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<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal</title>
<updated>2012-12-12T20:22:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2012-12-12T20:22:13+00:00</published>
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Pull big execve/kernel_thread/fork unification series from Al Viro:
 "All architectures are converted to new model.  Quite a bit of that
  stuff is actually shared with architecture trees; in such cases it's
  literally shared branch pulled by both, not a cherry-pick.

  A lot of ugliness and black magic is gone (-3KLoC total in this one):

   - kernel_thread()/kernel_execve()/sys_execve() redesign.

     We don't do syscalls from kernel anymore for either kernel_thread()
     or kernel_execve():

     kernel_thread() is essentially clone(2) with callback run before we
     return to userland, the callbacks either never return or do
     successful do_execve() before returning.

     kernel_execve() is a wrapper for do_execve() - it doesn't need to
     do transition to user mode anymore.

     As a result kernel_thread() and kernel_execve() are
     arch-independent now - they live in kernel/fork.c and fs/exec.c
     resp.  sys_execve() is also in fs/exec.c and it's completely
     architecture-independent.

   - daemonize() is gone, along with its parts in fs/*.c

   - struct pt_regs * is no longer passed to do_fork/copy_process/
     copy_thread/do_execve/search_binary_handler/-&gt;load_binary/do_coredump.

   - sys_fork()/sys_vfork()/sys_clone() unified; some architectures
     still need wrappers (ones with callee-saved registers not saved in
     pt_regs on syscall entry), but the main part of those suckers is in
     kernel/fork.c now."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (113 commits)
  do_coredump(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  print_fatal_signal(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  ptrace_signal(): get rid of unused arguments
  get rid of ptrace_signal_deliver() arguments
  new helper: signal_pt_regs()
  unify default ptrace_signal_deliver
  flagday: kill pt_regs argument of do_fork()
  death to idle_regs()
  don't pass regs to copy_process()
  flagday: don't pass regs to copy_thread()
  bfin: switch to generic vfork, get rid of pointless wrappers
  xtensa: switch to generic clone()
  openrisc: switch to use of generic fork and clone
  unicore32: switch to generic clone(2)
  score: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  c6x: sanitize copy_thread(), get rid of clone(2) wrapper, switch to generic clone()
  take sys_fork/sys_vfork/sys_clone prototypes to linux/syscalls.h
  mn10300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  h8300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  tile: switch to generic clone()
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
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Pull big execve/kernel_thread/fork unification series from Al Viro:
 "All architectures are converted to new model.  Quite a bit of that
  stuff is actually shared with architecture trees; in such cases it's
  literally shared branch pulled by both, not a cherry-pick.

  A lot of ugliness and black magic is gone (-3KLoC total in this one):

   - kernel_thread()/kernel_execve()/sys_execve() redesign.

     We don't do syscalls from kernel anymore for either kernel_thread()
     or kernel_execve():

     kernel_thread() is essentially clone(2) with callback run before we
     return to userland, the callbacks either never return or do
     successful do_execve() before returning.

     kernel_execve() is a wrapper for do_execve() - it doesn't need to
     do transition to user mode anymore.

     As a result kernel_thread() and kernel_execve() are
     arch-independent now - they live in kernel/fork.c and fs/exec.c
     resp.  sys_execve() is also in fs/exec.c and it's completely
     architecture-independent.

   - daemonize() is gone, along with its parts in fs/*.c

   - struct pt_regs * is no longer passed to do_fork/copy_process/
     copy_thread/do_execve/search_binary_handler/-&gt;load_binary/do_coredump.

   - sys_fork()/sys_vfork()/sys_clone() unified; some architectures
     still need wrappers (ones with callee-saved registers not saved in
     pt_regs on syscall entry), but the main part of those suckers is in
     kernel/fork.c now."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (113 commits)
  do_coredump(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  print_fatal_signal(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  ptrace_signal(): get rid of unused arguments
  get rid of ptrace_signal_deliver() arguments
  new helper: signal_pt_regs()
  unify default ptrace_signal_deliver
  flagday: kill pt_regs argument of do_fork()
  death to idle_regs()
  don't pass regs to copy_process()
  flagday: don't pass regs to copy_thread()
  bfin: switch to generic vfork, get rid of pointless wrappers
  xtensa: switch to generic clone()
  openrisc: switch to use of generic fork and clone
  unicore32: switch to generic clone(2)
  score: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  c6x: sanitize copy_thread(), get rid of clone(2) wrapper, switch to generic clone()
  take sys_fork/sys_vfork/sys_clone prototypes to linux/syscalls.h
  mn10300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  h8300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  tile: switch to generic clone()
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
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<entry>
<title>MIPS: Fix endless loop when processing signals for kernel tasks</title>
<updated>2012-12-05T18:59:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Adamushko</name>
<email>dmitry.adamushka_ext@softathome.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-04-05T18:37:34+00:00</published>
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The problem occurs [1] when a kernel-mode task returns from a system
call with a pending signal.

A real-life scenario is a child of 'khelper' returning from a failed
kernel_execve() in ____call_usermodehelper() [ kernel/kmod.c ].
kernel_execve() fails due to a pending SIGKILL, which is the result of
"kill -9 -1" (at least, busybox's init does it upon reboot).

The loop is as follows:

* syscall_exit_work:
 - work_pending:            // start_of_the_loop
 - work_notifysig:
   - do_notify_resume()
     - do_signal()
       - if (!user_mode(regs)) return;
 - resume_userspace         // TIF_SIGPENDING is still set
 - work_pending             // so we call work_pending =&gt; goto
                            // start_of_the_loop

More information can be found in another LKML thread:
http://www.serverphorums.com/read.php?12,457826

[1] The problem was also reproduced on !CONFIG_VM86 x86, and the
following fix was accepted.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=29a2e2836ff9ea65a603c89df217f4198973a74f

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko &lt;dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/3571/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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The problem occurs [1] when a kernel-mode task returns from a system
call with a pending signal.

A real-life scenario is a child of 'khelper' returning from a failed
kernel_execve() in ____call_usermodehelper() [ kernel/kmod.c ].
kernel_execve() fails due to a pending SIGKILL, which is the result of
"kill -9 -1" (at least, busybox's init does it upon reboot).

The loop is as follows:

* syscall_exit_work:
 - work_pending:            // start_of_the_loop
 - work_notifysig:
   - do_notify_resume()
     - do_signal()
       - if (!user_mode(regs)) return;
 - resume_userspace         // TIF_SIGPENDING is still set
 - work_pending             // so we call work_pending =&gt; goto
                            // start_of_the_loop

More information can be found in another LKML thread:
http://www.serverphorums.com/read.php?12,457826

[1] The problem was also reproduced on !CONFIG_VM86 x86, and the
following fix was accepted.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=29a2e2836ff9ea65a603c89df217f4198973a74f

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko &lt;dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/3571/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>mips: switch to saner kernel_execve() semantics</title>
<updated>2012-10-15T20:27:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-11T20:01:20+00:00</published>
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Acked-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<pre>
Acked-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>MIPS: Switch over to generic sys_execve and kernel_execve.</title>
<updated>2012-10-14T23:31:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ralf Baechle</name>
<email>ralf@linux-mips.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-09T19:16:07+00:00</published>
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This version contains a few updates by David Daney, in particular it's
now using __builtin_frame_address() instead of asm() which depending
on personal taste, is slightly more appealing.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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This version contains a few updates by David Daney, in particular it's
now using __builtin_frame_address() instead of asm() which depending
on personal taste, is slightly more appealing.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>mips: switch to generic kernel_thread()</title>
<updated>2012-10-14T23:30:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-09T20:27:45+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>MIPS: Merge the identical "return from syscall" per-ABI code</title>
<updated>2012-09-22T13:47:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2012-05-05T20:11:35+00:00</published>
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No need to keep 4 copies of that stuff; merged and taken to
entry.S, unused public symbols there killed off.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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No need to keep 4 copies of that stuff; merged and taken to
entry.S, unused public symbols there killed off.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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<title>MIPS: Prevent hitting do_notify_resume() with !user_mode(regs).</title>
<updated>2012-09-22T13:47:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2012-05-03T01:45:12+00:00</published>
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Too late to do anything there...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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Too late to do anything there...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>MIPS: Split do_syscall_trace into two functions.</title>
<updated>2011-05-19T08:55:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ralf Baechle</name>
<email>ralf@linux-mips.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-05-19T08:21:29+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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<title>MIPS: Use single define for pending work on syscall exit</title>
<updated>2011-05-19T08:55:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ralf Baechle</name>
<email>ralf@linux-mips.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-05-19T08:21:28+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[MIPS] SMTC: Close tiny holes in the SMTC IPI replay system.</title>
<updated>2008-10-03T16:58:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kevin D. Kissell</name>
<email>kevink@paralogos.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-09T19:35:01+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Kevin D. Kissell &lt;kevink@paralogos.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Kevin D. Kissell &lt;kevink@paralogos.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
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