Merge tag 'v3.7' into v4l_for_linus

Linux 3.7

* tag 'v3.7': (1545 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
  ...

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 0b78fb9ea65b..4ea600da8940 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1536,9 +1536,8 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_mbind(compat_ulong_t start, compat_ulong_t len,
  *
  * Returns effective policy for a VMA at specified address.
  * Falls back to @task or system default policy, as necessary.
- * Current or other task's task mempolicy and non-shared vma policies
- * are protected by the task's mmap_sem, which must be held for read by
- * the caller.
+ * Current or other task's task mempolicy and non-shared vma policies must be
+ * protected by task_lock(task) by the caller.
  * Shared policies [those marked as MPOL_F_SHARED] require an extra reference
  * count--added by the get_policy() vm_op, as appropriate--to protect against
  * freeing by another task.  It is the caller's responsibility to free the
@@ -2038,28 +2037,6 @@ struct mempolicy *__mpol_dup(struct mempolicy *old)
 	return new;
 }
 
-/*
- * If *frompol needs [has] an extra ref, copy *frompol to *tompol ,
- * eliminate the * MPOL_F_* flags that require conditional ref and
- * [NOTE!!!] drop the extra ref.  Not safe to reference *frompol directly
- * after return.  Use the returned value.
- *
- * Allows use of a mempolicy for, e.g., multiple allocations with a single
- * policy lookup, even if the policy needs/has extra ref on lookup.
- * shmem_readahead needs this.
- */
-struct mempolicy *__mpol_cond_copy(struct mempolicy *tompol,
-						struct mempolicy *frompol)
-{
-	if (!mpol_needs_cond_ref(frompol))
-		return frompol;
-
-	*tompol = *frompol;
-	tompol->flags &= ~MPOL_F_SHARED;	/* copy doesn't need unref */
-	__mpol_put(frompol);
-	return tompol;
-}
-
 /* Slow path of a mempolicy comparison */
 bool __mpol_equal(struct mempolicy *a, struct mempolicy *b)
 {