linux.git/arch/parisc/kernel, branch v3.7-rc2

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

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal

2012-10-12T01:49:08+00:00

Pull pile 2 of execve and kernel_thread unification work from Al Viro:
 "Stuff in there: kernel_thread/kernel_execve/sys_execve conversions for
  several more architectures plus assorted signal fixes and cleanups.

  There'll be more (in particular, real fixes for the alpha
  do_notify_resume() irq mess)..."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (43 commits)
  alpha: don't open-code trace_report_syscall_{enter,exit}
  Uninclude linux/freezer.h
  m32r: trim masks
  avr32: trim masks
  tile: don't bother with SIGTRAP in setup_frame
  microblaze: don't bother with SIGTRAP in setup_rt_frame()
  mn10300: don't bother with SIGTRAP in setup_frame()
  frv: no need to raise SIGTRAP in setup_frame()
  x86: get rid of duplicate code in case of CONFIG_VM86
  unicore32: remove pointless test
  h8300: trim _TIF_WORK_MASK
  parisc: decide whether to go to slow path (tracesys) based on thread flags
  parisc: don't bother looping in do_signal()
  parisc: fix double restarts
  bury the rest of TIF_IRET
  sanitize tsk_is_polling()
  bury _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK
  unicore32: unobfuscate _TIF_WORK_MASK
  mips: NOTIFY_RESUME is not needed in TIF masks
  mips: merge the identical "return from syscall" per-ABI code
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h

mm: replace vma prio_tree with an interval tree

2012-10-09T07:22:39+00:00

Implement an interval tree as a replacement for the VMA prio_tree.  The
algorithms are similar to lib/interval_tree.c; however that code can't be
directly reused as the interval endpoints are not explicitly stored in the
VMA.  So instead, the common algorithm is moved into a template and the
details (node type, how to get interval endpoints from the node, etc) are
filled in using the C preprocessor.

Once the interval tree functions are available, using them as a
replacement to the VMA prio tree is a relatively simple, mechanical job.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse 
Cc: Rik van Riel 
Cc: Hillf Danton 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Catalin Marinas 
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli 
Cc: David Woodhouse 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

compat: move compat_siginfo_t definition to asm/compat.h

2012-10-05T18:05:16+00:00

This is a preparatory patch for the introduction of NT_SIGINFO elf note.

Make the location of compat_siginfo_t uniform across eight architectures
which have it.  Now it can be pulled in by including asm/compat.h or
linux/compat.h.

Most of the copies are verbatim.  compat_uid[32]_t had to be replaced by
__compat_uid[32]_t.  compat_uptr_t had to be moved up before
compat_siginfo_t in asm/compat.h on a several architectures (tile already
had it moved up).  compat_sigval_t had to be relocated from linux/compat.h
to asm/compat.h.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko 
Cc: Oleg Nesterov 
Cc: Amerigo Wang 
Cc: "Jonathan M. Foote" 
Cc: Roland McGrath 
Cc: Pedro Alves 
Cc: Fengguang Wu 
Cc: Stephen Rothwell 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'tty-3.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty

2012-10-01T19:26:52+00:00

Pull TTY changes from Greg Kroah-Hartman:
 "As we skipped the merge window for 3.6-rc1 for the tty tree,
  everything is now settled down and working properly, so we are ready
  for 3.7-rc1.  Here's the patchset, it's big, but the large changes are
  removing a firmware file and adding a staging tty driver (it depended
  on the tty core changes, so it's going through this tree instead of
  the staging tree.)

  All of these patches have been in the linux-next tree for a while.

  Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman "

Fix up more-or-less trivial conflicts in
 - drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c:
    tty NULL dereference fix vs tty_port_cts_enabled() helper function
 - drivers/staging/{Kconfig,Makefile}:
    add-add conflict (dgrp driver added close to other staging drivers)
 - drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c:
    "split ipoctal_channel from iopctal" vs "TTY: use tty_port_register_device"

* tag 'tty-3.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (235 commits)
  tty/serial: Add kgdb_nmi driver
  tty/serial/amba-pl011: Quiesce interrupts in poll_get_char
  tty/serial/amba-pl011: Implement poll_init callback
  tty/serial/core: Introduce poll_init callback
  kdb: Turn KGDB_KDB=n stubs into static inlines
  kdb: Implement disable_nmi command
  kernel/debug: Mask KGDB NMI upon entry
  serial: pl011: handle corruption at high clock speeds
  serial: sccnxp: Make 'default' choice in switch last
  serial: sccnxp: Remove mask termios caps for SW flow control
  serial: sccnxp: Report actual baudrate back to core
  serial: samsung: Add poll_get_char & poll_put_char
  Powerpc 8xx CPM_UART setting MAXIDL register proportionaly to baud rate
  Powerpc 8xx CPM_UART maxidl should not depend on fifo size
  Powerpc 8xx CPM_UART too many interrupts
  Powerpc 8xx CPM_UART desynchronisation
  serial: set correct baud_base for EXSYS EX-41092 Dual 16950
  serial: omap: fix the reciever line error case
  8250: blacklist Winbond CIR port
  8250_pnp: do pnp probe before legacy probe
  ...

parisc: decide whether to go to slow path (tracesys) based on thread flags

2012-10-01T13:58:14+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: don't bother looping in do_signal()

2012-10-01T13:58:14+00:00

entry.S code had been looping until no pending signals are left
since 2005 anyway; no need to bother with that in do_signal()
itself.  If the failure to set a sigframe up raises SIGSEGV,
we'll just pick it up the next time around the loop(s) in entry.S
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

parisc: fix double restarts

2012-10-01T13:58:13+00:00

Don't bother restoring r28 on syscall restarts; it's clobbered by
syscall anyway.  Reuse (now unused) ->orig_r28 as "no restarts allowed"
flag.

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

Merge 3.6-rc6 into tty-next

2012-09-17T00:31:36+00:00

This pulls in the fixes in 3.6-rc6

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman