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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/parisc/kernel, branch v4.6.2</title>
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<title>parisc: fix a bug when syscall number of tracee is __NR_Linux_syscalls</title>
<updated>2016-05-06T13:09:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry V. Levin</name>
<email>ldv@altlinux.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-27T01:56:11+00:00</published>
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Do not load one entry beyond the end of the syscall table when the
syscall number of a traced process equals to __NR_Linux_syscalls.
Similar bug with regular processes was fixed by commit 3bb457af4fa8
("[PARISC] Fix bug when syscall nr is __NR_Linux_syscalls").

This bug was found by strace test suite.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dmitry V. Levin &lt;ldv@altlinux.org&gt;
Acked-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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Do not load one entry beyond the end of the syscall table when the
syscall number of a traced process equals to __NR_Linux_syscalls.
Similar bug with regular processes was fixed by commit 3bb457af4fa8
("[PARISC] Fix bug when syscall nr is __NR_Linux_syscalls").

This bug was found by strace test suite.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dmitry V. Levin &lt;ldv@altlinux.org&gt;
Acked-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'parisc-4.6-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux</title>
<updated>2016-04-15T21:51:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-15T21:51:45+00:00</published>
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Pull parisc ftrace fixes from Helge Deller:
 "This is (most likely) the last pull request for v4.6 for the parisc
  architecture.

  It fixes the FTRACE feature for parisc, which is horribly broken since
   quite some time and doesn't even compile.  This patch just fixes the
  bare minimum (it actually removes more lines than it adds), so that
  the function tracer works again on 32- and 64bit kernels.

  I've queued up additional patches on top of this patch which e.g. add
  the syscall tracer, but those have to wait for the merge window for
  v4.7."

* 'parisc-4.6-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux:
  parisc: Fix ftrace function tracer
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Pull parisc ftrace fixes from Helge Deller:
 "This is (most likely) the last pull request for v4.6 for the parisc
  architecture.

  It fixes the FTRACE feature for parisc, which is horribly broken since
   quite some time and doesn't even compile.  This patch just fixes the
  bare minimum (it actually removes more lines than it adds), so that
  the function tracer works again on 32- and 64bit kernels.

  I've queued up additional patches on top of this patch which e.g. add
  the syscall tracer, but those have to wait for the merge window for
  v4.7."

* 'parisc-4.6-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux:
  parisc: Fix ftrace function tracer
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<entry>
<title>parisc: Fix ftrace function tracer</title>
<updated>2016-04-14T15:47:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-13T20:27:22+00:00</published>
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Fix the FTRACE function tracer for 32- and 64-bit kernel.
The former code was horribly broken.

Reimplement most coding in assembly and utilize optimizations, e.g. put
mcount() and ftrace_stub() into one L1 cacheline.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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Fix the FTRACE function tracer for 32- and 64-bit kernel.
The former code was horribly broken.

Reimplement most coding in assembly and utilize optimizations, e.g. put
mcount() and ftrace_stub() into one L1 cacheline.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>parisc: Unbreak handling exceptions from kernel modules</title>
<updated>2016-04-08T20:14:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-08T16:32:52+00:00</published>
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Handling exceptions from modules never worked on parisc.
It was just masked by the fact that exceptions from modules
don't happen during normal use.

When a module triggers an exception in get_user() we need to load the
main kernel dp value before accessing the exception_data structure, and
afterwards restore the original dp value of the module on exit.

Noticed-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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Handling exceptions from modules never worked on parisc.
It was just masked by the fact that exceptions from modules
don't happen during normal use.

When a module triggers an exception in get_user() we need to load the
main kernel dp value before accessing the exception_data structure, and
afterwards restore the original dp value of the module on exit.

Noticed-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>parisc: Fix kernel crash with reversed copy_from_user()</title>
<updated>2016-04-08T20:14:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-08T16:18:48+00:00</published>
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The kernel module testcase (lib/test_user_copy.c) exhibited a kernel
crash on parisc if the parameters for copy_from_user were reversed
("illegal reversed copy_to_user" testcase).

Fix this potential crash by checking the fault handler if the faulting
address is in the exception table.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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The kernel module testcase (lib/test_user_copy.c) exhibited a kernel
crash on parisc if the parameters for copy_from_user were reversed
("illegal reversed copy_to_user" testcase).

Fix this potential crash by checking the fault handler if the faulting
address is in the exception table.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>parisc: Avoid function pointers for kernel exception routines</title>
<updated>2016-04-08T20:13:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-08T16:11:33+00:00</published>
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We want to avoid the kernel module loader to create function pointers
for the kernel fixup routines of get_user() and put_user(). Changing
the external reference from function type to int type fixes this.

This unbreaks exception handling for get_user() and put_user() when
called from a kernel module.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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We want to avoid the kernel module loader to create function pointers
for the kernel fixup routines of get_user() and put_user(). Changing
the external reference from function type to int type fixes this.

This unbreaks exception handling for get_user() and put_user() when
called from a kernel module.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>parisc: Handle R_PARISC_PCREL32 relocations in kernel modules</title>
<updated>2016-04-08T20:10:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-08T20:10:35+00:00</published>
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Commit 0de7985 (parisc: Use generic extable search and sort routines)
changed the exception tables to use 32bit relative offsets.

This patch now adds support to the kernel module loader to handle such
R_PARISC_PCREL32 relocations for 32- and 64-bit modules.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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Commit 0de7985 (parisc: Use generic extable search and sort routines)
changed the exception tables to use 32bit relative offsets.

This patch now adds support to the kernel module loader to handle such
R_PARISC_PCREL32 relocations for 32- and 64-bit modules.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>mm, fs: get rid of PAGE_CACHE_* and page_cache_{get,release} macros</title>
<updated>2016-04-04T17:41:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kirill A. Shutemov</name>
<email>kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-01T12:29:47+00:00</published>
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PAGE_CACHE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN} macros were introduced *long* time
ago with promise that one day it will be possible to implement page
cache with bigger chunks than PAGE_SIZE.

This promise never materialized.  And unlikely will.

We have many places where PAGE_CACHE_SIZE assumed to be equal to
PAGE_SIZE.  And it's constant source of confusion on whether
PAGE_CACHE_* or PAGE_* constant should be used in a particular case,
especially on the border between fs and mm.

Global switching to PAGE_CACHE_SIZE != PAGE_SIZE would cause to much
breakage to be doable.

Let's stop pretending that pages in page cache are special.  They are
not.

The changes are pretty straight-forward:

 - &lt;foo&gt; &lt;&lt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT) -&gt; &lt;foo&gt;;

 - &lt;foo&gt; &gt;&gt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT) -&gt; &lt;foo&gt;;

 - PAGE_CACHE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN} -&gt; PAGE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN};

 - page_cache_get() -&gt; get_page();

 - page_cache_release() -&gt; put_page();

This patch contains automated changes generated with coccinelle using
script below.  For some reason, coccinelle doesn't patch header files.
I've called spatch for them manually.

The only adjustment after coccinelle is revert of changes to
PAGE_CAHCE_ALIGN definition: we are going to drop it later.

There are few places in the code where coccinelle didn't reach.  I'll
fix them manually in a separate patch.  Comments and documentation also
will be addressed with the separate patch.

virtual patch

@@
expression E;
@@
- E &lt;&lt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+ E

@@
expression E;
@@
- E &gt;&gt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+ E

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
+ PAGE_SHIFT

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
+ PAGE_SIZE

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_MASK
+ PAGE_MASK

@@
expression E;
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(E)
+ PAGE_ALIGN(E)

@@
expression E;
@@
- page_cache_get(E)
+ get_page(E)

@@
expression E;
@@
- page_cache_release(E)
+ put_page(E)

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Michal Hocko &lt;mhocko@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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PAGE_CACHE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN} macros were introduced *long* time
ago with promise that one day it will be possible to implement page
cache with bigger chunks than PAGE_SIZE.

This promise never materialized.  And unlikely will.

We have many places where PAGE_CACHE_SIZE assumed to be equal to
PAGE_SIZE.  And it's constant source of confusion on whether
PAGE_CACHE_* or PAGE_* constant should be used in a particular case,
especially on the border between fs and mm.

Global switching to PAGE_CACHE_SIZE != PAGE_SIZE would cause to much
breakage to be doable.

Let's stop pretending that pages in page cache are special.  They are
not.

The changes are pretty straight-forward:

 - &lt;foo&gt; &lt;&lt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT) -&gt; &lt;foo&gt;;

 - &lt;foo&gt; &gt;&gt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT) -&gt; &lt;foo&gt;;

 - PAGE_CACHE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN} -&gt; PAGE_{SIZE,SHIFT,MASK,ALIGN};

 - page_cache_get() -&gt; get_page();

 - page_cache_release() -&gt; put_page();

This patch contains automated changes generated with coccinelle using
script below.  For some reason, coccinelle doesn't patch header files.
I've called spatch for them manually.

The only adjustment after coccinelle is revert of changes to
PAGE_CAHCE_ALIGN definition: we are going to drop it later.

There are few places in the code where coccinelle didn't reach.  I'll
fix them manually in a separate patch.  Comments and documentation also
will be addressed with the separate patch.

virtual patch

@@
expression E;
@@
- E &lt;&lt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+ E

@@
expression E;
@@
- E &gt;&gt; (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+ E

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
+ PAGE_SHIFT

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
+ PAGE_SIZE

@@
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_MASK
+ PAGE_MASK

@@
expression E;
@@
- PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(E)
+ PAGE_ALIGN(E)

@@
expression E;
@@
- page_cache_get(E)
+ get_page(E)

@@
expression E;
@@
- page_cache_release(E)
+ put_page(E)

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov &lt;kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Michal Hocko &lt;mhocko@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'parisc-4.6-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T12:55:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-31T12:55:14+00:00</published>
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Pull parisc fixes from Helge Deller:
 "Fix seccomp filter support and SIGSYS signals on compat kernel.

  Both patches are tagged for v4.5 stable kernel"

* 'parisc-4.6-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux:
  parisc: Fix and enable seccomp filter support
  parisc: Fix SIGSYS signals in compat case
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Pull parisc fixes from Helge Deller:
 "Fix seccomp filter support and SIGSYS signals on compat kernel.

  Both patches are tagged for v4.5 stable kernel"

* 'parisc-4.6-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux:
  parisc: Fix and enable seccomp filter support
  parisc: Fix SIGSYS signals in compat case
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<entry>
<title>parisc: Fix and enable seccomp filter support</title>
<updated>2016-03-31T10:28:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-30T12:14:31+00:00</published>
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The seccomp filter support requires careful handling of task registers.  This
includes reloading of the return value (%r28) and proper syscall exit if
secure_computing() returned -1.

Additionally we need to sign-extend the syscall number from signed 32bit to
signed 64bit in do_syscall_trace_enter() since the ptrace interface only allows
storing 32bit values in compat mode.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.5
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The seccomp filter support requires careful handling of task registers.  This
includes reloading of the return value (%r28) and proper syscall exit if
secure_computing() returned -1.

Additionally we need to sign-extend the syscall number from signed 32bit to
signed 64bit in do_syscall_trace_enter() since the ptrace interface only allows
storing 32bit values in compat mode.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.5
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