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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/arm/kernel, branch v4.17.2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>ARM: 8771/1: kprobes: Prohibit kprobes on do_undefinstr</title>
<updated>2018-05-19T10:35:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-05-13T04:04:16+00:00</published>
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Prohibit kprobes on do_undefinstr because kprobes on
arm is implemented by undefined instruction. This means
if we probe do_undefinstr(), it can cause infinit
recursive exception.

Fixes: 24ba613c9d6c ("ARM kprobes: core code")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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Prohibit kprobes on do_undefinstr because kprobes on
arm is implemented by undefined instruction. This means
if we probe do_undefinstr(), it can cause infinit
recursive exception.

Fixes: 24ba613c9d6c ("ARM kprobes: core code")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ARM: kexec: record parent context registers for non-crash CPUs</title>
<updated>2018-05-19T10:35:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Russell King</name>
<email>rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-11T18:35:19+00:00</published>
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How we got to machine_crash_nonpanic_core() (iow, from an IPI, etc) is
not interesting for debugging a crash.  The more interesting context
is the parent context prior to the IPI being received.

Record the parent context register state rather than the register state
in machine_crash_nonpanic_core(), which is more relevant to the failing
condition.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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How we got to machine_crash_nonpanic_core() (iow, from an IPI, etc) is
not interesting for debugging a crash.  The more interesting context
is the parent context prior to the IPI being received.

Record the parent context register state rather than the register state
in machine_crash_nonpanic_core(), which is more relevant to the failing
condition.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ARM: kexec: fix kdump register saving on panic()</title>
<updated>2018-05-19T10:35:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Russell King</name>
<email>rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-11T17:24:01+00:00</published>
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When a panic() occurs, the kexec code uses smp_send_stop() to stop
the other CPUs, but this results in the CPU register state not being
saved, and gdb is unable to inspect the state of other CPUs.

Commit 0ee59413c967 ("x86/panic: replace smp_send_stop() with kdump
friendly version in panic path") addressed the issue on x86, but
ignored other architectures.  Address the issue on ARM by splitting
out the crash stop implementation to crash_smp_send_stop() and
adding the necessary protection.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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When a panic() occurs, the kexec code uses smp_send_stop() to stop
the other CPUs, but this results in the CPU register state not being
saved, and gdb is unable to inspect the state of other CPUs.

Commit 0ee59413c967 ("x86/panic: replace smp_send_stop() with kdump
friendly version in panic path") addressed the issue on x86, but
ignored other architectures.  Address the issue on ARM by splitting
out the crash stop implementation to crash_smp_send_stop() and
adding the necessary protection.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm</title>
<updated>2018-04-09T16:19:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-09T16:19:30+00:00</published>
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Pull ARM updates from Russell King:
 "A number of core ARM changes:

   - Refactoring linker script by Nicolas Pitre

   - Enable source fortification

   - Add support for Cortex R8"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm:
  ARM: decompressor: fix warning introduced in fortify patch
  ARM: 8751/1: Add support for Cortex-R8 processor
  ARM: 8749/1: Kconfig: Add ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
  ARM: simplify and fix linker script for TCM
  ARM: linker script: factor out TCM bits
  ARM: linker script: factor out vectors and stubs
  ARM: linker script: factor out unwinding table sections
  ARM: linker script: factor out stuff for the .text section
  ARM: linker script: factor out stuff for the DISCARD section
  ARM: linker script: factor out some common definitions between XIP and non-XIP
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Pull ARM updates from Russell King:
 "A number of core ARM changes:

   - Refactoring linker script by Nicolas Pitre

   - Enable source fortification

   - Add support for Cortex R8"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm:
  ARM: decompressor: fix warning introduced in fortify patch
  ARM: 8751/1: Add support for Cortex-R8 processor
  ARM: 8749/1: Kconfig: Add ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
  ARM: simplify and fix linker script for TCM
  ARM: linker script: factor out TCM bits
  ARM: linker script: factor out vectors and stubs
  ARM: linker script: factor out unwinding table sections
  ARM: linker script: factor out stuff for the .text section
  ARM: linker script: factor out stuff for the DISCARD section
  ARM: linker script: factor out some common definitions between XIP and non-XIP
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux</title>
<updated>2018-04-03T04:22:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-03T04:22:12+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski:
 "System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel.
  Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or
  compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the
  syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel.

  At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from
  v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is
  better to use use a different calling convention for system calls
  there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper
  which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This
  means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a
  specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of
  filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the
  time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those
  x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near
  future.

  Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel
  data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is
  generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific
  code.

  This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the
  kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the
  three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely
  kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h"

* 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits)
  bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection
  kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions
  kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries
  syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h
  net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h
  kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h
  x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0
  x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long
  x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()
  mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead()
  mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff()
  mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
  fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate()
  fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
  fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate()
  fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall
  kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid()
  kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare()
  ...
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Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski:
 "System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel.
  Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or
  compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the
  syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel.

  At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from
  v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is
  better to use use a different calling convention for system calls
  there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper
  which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This
  means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a
  specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of
  filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the
  time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those
  x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near
  future.

  Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel
  data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is
  generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific
  code.

  This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the
  kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the
  three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely
  kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h"

* 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits)
  bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection
  kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions
  kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries
  syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h
  net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h
  kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h
  x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0
  x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long
  x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()
  mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead()
  mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff()
  mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
  fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate()
  fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
  fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate()
  fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall
  kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid()
  kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare()
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()</title>
<updated>2018-04-02T18:16:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dominik Brodowski</name>
<email>linux@dominikbrodowski.net</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-11T10:34:45+00:00</published>
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Using the ksys_fadvise64_64() helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_fadvise64_64() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that
this function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as ksys_fadvise64_64().

Some compat stubs called sys_fadvise64(), which then just passed through
the arguments to sys_fadvise64_64(). Get rid of this indirection, and call
ksys_fadvise64_64() directly.

This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net

Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski &lt;linux@dominikbrodowski.net&gt;
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Using the ksys_fadvise64_64() helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_fadvise64_64() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that
this function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as ksys_fadvise64_64().

Some compat stubs called sys_fadvise64(), which then just passed through
the arguments to sys_fadvise64_64(). Get rid of this indirection, and call
ksys_fadvise64_64() directly.

This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net

Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski &lt;linux@dominikbrodowski.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm</title>
<updated>2018-03-28T00:28:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-28T00:28:40+00:00</published>
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Pull ARM fixes from Russell King:
 "A small number of small fixes for ARM, mostly for some build issues.

  One fix for a regression caused by the cpu hotplug conversion from a
  few kernel versions ago"

* 'fixes' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm:
  ARM: 8750/1: deflate_xip_data.sh: minor fixes
  ARM: 8748/1: mm: Define vdso_start, vdso_end as array
  ARM: 8747/1: make CONFIG_DEBUG_WX depend on MMU
  ARM: 8746/1: vfp: Go back to clearing vfp_current_hw_state[]
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<pre>
Pull ARM fixes from Russell King:
 "A small number of small fixes for ARM, mostly for some build issues.

  One fix for a regression caused by the cpu hotplug conversion from a
  few kernel versions ago"

* 'fixes' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm:
  ARM: 8750/1: deflate_xip_data.sh: minor fixes
  ARM: 8748/1: mm: Define vdso_start, vdso_end as array
  ARM: 8747/1: make CONFIG_DEBUG_WX depend on MMU
  ARM: 8746/1: vfp: Go back to clearing vfp_current_hw_state[]
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ARM: 8748/1: mm: Define vdso_start, vdso_end as array</title>
<updated>2018-03-24T14:27:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jinbum Park</name>
<email>jinb.park7@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-06T00:37:21+00:00</published>
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Define vdso_start, vdso_end as array to avoid compile-time analysis error
for the case of built with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.

and, since vdso_start, vdso_end are used in vdso.c only,
move extern-declaration from vdso.h to vdso.c.

If kernel is built with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE,
compile-time error happens at this code.
- if (memcmp(&amp;vdso_start, "177ELF", 4))

The size of "&amp;vdso_start" is recognized as 1 byte, but n is 4,
So that compile-time error is reported.

Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jinbum Park &lt;jinb.park7@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
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Define vdso_start, vdso_end as array to avoid compile-time analysis error
for the case of built with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.

and, since vdso_start, vdso_end are used in vdso.c only,
move extern-declaration from vdso.h to vdso.c.

If kernel is built with CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE,
compile-time error happens at this code.
- if (memcmp(&amp;vdso_start, "177ELF", 4))

The size of "&amp;vdso_start" is recognized as 1 byte, but n is 4,
So that compile-time error is reported.

Acked-by: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jinbum Park &lt;jinb.park7@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ARM: simplify and fix linker script for TCM</title>
<updated>2018-03-10T01:20:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicolas Pitre</name>
<email>nicolas.pitre@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-09T02:12:04+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=b54290e51accea4f696f5dacef8e609d0ccbe54a'/>
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<content type='text'>
Let's put the TCM stuff in the __init section directly. No need for
a separately freed memory area.

Remove redundant linker sections, as well as comments that were more
confusing than no comments at all. Finally make it XIP compatible by
using LOAD_OFFSET in the section LMA specification.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre &lt;nico@linaro.org&gt;
Tested-by: Chris Brandt &lt;Chris.Brandt@renesas.com&gt;
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<pre>
Let's put the TCM stuff in the __init section directly. No need for
a separately freed memory area.

Remove redundant linker sections, as well as comments that were more
confusing than no comments at all. Finally make it XIP compatible by
using LOAD_OFFSET in the section LMA specification.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre &lt;nico@linaro.org&gt;
Tested-by: Chris Brandt &lt;Chris.Brandt@renesas.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ARM: linker script: factor out TCM bits</title>
<updated>2018-03-10T01:20:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicolas Pitre</name>
<email>nicolas.pitre@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-09T01:19:48+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=c3146c43db4974f4571bd9d42b172ca03a9137c6'/>
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<content type='text'>
This is a plain move with identical results, and therefore
still broken in the XIP case.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre &lt;nico@linaro.org&gt;
Tested-by: Chris Brandt &lt;Chris.Brandt@renesas.com&gt;
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<pre>
This is a plain move with identical results, and therefore
still broken in the XIP case.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre &lt;nico@linaro.org&gt;
Tested-by: Chris Brandt &lt;Chris.Brandt@renesas.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
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