Looking at mm/process_vm_access.c:process_vm_rw() and comparing it to
compat_process_vm_rw() shows that the compatibility code requires an
explicit "access_ok()" check before calling
compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(). The same difference seems to appear when
we compare fs/read_write.c:do_readv_writev() to
fs/compat.c:compat_do_readv_writev().

This subtle difference between the compat and non-compat requirements
should probably be debated, as it seems to be error-prone. In fact,
there are two others sites that use this function in the Linux kernel,
and they both seem to get it wrong:

Now shifting our attention to fs/aio.c, we see that aio_setup_iocb()
also ends up calling compat_rw_copy_check_uvector() through
aio_setup_vectored_rw(). Unfortunately, the access_ok() check appears to
be missing. Same situation for
security/keys/compat.c:compat_keyctl_instantiate_key_iov().

I propose that we add the access_ok() check directly into
compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(), so callers don't have to worry about it,
and it therefore makes the compat call code similar to its non-compat
counterpart. Place the access_ok() check in the same location where
copy_from_user() can trigger a -EFAULT error in the non-compat code, so
the ABI behaviors are alike on both compat and non-compat.

While we are here, fix compat_do_readv_writev() so it checks for
compat_rw_copy_check_uvector() negative return values.

And also, fix a memory leak in compat_keyctl_instantiate_key_iov() error
handling.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

... and move them over to fs/timerfd.c.  Cleaner and easier
that way...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

getname() is intended to copy pathname strings from userspace into a
kernel buffer. The result is just a string in kernel space. It would
however be quite helpful to be able to attach some ancillary info to
the string.

For instance, we could attach some audit-related info to reduce the
amount of audit-related processing needed. When auditing is enabled,
we could also call getname() on the string more than once and not
need to recopy it from userspace.

This patchset converts the getname()/putname() interfaces to return
a struct instead of a string. For now, the struct just tracks the
string in kernel space and the original userland pointer for it.

Later, we'll add other information to the struct as it becomes
convenient.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

This function is used by sparc, powerpc and arm64 for compat support.
The patch adds a generic implementation which calls do_sendfile()
directly and avoids set_fs().

The sparc architecture has wrappers for the sign extensions while
powerpc relies on the compiler to do the this. The patch adds wrappers
for powerpc to handle the u32->int type conversion.

compat_sys_sendfile64() can be replaced by a sys_sendfile() call since
compat_loff_t has the same size as off_t on a 64-bit system.

On powerpc, the patch also changes the 64-bit sendfile call from
sys_sendile64 to sys_sendfile.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

compat_sys_{read,write}v() need the same "pass a copy of file->f_pos" thing
as sys_{read,write}{,v}().

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Pull third pile of signal handling patches from Al Viro:
 "This time it's mostly helpers and conversions to them; there's a lot
  of stuff remaining in the tree, but that'll either go in -rc2
  (isolated bug fixes, ideally via arch maintainers' trees) or will sit
  there until the next cycle."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal:
  x86: get rid of calling do_notify_resume() when returning to kernel mode
  blackfin: check __get_user() return value
  whack-a-mole with TIF_FREEZE
  FRV: Optimise the system call exit path in entry.S [ver #2]
  FRV: Shrink TIF_WORK_MASK [ver #2]
  FRV: Prevent syscall exit tracing and notify_resume at end of kernel exceptions
  new helper: signal_delivered()
  powerpc: get rid of restore_sigmask()
  most of set_current_blocked() callers want SIGKILL/SIGSTOP removed from set
  set_restore_sigmask() is never called without SIGPENDING (and never should be)
  TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK can be set only when TIF_SIGPENDING is set
  don't call try_to_freeze() from do_signal()
  pull clearing RESTORE_SIGMASK into block_sigmask()
  sh64: failure to build sigframe != signal without handler
  openrisc: tracehook_signal_handler() is supposed to be called on success
  new helper: sigmask_to_save()
  new helper: restore_saved_sigmask()
  new helpers: {clear,test,test_and_clear}_restore_sigmask()
  HAVE_RESTORE_SIGMASK is defined on all architectures now

Pull vfs changes from Al Viro.
 "A lot of misc stuff.  The obvious groups:
   * Miklos' atomic_open series; kills the damn abuse of
     ->d_revalidate() by NFS, which was the major stumbling block for
     all work in that area.
   * ripping security_file_mmap() and dealing with deadlocks in the
     area; sanitizing the neighborhood of vm_mmap()/vm_munmap() in
     general.
   * ->encode_fh() switched to saner API; insane fake dentry in
     mm/cleancache.c gone.
   * assorted annotations in fs (endianness, __user)
   * parts of Artem's ->s_dirty work (jff2 and reiserfs parts)
   * ->update_time() work from Josef.
   * other bits and pieces all over the place.

  Normally it would've been in two or three pull requests, but
  signal.git stuff had eaten a lot of time during this cycle ;-/"

Fix up trivial conflicts in Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt (the
'truncate_range' inode method was removed by the VM changes, the VFS
update adds an 'update_time()' method), and in fs/btrfs/ulist.[ch] (due
to sparse fix added twice, with other changes nearby).

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (95 commits)
  nfs: don't open in ->d_revalidate
  vfs: retry last component if opening stale dentry
  vfs: nameidata_to_filp(): don't throw away file on error
  vfs: nameidata_to_filp(): inline __dentry_open()
  vfs: do_dentry_open(): don't put filp
  vfs: split __dentry_open()
  vfs: do_last() common post lookup
  vfs: do_last(): add audit_inode before open
  vfs: do_last(): only return EISDIR for O_CREAT
  vfs: do_last(): check LOOKUP_DIRECTORY
  vfs: do_last(): make ENOENT exit RCU safe
  vfs: make follow_link check RCU safe
  vfs: do_last(): use inode variable
  vfs: do_last(): inline walk_component()
  vfs: do_last(): make exit RCU safe
  vfs: split do_lookup()
  Btrfs: move over to use ->update_time
  fs: introduce inode operation ->update_time
  reiserfs: get rid of resierfs_sync_super
  reiserfs: mark the superblock as dirty a bit later
  ...

Everyone either defines it in arch thread_info.h or has TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
and picks default set_restore_sigmask() in linux/thread_info.h.  Kill the
ifdefs, slap #error in linux/thread_info.h to catch breakage when new ones
get merged.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>