[Karmic] Update to 2.6.31.6 Stable Kernel

SRU Justification/Impact: The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream by originating either directly from Linus' tree or in a minimally backported form of that patch. The 2.6.31.6 upstream stable patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu kernel as well.

TEST CASE: TBD

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.6

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.31.6.bz2

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The 2.6.31.6 Upstream Stable Kernel brings in the following 101 patches:

* fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference
* pci: increase alignment to make more space for hidden code
* libata: fix internal command failure handling
* libata: fix PMP initialization
* sata_nv: make sure link is brough up online when skipping hardreset
* nfs: Fix nfs_parse_mount_options() kfree() leak
* KVM: use proper hrtimer function to retrieve expiration time
* KVM: ignore reads from AMDs C1E enabled MSR
* futex: Handle spurious wake up
* futex: Check for NULL keys in match_futex
* futex: Move drop_futex_key_refs out of spinlock'ed region
* futex: Fix spurious wakeup for requeue_pi really
* ahci: revert "Restore SB600 sata controller 64 bit DMA"
* sparc64: Set IRQF_DISABLED on LDC channel IRQs.
* sparc: Kill PROM console driver.
* watchdog: Fix rio watchdog probe function
* Input: synaptics - add another Protege M300 to rate blacklist
* dm snapshot: free exception store on init failure
* dm snapshot: sort by chunk size to fix race
* dm log: userspace fix incorrect luid cast in userspace_ctr
* dm: add missing del_gendisk to alloc_dev error path
* dm: dec_pending needs locking to save error value
* dm exception store: fix failed set_chunk_size error path
* dm snapshot: lock snapshot while supplying status
* dm snapshot: require non zero chunk size by end of ctr
* dm snapshot: use unsigned integer chunk size
* ray_cs: Fix copy_from_user handling
* mbind(): fix leak of never putback pages
* do_mbind(): fix memory leak
* 8250_pci: add IBM Saturn serial card
* dpt_i2o: Fix up copy*user
* dpt_i2o: Fix typo of EINVAL
* hfsplus: refuse to mount volumes larger than 2TB
* Driver core: fix driver_register() return value
* tty: Mark generic_serial users as BROKEN
* param: fix lots of bugs with writing charp params from sysfs, by leaking mem.
* param: fix NULL comparison on oom
* param: fix setting arrays of bool
* USB: serial: sierra driver send_setup() autopm fix
* USB: option: Patch for Huawei Mobile Broadband E270+ Modem
* USB: option: Support for AIRPLUS MCD650 Datacard
* USB: option: TLAYTECH TUE800 support
* libertas if_usb: Fix crash on 64-bit machines
* cpuidle: always return with interrupts enabled
* virtio: order used ring after used index read
* CIFS: Fixing to avoid invalid kfree() in cifs_get_tcp_session()
* mac80211: fix for incorrect sequence number on hostapd injected frames
* mac80211: check interface is down before type change
* x86, UV: Fix information in __uv_hub_info structure
* x86, UV: Set DELIVERY_MODE=4 for vector=NMI_VECTOR in uv_hub_send_ipi()
* NOMMU: Don't pass NULL pointers to fput() in do_mmap_pgoff()
* mm: remove incorrect swap_count() from try_to_unuse()
* x86-64: Fix register leak in 32-bit syscall audting
* nilfs2: fix dirty page accounting leak causing hang at write
* drm/i915: Fix FDI M/N setting according with correct color depth
* drm/i915: fix to setup display reference clock control on Ironlake
* drm/i915: fix panel fitting filter coefficient select for Ironlake
* agp/intel: Add B43 chipset support
* drm/i915: add B43 chipset support
* xen/hvc: make sure console output is always emitted, with explicit polling
* xen: mask extended topology info in cpuid
* sgi-gru: decrapfiy options_write() function
* KVM: get_tss_base_addr() should return a gpa_t
* fuse: prevent fuse_put_request on invalid pointer
* fuse: fix kunmap in fuse_ioctl_copy_user
* x86/amd-iommu: Workaround for erratum 63
* fsnotify: do not set group for a mark before it is on the i_list
* mips: fix build of vmlinux.lds
* alpha: fix build after vmlinux.lds.S cleanup
* ACPI / PCI: Fix NULL pointer dereference in acpi_get_pci_dev() (rev. 2)
* Revert "ACPI: Attach the ACPI device to the ACPI handle as early as possible"
* KEYS: get_instantiation_keyring() should inc the keyring refcount in all cases
* b43: Fix Bugzilla #14181 and the bug from the previous 'fix'
* pata_sc1200: Fix crash on boot
* AF_UNIX: Fix deadlock on connecting to shutdown socket (CVE-2009-3621)
* ALSA: ice1724 - Make call to set hw params succeed on ESI Juli@
* bonding: fix a race condition in calls to slave MII ioctls
* hwmon: (it87) Fix VID reading on IT8718F/IT8720F
* netlink: fix typo in initialization (CVE-2009-3612)
* nfs: Avoid overrun when copying client IP address string
* nfs: Panic when commit fails
* NFSv4: Fix a bug when the server returns NFS4ERR_RESOURCE
* NFSv4: Fix two unbalanced put_rpccred() issues.
* NFSv4: Kill nfs4_renewd_prepare_shutdown()
* NFSv4: The link() operation should return any delegation on the file
* powerpc: Remove SMP warning from PowerMac cpufreq
* vmscan: limit VM_EXEC protection to file pages
* x86: mce: Clean up thermal throttling state tracking code
* x86: mce: Fix thermal throttling message storm
* iwlwifi: fix potential rx buffer loss
* iwlwifi: reduce noise when skb allocation fails
* x86/amd-iommu: Un__init function required on shutdown
* KVM: Prevent kvm_init from corrupting debugfs structures
* powerpc/pmac: Fix PowerSurge SMP IPI allocation
* powerpc/pmac: Fix issues with sleep on some powerbooks
* powerpc/pci: Fix regression in powerpc MSI-X
* powerpc: Fix some late PowerMac G5 with PCIe ATI graphics
* sata_via: Remove redundant device ID for VIA VT8261
* pata_via: extend the rev_max for VT6330
* PM / yenta: Split resume into early and late parts (rev. 4)
* Linux 2.6.31.6

We are however going to omit pulling in the following 2 patches as they either remove or disable drivers which might result in a regression:
* sparc: Kill PROM console driver.
* tty: Mark generic_serial users as BROKEN

== Fixes ==
Bug 327499: "Revert "ACPI: Attach the ACPI device to the ACPI handle as early as possible"
Bug 456264: " USB: option: TLAYTECH TUE800 support"
Bug 476154: "b43: Fix Bugzilla #14181 and the bug from the previous 'fix'"
Bug 407824: "pci: increase alignment to make more space for hidden code"
Bug 407040: "pci: increase alignment to make more space for hidden code"
Bug 453444: "x86: mce: Fix thermal throttling message storm"
Bug 459265: "NFSv4: Fix two unbalanced put_rpccred() issues."

== Possibly Fixes ==
Bug 442966: "fsnotify: do not set group for a mark before it is on the i_list"
Bug 432860: "fsnotify: do not set group for a mark before it is on the i_list"
Bug 457523 - "mac80211: check interface is down before type change"

Bug 417776: "Linux 2.6.31.6"
Bug 464429: "Linux 2.6.31.6"