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2010-02-15ARM: 5927/1: Make delimiters of DMA area globally visibly.Fenkart/Bostandzhyan
Adds DMA area to 'virtual memory map' startup message Tested-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Fenkart <andreas.fenkart@streamunlimited.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5926/1: Add "Virtual kernel memory..." printout.Fenkart/Bostandzhyan
Code based on parisc and x86_32. Tested-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Fenkart <andreas.fenkart@streamunlimited.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5920/1: OMAP4: Enable L2 CacheSantosh Shilimkar
This patch enables L2 cache and associated Errata on the OMAP4430 SDP. Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5919/1: ARM: L2 : Errata 588369: Clean & Invalidate do not invalidate ↵Santosh Shilimkar
clean lines This patch implements the work-around for the errata 588369.The secure API is used to alter L2 debug register because of trust-zone. This version updated with comments from Russell and Catalin and generated against 2.6.33-rc6 mainline kernel. Detail comments can be found: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-omap/msg23431.html Signed-off-by: Woodruff Richard <r-woodruff2@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5917/1: OMAP4: Add L2 Cache supportSantosh Shilimkar
This patch adds L2 Cache support for OMAP4. External L2 cache is used in OMAP4 CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5916/1: ARM: L2 : Add maintainace by line helper functionsSantosh Shilimkar
This patch adds the cache maintainance by line helper functions. Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: vfp ptrace: no point flushing hw context for PTRACE_GETVFPREGSRussell King
If we're only reading the VFP context via the ptrace call, there's no need to invalidate the hardware context - we only need to do that on PTRACE_SETVFPREGS. This allows more efficient monitoring of a traced task. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: vfp: fix vfp_sync_state()Russell King
The more I look at vfp_sync_state(), the more I believe it's trying to do its job in a really obscure way. Essentially, last_VFP_context[] tracks who owns the state in the VFP hardware. If last_VFP_context[] is the context for the thread which we're interested in, then the VFP hardware has context which is not saved in the software state - so we need to bring the software state up to date. If last_VFP_context[] is for some other thread, we really don't care what state the VFP hardware is in; it doesn't contain any information pertinent to the thread we're trying to deal with - so don't touch the hardware. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: ptrace: get rid of PTRACE_{PEEK,POKE}{TEXT,DATA}Russell King
The generic ptrace_request() handles these for us, so there's no need to duplicate them in arch code. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5912/1: Define a 32-bit Thumb-2 breakpoint instructionDaniel Jacobowitz
Recognize 0xf7f0 0xa000 as a 32-bit breakpoint instruction for Thumb-2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5911/1: ARM: Select CPU_32v6K for CPU_V7 only if ARCH_OMAP2 is not selectedTony Lindgren
Otherwise the kernel built with both CPU_V6 and CPU_V7 will not boot on omap2. Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5905/1: ARM: Global ASID allocation on SMPCatalin Marinas
The current ASID allocation algorithm doesn't ensure the notification of the other CPUs when the ASID rolls over. This may lead to two processes using the same ASID (but different generation) or multiple threads of the same process using different ASIDs. This patch adds the broadcasting of the ASID rollover event to the other CPUs. To avoid a race on multiple CPUs modifying "cpu_last_asid" during the handling of the broadcast, the ASID numbering now starts at "smp_processor_id() + 1". At rollover, the cpu_last_asid will be set to NR_CPUS. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5906/1: arm: change command_line to cmd_lineJeremy Kerr
drivers/of/fdt expects a cmd_line symbol, while arm uses command_line. Change to the former, so that we can eventually share with the fdt code. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5897/1: spinlock: don't use deprecated barriers on ARMv7Rabin Vincent
On ARMv7, the use of the cp15 operations for barriers is deprecated in favour of the isb, dsb, and dmb instructions. Change the locking functions to use the appropriate type of dsb for the architecture being built for. Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5889/1: Add atomic64 routines for ARMv6k and above.Will Deacon
In preparation for perf-events support, ARM needs to support atomic64_t operations. v6k and above support the ldrexd and strexd instructions to do just that. This patch adds atomic64 support to the ARM architecture. v6k and above make use of new instructions whilst older cores fall back on the generic solution using spinlocks. If and when v7-M cores are supported by Linux, they will need to fall back on the spinlock implementation too. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: add notify_die() supportRussell King
Kernel debuggers want to be informed of die() events, so that they can take some action to allow the problem to be inspected. Provide the hook in a similar manner to x86. Note that we currently don't implement the individual trap hooks. Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: 5880/1: arm: use generic infrastructure for early paramsJeremy Kerr
The ARM setup code includes its own parser for early params, there's also one in the generic init code. This patch removes __early_init (and related code) from arch/arm/kernel/setup.c, and changes users to the generic early_init macro instead. The generic macro takes a char * argument, rather than char **, so we need to update the parser functions a little. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: Move creation of /proc/cpu out of alignment.cRussell King
Always creating this directory avoids other users having to jump through silly hoops when they want to share this directory. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: move LED support code out of arch/arm/kernel/time.cRussell King
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: remove old RTC supportRussell King
All RTC drivers have been converted to rtclib, so the old code providing the set_rtc function pointer, save_time_delta() and restore_time_delta() functions is obsolete. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-02-15ARM: Add caller information to ioremapRussell King
This allows the procfs vmallocinfo file to show who created the ioremap regions. Note: __builtin_return_address(0) doesn't do what's expected if its used in an inline function, so we leave __arm_ioremap callers in such places alone. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-01-12Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: ARM: Ensure ARMv6/7 mm files are built using appropriate assembler options ARM: Fix wrong dmb ARM: 5874/1: serial21285: fix disable_irq-from-interrupt-handler deadlock ARM: 5873/1: ARM: Fix the reset logic for ARM RealView boards ARM: 5872/1: ARM: include needed linux/cpu.h in asm/cpu.h ARM: 5871/1: arch/arm: Fix build failure for lpd7a404_defconfig caused by missing includes ARM: 5870/1: arch/arm: Fix build failure for defconfigs without CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API set ARM: 5868/1: ARM: fix "BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code" ARM: 5867/1: Update U300 defconfig ARM: 5866/1: arm ptrace: use unsigned types for kernel pt_regs [ARM] pxa: fix strange characters in zaurus gpio .desc ARM: add missing recvmmsg syscall number [ARM] pxa: fix compiler warnings of unused variable 'id' in cpu_is_pxa9*() [ARM] pxa: update pwm_backlight->notify() to include missed 'struct device *' [ARM] pxa: enable L2 if present in XSC3 [ARM] pxa: do not enable L2 after MMU is enabled
2010-01-12Merge branch 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linusLinus Torvalds
* 'upstream' of git://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/upstream-linus: (22 commits) MIPS: Ignore vmlinux.* MIPS: Move vmlinux.ecoff to arch/mips/boot MIPS: cpumask_of_node() should handle -1 as a node MIPS: Octeon: Use non-overflowing arithmetic in sched_clock MIPS: Malta, PowerTV: Remove unnecessary "Linux started" MIPS: BCM63xx: Remove duplicate CONFIG_CMDLINE. MIPS: AR7: Remove unused prom_getchar() MIPS: PowerTV: Remove extra r4k_clockevent_init() call MIPS: Cobalt use strlcat() for the command line arguments MIPS: Octeon: Add sched_clock() to csrc-octeon.c MIPS: TXx9: Cleanup builtin-cmdline processing MIPS: PowerTV: simplify prom_init_cmdline() and merge into prom_init() MIPS: PowerTV: Remove unused platform_die() MIPS: PowerTV: Remove mips_machine_halt() MIPS: PowerTV: Remove unused ptv_memsize MIPS: PowerTV: Remove unused prom_getcmdline() MIPS: AR7: Remove kgdb_enabled MIPS: Alchemy: Correct code taking the size of a pointer MIPS: BCM63xx: Fix whitespace damaged board_bcm963xx.c MIPS: VR41xx: Use strlcat() for the command line arguments ...
2010-01-12m68knommu: fix definitions of __pa() and __va()Greg Ungerer
Fix compilation breakage of all m68knommu targets: CC arch/m68knommu/kernel/asm-offsets.s In file included from include/linux/sched.h:77, from arch/m68knommu/kernel/asm-offsets.c:12: include/linux/percpu.h: In function 'per_cpu_ptr_to_phys': include/linux/percpu.h:161: error: implicit declaration of function 'virt_to_phy This is broken in linux-2.6.33-rc3. Change the definitions of __pa() and __va() to not use virt_to_phys() and phys_to_virt(). Trivial 1:1 conversion required for the non-MMU case. A side effect if this is that the m68knommu can now use asm/virtconvert.h for the definition of virt_to_phys() and phys_to_virt(). Also cleaned up the definition of page_to_phys() when moving into virtconvert.h. Signed-off-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-01-12ARM: Ensure ARMv6/7 mm files are built using appropriate assembler optionsRussell King
A kernel with both ARMv6 and ARMv7 selected results in build errors. Fix this by specifying the proper architectures for these assembly files. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-01-12ARM: Fix wrong dmbRussell King
The __kuser_cmpxchg code uses an ARMv6 dmb instruction, rather than one based upon the architecture being built for. Switch to using the macro provided for this purpose, which also eliminates the need for an ifdef. Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-01-12MIPS: Ignore vmlinux.*Yoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/795/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Move vmlinux.ecoff to arch/mips/bootYoichi Yuasa
It moves to the same directory as the boot files in other formats. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/796/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: cpumask_of_node() should handle -1 as a nodeAnton Blanchard
pcibus_to_node can return -1 if we cannot determine which node a pci bus is on. If passed -1, cpumask_of_node will negatively index the lookup array and pull in random data: # cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/local_cpus 00000000,00000003,00000000,00000000 # cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/local_cpulist 64-65 Change cpumask_of_node to check for -1 and return cpu_all_mask in this case: # cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/local_cpus ffffffff,ffffffff,ffffffff,ffffffff # cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/local_cpulist 0-127 Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/831/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Octeon: Use non-overflowing arithmetic in sched_clockDavid Daney
With typical mult and shift values, the calculation for Octeon's sched_clock overflows when using 64-bit arithmetic. Use 128-bit calculations instead. Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/849/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Malta, PowerTV: Remove unnecessary "Linux started"Yoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/813/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: BCM63xx: Remove duplicate CONFIG_CMDLINE.Yoichi Yuasa
Builtin cmdline is copied by arch_mem_init(). Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/812/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: AR7: Remove unused prom_getchar()Yoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/811/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: PowerTV: Remove extra r4k_clockevent_init() callDavid VomLehn
A call to r4k_clocksource_init() was added to plat_time_init(), but when init_mips_clock_source() calls the same function, boot fails in clockevents_register_device(). This patch removes the extraneous call. Signed-off-by: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/803/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Cobalt use strlcat() for the command line argumentsYoichi Yuasa
Tested with CoLo v1.22 Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/807/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Octeon: Add sched_clock() to csrc-octeon.cDavid Daney
With the advent of function graph tracing on MIPS, Octeon needs a high precision sched_clock() implementation. Without it, most timing numbers are reported as 0.000. This new sched_clock just uses the 64-bit cycle counter appropriately scaled. Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/805/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: TXx9: Cleanup builtin-cmdline processingAtsushi Nemoto
Since commit 898d357b5262f9e26bc2418e01f8676e80d9867e (lmo) / 6acc7d485c24c00e111c61b2e6dff9180faebcae (kernel.org) ("Fix and enhance built-in kernel command line") arcs_cmdline[] does not contain built-in command line. The commit introduce CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL and CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE to control built-in command line, and now we can use them instead of platform-specific built-in command line processing. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/802/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: PowerTV: simplify prom_init_cmdline() and merge into prom_init()Yoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/801/ Reviewed-by: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: PowerTV: Remove unused platform_die()Yoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/800/ Reviewed-by: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: PowerTV: Remove mips_machine_halt()Yoichi Yuasa
mips_machine_halt() is same as mips_machine_restart(). Also delete the registration of _machine_halt and pm_power_off because mips_machine_halt() is the restart function. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/798/ Reviewed-by: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: PowerTV: Remove unused ptv_memsizeYoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/799/ Reviewed-by: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: PowerTV: Remove unused prom_getcmdline()Yoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/797/ Reviewed-by: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: AR7: Remove kgdb_enabledYoichi Yuasa
An unused leftover from the old KGDB implementation. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/794/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Alchemy: Correct code taking the size of a pointerJulia Lawall
sizeof(dp) is just the size of the pointer. Change it to the size of the referenced structure. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression *x; expression f; type T; @@ *f(...,(T)x,...) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/789/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: BCM63xx: Fix whitespace damaged board_bcm963xx.cFlorian Fainelli
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <ffainelli@freebox.fr> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: VR41xx: Use strlcat() for the command line argumentsYoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@linux-mips.org> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/784/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Cleanup and Fixup of compressed kernel supportWu Zhangjin
o Remove the .initrd section. The initrd section was already handled when vmlinux was linked. o Discard .MIPS.options, .options, .pdr, .reginfo, .comment and .note sections. If .MIPS.options is not removed, kernels compiled with gcc 3.4.6 will not boot. o Clean up the file format. o Remove several other unneeded sections. Tested with GCC 3.4.6 and 4.4.1 with and without initrd. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/785/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-12MIPS: Cleanup forgotten label_module_alloc in tlbex.cDavid Daney
commit c8af165342e83a4eb078c9607d29a7c399d30a53 (lmo) rsp. e0cc87f59490d7d62a8ab2a76498dc8a2b64927a (kernel.org) left label_module_alloc unused. Remove it now. Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/752/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-01-11Revert "x86, apic: Use logical flat on intel with <= 8 logical cpus"Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
Revert commit 2fbd07a5f5d1295fa9b0c0564ec27da7c276a75a, as this commit breaks an IBM platform with quad-core Xeon cpu's. According to Suresh, this might be an IBM platform issue, as on other Intel platforms with <= 8 logical cpu's, logical flat mode works fine irespective of physical apic id values (inline with the xapic architecture). Revert this for now because of the IBM platform breakage. Another version will be re-submitted after the complete analysis. Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-01-11core, x86: make LIST_POISON less deadlyAvi Kivity
The list macros use LIST_POISON1 and LIST_POISON2 as undereferencable pointers in order to trap erronous use of freed list_heads. Unfortunately userspace can arrange for those pointers to actually be dereferencable, potentially turning an oops to an expolit. To avoid this allow architectures (currently x86_64 only) to override the default values for these pointers with truly-undereferencable values. This is easy on x86_64 as the virtual address space is large and contains areas that cannot be mapped. Other 64-bit architectures will likely find similar unmapped ranges. [ingo: switch to 0xdead000000000000 as the unmapped area] [ingo: add comments, cleanup] [jaswinder: eliminate sparse warnings] Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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