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author | Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> | 2012-09-13 08:41:01 -0600 |
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committer | Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> | 2012-09-13 08:41:01 -0600 |
commit | 78890b5989d96ddce989cde929c45ceeded0fcaf (patch) | |
tree | 4e2da81fc7c97f11aee174b1eedac110c9a68b3a /arch/alpha/kernel/process.c | |
parent | 1959ec5f82acbdf91425b41600f119ebecb5f6a8 (diff) | |
parent | 55d512e245bc7699a8800e23df1a24195dd08217 (diff) |
Merge commit 'v3.6-rc5' into next
* commit 'v3.6-rc5': (1098 commits)
Linux 3.6-rc5
HID: tpkbd: work even if the new Lenovo Keyboard driver is not configured
Remove user-triggerable BUG from mpol_to_str
xen/pciback: Fix proper FLR steps.
uml: fix compile error in deliver_alarm()
dj: memory scribble in logi_dj
Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val]
xen: Use correct masking in xen_swiotlb_alloc_coherent.
xen: fix logical error in tlb flushing
xen/p2m: Fix one-off error in checking the P2M tree directory.
powerpc: Don't use __put_user() in patch_instruction
powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders
powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch
powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread()
powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync
powerpc: Update DSCR on all CPUs when writing sysfs dscr_default
powerpc/powernv: Always go into nap mode when CPU is offline
powerpc: Give hypervisor decrementer interrupts their own handler
powerpc/vphn: Fix arch_update_cpu_topology() return value
ARM: gemini: fix the gemini build
...
Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/alpha/kernel/process.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/alpha/kernel/process.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c index 153d3fce3e8e..d6fde98b74b3 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c @@ -455,3 +455,22 @@ get_wchan(struct task_struct *p) } return pc; } + +int kernel_execve(const char *path, const char *const argv[], const char *const envp[]) +{ + /* Avoid the HAE being gratuitously wrong, which would cause us + to do the whole turn off interrupts thing and restore it. */ + struct pt_regs regs = {.hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache}; + int err = do_execve(path, argv, envp, ®s); + if (!err) { + struct pt_regs *p = current_pt_regs(); + /* copy regs to normal position and off to userland we go... */ + *p = regs; + __asm__ __volatile__ ( + "mov %0, $sp;" + "br $31, ret_from_sys_call" + : : "r"(p)); + } + return err; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_execve); |