linux-stable.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c, branch v3.7

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal

2012-10-12T01:49:08+00:00

Pull pile 2 of execve and kernel_thread unification work from Al Viro:
 "Stuff in there: kernel_thread/kernel_execve/sys_execve conversions for
  several more architectures plus assorted signal fixes and cleanups.

  There'll be more (in particular, real fixes for the alpha
  do_notify_resume() irq mess)..."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (43 commits)
  alpha: don't open-code trace_report_syscall_{enter,exit}
  Uninclude linux/freezer.h
  m32r: trim masks
  avr32: trim masks
  tile: don't bother with SIGTRAP in setup_frame
  microblaze: don't bother with SIGTRAP in setup_rt_frame()
  mn10300: don't bother with SIGTRAP in setup_frame()
  frv: no need to raise SIGTRAP in setup_frame()
  x86: get rid of duplicate code in case of CONFIG_VM86
  unicore32: remove pointless test
  h8300: trim _TIF_WORK_MASK
  parisc: decide whether to go to slow path (tracesys) based on thread flags
  parisc: don't bother looping in do_signal()
  parisc: fix double restarts
  bury the rest of TIF_IRET
  sanitize tsk_is_polling()
  bury _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
  unicore32: unobfuscate _TIF_WORK_MASK
  mips: NOTIFY_RESUME is not needed in TIF masks
  mips: merge the identical "return from syscall" per-ABI code
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h

Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

2012-10-05T18:16:12+00:00

Pull powerpc updates from Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
 "Some highlights in addition to the usual batch of fixes:

   - 64TB address space support for 64-bit processes by Aneesh Kumar

   - Gavin Shan did a major cleanup & re-organization of our EEH support
     code (IBM fancy PCI error handling & recovery infrastructure) which
     paves the way for supporting different platform backends, along
     with some rework of the PCIe code for the PowerNV platform in order
     to remove home made resource allocations and instead use the
     generic code (which is possible after some small improvements to it
     done by Gavin).

   - Uprobes support by Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli

   - A pile of embedded updates from Freescale folks, including new SoC
     and board supports, more KVM stuff including preparing for 64-bit
     BookE KVM support, ePAPR 1.1 updates, etc..."

Fixup trivial conflicts in drivers/scsi/ipr.c

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (146 commits)
  powerpc/iommu: Fix multiple issues with IOMMU pools code
  powerpc: Fix VMX fix for memcpy case
  driver/mtd:IFC NAND:Initialise internal SRAM before any write
  powerpc/fsl-pci: use 'Header Type' to identify PCIE mode
  powerpc/eeh: Don't release eeh_mutex in eeh_phb_pe_get
  powerpc: Remove tlb batching hack for nighthawk
  powerpc: Set paca->data_offset = 0 for boot cpu
  powerpc/perf: Sample only if SIAR-Valid bit is set in P7+
  powerpc/fsl-pci: fix warning when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is disabled
  powerpc/mpc85xx: Update interrupt handling for IFC controller
  powerpc/85xx: Enable USB support in p1023rds_defconfig
  powerpc/smp: Do not disable IPI interrupts during suspend
  powerpc/eeh: Fix crash on converting OF node to edev
  powerpc/eeh: Lock module while handling EEH event
  powerpc/kprobe: Don't emulate store when kprobe stwu r1
  powerpc/kprobe: Complete kprobe and migrate exception frame
  powerpc/kprobe: Introduce a new thread flag
  powerpc: Remove unused __get_user64() and __put_user64()
  powerpc/eeh: Global mutex to protect PE tree
  powerpc/eeh: Remove EEH PE for normal PCI hotplug
  ...

Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2012-10-01T17:43:39+00:00

Pull scheduler changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Continued quest to clean up and enhance the cputime code by Frederic
  Weisbecker, in preparation for future tickless kernel features.

  Other than that, smallish changes."

Fix up trivial conflicts due to additions next to each other in arch/{x86/}Kconfig

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (24 commits)
  cputime: Make finegrained irqtime accounting generally available
  cputime: Gather time/stats accounting config options into a single menu
  ia64: Reuse system and user vtime accounting functions on task switch
  ia64: Consolidate user vtime accounting
  vtime: Consolidate system/idle context detection
  cputime: Use a proper subsystem naming for vtime related APIs
  sched: cpu_power: enable ARCH_POWER
  sched/nohz: Clean up select_nohz_load_balancer()
  sched: Fix load avg vs. cpu-hotplug
  sched: Remove __ARCH_WANT_INTERRUPTS_ON_CTXSW
  sched: Fix nohz_idle_balance()
  sched: Remove useless code in yield_to()
  sched: Add time unit suffix to sched sysctl knobs
  sched/debug: Limit sd->*_idx range on sysctl
  sched: Remove AFFINE_WAKEUPS feature flag
  s390: Remove leftover account_tick_vtime() header
  cputime: Consolidate vtime handling on context switch
  sched: Move cputime code to its own file
  cputime: Generalize CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
  tile: Remove SD_PREFER_LOCAL leftover
  ...

powerpc: switch to generic sys_execve()/kernel_execve()

2012-10-01T03:35:51+00:00

the only non-obvious part is that current_pt_regs() is really needed
here - task_pt_regs() is NULL for kernel threads; it's OK for ptrace
uses (the thing task_pt_regs() is intended for), but not for us.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

powerpc: split ret_from_fork

2012-10-01T03:31:19+00:00

... and get rid of in-kernel syscalls in kernel_thread()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

powerpc: Rework set_dabr so it can take a DABRX value as well

2012-09-09T23:59:10+00:00

Rework set_dabr to take a DABRX value as well.

Both the pseries and PS3 hypervisors do some checks on the DABRX
values that are passed in the hcall.  This patch stops bogus values
from being passed to hypervisor.  Also, in the case where we are
clearing the breakpoint, where DABR and DABRX are zero, we modify the
DABRX value to make it valid so that the hcall won't fail.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

Merge branch 'merge' into next

2012-09-06T23:48:59+00:00

Brings in various bug fixes from 3.6-rcX

powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread()

2012-09-05T06:05:21+00:00

If the default DSCR is non zero we set thread.dscr_inherit in
copy_thread() meaning the new thread and all its children will ignore
future updates to the default DSCR. This is not intended and is
a change in behaviour that a number of our users have hit.

We just need to inherit thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit from
the parent which ends up being much simpler.

This was found with the following test case:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_default_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Cc:  # 3.0+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Add trap_nr to thread_struct

2012-09-05T05:19:36+00:00

Add thread_struct.trap_nr and use it to store the last exception
the thread experienced. In this patch, we populate the field at
various places where we force_sig_info() to the process.

This is also used in uprobes to determine if the probed instruction
caused an exception.

Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

cputime: Consolidate vtime handling on context switch

2012-08-20T11:05:28+00:00

The archs that implement virtual cputime accounting all
flush the cputime of a task when it gets descheduled
and sometimes set up some ground initialization for the
next task to account its cputime.

These archs all put their own hooks in their context
switch callbacks and handle the off-case themselves.

Consolidate this by creating a new account_switch_vtime()
callback called in generic code right after a context switch
and that these archs must implement to flush the prev task
cputime and initialize the next task cputime related state.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky 
Cc: Tony Luck 
Cc: Fenghua Yu 
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Heiko Carstens 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra