Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal

Pull third pile of kernel_execve() patches from Al Viro:
 "The last bits of infrastructure for kernel_thread() et.al., with
  alpha/arm/x86 use of those.  Plus sanitizing the asm glue and
  do_notify_resume() on alpha, fixing the "disabled irq while running
  task_work stuff" breakage there.

  At that point the rest of kernel_thread/kernel_execve/sys_execve work
  can be done independently for different architectures.  The only
  pending bits that do depend on having all architectures converted are
  restrictred to fs/* and kernel/* - that'll obviously have to wait for
  the next cycle.

  I thought we'd have to wait for all of them done before we start
  eliminating the longjump-style insanity in kernel_execve(), but it
  turned out there's a very simple way to do that without flagday-style
  changes."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal:
  alpha: switch to saner kernel_execve() semantics
  arm: switch to saner kernel_execve() semantics
  x86, um: convert to saner kernel_execve() semantics
  infrastructure for saner ret_from_kernel_thread semantics
  make sure that kernel_thread() callbacks call do_exit() themselves
  make sure that we always have a return path from kernel_execve()
  ppc: eeh_event should just use kthread_run()
  don't bother with kernel_thread/kernel_execve for launching linuxrc
  alpha: get rid of switch_stack argument of do_work_pending()
  alpha: don't bother passing switch_stack separately from regs
  alpha: take SIGPENDING/NOTIFY_RESUME loop into signal.c
  alpha: simplify TIF_NEED_RESCHED handling

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index e340fa1db203..417bac1846bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -86,35 +86,14 @@ ENDPROC(ret_to_user)
  */
 ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
         bl      schedule_tail
+        cmp     r5, #0
+        movne   r0, r4
+        movne   lr, pc
+        movne   pc, r5
         get_thread_info tsk
-        mov     why, #1
         b       ret_slow_syscall
 ENDPROC(ret_from_fork)
 
-ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
- UNWIND(.fnstart)
- UNWIND(.cantunwind)
-        bl      schedule_tail
-        mov     r0, r4
-        adr     lr, BSYM(1f)    @ kernel threads should not exit
-        mov     pc, r5
-1:      bl      do_exit
-        nop
- UNWIND(.fnend)
-ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)
-
-/*
- * turn a kernel thread into userland process
- * use: ret_from_kernel_execve(struct pt_regs *normal)
- */
-ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_execve)
-        mov     why, #0                 @ not a syscall
-        str     why, [r0, #S_R0]        @ ... and we want 0 in ->ARM_r0 as well
-        get_thread_info tsk             @ thread structure
-        mov     sp, r0                  @ stack pointer just under pt_regs
-        b       ret_slow_syscall
-ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_execve)
-
         .equ NR_syscalls,0
 #define CALL(x) .equ NR_syscalls,NR_syscalls+1
 #include "calls.S"
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index f98c17ff1957..90084a6de35a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 }
 
 asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");
-asmlinkage void ret_from_kernel_thread(void) __asm__("ret_from_kernel_thread");
 
 int
 copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
@@ -388,13 +387,13 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
                 *childregs = *regs;
                 childregs->ARM_r0 = 0;
                 childregs->ARM_sp = stack_start;
-                thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
         } else {
+                memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
                 thread->cpu_context.r4 = stk_sz;
                 thread->cpu_context.r5 = stack_start;
-                thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_kernel_thread;
                 childregs->ARM_cpsr = SVC_MODE;
         }
+        thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
         thread->cpu_context.sp = (unsigned long)childregs;
 
         clear_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(p);