
• uninterruptible accounting
• header file restructuring

vs1.9.3 [2004.08.26]

• initpid virtualization improved
• secure mount and remount?
• ignore neg-nice (tx Björn)
• legacy ioctls iunlink (tx Sam)
• small fix in dlimit keep
• netlink socket isolation
• restricted vfsmount visibility
• interface and ipv6 hiding
• improved hard TB scheduler
• atomic xchg for set/clr
• rework of inline functions
• load virtualization
• signal checking fixed
• ref-less file handle accounting
• x86 memory splits & SMP dumps
• updates for uml, sparc64, ia64

vs1.9.2.29

• bugfix in signalling code
• bugfix in hide netinterface code
• bugfix INFO_PRIVATE instead of LOCK
• bugfix in the socket hiding code
• improved interface hiding (ipv6)
• cleanup of the network code
• improved debug system (OPTION)
• initpid/fakeinit fixed?
• file handle accounting and limit
• proc/mounts restricted to vfsmount
• new xid tagging formats
• improved Hard CPU scheduler
• loadavg virtualization

vs1.9.2 [2004.08.26]

• new tagging format UID16
• NFS support for xid tagging
• tagxid mounting and display
• per context disk limit system
• statfs virtualization
• improved debug/trace system
• adapted uptime virtualization
• usermode helper (reboot)
• extended limits and accounting
• additional vserver flags
• extended vserver capabilities
• utsname info via proc

vs1.9.1 [2004.05.20]

• switched to hashed rcu for contexts
• addded extended attribute check
• enabled secure mount feature

vs1.9.0 [2004.05.10]

• initial 2.6 devel release