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<title>Linux 4.12-rc2</title>
<updated>2017-05-22T02:30:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2017-05-22T02:30:23+00:00</published>
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<title>x86: fix 32-bit case of __get_user_asm_u64()</title>
<updated>2017-05-22T01:26:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-22T01:26:54+00:00</published>
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The code to fetch a 64-bit value from user space was entirely buggered,
and has been since the code was merged in early 2016 in commit
b2f680380ddf ("x86/mm/32: Add support for 64-bit __get_user() on 32-bit
kernels").

Happily the buggered routine is almost certainly entirely unused, since
the normal way to access user space memory is just with the non-inlined
"get_user()", and the inlined version didn't even historically exist.

The normal "get_user()" case is handled by external hand-written asm in
arch/x86/lib/getuser.S that doesn't have either of these issues.

There were two independent bugs in __get_user_asm_u64():

 - it still did the STAC/CLAC user space access marking, even though
   that is now done by the wrapper macros, see commit 11f1a4b9755f
   ("x86: reorganize SMAP handling in user space accesses").

   This didn't result in a semantic error, it just means that the
   inlined optimized version was hugely less efficient than the
   allegedly slower standard version, since the CLAC/STAC overhead is
   quite high on modern Intel CPU's.

 - the double register %eax/%edx was marked as an output, but the %eax
   part of it was touched early in the asm, and could thus clobber other
   inputs to the asm that gcc didn't expect it to touch.

   In particular, that meant that the generated code could look like
   this:

        mov    (%eax),%eax
        mov    0x4(%eax),%edx

   where the load of %edx obviously was _supposed_ to be from the 32-bit
   word that followed the source of %eax, but because %eax was
   overwritten by the first instruction, the source of %edx was
   basically random garbage.

The fixes are trivial: remove the extraneous STAC/CLAC entries, and mark
the 64-bit output as early-clobber to let gcc know that no inputs should
alias with the output register.

Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise &lt;bcrl@kvack.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org   # v4.8+
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The code to fetch a 64-bit value from user space was entirely buggered,
and has been since the code was merged in early 2016 in commit
b2f680380ddf ("x86/mm/32: Add support for 64-bit __get_user() on 32-bit
kernels").

Happily the buggered routine is almost certainly entirely unused, since
the normal way to access user space memory is just with the non-inlined
"get_user()", and the inlined version didn't even historically exist.

The normal "get_user()" case is handled by external hand-written asm in
arch/x86/lib/getuser.S that doesn't have either of these issues.

There were two independent bugs in __get_user_asm_u64():

 - it still did the STAC/CLAC user space access marking, even though
   that is now done by the wrapper macros, see commit 11f1a4b9755f
   ("x86: reorganize SMAP handling in user space accesses").

   This didn't result in a semantic error, it just means that the
   inlined optimized version was hugely less efficient than the
   allegedly slower standard version, since the CLAC/STAC overhead is
   quite high on modern Intel CPU's.

 - the double register %eax/%edx was marked as an output, but the %eax
   part of it was touched early in the asm, and could thus clobber other
   inputs to the asm that gcc didn't expect it to touch.

   In particular, that meant that the generated code could look like
   this:

        mov    (%eax),%eax
        mov    0x4(%eax),%edx

   where the load of %edx obviously was _supposed_ to be from the 32-bit
   word that followed the source of %eax, but because %eax was
   overwritten by the first instruction, the source of %edx was
   basically random garbage.

The fixes are trivial: remove the extraneous STAC/CLAC entries, and mark
the 64-bit output as early-clobber to let gcc know that no inputs should
alias with the output register.

Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise &lt;bcrl@kvack.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org   # v4.8+
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<title>Clean up x86 unsafe_get/put_user() type handling</title>
<updated>2017-05-21T22:25:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-21T22:25:46+00:00</published>
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Al noticed that unsafe_put_user() had type problems, and fixed them in
commit a7cc722fff0b ("fix unsafe_put_user()"), which made me look more
at those functions.

It turns out that unsafe_get_user() had a type issue too: it limited the
largest size of the type it could handle to "unsigned long".  Which is
fine with the current users, but doesn't match our existing normal
get_user() semantics, which can also handle "u64" even when that does
not fit in a long.

While at it, also clean up the type cast in unsafe_put_user().  We
actually want to just make it an assignment to the expected type of the
pointer, because we actually do want warnings from types that don't
convert silently.  And it makes the code more readable by not having
that one very long and complex line.

[ This patch might become stable material if we ever end up back-porting
  any new users of the unsafe uaccess code, but as things stand now this
  doesn't matter for any current existing uses. ]

Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Al noticed that unsafe_put_user() had type problems, and fixed them in
commit a7cc722fff0b ("fix unsafe_put_user()"), which made me look more
at those functions.

It turns out that unsafe_get_user() had a type issue too: it limited the
largest size of the type it could handle to "unsigned long".  Which is
fine with the current users, but doesn't match our existing normal
get_user() semantics, which can also handle "u64" even when that does
not fit in a long.

While at it, also clean up the type cast in unsafe_put_user().  We
actually want to just make it an assignment to the expected type of the
pointer, because we actually do want warnings from types that don't
convert silently.  And it makes the code more readable by not having
that one very long and complex line.

[ This patch might become stable material if we ever end up back-porting
  any new users of the unsafe uaccess code, but as things stand now this
  doesn't matter for any current existing uses. ]

Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2017-05-21T19:06:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-21T19:06:44+00:00</published>
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Pull misc uaccess fixes from Al Viro:
 "Fix for unsafe_put_user() (no callers currently in mainline, but
  anyone starting to use it will step into that) + alpha osf_wait4()
  infoleak fix"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  osf_wait4(): fix infoleak
  fix unsafe_put_user()
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Pull misc uaccess fixes from Al Viro:
 "Fix for unsafe_put_user() (no callers currently in mainline, but
  anyone starting to use it will step into that) + alpha osf_wait4()
  infoleak fix"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  osf_wait4(): fix infoleak
  fix unsafe_put_user()
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<title>Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2017-05-21T18:52:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-21T18:52:00+00:00</published>
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Pull scheduler fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single scheduler fix:

  Prevent idle task from ever being preempted. That makes sure that
  synchronize_rcu_tasks() which is ignoring idle task does not pretend
  that no task is stuck in preempted state. If that happens and idle was
  preempted on a ftrace trampoline the machine crashes due to
  inconsistent state"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/core: Call __schedule() from do_idle() without enabling preemption
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Pull scheduler fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single scheduler fix:

  Prevent idle task from ever being preempted. That makes sure that
  synchronize_rcu_tasks() which is ignoring idle task does not pretend
  that no task is stuck in preempted state. If that happens and idle was
  preempted on a ftrace trampoline the machine crashes due to
  inconsistent state"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/core: Call __schedule() from do_idle() without enabling preemption
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2017-05-21T18:45:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-21T18:45:26+00:00</published>
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Pull irq fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A set of small fixes for the irq subsystem:

   - Cure a data ordering problem with chained interrupts

   - Three small fixlets for the mbigen irq chip"

* 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  genirq: Fix chained interrupt data ordering
  irqchip/mbigen: Fix the clear register offset calculation
  irqchip/mbigen: Fix potential NULL dereferencing
  irqchip/mbigen: Fix memory mapping code
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Pull irq fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A set of small fixes for the irq subsystem:

   - Cure a data ordering problem with chained interrupts

   - Three small fixlets for the mbigen irq chip"

* 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  genirq: Fix chained interrupt data ordering
  irqchip/mbigen: Fix the clear register offset calculation
  irqchip/mbigen: Fix potential NULL dereferencing
  irqchip/mbigen: Fix memory mapping code
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<title>osf_wait4(): fix infoleak</title>
<updated>2017-05-21T17:10:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-15T01:47:25+00:00</published>
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failing sys_wait4() won't fill struct rusage...

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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failing sys_wait4() won't fill struct rusage...

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fix unsafe_put_user()</title>
<updated>2017-05-21T17:09:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-21T17:08:42+00:00</published>
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__put_user_size() relies upon its first argument having the same type as what
the second one points to; the only other user makes sure of that and
unsafe_put_user() should do the same.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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__put_user_size() relies upon its first argument having the same type as what
the second one points to; the only other user makes sure of that and
unsafe_put_user() should do the same.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'trace-v4.12-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2017-05-21T06:39:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-21T06:39:03+00:00</published>
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Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix a bug caused by not cleaning up the new instance unique triggers
   when deleting an instance. It also creates a selftest that triggers
   that bug.

 - Fix the delayed optimization happening after kprobes boot up self
   tests being removed by freeing of init memory.

 - Comment kprobes on why the delay optimization is not a problem for
   removal of modules, to keep other developers from searching that
   riddle.

 - Fix another case of rcu not watching in stack trace tracing.

* tag 'trace-v4.12-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
  tracing: Make sure RCU is watching before calling a stack trace
  kprobes: Document how optimized kprobes are removed from module unload
  selftests/ftrace: Add test to remove instance with active event triggers
  selftests/ftrace: Fix bashisms
  ftrace: Remove #ifdef from code and add clear_ftrace_function_probes() stub
  ftrace/instances: Clear function triggers when removing instances
  ftrace: Simplify glob handling in unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func()
  tracing/kprobes: Enforce kprobes teardown after testing
  tracing: Move postpone selftests to core from early_initcall
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Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix a bug caused by not cleaning up the new instance unique triggers
   when deleting an instance. It also creates a selftest that triggers
   that bug.

 - Fix the delayed optimization happening after kprobes boot up self
   tests being removed by freeing of init memory.

 - Comment kprobes on why the delay optimization is not a problem for
   removal of modules, to keep other developers from searching that
   riddle.

 - Fix another case of rcu not watching in stack trace tracing.

* tag 'trace-v4.12-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
  tracing: Make sure RCU is watching before calling a stack trace
  kprobes: Document how optimized kprobes are removed from module unload
  selftests/ftrace: Add test to remove instance with active event triggers
  selftests/ftrace: Fix bashisms
  ftrace: Remove #ifdef from code and add clear_ftrace_function_probes() stub
  ftrace/instances: Clear function triggers when removing instances
  ftrace: Simplify glob handling in unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func()
  tracing/kprobes: Enforce kprobes teardown after testing
  tracing: Move postpone selftests to core from early_initcall
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2017-05-20T23:12:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-05-20T23:12:30+00:00</published>
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Pull block fixes from Jens Axboe:
 "A small collection of fixes that should go into this cycle.

   - a pull request from Christoph for NVMe, which ended up being
     manually applied to avoid pulling in newer bits in master. Mostly
     fibre channel fixes from James, but also a few fixes from Jon and
     Vijay

   - a pull request from Konrad, with just a single fix for xen-blkback
     from Gustavo.

   - a fuseblk bdi fix from Jan, fixing a regression in this series with
     the dynamic backing devices.

   - a blktrace fix from Shaohua, replacing sscanf() with kstrtoull().

   - a request leak fix for drbd from Lars, fixing a regression in the
     last series with the kref changes. This will go to stable as well"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
  nvmet: release the sq ref on rdma read errors
  nvmet-fc: remove target cpu scheduling flag
  nvme-fc: stop queues on error detection
  nvme-fc: require target or discovery role for fc-nvme targets
  nvme-fc: correct port role bits
  nvme: unmap CMB and remove sysfs file in reset path
  blktrace: fix integer parse
  fuseblk: Fix warning in super_setup_bdi_name()
  block: xen-blkback: add null check to avoid null pointer dereference
  drbd: fix request leak introduced by locking/atomic, kref: Kill kref_sub()
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Pull block fixes from Jens Axboe:
 "A small collection of fixes that should go into this cycle.

   - a pull request from Christoph for NVMe, which ended up being
     manually applied to avoid pulling in newer bits in master. Mostly
     fibre channel fixes from James, but also a few fixes from Jon and
     Vijay

   - a pull request from Konrad, with just a single fix for xen-blkback
     from Gustavo.

   - a fuseblk bdi fix from Jan, fixing a regression in this series with
     the dynamic backing devices.

   - a blktrace fix from Shaohua, replacing sscanf() with kstrtoull().

   - a request leak fix for drbd from Lars, fixing a regression in the
     last series with the kref changes. This will go to stable as well"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
  nvmet: release the sq ref on rdma read errors
  nvmet-fc: remove target cpu scheduling flag
  nvme-fc: stop queues on error detection
  nvme-fc: require target or discovery role for fc-nvme targets
  nvme-fc: correct port role bits
  nvme: unmap CMB and remove sysfs file in reset path
  blktrace: fix integer parse
  fuseblk: Fix warning in super_setup_bdi_name()
  block: xen-blkback: add null check to avoid null pointer dereference
  drbd: fix request leak introduced by locking/atomic, kref: Kill kref_sub()
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