linux.git/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c, branch v3.17

parisc: add flexible mmap memory layout support

2014-02-02T20:00:13+00:00

Add support for the flexible mmap memory layout (as described in
http://lwn.net/Articles/91829). This is especially very interesting on
parisc since we currently only support 32bit userspace (even with a
64bit Linux kernel).

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller

parisc: Use generic idle loop

2013-04-08T15:39:27+00:00

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Rusty Russell 
Cc: Paul McKenney 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Reviewed-by: Cc: Srivatsa S. Bhat 
Cc: Magnus Damm 
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley 
Cc: Helge Deller 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130321215234.956305981@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

flagday: don't pass regs to copy_thread()

2012-11-29T04:43:42+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone

2012-11-29T03:36:46+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: optimizations in copy_thread() and friends

2012-10-14T23:36:37+00:00

* in user thread case the registers had been copied as part of task_struct
already; no need to do it in copy_thread().
* no need to store kernel stack pointer into regs->r21; we know its offset
anyway.
* no need to clobber r3 in sys_fork_wrapper and friends - r28 will do just
as well and *it* will be overwritten anyway.
* no need to mess with storing the return address for child - it should just
use syscall_exit.
* no need to bother with separate stack frame for sys_clone() - just branch
there and be done with that.
* no need to bother with wrapper_exit - we need it only on the child_return,
so let's just do it there.
* use the same ksp for kernel threads and userland ones, while we are at it,
and let ret_from_kernel_execve() go through the normal syscall_exit.  More
straightforward is better here...

[fixes from jejb folded]

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: switch to generic sys_execve()

2012-10-14T23:36:37+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: switch to generic kernel_execve()

2012-10-14T23:36:36+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: switch to generic kernel_thread()

2012-10-14T23:36:30+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it

2012-10-13T00:14:55+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: Add missing RCU idle APIs on idle loop

2012-09-23T14:44:49+00:00

In the old times, the whole idle task was considered
as an RCU quiescent state. But as RCU became more and
more successful overtime, some RCU read side critical
section have been added even in the code of some
architectures idle tasks, for tracing for example.

So nowadays, rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() must
be called by the architecture to tell RCU about the part
in the idle loop that doesn't make use of rcu read side
critical sections, typically the part that puts the CPU
in low power mode.

This is necessary for RCU to find the quiescent states in
idle in order to complete grace periods.

Add this missing pair of calls in the parisc's idle loop.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley 
Cc: Helge Deller 
Cc: Parisc 
Cc:  # 3.3+
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett