linux.git/init/main.c, branch v4.17-rc2

seq_file: allocate seq_file from kmem_cache

2018-04-11T17:28:36+00:00

For fine-grained debugging and usercopy protection.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180310085027.GA17121@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan 
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton 
Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Glauber Costa 
Cc: Vladimir Davydov 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

uts: create "struct uts_namespace" from kmem_cache

2018-04-11T17:28:35+00:00

So "struct uts_namespace" can enjoy fine-grained SLAB debugging and
usercopy protection.

I'd prefer shorter name "utsns" but there is "user_namespace" already.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228215158.GA23146@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan 
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton 
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" 
Cc: Serge Hallyn 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'trace-v4.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

2018-04-10T18:27:30+00:00

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "New features:

   - Tom Zanussi's extended histogram work.

     This adds the synthetic events to have histograms from multiple
     event data Adds triggers "onmatch" and "onmax" to call the
     synthetic events Several updates to the histogram code from this

   - Allow way to nest ring buffer calls in the same context

   - Allow absolute time stamps in ring buffer

   - Rewrite of filter code parsing based on Al Viro's suggestions

   - Setting of trace_clock to global if TSC is unstable (on boot)

   - Better OOM handling when allocating large ring buffers

   - Added initcall tracepoints (consolidated initcall_debug code with
     them)

  And other various fixes and clean ups"

* tag 'trace-v4.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (68 commits)
  init: Have initcall_debug still work without CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
  init, tracing: Have printk come through the trace events for initcall_debug
  init, tracing: instrument security and console initcall trace events
  init, tracing: Add initcall trace events
  tracing: Add rcu dereference annotation for test func that touches filter->prog
  tracing: Add rcu dereference annotation for filter->prog
  tracing: Fixup logic inversion on setting trace_global_clock defaults
  tracing: Hide global trace clock from lockdep
  ring-buffer: Add set/clear_current_oom_origin() during allocations
  ring-buffer: Check if memory is available before allocation
  lockdep: Add print_irqtrace_events() to __warn
  vsprintf: Do not preprocess non-dereferenced pointers for bprintf (%px and %pK)
  tracing: Uninitialized variable in create_tracing_map_fields()
  tracing: Make sure variable string fields are NULL-terminated
  tracing: Add action comparisons when testing matching hist triggers
  tracing: Don't add flag strings when displaying variable references
  tracing: Fix display of hist trigger expressions containing timestamps
  ftrace: Drop a VLA in module_exists()
  tracing: Mention trace_clock=global when warning about unstable clocks
  tracing: Default to using trace_global_clock if sched_clock is unstable
  ...

init: Have initcall_debug still work without CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS

2018-04-08T00:24:40+00:00

Add macros around the initcall_debug tracepoint code to have the code to
default back to the old method if CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS is not enabled.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

init, tracing: Have printk come through the trace events for initcall_debug

2018-04-06T12:56:55+00:00

With trace events set before and after the initcall function calls, instead
of having a separate routine for printing out the initcalls when
initcall_debug is specified on the kernel command line, have the code
register a callback to the tracepoints where the initcall trace events are.

This removes the need for having a separate function to do the initcalls as
the tracepoint callbacks can handle the printk. It also includes other
initcalls that are not called by the do_one_initcall() which includes
console and security initcalls.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

init, tracing: Add initcall trace events

2018-04-06T12:56:54+00:00

Being able to trace the start and stop of initcalls is useful to see where
the timings are an issue. There is already an "initcall_debug" parameter,
but that can cause a large overhead itself, as the printing of the
information may take longer than the initcall functions.

Adding in a start and finish trace event around the initcall functions, as
well as a trace event that records the level of the initcalls, one can get a
much finer measurement of the times and interactions of the initcalls
themselves, as trace events are much lighter than printk()s.

Suggested-by: Abderrahmane Benbachir 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

Merge branch 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux

2018-04-03T04:22:12+00:00

Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski:
 "System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel.
  Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or
  compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the
  syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel.

  At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from
  v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is
  better to use use a different calling convention for system calls
  there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper
  which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This
  means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a
  specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of
  filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the
  time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those
  x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near
  future.

  Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel
  data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is
  generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific
  code.

  This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the
  kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the
  three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely
  kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h"

* 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits)
  bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection
  kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions
  kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries
  syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h
  net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h
  kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h
  x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0
  x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long
  x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()
  mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead()
  mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff()
  mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
  fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate()
  fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
  fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate()
  fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall
  kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid()
  kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare()
  ...

fs: add ksys_open() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_open()

2018-04-02T18:16:01+00:00

Using this wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_open() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the
same calling convention as sys_open().

This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net

Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski

fs: add do_faccessat() helper and ksys_access() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall

2018-04-02T18:15:58+00:00

Using the fs-internal do_faccessat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_faccessat() syscall.

Introducing the ksys_access() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_access() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this
function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as sys_access().

This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net

Cc: Al Viro 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski

fs: add ksys_dup{,3}() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_dup{,3}()

2018-04-02T18:15:49+00:00

Using ksys_dup() and ksys_dup3() as helper functions allows us to
avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_dup() and sys_dup3() syscalls.
The ksys_ prefix denotes that these functions are meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscalls. In particular, they use the same
calling convention as sys_dup{,3}().

In the near future, the fs-external callers of ksys_dup{,3}() should be
converted to call do_dup2() directly. Then, ksys_dup{,3}() can be moved
within sys_dup{,3}() again.

This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net

Cc: Alexander Viro 
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski