Merge tag 'v3.7' into stable/for-linus-3.8

Linux 3.7

* tag 'v3.7': (833 commits)
  Linux 3.7
  Input: matrix-keymap - provide proper module license
  Revert "revert "Revert "mm: remove __GFP_NO_KSWAPD""" and associated damage
  ipv4: ip_check_defrag must not modify skb before unsharing
  Revert "mm: avoid waking kswapd for THP allocations when compaction is deferred or contended"
  inet_diag: validate port comparison byte code to prevent unsafe reads
  inet_diag: avoid unsafe and nonsensical prefix matches in inet_diag_bc_run()
  inet_diag: validate byte code to prevent oops in inet_diag_bc_run()
  inet_diag: fix oops for IPv4 AF_INET6 TCP SYN-RECV state
  mm: vmscan: fix inappropriate zone congestion clearing
  vfs: fix O_DIRECT read past end of block device
  net: gro: fix possible panic in skb_gro_receive()
  tcp: bug fix Fast Open client retransmission
  tmpfs: fix shared mempolicy leak
  mm: vmscan: do not keep kswapd looping forever due to individual uncompactable zones
  mm: compaction: validate pfn range passed to isolate_freepages_block
  mmc: sh-mmcif: avoid oops on spurious interrupts (second try)
  Revert misapplied "mmc: sh-mmcif: avoid oops on spurious interrupts"
  mmc: sdhci-s3c: fix missing clock for gpio card-detect
  lib/Makefile: Fix oid_registry build dependency
  ...

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

Conflicts:
	arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c
	drivers/xen/Makefile

[We need to have the v3.7 base as the 'for-3.8' was based off v3.7-rc3
and there are some patches in v3.7-rc6 that we to have in our branch]

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
index 18453067c258..90bfc1dbc13d 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1833,50 +1833,6 @@ ENTRY(system_call)
 
 
 /*
- * Create a kernel thread
- *
- * int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
- * a2                    a2                 a3             a4
- */
-
-ENTRY(kernel_thread)
-	entry	a1, 16
-
-	mov	a5, a2			# preserve fn over syscall
-	mov	a7, a3			# preserve args over syscall
-
-	movi	a3, _CLONE_VM | _CLONE_UNTRACED
-	movi	a2, __NR_clone
-	or	a6, a4, a3		# arg0: flags
-	mov	a3, a1			# arg1: sp
-	syscall
-
-	beq	a3, a1, 1f		# branch if parent
-	mov	a6, a7			# args
-	callx4	a5			# fn(args)
-
-	movi	a2, __NR_exit
-	syscall				# return value of fn(args) still in a6
-
-1:	retw
-
-/*
- * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve, so we end up
- * with proper pt_regs.
- *
- * int kernel_execve(const char *fname, char *const argv[], charg *const envp[])
- * a2                        a2               a3                  a4
- */
-
-ENTRY(kernel_execve)
-	entry	a1, 16
-	mov	a6, a2			# arg0 is in a6
-	movi	a2, __NR_execve
-	syscall
-
-	retw
-
-/*
  * Task switch.
  *
  * struct task*  _switch_to (struct task* prev, struct task* next)
@@ -1958,3 +1914,16 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
 
 	j	common_exception_return
 
+/*
+ * Kernel thread creation helper
+ * On entry, set up by copy_thread: a2 = thread_fn, a3 = thread_fn arg
+ *           left from _switch_to: a6 = prev
+ */
+ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
+
+	call4	schedule_tail
+	mov	a6, a3
+	callx4	a2
+	j	common_exception_return
+
+ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)