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<title>Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer</title>
<updated>2010-08-18T01:07:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2010-08-17T22:52:56+00:00</published>
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Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer so that kernel_execve() compiles
correctly on ARM:

arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c:88: warning: passing argument 1 of 'do_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type

This also requires the argv and envp arguments to be consted twice, once for
the pointer array and once for the strings the array points to.  This is
because do_execve() passes a pointer to the filename (now const) to
copy_strings_kernel().  A simpler alternative would be to cast the filename
pointer in do_execve() when it's passed to copy_strings_kernel().

do_execve() may not change any of the strings it is passed as part of the argv
or envp lists as they are some of them in .rodata, so marking these strings as
const should be fine.

Further kernel_execve() and sys_execve() need to be changed to match.

This has been test built on x86_64, frv, arm and mips.

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Acked-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer so that kernel_execve() compiles
correctly on ARM:

arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c:88: warning: passing argument 1 of 'do_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type

This also requires the argv and envp arguments to be consted twice, once for
the pointer array and once for the strings the array points to.  This is
because do_execve() passes a pointer to the filename (now const) to
copy_strings_kernel().  A simpler alternative would be to cast the filename
pointer in do_execve() when it's passed to copy_strings_kernel().

do_execve() may not change any of the strings it is passed as part of the argv
or envp lists as they are some of them in .rodata, so marking these strings as
const should be fine.

Further kernel_execve() and sys_execve() need to be changed to match.

This has been test built on x86_64, frv, arm and mips.

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Acked-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>param: make param sections const.</title>
<updated>2010-08-11T13:34:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rusty Russell</name>
<email>rusty@rustcorp.com.au</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-12T05:04:18+00:00</published>
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Since this section can be read-only (they're in .rodata), they should
always have been const.  Minor flow-through various functions.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Tested-by: Phil Carmody &lt;ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com&gt;
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Since this section can be read-only (they're in .rodata), they should
always have been const.  Minor flow-through various functions.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Tested-by: Phil Carmody &lt;ext-phil.2.carmody@nokia.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>init/main.c: mark do_one_initcall* as __init_or_module</title>
<updated>2010-08-10T03:45:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kevin Winchester</name>
<email>kjwinchester@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-10T00:20:32+00:00</published>
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Andrew Morton suggested that the do_one_initcall and do_one_initcall_debug
functions can be marked __init_or_module such that they can be discarded
for the CONFIG_MODULES=N case.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Winchester &lt;kjwinchester@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Andrew Morton suggested that the do_one_initcall and do_one_initcall_debug
functions can be marked __init_or_module such that they can be discarded
for the CONFIG_MODULES=N case.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Winchester &lt;kjwinchester@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>init/main.c: fix warning: 'calltime.tv64' may be used uninitialized</title>
<updated>2010-08-10T03:45:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kevin Winchester</name>
<email>kjwinchester@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-10T00:20:32+00:00</published>
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Using:

	gcc (GCC) 4.5.0 20100610 (prerelease)

The following warning appears:

	init/main.c: In function `do_one_initcall':
	init/main.c:730:10: warning: `calltime.tv64' may be used uninitialized in this function

This warning is actually correct, as the global initcall_debug could
arguably be changed by the initcall.

Correct this warning by extracting a new function, do_one_initcall_debug,
that performs the initcall for the debug case.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Winchester &lt;kjwinchester@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Using:

	gcc (GCC) 4.5.0 20100610 (prerelease)

The following warning appears:

	init/main.c: In function `do_one_initcall':
	init/main.c:730:10: warning: `calltime.tv64' may be used uninitialized in this function

This warning is actually correct, as the global initcall_debug could
arguably be changed by the initcall.

Correct this warning by extracting a new function, do_one_initcall_debug,
that performs the initcall for the debug case.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Winchester &lt;kjwinchester@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'bkl/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing</title>
<updated>2010-08-08T00:06:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-08T00:06:54+00:00</published>
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* 'bkl/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing:
  do_coredump: Do not take BKL
  init: Remove the BKL from startup code
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* 'bkl/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing:
  do_coredump: Do not take BKL
  init: Remove the BKL from startup code
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq</title>
<updated>2010-08-07T19:42:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-07T19:42:58+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: (55 commits)
  workqueue: mark init_workqueues() as early_initcall()
  workqueue: explain for_each_*cwq_cpu() iterators
  fscache: fix build on !CONFIG_SYSCTL
  slow-work: kill it
  gfs2: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  drm: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  cifs: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  fscache: drop references to slow-work
  fscache: convert operation to use workqueue instead of slow-work
  fscache: convert object to use workqueue instead of slow-work
  workqueue: fix how cpu number is stored in work-&gt;data
  workqueue: fix mayday_mask handling on UP
  workqueue: fix build problem on !CONFIG_SMP
  workqueue: fix locking in retry path of maybe_create_worker()
  async: use workqueue for worker pool
  workqueue: remove WQ_SINGLE_CPU and use WQ_UNBOUND instead
  workqueue: implement unbound workqueue
  workqueue: prepare for WQ_UNBOUND implementation
  libata: take advantage of cmwq and remove concurrency limitations
  workqueue: fix worker management invocation without pending works
  ...

Fixed up conflicts in fs/cifs/* as per Tejun. Other trivial conflicts in
include/linux/workqueue.h, kernel/trace/Kconfig and kernel/workqueue.c
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: (55 commits)
  workqueue: mark init_workqueues() as early_initcall()
  workqueue: explain for_each_*cwq_cpu() iterators
  fscache: fix build on !CONFIG_SYSCTL
  slow-work: kill it
  gfs2: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  drm: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  cifs: use workqueue instead of slow-work
  fscache: drop references to slow-work
  fscache: convert operation to use workqueue instead of slow-work
  fscache: convert object to use workqueue instead of slow-work
  workqueue: fix how cpu number is stored in work-&gt;data
  workqueue: fix mayday_mask handling on UP
  workqueue: fix build problem on !CONFIG_SMP
  workqueue: fix locking in retry path of maybe_create_worker()
  async: use workqueue for worker pool
  workqueue: remove WQ_SINGLE_CPU and use WQ_UNBOUND instead
  workqueue: implement unbound workqueue
  workqueue: prepare for WQ_UNBOUND implementation
  libata: take advantage of cmwq and remove concurrency limitations
  workqueue: fix worker management invocation without pending works
  ...

Fixed up conflicts in fs/cifs/* as per Tejun. Other trivial conflicts in
include/linux/workqueue.h, kernel/trace/Kconfig and kernel/workqueue.c
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip</title>
<updated>2010-08-06T16:30:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-06T16:30:52+00:00</published>
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* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (162 commits)
  tracing/kprobes: unregister_trace_probe needs to be called under mutex
  perf: expose event__process function
  perf events: Fix mmap offset determination
  perf, powerpc: fsl_emb: Restore setting perf_sample_data.period
  perf, powerpc: Convert the FSL driver to use local64_t
  perf tools: Don't keep unreferenced maps when unmaps are detected
  perf session: Invalidate last_match when removing threads from rb_tree
  perf session: Free the ref_reloc_sym memory at the right place
  x86,mmiotrace: Add support for tracing STOS instruction
  perf, sched migration: Librarize task states and event headers helpers
  perf, sched migration: Librarize the GUI class
  perf, sched migration: Make the GUI class client agnostic
  perf, sched migration: Make it vertically scrollable
  perf, sched migration: Parameterize cpu height and spacing
  perf, sched migration: Fix key bindings
  perf, sched migration: Ignore unhandled task states
  perf, sched migration: Handle ignored migrate out events
  perf: New migration tool overview
  tracing: Drop cpparg() macro
  perf: Use tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() to flush any pending tracepoint call
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in Makefile and drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
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* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (162 commits)
  tracing/kprobes: unregister_trace_probe needs to be called under mutex
  perf: expose event__process function
  perf events: Fix mmap offset determination
  perf, powerpc: fsl_emb: Restore setting perf_sample_data.period
  perf, powerpc: Convert the FSL driver to use local64_t
  perf tools: Don't keep unreferenced maps when unmaps are detected
  perf session: Invalidate last_match when removing threads from rb_tree
  perf session: Free the ref_reloc_sym memory at the right place
  x86,mmiotrace: Add support for tracing STOS instruction
  perf, sched migration: Librarize task states and event headers helpers
  perf, sched migration: Librarize the GUI class
  perf, sched migration: Make the GUI class client agnostic
  perf, sched migration: Make it vertically scrollable
  perf, sched migration: Parameterize cpu height and spacing
  perf, sched migration: Fix key bindings
  perf, sched migration: Ignore unhandled task states
  perf, sched migration: Handle ignored migrate out events
  perf: New migration tool overview
  tracing: Drop cpparg() macro
  perf: Use tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() to flush any pending tracepoint call
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in Makefile and drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu</title>
<updated>2010-08-04T22:17:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-04T22:17:52+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu:
  percpu: allow limited allocation before slab is online
  percpu: make @dyn_size always mean min dyn_size in first chunk init functions
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu:
  percpu: allow limited allocation before slab is online
  percpu: make @dyn_size always mean min dyn_size in first chunk init functions
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<entry>
<title>workqueue: mark init_workqueues() as early_initcall()</title>
<updated>2010-08-01T11:05:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Suresh Siddha</name>
<email>suresh.b.siddha@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-30T21:57:37+00:00</published>
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Mark init_workqueues() as early_initcall() and thus it will be initialized
before smp bringup. init_workqueues() registers for the hotcpu notifier
and thus it should cope with the processors that are brought online after
the workqueues are initialized.

x86 smp bringup code uses workqueues and uses a workaround for the
cold boot process (as the workqueues are initialized post smp_init()).
Marking init_workqueues() as early_initcall() will pave the way for
cleaning up this code.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha &lt;suresh.b.siddha@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Mark init_workqueues() as early_initcall() and thus it will be initialized
before smp bringup. init_workqueues() registers for the hotcpu notifier
and thus it should cope with the processors that are brought online after
the workqueues are initialized.

x86 smp bringup code uses workqueues and uses a workaround for the
cold boot process (as the workqueues are initialized post smp_init()).
Marking init_workqueues() as early_initcall() will pave the way for
cleaning up this code.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha &lt;suresh.b.siddha@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>init: Remove the BKL from startup code</title>
<updated>2010-07-09T13:40:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-07-03T22:02:26+00:00</published>
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I have shown by code review that no driver takes
the BKL at init time any more, so whatever the
init code was locking against is no longer there
and it is now safe to remove the BKL there.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
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I have shown by code review that no driver takes
the BKL at init time any more, so whatever the
init code was locking against is no longer there
and it is now safe to remove the BKL there.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
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