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<title>Merge tag 'char-misc-4.21-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc</title>
<updated>2018-12-29T04:54:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2018-12-29T04:54:57+00:00</published>
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Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of char and misc driver patches for 4.21-rc1.

  Lots of different types of driver things in here, as this tree seems
  to be the "collection of various driver subsystems not big enough to
  have their own git tree" lately.

  Anyway, some highlights of the changes in here:

   - binderfs: is it a rule that all driver subsystems will eventually
     grow to have their own filesystem? Binder now has one to handle the
     use of it in containerized systems.

     This was discussed at the Plumbers conference a few months ago and
     knocked into mergable shape very fast by Christian Brauner. Who
     also has signed up to be another binder maintainer, showing a
     distinct lack of good judgement :)

   - binder updates and fixes

   - mei driver updates

   - fpga driver updates and additions

   - thunderbolt driver updates

   - soundwire driver updates

   - extcon driver updates

   - nvmem driver updates

   - hyper-v driver updates

   - coresight driver updates

   - pvpanic driver additions and reworking for more device support

   - lp driver updates. Yes really, it's _finally_ moved to the proper
     parallal port driver model, something I never thought I would see
     happen. Good stuff.

   - other tiny driver updates and fixes.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues"

* tag 'char-misc-4.21-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (116 commits)
  MAINTAINERS: add another Android binder maintainer
  intel_th: msu: Fix an off-by-one in attribute store
  stm class: Add a reference to the SyS-T document
  stm class: Fix a module refcount leak in policy creation error path
  char: lp: use new parport device model
  char: lp: properly count the lp devices
  char: lp: use first unused lp number while registering
  char: lp: detach the device when parallel port is removed
  char: lp: introduce list to save port number
  bus: qcom: remove duplicated include from qcom-ebi2.c
  VMCI: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its implementation
  char/rtc: Use of_node_name_eq for node name comparisons
  misc: mic: fix a DMA pool free failure
  ptp: fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL check
  genwqe: Fix size check
  binder: implement binderfs
  binder: fix use-after-free due to ksys_close() during fdget()
  bus: fsl-mc: remove duplicated include files
  bus: fsl-mc: explicitly define the fsl_mc_command endianness
  misc: ti-st: make array read_ver_cmd static, shrinks object size
  ...
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Pull char/misc driver updates from Greg KH:
 "Here is the big set of char and misc driver patches for 4.21-rc1.

  Lots of different types of driver things in here, as this tree seems
  to be the "collection of various driver subsystems not big enough to
  have their own git tree" lately.

  Anyway, some highlights of the changes in here:

   - binderfs: is it a rule that all driver subsystems will eventually
     grow to have their own filesystem? Binder now has one to handle the
     use of it in containerized systems.

     This was discussed at the Plumbers conference a few months ago and
     knocked into mergable shape very fast by Christian Brauner. Who
     also has signed up to be another binder maintainer, showing a
     distinct lack of good judgement :)

   - binder updates and fixes

   - mei driver updates

   - fpga driver updates and additions

   - thunderbolt driver updates

   - soundwire driver updates

   - extcon driver updates

   - nvmem driver updates

   - hyper-v driver updates

   - coresight driver updates

   - pvpanic driver additions and reworking for more device support

   - lp driver updates. Yes really, it's _finally_ moved to the proper
     parallal port driver model, something I never thought I would see
     happen. Good stuff.

   - other tiny driver updates and fixes.

  All of these have been in linux-next for a while with no reported
  issues"

* tag 'char-misc-4.21-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: (116 commits)
  MAINTAINERS: add another Android binder maintainer
  intel_th: msu: Fix an off-by-one in attribute store
  stm class: Add a reference to the SyS-T document
  stm class: Fix a module refcount leak in policy creation error path
  char: lp: use new parport device model
  char: lp: properly count the lp devices
  char: lp: use first unused lp number while registering
  char: lp: detach the device when parallel port is removed
  char: lp: introduce list to save port number
  bus: qcom: remove duplicated include from qcom-ebi2.c
  VMCI: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its implementation
  char/rtc: Use of_node_name_eq for node name comparisons
  misc: mic: fix a DMA pool free failure
  ptp: fix an IS_ERR() vs NULL check
  genwqe: Fix size check
  binder: implement binderfs
  binder: fix use-after-free due to ksys_close() during fdget()
  bus: fsl-mc: remove duplicated include files
  bus: fsl-mc: explicitly define the fsl_mc_command endianness
  misc: ti-st: make array read_ver_cmd static, shrinks object size
  ...
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<title>binder: fix use-after-free due to ksys_close() during fdget()</title>
<updated>2018-12-19T08:40:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Todd Kjos</name>
<email>tkjos@android.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-12-14T23:58:21+00:00</published>
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44d8047f1d8 ("binder: use standard functions to allocate fds")
exposed a pre-existing issue in the binder driver.

fdget() is used in ksys_ioctl() as a performance optimization.
One of the rules associated with fdget() is that ksys_close() must
not be called between the fdget() and the fdput(). There is a case
where this requirement is not met in the binder driver which results
in the reference count dropping to 0 when the device is still in
use. This can result in use-after-free or other issues.

If userpace has passed a file-descriptor for the binder driver using
a BINDER_TYPE_FDA object, then kys_close() is called on it when
handling a binder_ioctl(BC_FREE_BUFFER) command. This violates
the assumptions for using fdget().

The problem is fixed by deferring the close using task_work_add(). A
new variant of __close_fd() was created that returns a struct file
with a reference. The fput() is deferred instead of using ksys_close().

Fixes: 44d8047f1d87a ("binder: use standard functions to allocate fds")
Suggested-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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44d8047f1d8 ("binder: use standard functions to allocate fds")
exposed a pre-existing issue in the binder driver.

fdget() is used in ksys_ioctl() as a performance optimization.
One of the rules associated with fdget() is that ksys_close() must
not be called between the fdget() and the fdput(). There is a case
where this requirement is not met in the binder driver which results
in the reference count dropping to 0 when the device is still in
use. This can result in use-after-free or other issues.

If userpace has passed a file-descriptor for the binder driver using
a BINDER_TYPE_FDA object, then kys_close() is called on it when
handling a binder_ioctl(BC_FREE_BUFFER) command. This violates
the assumptions for using fdget().

The problem is fixed by deferring the close using task_work_add(). A
new variant of __close_fd() was created that returns a struct file
with a reference. The fput() is deferred instead of using ksys_close().

Fixes: 44d8047f1d87a ("binder: use standard functions to allocate fds")
Suggested-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos &lt;tkjos@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs/file: Replace synchronize_sched() with synchronize_rcu()</title>
<updated>2018-11-27T17:21:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-06T01:31:31+00:00</published>
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Now that synchronize_rcu() waits for preempt-disable regions of code
as well as RCU read-side critical sections, synchronize_sched() can be
replaced by synchronize_rcu().  This commit therefore makes this change.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org&gt;
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Now that synchronize_rcu() waits for preempt-disable regions of code
as well as RCU read-side critical sections, synchronize_sched() can be
replaced by synchronize_rcu().  This commit therefore makes this change.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: add ksys_close() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_close()</title>
<updated>2018-04-02T18:16:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dominik Brodowski</name>
<email>linux@dominikbrodowski.net</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-11T10:34:55+00:00</published>
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Using the ksys_close() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel calls
to the sys_close() 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 sys_close(), with one subtle
difference:

The few places which checked the return value did not care about the return
value re-writing in sys_close(), so simply use a wrapper around
__close_fd().

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: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski &lt;linux@dominikbrodowski.net&gt;
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Using the ksys_close() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel calls
to the sys_close() 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 sys_close(), with one subtle
difference:

The few places which checked the return value did not care about the return
value re-writing in sys_close(), so simply use a wrapper around
__close_fd().

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: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski &lt;linux@dominikbrodowski.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: add ksys_dup{,3}() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_dup{,3}()</title>
<updated>2018-04-02T18:15:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dominik Brodowski</name>
<email>linux@dominikbrodowski.net</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-11T10:34:40+00:00</published>
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Using ksys_dup() and ksys_dup3() as helper functions allows us to
avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_dup() and sys_dup3() syscalls.
The ksys_ prefix denotes that these functions are meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscalls. In particular, they use the same
calling convention as sys_dup{,3}().

In the near future, the fs-external callers of ksys_dup{,3}() should be
converted to call do_dup2() directly. Then, ksys_dup{,3}() can be moved
within sys_dup{,3}() again.

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: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski &lt;linux@dominikbrodowski.net&gt;
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Using ksys_dup() and ksys_dup3() as helper functions allows us to
avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_dup() and sys_dup3() syscalls.
The ksys_ prefix denotes that these functions are meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscalls. In particular, they use the same
calling convention as sys_dup{,3}().

In the near future, the fs-external callers of ksys_dup{,3}() should be
converted to call do_dup2() directly. Then, ksys_dup{,3}() can be moved
within sys_dup{,3}() again.

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: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski &lt;linux@dominikbrodowski.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2018-01-31T17:25:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-31T17:25:20+00:00</published>
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Pull misc vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "All kinds of misc stuff, without any unifying topic, from various
  people.

  Neil's d_anon patch, several bugfixes, introduction of kvmalloc
  analogue of kmemdup_user(), extending bitfield.h to deal with
  fixed-endians, assorted cleanups all over the place..."

* 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (28 commits)
  alpha: osf_sys.c: use timespec64 where appropriate
  alpha: osf_sys.c: fix put_tv32 regression
  jffs2: Fix use-after-free bug in jffs2_iget()'s error handling path
  dcache: delete unused d_hash_mask
  dcache: subtract d_hash_shift from 32 in advance
  fs/buffer.c: fold init_buffer() into init_page_buffers()
  fs: fold __inode_permission() into inode_permission()
  fs: add RWF_APPEND
  sctp: use vmemdup_user() rather than badly open-coding memdup_user()
  snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names(): switch to vmemdup_user()
  replace_user_tlv(): switch to vmemdup_user()
  new primitive: vmemdup_user()
  memdup_user(): switch to GFP_USER
  eventfd: fold eventfd_ctx_get() into eventfd_ctx_fileget()
  eventfd: fold eventfd_ctx_read() into eventfd_read()
  eventfd: convert to use anon_inode_getfd()
  nfs4file: get rid of pointless include of btrfs.h
  uvc_v4l2: clean copyin/copyout up
  vme_user: don't use __copy_..._user()
  usx2y: don't bother with memdup_user() for 16-byte structure
  ...
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Pull misc vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "All kinds of misc stuff, without any unifying topic, from various
  people.

  Neil's d_anon patch, several bugfixes, introduction of kvmalloc
  analogue of kmemdup_user(), extending bitfield.h to deal with
  fixed-endians, assorted cleanups all over the place..."

* 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (28 commits)
  alpha: osf_sys.c: use timespec64 where appropriate
  alpha: osf_sys.c: fix put_tv32 regression
  jffs2: Fix use-after-free bug in jffs2_iget()'s error handling path
  dcache: delete unused d_hash_mask
  dcache: subtract d_hash_shift from 32 in advance
  fs/buffer.c: fold init_buffer() into init_page_buffers()
  fs: fold __inode_permission() into inode_permission()
  fs: add RWF_APPEND
  sctp: use vmemdup_user() rather than badly open-coding memdup_user()
  snd_ctl_elem_init_enum_names(): switch to vmemdup_user()
  replace_user_tlv(): switch to vmemdup_user()
  new primitive: vmemdup_user()
  memdup_user(): switch to GFP_USER
  eventfd: fold eventfd_ctx_get() into eventfd_ctx_fileget()
  eventfd: fold eventfd_ctx_read() into eventfd_read()
  eventfd: convert to use anon_inode_getfd()
  nfs4file: get rid of pointless include of btrfs.h
  uvc_v4l2: clean copyin/copyout up
  vme_user: don't use __copy_..._user()
  usx2y: don't bother with memdup_user() for 16-byte structure
  ...
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<entry>
<title>fs/file.c: trim includes</title>
<updated>2017-12-05T14:41:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2017-12-05T14:41:03+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fs: Eliminate cond_resched_rcu_qs() in favor of cond_resched()</title>
<updated>2017-12-04T18:28:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-10-24T15:39:34+00:00</published>
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Now that cond_resched() also provides RCU quiescent states when
needed, it can be used in place of cond_resched_rcu_qs().  This
commit therefore makes this change.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org&gt;
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Now that cond_resched() also provides RCU quiescent states when
needed, it can be used in place of cond_resched_rcu_qs().  This
commit therefore makes this change.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2017-11-17T20:54:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-11-17T20:54:01+00:00</published>
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Pull misc vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Assorted stuff, really no common topic here"

* 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  vfs: grab the lock instead of blocking in __fd_install during resizing
  vfs: stop clearing close on exec when closing a fd
  include/linux/fs.h: fix comment about struct address_space
  fs: make fiemap work from compat_ioctl
  coda: fix 'kernel memory exposure attempt' in fsync
  pstore: remove unneeded unlikely()
  vfs: remove unneeded unlikely()
  stubs for mount_bdev() and kill_block_super() in !CONFIG_BLOCK case
  make vfs_ustat() static
  do_handle_open() should be static
  elf_fdpic: fix unused variable warning
  fold destroy_super() into __put_super()
  new helper: destroy_unused_super()
  fix address space warnings in ipc/
  acct.h: get rid of detritus
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Pull misc vfs updates from Al Viro:
 "Assorted stuff, really no common topic here"

* 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  vfs: grab the lock instead of blocking in __fd_install during resizing
  vfs: stop clearing close on exec when closing a fd
  include/linux/fs.h: fix comment about struct address_space
  fs: make fiemap work from compat_ioctl
  coda: fix 'kernel memory exposure attempt' in fsync
  pstore: remove unneeded unlikely()
  vfs: remove unneeded unlikely()
  stubs for mount_bdev() and kill_block_super() in !CONFIG_BLOCK case
  make vfs_ustat() static
  do_handle_open() should be static
  elf_fdpic: fix unused variable warning
  fold destroy_super() into __put_super()
  new helper: destroy_unused_super()
  fix address space warnings in ipc/
  acct.h: get rid of detritus
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</entry>
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<title>vfs: grab the lock instead of blocking in __fd_install during resizing</title>
<updated>2017-11-05T23:58:07+00:00</updated>
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<name>Mateusz Guzik</name>
<email>mguzik@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2017-10-03T10:58:15+00:00</published>
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Explicit locking in the fallback case provides a safe state of the
table. Getting rid of blocking semantics makes __fd_install usable
again in non-sleepable contexts, which easies backporting efforts.

There is a side effect of slightly nicer assembly for the common case
as might_sleep can now be removed.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik &lt;mguzik@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Explicit locking in the fallback case provides a safe state of the
table. Getting rid of blocking semantics makes __fd_install usable
again in non-sleepable contexts, which easies backporting efforts.

There is a side effect of slightly nicer assembly for the common case
as might_sleep can now be removed.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik &lt;mguzik@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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