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2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: fix ia32_binfmt.c build errorRalf Baechle
Reorder code to avoid multiple inclusion of elf.h. #undef several symbols to avoid build errors over redefinitions. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: Allow sys_uselib unconditionallyAndi Kleen
Previously it wasn't enabled in the binfmt_aout is a module case. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02[PATCH] x86-64: adjust inclusion of asm/vsyscall32.hJan Beulich
Avoid including asm/vsyscall32.h in virtually every source file. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-03-16[PATCH] x86-64: wire up compat sched_rr_get_interval(2)Alexandr Andreev
sys32_sched_rr_get_interval() uses compat_timespec but wasn't used itself. Signed-off-by: Alexandr Andreev <aandreev@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-03-08[PATCH] x86_64: fix 2.6.18 regression - PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS should be acceptedPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso
Also PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS should be accepted, as done by kernel/ptrace.c and forced by binary compatibility. UML/32bit breaks because of this - since it is wise enough to use PTRACE_OLDSETOPTIONS to be binary compatible with 2.4 host kernels. Until 2.6.17 (commit f0f2d6536e3515b5b1b7ae97dc8f176860c8c2ce) we had: default: return sys_ptrace(request, pid, addr, data); Instead here we have: case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA: case ...: return sys_ptrace(request, pid, addr, data); default: return -EINVAL; This change was a style change - when a case is added, it must be explicitly tested this way. In this case, not enough testing was done. Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (94 commits) [PATCH] x86-64: Remove mk_pte_phys() [PATCH] i386: Fix broken CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO on i386 [PATCH] i386: fix 32-bit ioctls on x64_32 [PATCH] x86: Unify pcspeaker platform device code between i386/x86-64 [PATCH] i386: Remove extern declaration from mm/discontig.c, put in header. [PATCH] i386: Rename cpu_gdt_descr and remove extern declaration from smpboot.c [PATCH] i386: Move mce_disabled to asm/mce.h [PATCH] i386: paravirt unhandled fallthrough [PATCH] x86_64: Wire up compat epoll_pwait [PATCH] x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling a.out signals [PATCH] i386: Fix Cyrix MediaGX detection [PATCH] i386: Fix warning in cpu initialization [PATCH] i386: Fix warning in microcode.c [PATCH] x86: Enable NMI watchdog for AMD Family 0x10 CPUs [PATCH] x86: Add new CPUID bits for AMD Family 10 CPUs in /proc/cpuinfo [PATCH] i386: Remove fastcall in paravirt.[ch] [PATCH] x86-64: Fix wrong gcc check in bitops.h [PATCH] x86-64: survive having no irq mapping for a vector [PATCH] i386: geode configuration fixes [PATCH] i386: add option to show more code in oops reports ...
2007-02-14[PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctlEric W. Biederman
The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name. Which is pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented. I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register duplicate sysctl entries. So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future enhancments harder. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-14[PATCH] sysctl: C99 convert ctl_tables in arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.cEric W. Biederman
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-14[PATCH] sysctl: x86_64: remove unnecessary use of insert_at_headEric W. Biederman
The only sysctl x86_64 provides are not provided elsewhere, so insert_at_head is unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86_64: Wire up compat epoll_pwaitRalf Baechle
> Which remembers me that I think that MIPS is using the non-compat version > of sys_epoll_pwait for compat syscalls. But maybe MIPS doesn't need a compat > syscall for some reason. Dunno. Which reminds me that x86_64 i386 compat doesn't wire up sys_epoll_pwait ;-) Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling a.out signalsAndi Kleen
and in other strange binfmts. vDSO is not necessarily mapped there. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86-64: Minor patch for compilation warning in x86_64 signal codeEvgeniy Polyakov
If DEBUG_SIG is enbaled in source code, ia32_signal.c compiles with warning due to wrong format string. Attached patch fixes that. It is quite minor update, since by default DEBUG_SIG is not enabled and can not be turned on without code modification. Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] Common compat_sys_sysinfoKyle McMartin
I noticed that almost all architectures implemented exactly the same sys32_sysinfo... except parisc, where a bug was to be found in handling of the uptime. So let's remove a whole whack of code for fun and profit. Cribbed compat_sys_sysinfo from x86_64's implementation, since I figured it would be the best tested. This patch incorporates Arnd's suggestion of not using set_fs/get_fs, but instead extracting out the common code from sys_sysinfo. Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc().Robert P. J. Day
Replace appropriate pairs of "kmem_cache_alloc()" + "memset(0)" with the corresponding "kmem_cache_zalloc()" call. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Acked-by: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-09[PATCH] x86_64 ia32 vDSO: use install_special_mappingRoland McGrath
This patch uses install_special_mapping for the ia32 vDSO setup, consolidating duplicated code. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-01-26[PATCH] x86_64 ia32 vDSO: define arch_vma_nameRoland McGrath
This patch makes x86_64 define arch_vma_name for CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION. This makes the ia32 vDSO mapping appear in /proc/PID/maps with "[vdso]" for ia32 processes, as it does on native i386. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-01-26[PATCH] x86_64 ia32 vDSO: use VM_ALWAYSDUMPRoland McGrath
This patch fixes ia32 core dumps on x86_64 to include just one phdr for the vDSO vma. Currently it writes a confused format with two phdrs for the address, one without contents and one with. This patch removes the special-case core writing macros for the ia32 vDSO. Instead, it uses VM_ALWAYSDUMP in the vma. This changes core dumps so they no longer include the non-PT_LOAD phdrs from the vDSO, consistent with fixed native i386 core dumps. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-01-11[PATCH] x86-64: Fix warnings in ia32_aout.cAndi Kleen
Fix linux/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c: In function ‘create_aout_tables’: linux/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c:244: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size linux/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_aout.c:253: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size with gcc 4.3 Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-12-08[PATCH] x86_64: change uses of f_{dentry, vfsmnt} to use f_pathJosef "Jeff" Sipek
Change all the uses of f_{dentry,vfsmnt} to f_path.{dentry,mnt} in the x86_64 arch code. Signed-off-by: Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jsipek@cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (156 commits) [PATCH] x86-64: Export smp_call_function_single [PATCH] i386: Clean up smp_tune_scheduling() [PATCH] unwinder: move .eh_frame to RODATA [PATCH] unwinder: fully support linker generated .eh_frame_hdr section [PATCH] x86-64: don't use set_irq_regs() [PATCH] x86-64: check vector in setup_ioapic_dest to verify if need setup_IO_APIC_irq [PATCH] x86-64: Make ix86 default to HIGHMEM4G instead of NOHIGHMEM [PATCH] i386: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc [PATCH] x86-64: remove remaining pc98 code [PATCH] x86-64: remove unused variable [PATCH] x86-64: Fix constraints in atomic_add_return() [PATCH] x86-64: fix asm constraints in i386 atomic_add_return [PATCH] x86-64: Correct documentation for bzImage protocol v2.05 [PATCH] x86-64: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc in MTRR code [PATCH] x86-64: Fix numaq build error [PATCH] x86-64: include/asm-x86_64/cpufeature.h isn't a userspace header [PATCH] unwinder: Add debugging output to the Dwarf2 unwinder [PATCH] x86-64: Clarify error message in GART code [PATCH] x86-64: Fix interrupt race in idle callback (3rd try) [PATCH] x86-64: Remove unwind stack pointer alignment forcing again ... Fixed conflict in include/linux/uaccess.h manually Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] elf: Always define elf_addr_t in linux/elf.hMagnus Damm
Define elf_addr_t in linux/elf.h. The size of the type is determined using ELF_CLASS. This allows us to remove the defines that today are spread all over .c and .h files. Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <magnus@valinux.co.jp> Cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] slab: remove SLAB_KERNELChristoph Lameter
SLAB_KERNEL is an alias of GFP_KERNEL. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] x86-64: Support -mregparm arguments for signals with SA_SIGINFO in ↵Albert Cahalan
compat mode The recent change to make x86_64 support i386 binaries compiled with -mregparm=3 only covered signal handlers without SA_SIGINFO. (the 3-arg "real-time" ones) To be compatible with i386, both types should be supported. Signed-off-by: Albert Cahalan <acahalan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-11-14[PATCH] x86-64: Fix PTRACE_[SG]ET_THREAD_AREA regression with ia32 emulation.Andi Kleen
ptrace(PTRACE_[SG]ET_THREAD_AREA) calls from ia32 code should be passed onto the x86_64 implementation. The default case in sys32_ptrace used to call to sys_ptrace(), but is now EINVAL. This patch fixes a regression caused by that changed. Signed-off-by: Mike McCormack <mike@codeweavers.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-10-30[PATCH] fix i386 regparm=3 RT signal handlers on x86_64Albert Cahalan
The recent change to make x86_64 support i386 binaries compiled with -mregparm=3 only covered signal handlers without SA_SIGINFO. (the 3-arg "real-time" ones) This is useful for klibc at least. Signed-off-by: Albert Cahalan <acahalan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-10[PATCH] ptrace32 trivial __user annotationsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-04Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h>Dave Jones
kbuild explicitly includes this at build time. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2006-10-03[PATCH] VFS: Make filldir_t and struct kstat deal in 64-bit inode numbersDavid Howells
These patches make the kernel pass 64-bit inode numbers internally when communicating to userspace, even on a 32-bit system. They are required because some filesystems have intrinsic 64-bit inode numbers: NFS3+ and XFS for example. The 64-bit inode numbers are then propagated to userspace automatically where the arch supports it. Problems have been seen with userspace (eg: ld.so) using the 64-bit inode number returned by stat64() or getdents64() to differentiate files, and failing because the 64-bit inode number space was compressed to 32-bits, and so overlaps occur. This patch: Make filldir_t take a 64-bit inode number and struct kstat carry a 64-bit inode number so that 64-bit inode numbers can be passed back to userspace. The stat functions then returns the full 64-bit inode number where available and where possible. If it is not possible to represent the inode number supplied by the filesystem in the field provided by userspace, then error EOVERFLOW will be issued. Similarly, the getdents/readdir functions now pass the full 64-bit inode number to userspace where possible, returning EOVERFLOW instead when a directory entry is encountered that can't be properly represented. Note that this means that some inodes will not be stat'able on a 32-bit system with old libraries where they were before - but it does mean that there will be no ambiguity over what a 32-bit inode number refers to. Note similarly that directory scans may be cut short with an error on a 32-bit system with old libraries where the scan would work before for the same reasons. It is judged unlikely that this situation will occur because modern glibc uses 64-bit capable versions of stat and getdents class functions exclusively, and that older systems are unlikely to encounter unrepresentable inode numbers anyway. [akpm: alpha build fix] Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-02[PATCH] namespaces: utsname: switch to using uts namespacesSerge E. Hallyn
Replace references to system_utsname to the per-process uts namespace where appropriate. This includes things like uname. Changes: Per Eric Biederman's comments, use the per-process uts namespace for ELF_PLATFORM, sunrpc, and parts of net/ipv4/ipconfig.c [jdike@addtoit.com: UML fix] [clg@fr.ibm.com: cleanup] [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> Cc: Andrey Savochkin <saw@sw.ru> Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-27[PATCH] sysctl: Allow /proc/sys without sys_sysctlEric W. Biederman
Since sys_sysctl is deprecated start allow it to be compiled out. This should catch any remaining user space code that cares, and paves the way for further sysctl cleanups. [akpm@osdl.org: If sys_sysctl() is not compiled-in, emit a warning] Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-26[PATCH] i386/x86-64: Work around gcc bug with noreturn functions in unwinderJan Beulich
Current gcc generates calls not jumps to noreturn functions. When that happens the return address can point to the next function, which confuses the unwinder. This patch works around it by marking asynchronous exception frames in contrast normal call frames in the unwind information. Then teach the unwinder to decode this. For normal call frames the unwinder now subtracts one from the address which avoids this problem. The standard libgcc unwinder uses the same trick. It doesn't include adjustment of the printed address (i.e. for the original example, it'd still be kernel_math_error+0 that gets displayed, but the unwinder wouldn't get confused anymore. This only works with binutils 2.6.17+ and some versions of H.J.Lu's 2.6.16 unfortunately because earlier binutils don't support .cfi_signal_frame [AK: added automatic detection of the new binutils and wrote description] Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Fix some broken white space in ia32_signal.cAndi Kleen
No functional changes Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Initialize argument registers for 32bit signal handlers.Andi Kleen
In case the user space was compiled with -mregparm=3 Following i386. Pointed out by Albert Cahalan Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Remove all traces of signal number conversionAndi Kleen
This was old code that was needed for iBCS and x86-64 never supported that. Pointed out by Albert Cahalan Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Check return values of __copy_to_user in uname emulationAndi Kleen
Quietens some new warnings Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Add __must_check to copy_*_userAndi Kleen
Following i386. And also fix the two occurrences that caused warnings in arch/x86_64/* Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Fix sparse warnings in compat aout codeAndi Kleen
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Fix most sparse warnings in sys_ia32.cAndi Kleen
Mostly by adding casts. I didn't touch the "invalid access past ..." which are caused by the sigset conversion. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] x86-64 TIF flags for debug regs and io bitmap in ctxswStephane Eranian
Hello, Following my discussion with Andi. Here is a patch that introduces two new TIF flags to simplify the context switch code in __switch_to(). The idea is to minimize the number of cache lines accessed in the common case, i.e., when neither the debug registers nor the I/O bitmap are used. This patch covers the x86-64 modifications. A patch for i386 follows. Changelog: - add TIF_DEBUG to track when debug registers are active - add TIF_IO_BITMAP to track when I/O bitmap is used - modify __switch_to() to use the new TIF flags <signed-off-by>: eranian@hpl.hp.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] x86: Add portable getcpu callAndi Kleen
For NUMA optimization and some other algorithms it is useful to have a fast to get the current CPU and node numbers in user space. x86-64 added a fast way to do this in a vsyscall. This adds a generic syscall for other architectures to make it a generic portable facility. I expect some of them will also implement it as a faster vsyscall. The cache is an optimization for the x86-64 vsyscall optimization. Since what the syscall returns is an approximation anyways and user space often wants very fast results it can be cached for some time. The norma methods to get this information in user space are relatively slow The vsyscall is in a better position to manage the cache because it has direct access to a fast time stamp (jiffies). For the generic syscall optimization it doesn't help much, but enforce a valid argument to keep programs portable I only added an i386 syscall entry for now. Other architectures can follow as needed. AK: Also added some cleanups from Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Add ppoll/pselect syscallsAndi Kleen
Needed TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK first Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-26[PATCH] Add TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASKAndi Kleen
We need TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK in order to support ppoll() and pselect() system calls. This patch originally came from Andi, and was based heavily on David Howells' implementation of same on i386. I fixed a typo which was causing do_signal() to use the wrong signal mask. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-11[PATCH] audit: AUDIT_PERM supportAl Viro
add support for AUDIT_PERM predicate Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-09-11[PATCH] audit: more syscall classes addedAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2006-08-30[PATCH] x86_64: Don't write out segments from vsyscall32 DSO if it is not mappedSuleiman Souhlal
It's possible to get an invalid page fault in kernel mode when we try to write out segments from vsyscall32 when dumping core for a 32bit process if the vsyscall32 DSO is not mapped in its address space (which can happen if, for example, ulimit -v 100 is run). Signed-off-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-31[PATCH] vDSO hash-style fixRoland McGrath
The latest toolchains can produce a new ELF section in DSOs and dynamically-linked executables. The new section ".gnu.hash" replaces ".hash", and allows for more efficient runtime symbol lookups by the dynamic linker. The new ld option --hash-style={sysv|gnu|both} controls whether to produce the old ".hash", the new ".gnu.hash", or both. In some new systems such as Fedora Core 6, gcc by default passes --hash-style=gnu to the linker, so that a standard invocation of "gcc -shared" results in producing a DSO with only ".gnu.hash". The new ".gnu.hash" sections need to be dealt with the same way as ".hash" sections in all respects; only the dynamic linker cares about their contents. To work with older dynamic linkers (i.e. preexisting releases of glibc), a binary must have the old ".hash" section. The --hash-style=both option produces binaries that a new dynamic linker can use more efficiently, but an old dynamic linker can still handle. The new section runs afoul of the custom linker scripts used to build vDSO images for the kernel. On ia64, the failure mode for this is a boot-time panic because the vDSO's PT_IA_64_UNWIND segment winds up ill-formed. This patch addresses the problem in two ways. First, it mentions ".gnu.hash" in all the linker scripts alongside ".hash". This produces correct vDSO images with --hash-style=sysv (or old tools), with --hash-style=gnu, or with --hash-style=both. Second, it passes the --hash-style=sysv option when building the vDSO images, so that ".gnu.hash" is not actually produced. This is the most conservative choice for compatibility with any old userland. There is some concern that some ancient glibc builds (though not any known old production system) might choke on --hash-style=both binaries. The optimizations provided by the new style of hash section do not really matter for a DSO with a tiny number of symbols, as the vDSO has. If someone wants to use =gnu or =both for their vDSO builds and worry less about that compatibility, just change the option and the linker script changes will make any choice work fine. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-28[PATCH] x86_64: Don't clobber r8-r11 in int 0x80 handlerAndi Kleen
When int 0x80 is called from long mode r8-r11 would leak out of the kernel (or rather they would be filled with some values from the kernel stack). I don't think it's a security issue because the values come from the fixed stack frame which should be near always user registers from a previous interrupt. Still better fix it. Longer term the register save macros need to be cleaned up to avoid such mistakes in the future. Original analysis from Richard Brunner, fix by me. Cc: Richard.Brunner@amd.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-10[PATCH] x86_64: Fix access check in ptrace compatAndi Kleen
We can't safely directly access an compat_alloc_user_space() pointer with the siginfo copy functions. Bounce it through the stack. Noticed by Al Viro using sparse [ This was only added post 2.6.17, not in any released kernel ] Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-10[PATCH] x86_64: Bring x86-64 ia32 emul in sync with i386 on ↵Markus Schoder
READ_IMPLIES_EXEC enabling Currently ia32 binaries behave differently with respect to enabling READ_IMPLIES_EXEC. On i386 a binary with the exec_stack flag set is executed with READ_IMPLIES_EXEC enabled as well. The same binary executes without READ_IMPLIES_EXEC on x86-64. This causes binaries that work on i386 to fail on x86-64 which goes somewhat against the whole 32 bit emulation idea. It has been argued that READ_IMPLIES_EXEC should not be enabled at all for binaries that have the exec_stack flag. Which is probably a valid point. However until this is clarified I think x86-64 should behave the same for ia32 binaries as i386. The following patch brings x86-64 in sync with i386 for ia32 binaries. Signed-off-by: Markus Schoder <lists@gammarayburst.de> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-03[PATCH] lockdep: irqtrace subsystem, x86_64 supportIngo Molnar
Add irqflags-tracing support to x86_64. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>