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* [PATCH] fix swsusp on machines not supporting S4Pavel Machek2005-11-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fix swsusp on machines not supporting S4. With recent changes, it is not possible to trigger it using /sys filesystem. Swsusp does not really need any support from low-level code, it is possible to reboot or halt at the end of suspend. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix crash when ptrace poking hugepage areasDavid Gibson2005-11-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | set_page_dirty() will not cope with being handed a page * which is part of a compound page, but not the master page in that compound page. This case can occur via access_process_vm() if you attemp to write to another process's hugepage memory area using ptrace() (causing an oops or hang). This patch fixes the bug by only calling set_page_dirty() from access_process_vm() if the page is not a compound page. We already use a similar fix in bio_set_pages_dirty() for the case of direct io to hugepages. Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Acked-by: William Irwin <wli@holomorphy.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cpuset fork locking fixPaul Jackson2005-11-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Move the cpuset_fork() call below the write_unlock_irq call in kernel/fork.c copy_process(). Since the cpuset-dual-semaphore-locking-overhaul.patch, the cpuset_fork() routine acquires task_lock(), so cannot be called while holding the tasklist_lock for write. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix hardcoded cpu=0 in workqueue for per_cpu_ptr() callsBen Collins2005-11-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tracked this down on an Ultra Enterprise 3000. It's a 6-way machine. Odd thing about this machine (and it's good for finding bugs like this) is that the CPU id's are not 0 based. For instance, on my machine the CPU's are 6/7/10/11/14/15. This caused some NULL pointer dereference in kernel/workqueue.c because for single_threaded workqueue's, it hardcoded the cpu to 0. I changed the 0's to any_online_cpu(cpu_online_mask), which cpumask.h claims is "First cpu in mask". So this fits the same usage. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix 32bit overflow in timespec_to_sample()Oleg Nesterov2005-11-28
| | | | | | | | fix 32bit overflow in timespec_to_sample() Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fork.c: proc_fork_connector() called under write_lock()Andrew Morton2005-11-28
| | | | | | | | | | Don't do that - it does GFP_KERNEL allocations, for a start. (Reported by Guillaume Thouvenin <guillaume.thouvenin@bull.net>) Acked-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] clean up lock_cpu_hotplug() in cpufreqAshok Raj2005-11-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are some callers in cpufreq hotplug notify path that the lowest function calls lock_cpu_hotplug(). The lock is already held during cpu_up() and cpu_down() calls when the notify calls are broadcast to registered clients. Ideally if possible, we could disable_preempt() at the highest caller and make sure we dont sleep in the path down in cpufreq->driver_target() calls but the calls are so intertwined and cumbersome to cleanup. Hence we consistently use lock_cpu_hotplug() and unlock_cpu_hotplug() in all places. - Removed export of cpucontrol semaphore and made it static. - removed explicit uses of up/down with lock_cpu_hotplug() so we can keep track of the the callers in same thread context and just keep refcounts without calling a down() that causes a deadlock. - Removed current_in_hotplug() uses - Removed PF_HOTPLUG_CPU in sched.h introduced for the current_in_hotplug() temporary workaround. Tested with insmod of cpufreq_stat.ko, and logical online/offline to make sure we dont have any hang situations. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca> Cc: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Cc: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix crash in unregister_console()Benjamin Herrenschmidt2005-11-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If unregister_console() is inadvertently called while no consoles are registered, it will crash trying to dereference NULL pointer. It is necessary to fix that because register_console() provides no indication that it actually registered the console passed in. In fact, it may well decide not to register it based on various things... (akpm: It'd be better to make register_console() return something and fix the callers. All 106 of them...) Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] mm: unbloat get_futex_keyHugh Dickins2005-11-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | The follow_page changes in get_futex_key have left it with two almost identical blocks, when handling the rare case of a futex in a nonlinear vma. get_user_pages will itself do that follow_page, and its additional find_extend_vma is hardly any overhead since the vma is already cached. Let's just delete the follow_page block and let get_user_pages do it. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Check the irq number is within boundsMatthew Wilcox2005-11-23
| | | | | | | Most of the functions already check. Do the ones that didn't. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] unpaged: copy_page_range vmaHugh Dickins2005-11-22
| | | | | | | | | For copy_one_pte's print_bad_pte to show the task correctly (instead of "???"), dup_mmap must pass down parent vma rather than child vma. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] add success/failure indication to RCU torture testPaul E. McKenney2005-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | One issue with the RCU torture test is that the current error flagging can be lost in dmesg. This patch adds a "SUCCESS"/"FAILURE" string to the line that flags the end of the test, where it can easily be seen with "dmesg | tail" at the end of the test. Also adds tests of architecture-specific memory barriers -- or, more likely, of the RCU torture test itself. Cc: <vatsa@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] DocBook: include printk documentationMartin Waitz2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | Add printk documentation to kernel-api. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] timespec: normalize off by one errorsGeorge Anzinger2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | It would appear that the timespec normalize code has an off by one error. Found in three places. Thanks to Ben for spotting. Signed-off-by: George Anzinger<george@mvista.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] aio: remove kioctx from mm_structZach Brown2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sync iocbs have a life cycle that don't need a kioctx. Their retrying, if any, is done in the context of their owner who has allocated them on the stack. The sole user of a sync iocb's ctx reference was aio_complete() checking for an elevated iocb ref count that could never happen. No path which grabs an iocb ref has access to sync iocbs. If we were to implement sync iocb cancelation it would be done by the owner of the iocb using its on-stack reference. Removing this chunk from aio_complete allows us to remove the entire kioctx instance from mm_struct, reducing its size by a third. On a i386 testing box the slab size went from 768 to 504 bytes and from 5 to 8 per page. Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com> Acked-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] stop_machine() vs. synchronous IPI send deadlockKirill Korotaev2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes deadlock of stop_machine() vs. synchronous IPI send. The problem is that stop_machine() disables interrupts before disabling preemption on other CPUs. So if another CPU is preempted and then calls something like flush_tlb_all() it will deadlock with CPU doing stop_machine() and which can't process IPI due to disabled IRQs. I changed stop_machine() to do the same things exactly as it does on other CPUs, i.e. it should disable preemption first on _all_ CPUs including itself and only after that disable IRQs. Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@sw.ru> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: "Andrey Savochkin" <saw@sawoct.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] rcutorture: renice to low priorityIngo Molnar2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | | Make the box usable for interactive work when running the RCU torture test, by renicing the RCU torture-test threads to +19 by default. Kthreads run at nice -5 by default. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] signal handling: revert sigkill priority fixHeiko Carstens2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch reverts commit c33880aaddbbab1ccf36f4457ed1090621f2e39a since it's not needed anymore. As pointed out by Roland McGrath the real fix is to deliver all signals before returning to user space. See http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0509.2/0683.html A fix for s390 has been merged. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] m68k: introduce setup_thread_stack() and end_of_stack()Al Viro2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | encapsulates the rest of arch-dependent operations with thread_info access. Two new helpers - setup_thread_stack() and end_of_stack(). For normal case the former consists of copying thread_info of parent to new thread_info and the latter returns pointer immediately past the end of thread_info. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] m68k: introduce task_thread_infoAl Viro2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | new helper - task_thread_info(task). On platforms that have thread_info allocated separately (i.e. in default case) it simply returns task->thread_info. m68k wants (and for good reasons) to embed its thread_info into task_struct. So it will (in later patch) have task_thread_info() of its own. For now we just add a macro for generic case and convert existing instances of its body in core kernel to uses of new macro. Obviously safe - all normal architectures get the same preprocessor output they used to get. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cpuset: fix return without releasing semaphoreBob Picco2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | | | It is wrong to acquire the semaphore and then return from cpuset_zone_allowed without releasing it. Signed-off-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com> Acked-by: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix task_struct leak in ptraceChristoph Hellwig2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | When ptrace_attach fails we need to drop the task_struct reference. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] move pm_register/etc. to CONFIG_PM_LEGACY, pm_legacy.hJeff Garzik2005-11-13
| | | | | | | | Since few people need the support anymore, this moves the legacy pm_xxx functions to CONFIG_PM_LEGACY, and include/linux/pm_legacy.h. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [SPARC64]: Re-export uts_sem for solaris compat module.David S. Miller2005-11-10
| | | | | | Revert: b26b9bc58263acda274f82a9dde8b6d96559878a Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [PATCH] Don't auto-reap traced childrenOleg Nesterov2005-11-10
| | | | | | | If a task is being traced we never auto-reap it even if it might look like its parent doesn't care. The tracer obviously _does_ care. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] optimize activate_task()Chen, Kenneth W2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | recalc_task_prio() is called from activate_task() to calculate dynamic priority and interactive credit for the activating task. For real-time scheduling process, all that dynamic calculation is thrown away at the end because rt priority is fixed. Patch to optimize recalc_task_prio() away for rt processes. Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Nick Piggin <piggin@cyberone.com.au> Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Fix ptrace self-attach ruleLinus Torvalds2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | Before we did CLONE_THREAD, the way to check whether we were attaching to ourselves was to just check "current == task", but with CLONE_THREAD we should check that the thread group ID matches instead. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: resched and cpu_idle reworkNick Piggin2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Make some changes to the NEED_RESCHED and POLLING_NRFLAG to reduce confusion, and make their semantics rigid. Improves efficiency of resched_task and some cpu_idle routines. * In resched_task: - TIF_NEED_RESCHED is only cleared with the task's runqueue lock held, and as we hold it during resched_task, then there is no need for an atomic test and set there. The only other time this should be set is when the task's quantum expires, in the timer interrupt - this is protected against because the rq lock is irq-safe. - If TIF_NEED_RESCHED is set, then we don't need to do anything. It won't get unset until the task get's schedule()d off. - If we are running on the same CPU as the task we resched, then set TIF_NEED_RESCHED and no further action is required. - If we are running on another CPU, and TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG is *not* set after TIF_NEED_RESCHED has been set, then we need to send an IPI. Using these rules, we are able to remove the test and set operation in resched_task, and make clear the previously vague semantics of POLLING_NRFLAG. * In idle routines: - Enter cpu_idle with preempt disabled. When the need_resched() condition becomes true, explicitly call schedule(). This makes things a bit clearer (IMO), but haven't updated all architectures yet. - Many do a test and clear of TIF_NEED_RESCHED for some reason. According to the resched_task rules, this isn't needed (and actually breaks the assumption that TIF_NEED_RESCHED is only cleared with the runqueue lock held). So remove that. Generally one less locked memory op when switching to the idle thread. - Many idle routines clear TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG, and only set it in the inner most polling idle loops. The above resched_task semantics allow it to be set until before the last time need_resched() is checked before going into a halt requiring interrupt wakeup. Many idle routines simply never enter such a halt, and so POLLING_NRFLAG can be always left set, completely eliminating resched IPIs when rescheduling the idle task. POLLING_NRFLAG width can be increased, to reduce the chance of resched IPIs. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: consider migration thread with smp niceCon Kolivas2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The intermittent scheduling of the migration thread at ultra high priority makes the smp nice handling see that runqueue as being heavily loaded. The migration thread itself actually handles the balancing so its influence on priority balancing should be ignored. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: correct smp_nice_biasCon Kolivas2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The priority biasing was off by mutliplying the total load by the total priority bias and this ruins the ratio of loads between runqueues. This patch should correct the ratios of loads between runqueues to be proportional to overall load. -2nd attempt. From: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com> This patch fixes a divide-by-zero error that I hit on a two-way i386 machine. rq->nr_running is tested to be non-zero, but may change by the time it is used in the division. Saving the value to a local variable ensures that the same value that is checked is used in the division. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: smp nice bias busy queues on idle rebalanceCon Kolivas2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To intensify the 'nice' support across physical cpus on SMP we can bias the loads on idle rebalancing. To prevent idle rebalance from trying to pull tasks from queues that appear heavily loaded we only bias the load if there is more than one task running. Add some minor micro-optimisations and have only one return from __source_load and __target_load functions. Fix the fact that target_load was not biased by priority when type == 0. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: account rt tasks in prio_bias()Con Kolivas2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | Real time tasks' effect on prio_bias should be based on their real time priority level instead of their static_prio which is based on nice. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: change prio bias only if queuedCon Kolivas2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | prio_bias should only be adjusted in set_user_nice if p is actually currently queued. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: implement nice support across physical cpus on SMPCon Kolivas2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch implements 'nice' support across physical cpus on SMP. It introduces an extra runqueue variable prio_bias which is the sum of the (inverted) static priorities of all the tasks on the runqueue. This is then used to bias busy rebalancing between runqueues to obtain good distribution of tasks of different nice values. By biasing the balancing only during busy rebalancing we can avoid having any significant loss of throughput by not affecting the carefully tuned idle balancing already in place. If all tasks are running at the same nice level this code should also have minimal effect. The code is optimised out in the !CONFIG_SMP case. Signed-off-by: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: rework swsusp_suspendRafael J. Wysocki2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch makes only the functions in swsusp.c call functions in snapshot.c and not both ways.  It also moves the check for available swap out of swsusp_suspend() which is necessary for separating the swap-handling functions in swsusp from the core code. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: simplify pagedir relocationRafael J. Wysocki2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | This patch simplifies the relocation of the page backup list (aka pagedir) during resume. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: reduce code duplicationRafael J. Wysocki2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The changes made by this patch are necessary for the pagedir relocation simplification in the next patch.  Additionally, these changes allow us to drop check_pagedir() and make get_safe_page() be a one-line wrapper around alloc_image_page() (get_safe_page() goes to snapshot.c, because alloc_image_page() is static and it does not make sense to export it). Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sleep: Fix oops in enter_statePavel Machek2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | If ACPI sleep is not configured, but someone still wants to run swsusp, he'd get oops in enter_state. This is regression since 2.6.14 and this fixes it. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] quieten softlockup at bootAnton Blanchard2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | On a large SMP box we get a lot of softlockup thread XX started lines. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] cpu hotplug: fix locking in cpufreq driversAshok Raj2005-11-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When calling target drivers to set frequency, we take cpucontrol lock. When we modified the code to accomodate CPU hotplug, there was an attempt to take a double lock of cpucontrol leading to a deadlock. Since the current thread context is already holding the cpucontrol lock, we dont need to make another attempt to acquire it. Now we leave a trace in current->flags indicating current thread already is under cpucontrol lock held, so we dont attempt to do this another time. Thanks to Andrew Morton for the beating:-) From: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> Build fix (akpm: this patch is still unpleasant. Ashok continues to look for a cleaner solution, doesn't he? ;)) Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Fix sysctl unregistration oops (CVE-2005-2709)Al Viro2005-11-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | You could open the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<if>/<whatever> file, then wait for interface to go away, try to grab as much memory as possible in hope to hit the (kfreed) ctl_table. Then fill it with pointers to your function. Then do read from file you've opened and if you are lucky, you'll get it called as ->proc_handler() in kernel mode. So this is at least an Oops and possibly more. It does depend on an interface going away though, so less of a security risk than it would otherwise be. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6Linus Torvalds2005-11-07
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| * [SPARC64] mm: context switch ptlockHugh Dickins2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sparc64 is unique among architectures in taking the page_table_lock in its context switch (well, cris does too, but erroneously, and it's not yet SMP anyway). This seems to be a private affair between switch_mm and activate_mm, using page_table_lock as a per-mm lock, without any relation to its uses elsewhere. That's fine, but comment it as such; and unlock sooner in switch_mm, more like in activate_mm (preemption is disabled here). There is a block of "if (0)"ed code in smp_flush_tlb_pending which would have liked to rely on the page_table_lock, in switch_mm and elsewhere; but its comment explains how dup_mmap's flush_tlb_mm defeated it. And though that could have been changed at any time over the past few years, now the chance vanishes as we push the page_table_lock downwards, and perhaps split it per page table page. Just delete that block of code. Which leaves the mysterious spin_unlock_wait(&oldmm->page_table_lock) in kernel/fork.c copy_mm. Textual analysis (supported by Nick Piggin) suggests that the comment was written by DaveM, and that it relates to the defeated approach in the sparc64 smp_flush_tlb_pending. Just delete this block too. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | [PATCH] saner handling of auto_acct_off() and DQUOT_OFF() in umountAl Viro2005-11-07
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The way we currently deal with quota and process accounting that might keep vfsmount busy at umount time is inherently broken; we try to turn them off just in case (not quite correctly, at that) and a) pray umount doesn't fail (otherwise they'll stay turned off) b) pray nobody doesn anything funny just as we turn quota off Moreover, LSM provides hooks for doing the same sort of broken logics. The proper way to deal with that is to introduce the second kind of reference to vfsmount. Semantics: - when the last normal reference is dropped, all special ones are converted to normal ones and if there had been any, cleanup is done. - normal reference can be cloned into a special one - special reference can be converted to normal one; that's a no-op if we'd already passed the point of no return (i.e. mntput() had converted special references to normal and started cleanup). The way it works: e.g. starting process accounting converts the vfsmount reference pinned by the opened file into special one and turns it back to normal when it gets shut down; acct_auto_close() is done when no normal references are left. That way it does *not* obstruct umount(2) and it silently gets turned off when the last normal reference to vfsmount is gone. Which is exactly what we want... The same should be done by LSM module that holds some internal references to vfsmount and wants to shut them down on umount - it should make them special and security_sb_umount_close() will be called exactly when the last normal reference to vfsmount is gone. quota handling is even simpler - we don't use normal file IO anymore, so there's no need to hold vfsmounts at all. DQUOT_OFF() is done from deactivate_super(), where it really belongs. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] unexport uts_semAdrian Bunk2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | I didn't find any possible modular usage in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] unexport idle_cpuAdrian Bunk2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | | I didn't find any possible modular usage in the kernel. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] unexport console_unblankAdrian Bunk2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | | | | I didn't find any possible modular usage of console_unblank in the kernel. This patch was already ACK'ed by Alan Cox. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] kernel-docs: fix kernel-doc format problemsRandy Dunlap2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Convert to proper kernel-doc format. Some have extra blank lines (not allowed immed. after the function name) or need blank lines (after all parameters). Function summary must be only one line. Colon (":") in a function description does weird things (causes kernel-doc to think that it's a new section head sadly). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] more kernel-doc cleanups, additionsRandy Dunlap2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | | | | Various core kernel-doc cleanups: - add missing function parameters in ipc, irq/manage, kernel/sys, kernel/sysctl, and mm/slab; - move description to just above function for kernel_restart() Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Kprobes: preempt_disable/enable() simplificationAnanth N Mavinakayanahalli2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | | | | Reorganize the preempt_disable/enable calls to eliminate the extra preempt depth. Changes based on Paul McKenney's review suggestions for the kprobes RCU changeset. Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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