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2009-03-30cpumask: fix seq_bitmap_*() functions.Rusty Russell
1) seq_bitmap_list() should take a const. 2) All the seq_bitmap should use cpumask_bits(). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2009-03-28fix setuid sometimes wouldn'tHugh Dickins
check_unsafe_exec() also notes whether the fs_struct is being shared by more threads than will get killed by the exec, and if so sets LSM_UNSAFE_SHARE to make bprm_set_creds() careful about euid. But /proc/<pid>/cwd and /proc/<pid>/root lookups make transient use of get_fs_struct(), which also raises that sharing count. This might occasionally cause a setuid program not to change euid, in the same way as happened with files->count (check_unsafe_exec also looks at sighand->count, but /proc doesn't raise that one). We'd prefer exec not to unshare fs_struct: so fix this in procfs, replacing get_fs_struct() by get_fs_path(), which does path_get while still holding task_lock, instead of raising fs->count. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org ___ fs/proc/base.c | 50 +++++++++++++++-------------------------------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-28fix setuid sometimes doesn'tHugh Dickins
Joe Malicki reports that setuid sometimes doesn't: very rarely, a setuid root program does not get root euid; and, by the way, they have a health check running lsof every few minutes. Right, check_unsafe_exec() notes whether the files_struct is being shared by more threads than will get killed by the exec, and if so sets LSM_UNSAFE_SHARE to make bprm_set_creds() careful about euid. But /proc/<pid>/fd and /proc/<pid>/fdinfo lookups make transient use of get_files_struct(), which also raises that sharing count. There's a rather simple fix for this: exec's check on files->count has been redundant ever since 2.6.1 made it unshare_files() (except while compat_do_execve() omitted to do so) - just remove that check. [Note to -stable: this patch will not apply before 2.6.29: earlier releases should just remove the files->count line from unsafe_exec().] Reported-by: Joe Malicki <jmalicki@metacarta.com> Narrowed-down-by: Michael Itz <mitz@metacarta.com> Tested-by: Joe Malicki <jmalicki@metacarta.com> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-28compat_do_execve should unshare_filesHugh Dickins
2.6.26's commit fd8328be874f4190a811c58cd4778ec2c74d2c05 "sanitize handling of shared descriptor tables in failing execve()" moved the unshare_files() from flush_old_exec() and several binfmts to the head of do_execve(); but forgot to make the same change to compat_do_execve(), leaving a CLONE_FILES files_struct shared across exec from a 32-bit process on a 64-bit kernel. It's arguable whether the files_struct really ought to be unshared across exec; but 2.6.1 made that so to stop the loading binary's fd leaking into other threads, and a 32-bit process on a 64-bit kernel ought to behave in the same way as 32 on 32 and 64 on 64. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (37 commits) fs: avoid I_NEW inodes Merge code for single and multiple-instance mounts Remove get_init_pts_sb() Move common mknod_ptmx() calls into caller Parse mount options just once and copy them to super block Unroll essentials of do_remount_sb() into devpts vfs: simple_set_mnt() should return void fs: move bdev code out of buffer.c constify dentry_operations: rest constify dentry_operations: configfs constify dentry_operations: sysfs constify dentry_operations: JFS constify dentry_operations: OCFS2 constify dentry_operations: GFS2 constify dentry_operations: FAT constify dentry_operations: FUSE constify dentry_operations: procfs constify dentry_operations: ecryptfs constify dentry_operations: CIFS constify dentry_operations: AFS ...
2009-03-27Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-quota-2.6 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-quota-2.6: (27 commits) ext2: Zero our b_size in ext2_quota_read() trivial: fix typos/grammar errors in fs/Kconfig quota: Coding style fixes quota: Remove superfluous inlines quota: Remove uppercase aliases for quota functions. nfsd: Use lowercase names of quota functions jfs: Use lowercase names of quota functions udf: Use lowercase names of quota functions ufs: Use lowercase names of quota functions reiserfs: Use lowercase names of quota functions ext4: Use lowercase names of quota functions ext3: Use lowercase names of quota functions ext2: Use lowercase names of quota functions ramfs: Remove quota call vfs: Use lowercase names of quota functions quota: Remove dqbuf_t and other cleanups quota: Remove NODQUOT macro quota: Make global quota locks cacheline aligned quota: Move quota files into separate directory ext4: quota reservation for delayed allocation ...
2009-03-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/dlm * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/dlm: dlm: fix length calculation in compat code dlm: ignore cancel on granted lock dlm: clear defunct cancel state dlm: replace idr with hash table for connections dlm: comment typo fixes dlm: use ipv6_addr_copy dlm: Change rwlock which is only used in write mode to a spinlock
2009-03-27fs: avoid I_NEW inodesNick Piggin
To be on the safe side, it should be less fragile to exclude I_NEW inodes from inode list scans by default (unless there is an important reason to have them). Normally they will get excluded (eg. by zero refcount or writecount etc), however it is a bit fragile for list walkers to know exactly what parts of the inode state is set up and valid to test when in I_NEW. So along these lines, move I_NEW checks upward as well (sometimes taking I_FREEING etc checks with them too -- this shouldn't be a problem should it?) Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27Merge code for single and multiple-instance mountsSukadev Bhattiprolu
new_pts_mount() (including the get_sb_nodev()), shares a lot of code with init_pts_mount(). The only difference between them is the 'test-super' function passed into sget(). Move all common code into devpts_get_sb() and remove the new_pts_mount() and init_pts_mount() functions, Changelog[v3]: [Serge Hallyn]: Remove unnecessary printk()s Changelog[v2]: (Christoph Hellwig): Merge code in 'do_pts_mount()' into devpts_get_sb() Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Tested-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27Remove get_init_pts_sb()Sukadev Bhattiprolu
With mknod_ptmx() moved to devpts_get_sb(), init_pts_mount() becomes a wrapper around get_init_pts_sb(). Remove get_init_pts_sb() and fold code into init_pts_mount(). Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27Move common mknod_ptmx() calls into callerSukadev Bhattiprolu
We create 'ptmx' node in both single-instance and multiple-instance mounts. So devpts_get_sb() can call mknod_ptmx() once rather than have both modes calling mknod_ptmx() separately. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27Parse mount options just once and copy them to super blockSukadev Bhattiprolu
Since all the mount option parsing is done in devpts, we could do it just once and pass it around in devpts functions and eventually store it in the super block. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27Unroll essentials of do_remount_sb() into devptsSukadev Bhattiprolu
On remount, devpts fs only needs to parse the mount options. Users cannot directly create/dirty files in /dev/pts so the MS_RDONLY flag and shrinking the dcache does not really apply to devpts. So effectively on remount, devpts only parses the mount options and updates these options in its super block. As such, we could replace do_remount_sb() call with a direct parse_mount_options(). Doing so enables subsequent patches to avoid parsing the mount options twice and simplify the code. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27vfs: simple_set_mnt() should return voidSukadev Bhattiprolu
simple_set_mnt() is defined as returning 'int' but always returns 0. Callers assume simple_set_mnt() never fails and don't properly cleanup if it were to _ever_ fail. For instance, get_sb_single() and get_sb_nodev() should: up_write(sb->s_unmount); deactivate_super(sb); if simple_set_mnt() fails. Since simple_set_mnt() never fails, would be cleaner if it did not return anything. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build] Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27fs: move bdev code out of buffer.cNick Piggin
Move some block device related code out from buffer.c and put it in block_dev.c. I'm trying to move non-buffer_head code out of buffer.c Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: restAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: configfsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: sysfsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: JFSAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: OCFS2Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: GFS2Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: FATAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: FUSEAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: procfsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: ecryptfsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: CIFSAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: AFSAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: autofs, autofs4Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: 9pAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: misc filesystemsAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27constify dentry_operations: NFSAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27devpts: Must release s_umount on errorSukadev Bhattiprolu
We should drop the ->s_umount mutex if an error occurs after the sget()/grab_super() call. This was introduced when adding support for multiple instances of devpts and noticed during a code review/reorg. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27do_pipe cleanup: drop its last user in arch/alpha/Cheng Renquan
The last user of do_pipe is in arch/alpha/, after replacing it with do_pipe_flags, the do_pipe can be totally dropped. Signed-off-by: Cheng Renquan <crquan@gmail.com> Acked-by: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27ufs: copy symlink data into the correct union memberDuane Griffin
Copy symlink data into the union member it is accessed through. Although this shouldn't make a difference to behaviour it makes the code easier to follow and grep through. It may also prevent problems if the struct/union definitions change in the future. Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27ufs: ensure fast symlinks are NUL-terminatedDuane Griffin
Ensure fast symlink targets are NUL-terminated, even if corrupted on-disk. Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27ufs: don't truncate longer ufs2 fast symlinksDuane Griffin
ufs2 fast symlinks can be twice as long as ufs ones, however the code was using the ufs size in various places. Fix that so ufs2 symlinks over 60 characters aren't truncated. Note that we copy the entire area instead of using the maxsymlinklen field from the superblock. This way we will be more robust against corruption (of the superblock). While we are at it, use memcpy instead of open-coding it with for loops. Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27ufs: validate maximum fast symlink size from superblockDuane Griffin
The maximum fast symlink size is set in the superblock of certain types of UFS filesystem. Before using it we need to check that it isn't longer than the available space we have in the inode. Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27cleanup may_openChristoph Hellwig
Add a switch for the various i_mode fmt cases, and remove the comment about writeability of devices nodes - that part is handled in inode_permission and comment on (briefly) there. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27cleanup d_add_ciChristoph Hellwig
Make sure that comments describe what's going on and not how, and always use __d_instantiate instead of two separate branches, one with d_instantiate and one with __d_instantiate. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27generic compat_sys_ustatChristoph Hellwig
Due to a different size of ino_t ustat needs a compat handler, but currently only x86 and mips provide one. Add a generic compat_sys_ustat and switch all architectures over to it. Instead of doing various user copy hacks compat_sys_ustat just reimplements sys_ustat as it's trivial. This was suggested by Arnd Bergmann. Found by Eric Sandeen when running xfstests/017 on ppc64, which causes stack smashing warnings on RHEL/Fedora due to the too large amount of data writen by the syscall. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-27affs: fix missing unlocks in affs_remove_linkChristoph Hellwig
In two error cases affs_remove_link doesn't call affs_unlock_dir to release the i_hash_lock semaphore. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-26Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Rationalize fasync return values Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync() Use f_lock to protect f_flags Rename struct file->f_ep_lock
2009-03-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git390.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6: (81 commits) [S390] remove duplicated #includes [S390] cpumask: use mm_cpumask() wrapper [S390] cpumask: Use accessors code. [S390] cpumask: prepare for iterators to only go to nr_cpu_ids/nr_cpumask_bits. [S390] cpumask: remove cpu_coregroup_map [S390] fix clock comparator save area usage [S390] Add hwcap flag for the etf3 enhancement facility [S390] Ensure that ipl panic notifier is called late. [S390] fix dfp elf hwcap/facility bit detection [S390] smp: perform initial cpu reset before starting a cpu [S390] smp: fix memory leak on __cpu_up [S390] ipl: Improve checking logic and remove switch defaults. [S390] s390dbf: Remove needless check for NULL pointer. [S390] s390dbf: Remove redundant initilizations. [S390] use kzfree() [S390] BUG to BUG_ON changes [S390] zfcpdump: Prevent zcore from beeing built as a kernel module. [S390] Use csum_partial in checksum.h [S390] cleanup lowcore.h [S390] eliminate ipl_device from lowcore ...
2009-03-26Merge branch 'for-2.6.30' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.30' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: Get rid of pdflush_operation() in emergency sync and remount btrfs: get rid of current_is_pdflush() in btrfs_btree_balance_dirty Move the default_backing_dev_info out of readahead.c and into backing-dev.c block: Repeated lines in switching-sched.txt bsg: Remove bogus check against request_queue->max_sectors block: WARN in __blk_put_request() for potential bio leak loop: fix circular locking in loop_clr_fd() loop: support barrier writes bsg: add support for tail queuing cpqarray: enable bus mastering block: genhd.h cleanup patch block: add private bio_set for bio integrity allocations block: genhd.h comment needs updating block: get rid of unused blkdev_free_rq() define block: remove various blk_queue_*() setting functions in blk_init_queue_node() cciss: add BUILD_BUG_ON() for catching bad CommandList_struct alignment block: don't create bio_vec slabs of less than the inline number block: cleanup bio_alloc_bioset()
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1750 commits) ixgbe: Allow Priority Flow Control settings to survive a device reset net: core: remove unneeded include in net/core/utils.c. e1000e: update version number e1000e: fix close interrupt race e1000e: fix loss of multicast packets e1000e: commonize tx cleanup routine to match e1000 & igb netfilter: fix nf_logger name in ebt_ulog. netfilter: fix warning in ebt_ulog init function. netfilter: fix warning about invalid const usage e1000: fix close race with interrupt e1000: cleanup clean_tx_irq routine so that it completely cleans ring e1000: fix tx hang detect logic and address dma mapping issues bridge: bad error handling when adding invalid ether address bonding: select current active slave when enslaving device for mode tlb and alb gianfar: reallocate skb when headroom is not enough for fcb Bump release date to 25Mar2009 and version to 0.22 r6040: Fix second PHY address qeth: fix wait_event_timeout handling qeth: check for completion of a running recovery qeth: unregister MAC addresses during recovery. ... Manually fixed up conflicts in: drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_nic.c
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6: [CIFS] Fix memory overwrite when saving nativeFileSystem field during mount [CIFS] Rename compose_mount_options to cifs_compose_mount_options. [CIFS] work around bug in Samba server handling for posix open [CIFS] Use posix open on file open when server supports it cifs: fix buffer format byte on NT Rename/hardlink [CIFS] Add definitions for remoteably fsctl calls [CIFS] add extra null attr check [CIFS] fix build error [CIFS] reopen file via newer posix open protocol operation if available [CIFS] Add new nostrictsync cifs mount option to avoid slow SMB flush [CIFS] DFS no longer experimental [CIFS] Send SMB flush in cifs_fsync
2009-03-26ext3: Avoid starting a transaction in writepage when not necessaryJan Kara
We don't have to start a transaction in writepage() when all the blocks are a properly allocated. Even in ordered mode either the data has been written via write() and they are thus already added to transaction's list or the data was written via mmap and then it's random in which transaction they get written anyway. This should help VM to pageout dirty memory without blocking on transaction commits. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-26Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
Conflicts: drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/usb-notif.c
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6: (61 commits) Dynamic debug: fix pr_fmt() build error Dynamic debug: allow simple quoting of words dynamic debug: update docs dynamic debug: combine dprintk and dynamic printk sysfs: fix some bin_vm_ops errors kobject: don't block for each kobject_uevent sysfs: only allow one scheduled removal callback per kobj Driver core: Fix device_move() vs. dpm list ordering, v2 Driver core: some cleanup on drivers/base/sys.c Driver core: implement uevent suppress in kobject vcs: hook sysfs devices into object lifetime instead of "binding" driver core: fix passing platform_data driver core: move platform_data into platform_device sysfs: don't block indefinitely for unmapped files. driver core: move knode_bus into private structure driver core: move knode_driver into private structure driver core: move klist_children into private structure driver core: create a private portion of struct device driver core: remove polling for driver_probe_done(v5) sysfs: reference sysfs_dirent from sysfs inodes ... Fixed conflicts in drivers/sh/maple/maple.c manually
2009-03-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmwLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw: GFS2: Fix freeze issue Fix a minor bug in the previous patch GFS2: Clean up of glops.c GFS2: Fix locking bug in failed shared to exclusive conversion GFS2: Pagecache usage optimization on GFS2 GFS2: fix sparse warning: Should it be static? GFS2: fix sparse warnings: constant is so big it is ... GFS2: Support quota/noquota mount arguments GFS2: Fix alignment issue and tidy gfs2_bitfit GFS2: Add a "demote a glock" interface to sysfs GFS2: Expose UUID via sysfs/uevent GFS2: Support generation of discard requests GFS2: Fix deadlock on journal flush GFS2: Fix error path ref counting for root inode GFS2: Remove unused field from glock GFS2: Merge lock_dlm module into GFS2 GFS2: Remove "double" locking in quota GFS2: change gfs2_quota_scan into a shrinker GFS2: Bring back lvb-related stuff to lock_nolock to support quotas GFS2: Fix remount argument parsing