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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-14 12:46:06 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-14 12:46:06 -0500
commit414f827c46973ba39320cfb43feb55a0eeb9b4e8 (patch)
tree45e860974ef698e71370a0ebdddcff4f14fbdf9e /kernel
parent86a71dbd3e81e8870d0f0e56b87875f57e58222b (diff)
parent126b1922367fbe5513daa675a2abd13ed3917f4e (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (94 commits) [PATCH] x86-64: Remove mk_pte_phys() [PATCH] i386: Fix broken CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO on i386 [PATCH] i386: fix 32-bit ioctls on x64_32 [PATCH] x86: Unify pcspeaker platform device code between i386/x86-64 [PATCH] i386: Remove extern declaration from mm/discontig.c, put in header. [PATCH] i386: Rename cpu_gdt_descr and remove extern declaration from smpboot.c [PATCH] i386: Move mce_disabled to asm/mce.h [PATCH] i386: paravirt unhandled fallthrough [PATCH] x86_64: Wire up compat epoll_pwait [PATCH] x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling a.out signals [PATCH] i386: Fix Cyrix MediaGX detection [PATCH] i386: Fix warning in cpu initialization [PATCH] i386: Fix warning in microcode.c [PATCH] x86: Enable NMI watchdog for AMD Family 0x10 CPUs [PATCH] x86: Add new CPUID bits for AMD Family 10 CPUs in /proc/cpuinfo [PATCH] i386: Remove fastcall in paravirt.[ch] [PATCH] x86-64: Fix wrong gcc check in bitops.h [PATCH] x86-64: survive having no irq mapping for a vector [PATCH] i386: geode configuration fixes [PATCH] i386: add option to show more code in oops reports ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/kmod.c44
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c7
-rw-r--r--kernel/timer.c4
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 3a7379aa31ca..796276141e51 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ static int wait_for_helper(void *data)
217 sub_info->retval = ret; 217 sub_info->retval = ret;
218 } 218 }
219 219
220 complete(sub_info->complete); 220 if (sub_info->wait < 0)
221 kfree(sub_info);
222 else
223 complete(sub_info->complete);
221 return 0; 224 return 0;
222} 225}
223 226
@@ -239,6 +242,9 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work)
239 pid = kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper, sub_info, 242 pid = kernel_thread(____call_usermodehelper, sub_info,
240 CLONE_VFORK | SIGCHLD); 243 CLONE_VFORK | SIGCHLD);
241 244
245 if (wait < 0)
246 return;
247
242 if (pid < 0) { 248 if (pid < 0) {
243 sub_info->retval = pid; 249 sub_info->retval = pid;
244 complete(sub_info->complete); 250 complete(sub_info->complete);
@@ -253,6 +259,9 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work)
253 * @envp: null-terminated environment list 259 * @envp: null-terminated environment list
254 * @session_keyring: session keyring for process (NULL for an empty keyring) 260 * @session_keyring: session keyring for process (NULL for an empty keyring)
255 * @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status. 261 * @wait: wait for the application to finish and return status.
262 * when -1 don't wait at all, but you get no useful error back when
263 * the program couldn't be exec'ed. This makes it safe to call
264 * from interrupt context.
256 * 265 *
257 * Runs a user-space application. The application is started 266 * Runs a user-space application. The application is started
258 * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd. 267 * asynchronously if wait is not set, and runs as a child of keventd.
@@ -265,17 +274,8 @@ int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
265 struct key *session_keyring, int wait) 274 struct key *session_keyring, int wait)
266{ 275{
267 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done); 276 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
268 struct subprocess_info sub_info = { 277 struct subprocess_info *sub_info;
269 .work = __WORK_INITIALIZER(sub_info.work, 278 int retval;
270 __call_usermodehelper),
271 .complete = &done,
272 .path = path,
273 .argv = argv,
274 .envp = envp,
275 .ring = session_keyring,
276 .wait = wait,
277 .retval = 0,
278 };
279 279
280 if (!khelper_wq) 280 if (!khelper_wq)
281 return -EBUSY; 281 return -EBUSY;
@@ -283,9 +283,25 @@ int call_usermodehelper_keys(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
283 if (path[0] == '\0') 283 if (path[0] == '\0')
284 return 0; 284 return 0;
285 285
286 queue_work(khelper_wq, &sub_info.work); 286 sub_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct subprocess_info), GFP_ATOMIC);
287 if (!sub_info)
288 return -ENOMEM;
289
290 INIT_WORK(&sub_info->work, __call_usermodehelper);
291 sub_info->complete = &done;
292 sub_info->path = path;
293 sub_info->argv = argv;
294 sub_info->envp = envp;
295 sub_info->ring = session_keyring;
296 sub_info->wait = wait;
297
298 queue_work(khelper_wq, &sub_info->work);
299 if (wait < 0) /* task has freed sub_info */
300 return 0;
287 wait_for_completion(&done); 301 wait_for_completion(&done);
288 return sub_info.retval; 302 retval = sub_info->retval;
303 kfree(sub_info);
304 return retval;
289} 305}
290EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_keys); 306EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_keys);
291 307
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 08f86178aa34..0dc757246d89 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1853,6 +1853,13 @@ context_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
1853 struct mm_struct *mm = next->mm; 1853 struct mm_struct *mm = next->mm;
1854 struct mm_struct *oldmm = prev->active_mm; 1854 struct mm_struct *oldmm = prev->active_mm;
1855 1855
1856 /*
1857 * For paravirt, this is coupled with an exit in switch_to to
1858 * combine the page table reload and the switch backend into
1859 * one hypercall.
1860 */
1861 arch_enter_lazy_cpu_mode();
1862
1856 if (!mm) { 1863 if (!mm) {
1857 next->active_mm = oldmm; 1864 next->active_mm = oldmm;
1858 atomic_inc(&oldmm->mm_count); 1865 atomic_inc(&oldmm->mm_count);
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 8533c3796082..4902181e10e6 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1162,11 +1162,9 @@ static inline void calc_load(unsigned long ticks)
1162 * This read-write spinlock protects us from races in SMP while 1162 * This read-write spinlock protects us from races in SMP while
1163 * playing with xtime and avenrun. 1163 * playing with xtime and avenrun.
1164 */ 1164 */
1165#ifndef ARCH_HAVE_XTIME_LOCK 1165__attribute__((weak)) __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(xtime_lock);
1166__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(xtime_lock);
1167 1166
1168EXPORT_SYMBOL(xtime_lock); 1167EXPORT_SYMBOL(xtime_lock);
1169#endif
1170 1168
1171/* 1169/*
1172 * This function runs timers and the timer-tq in bottom half context. 1170 * This function runs timers and the timer-tq in bottom half context.