linux.git/fs/exec.c, branch v3.0-rc1

coredump: add support for exe_file in core name

2011-05-27T00:12:36+00:00

Now, exe_file is not proc FS dependent, so we can use it to name core
file.  So we add %E pattern for core file name cration which extract path
from mm_struct->exe_file.  Then it converts slashes to exclamation marks
and pastes the result to the core file name itself.

This is useful for environments where binary names are longer than 16
character (the current->comm limitation).  Also where there are binaries
with same name but in a different path.  Further in case the binery itself
changes its current->comm after exec.

So by doing (s/$/#/ -- # is treated as git comment):

  $ sysctl kernel.core_pattern='core.%p.%e.%E'
  $ ln /bin/cat cat45678901234567890
  $ ./cat45678901234567890
  ^Z
  $ rm cat45678901234567890
  $ fg
  ^\Quit (core dumped)
  $ ls core*

we now get:

  core.2434.cat456789012345.!root!cat45678901234567890 (deleted)

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Alan Cox 
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: extract exe_file handling from procfs

2011-05-27T00:12:36+00:00

Setup and cleanup of mm_struct->exe_file is currently done in fs/proc/.
This was because exe_file was needed only for /proc//exe.  Since we
will need the exe_file functionality also for core dumps (so core name can
contain full binary path), built this functionality always into the
kernel.

To achieve that move that out of proc FS to the kernel/ where in fact it
should belong.  By doing that we can make dup_mm_exe_file static.  Also we
can drop linux/proc_fs.h inclusion in fs/exec.c and kernel/fork.c.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: mmu_gather rework

2011-05-25T15:39:12+00:00

Rework the existing mmu_gather infrastructure.

The direct purpose of these patches was to allow preemptible mmu_gather,
but even without that I think these patches provide an improvement to the
status quo.

The first 9 patches rework the mmu_gather infrastructure.  For review
purpose I've split them into generic and per-arch patches with the last of
those a generic cleanup.

The next patch provides generic RCU page-table freeing, and the followup
is a patch converting s390 to use this.  I've also got 4 patches from
DaveM lined up (not included in this series) that uses this to implement
gup_fast() for sparc64.

Then there is one patch that extends the generic mmu_gather batching.

After that follow the mm preemptibility patches, these make part of the mm
a lot more preemptible.  It converts i_mmap_lock and anon_vma->lock to
mutexes which together with the mmu_gather rework makes mmu_gather
preemptible as well.

Making i_mmap_lock a mutex also enables a clean-up of the truncate code.

This also allows for preemptible mmu_notifiers, something that XPMEM I
think wants.

Furthermore, it removes the new and universially detested unmap_mutex.

This patch:

Remove the first obstacle towards a fully preemptible mmu_gather.

The current scheme assumes mmu_gather is always done with preemption
disabled and uses per-cpu storage for the page batches.  Change this to
try and allocate a page for batching and in case of failure, use a small
on-stack array to make some progress.

Preemptible mmu_gather is desired in general and usable once i_mmap_lock
becomes a mutex.  Doing it before the mutex conversion saves us from
having to rework the code by moving the mmu_gather bits inside the
pte_lock.

Also avoid flushing the tlb batches from under the pte lock, this is
useful even without the i_mmap_lock conversion as it significantly reduces
pte lock hold times.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix comment tpyo]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Cc: David Miller 
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky 
Cc: Russell King 
Cc: Paul Mundt 
Cc: Jeff Dike 
Cc: Richard Weinberger 
Cc: Tony Luck 
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki 
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins 
Acked-by: Mel Gorman 
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro 
Cc: Nick Piggin 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: make expand_downwards() symmetrical with expand_upwards()

2011-05-25T15:39:12+00:00

Currently we have expand_upwards exported while expand_downwards is
accessible only via expand_stack or expand_stack_downwards.

check_stack_guard_page is a nice example of the asymmetry.  It uses
expand_stack for VM_GROWSDOWN while expand_upwards is called for
VM_GROWSUP case.

Let's clean this up by exporting both functions and make those names
consistent.  Let's use expand_{upwards,downwards} because expanding
doesn't always involve stack manipulation (an example is
ia64_do_page_fault which uses expand_upwards for registers backing store
expansion).  expand_downwards has to be defined for both
CONFIG_STACK_GROWS{UP,DOWN} because get_arg_page calls the downwards
version in the early process initialization phase for growsup
configuration.

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko 
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins 
Cc: James Bottomley 
Cc: "Luck, Tony" 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'tty-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6

2011-05-23T19:23:20+00:00

* 'tty-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6: (48 commits)
  serial: 8250_pci: add support for Cronyx Omega PCI multiserial board.
  tty/serial: Fix break handling for PORT_TEGRA
  tty/serial: Add explicit PORT_TEGRA type
  n_tracerouter and n_tracesink ldisc additions.
  Intel PTI implementaiton of MIPI 1149.7.
  Kernel documentation for the PTI feature.
  export kernel call get_task_comm().
  tty: Remove to support serial for S5P6442
  pch_phub: Support new device ML7223
  8250_pci: Add support for the Digi/IBM PCIe 2-port Adapter
  ASoC: Update cx20442 for TTY API change
  pch_uart: Support new device ML7223 IOH
  parport: Use request_muxed_region for IT87 probe and lock
  tty/serial: add support for Xilinx PS UART
  n_gsm: Use print_hex_dump_bytes
  drivers/tty/moxa.c: Put correct tty value
  TTY: tty_io, annotate locking functions
  TTY: serial_core, remove superfluous set_task_state
  TTY: serial_core, remove invalid test
  Char: moxa, fix locking in moxa_write
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c and
drivers/tty/serial/Makefile.

I did the hci_ldisc thing as an evil merge, cleaning things up.

Merge branch 'exec_rm_compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/oleg/misc

2011-05-23T15:28:34+00:00

* 'exec_rm_compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/oleg/misc:
  exec: document acct_arg_size()
  exec: unify do_execve/compat_do_execve code
  exec: introduce struct user_arg_ptr
  exec: introduce get_user_arg_ptr() helper

export kernel call get_task_comm().

2011-05-13T23:30:59+00:00

This allows drivers who call this function to be compiled modularly.
Otherwise, a driver who is interested in this type of functionality
has to implement their own get_task_comm() call, causing code
duplication in the Linux source tree.

Signed-off-by: J Freyensee 
Acked-by: David Rientjes 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

exec: document acct_arg_size()

2011-04-09T13:53:57+00:00

Add the comment to explain acct_arg_size().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov 
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro

exec: unify do_execve/compat_do_execve code

2011-04-09T13:53:56+00:00

Add the appropriate members into struct user_arg_ptr and teach
get_user_arg_ptr() to handle is_compat = T case correctly.

This allows us to remove the compat_do_execve() code from fs/compat.c
and reimplement compat_do_execve() as the trivial wrapper on top of
do_execve_common(is_compat => true).

In fact, this fixes another (minor) bug. "compat_uptr_t str" can
overflow after "str += len" in compat_copy_strings() if a 64bit
application execs via sys32_execve().

Unexport acct_arg_size() and get_arg_page(), fs/compat.c doesn't
need them any longer.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov 
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro 
Tested-by: KOSAKI Motohiro

exec: introduce struct user_arg_ptr

2011-04-09T13:53:53+00:00

No functional changes, preparation.

Introduce struct user_arg_ptr, change do_execve() paths to use it
instead of "char __user * const __user *argv".

This makes the argv/envp arguments opaque, we are ready to handle the
compat case which needs argv pointing to compat_uptr_t.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds 
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov 
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro 
Tested-by: KOSAKI Motohiro