4 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index cfbe44299488..901e0fdc3fff 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -121,6 +121,27 @@ static int cap_validate_magic(cap_user_header_t header, unsigned *tocopy)
  * uninteresting and/or not to be changed.
  */
 
+/*
+ * Atomically modify the effective capabilities returning the original
+ * value. No permission check is performed here - it is assumed that the
+ * caller is permitted to set the desired effective capabilities.
+ */
+kernel_cap_t cap_set_effective(const kernel_cap_t pE_new)
+{
+        kernel_cap_t pE_old;
+
+        spin_lock(&task_capability_lock);
+
+        pE_old = current->cap_effective;
+        current->cap_effective = pE_new;
+
+        spin_unlock(&task_capability_lock);
+
+        return pE_old;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_set_effective);
+
 /**
  * sys_capget - get the capabilities of a given process.
  * @header: pointer to struct that contains capability version and
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 421be5fe5cc7..ab80515008f4 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1003,10 +1003,18 @@ hrtimer_start(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
          */
         raise = timer->state == HRTIMER_STATE_PENDING;
 
+        /*
+         * We use preempt_disable to prevent this task from migrating after
+         * setting up the softirq and raising it. Otherwise, if me migrate
+         * we will raise the softirq on the wrong CPU.
+         */
+        preempt_disable();
+
         unlock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
 
         if (raise)
                 hrtimer_raise_softirq();
+        preempt_enable();
 
         return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c
index c828c2339cc9..a272d78185eb 100644
--- a/kernel/softlockup.c
+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
         printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %lus! [%s:%d]\n",
                         this_cpu, now - touch_timestamp,
                         current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
+        print_modules();
         if (regs)
                 show_regs(regs);
         else
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 29fc39f1029c..ce7799540c91 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *   Kai Petzke <wpp@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de>
  *   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
  *
- * Made to use alloc_percpu by Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>.
+ * Made to use alloc_percpu by Christoph Lameter.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>