linux.git/lib, branch v3.18-rc2

Merge tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random

2014-10-24T19:33:32+00:00

Pull /dev/random updates from Ted Ts'o:
 "This adds a memzero_explicit() call which is guaranteed not to be
  optimized away by GCC.  This is important when we are wiping
  cryptographically sensitive material"

* tag 'random_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/random:
  crypto: memzero_explicit - make sure to clear out sensitive data
  random: add and use memzero_explicit() for clearing data

Merge branch 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2014-10-23T21:45:09+00:00

Pull x86 EFI updates from Peter Anvin:
 "This patchset falls under the "maintainers that grovel" clause in the
  v3.18-rc1 announcement.  We had intended to push it late in the merge
  window since we got it into the -tip tree relatively late.

  Many of these are relatively simple things, but there are a couple of
  key bits, especially Ard's and Matt's patches"

* 'x86-efi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (24 commits)
  rtc: Disable EFI rtc for x86
  efi: rtc-efi: Export platform:rtc-efi as module alias
  efi: Delete the in_nmi() conditional runtime locking
  efi: Provide a non-blocking SetVariable() operation
  x86/efi: Adding efi_printks on memory allocationa and pci.reads
  x86/efi: Mark initialization code as such
  x86/efi: Update comment regarding required phys mapped EFI services
  x86/efi: Unexport add_efi_memmap variable
  x86/efi: Remove unused efi_call* macros
  efi: Resolve some shadow warnings
  arm64: efi: Format EFI memory type & attrs with efi_md_typeattr_format()
  ia64: efi: Format EFI memory type & attrs with efi_md_typeattr_format()
  x86: efi: Format EFI memory type & attrs with efi_md_typeattr_format()
  efi: Introduce efi_md_typeattr_format()
  efi: Add macro for EFI_MEMORY_UCE memory attribute
  x86/efi: Clear EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES if failing to enter virtual mode
  arm64/efi: Do not enter virtual mode if booting with efi=noruntime or noefi
  arm64/efi: uefi_init error handling fix
  efi: Add kernel param efi=noruntime
  lib: Add a generic cmdline parse function parse_option_str
  ...

Merge tag 'fbdev-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tomba/linux

2014-10-19T01:03:02+00:00

Pull fbdev updates from Tomi Valkeinen:
 - new 6x10 font
 - various small fixes and cleanups

* tag 'fbdev-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tomba/linux: (30 commits)
  fonts: Add 6x10 font
  videomode: provide dummy inline functions for !CONFIG_OF
  video/atmel_lcdfb: Introduce regulator support
  fbdev: sh_mobile_hdmi: Re-init regs before irq re-enable on resume
  framebuffer: fix screen corruption when copying
  framebuffer: fix border color
  arm, fbdev, omap2, LLVMLinux: Remove nested function from omapfb
  arm, fbdev, omap2, LLVMLinux: Remove nested function from omap2 dss
  video: fbdev: valkyriefb.c: use container_of to resolve fb_info_valkyrie from fb_info
  video: fbdev: pxafb.c: use container_of to resolve pxafb_info/layer from fb_info
  video: fbdev: cyber2000fb.c: use container_of to resolve cfb_info from fb_info
  video: fbdev: controlfb.c: use container_of to resolve fb_info_control from fb_info
  video: fbdev: sa1100fb.c: use container_of to resolve sa1100fb_info from fb_info
  video: fbdev: stifb.c: use container_of to resolve stifb_info from fb_info
  video: fbdev: sis: sis_main.c: Cleaning up missing null-terminate in conjunction with strncpy
  video: valkyriefb: Fix unused variable warning in set_valkyrie_clock()
  video: fbdev: use %*ph specifier to dump small buffers
  video: mx3fb: always enable BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
  video: fbdev: au1200fb: delete double assignment
  video: fbdev: sis: delete double assignment
  ...

Merge tag 'md/3.18' of git://neil.brown.name/md

2014-10-18T18:39:52+00:00

Pull md updates from Neil Brown:
 - a few minor bug fixes
 - quite a lot of code tidy-up and simplification
 - remove PRINT_RAID_DEBUG ioctl.  I'm fairly sure it is unused, and it
   isn't particularly useful.

* tag 'md/3.18' of git://neil.brown.name/md: (21 commits)
  lib/raid6: Add log level to printks
  md: move EXPORT_SYMBOL to after function in md.c
  md: discard PRINT_RAID_DEBUG ioctl
  md: remove MD_BUG()
  md: clean up 'exit' labels in md_ioctl().
  md: remove unnecessary test for MD_MAJOR in md_ioctl()
  md: don't allow "-sync" to be set for device in an active array.
  md: remove unwanted white space from md.c
  md: don't start resync thread directly from md thread.
  md: Just use RCU when checking for overlap between arrays.
  md: avoid potential long delay under pers_lock
  md: simplify export_array()
  md: discard find_rdev_nr in favour of find_rdev_nr_rcu
  md: use wait_event() to simplify md_super_wait()
  md: be more relaxed about stopping an array which isn't started.
  md/raid1: process_checks doesn't use its return value.
  md/raid5: fix init_stripe() inconsistencies
  md/raid10: another memory leak due to reshape.
  md: use set_bit/clear_bit instead of shift/mask for bi_flags changes.
  md/raid1: minor typos and reformatting.
  ...

random: add and use memzero_explicit() for clearing data

2014-10-17T15:37:29+00:00

zatimend has reported that in his environment (3.16/gcc4.8.3/corei7)
memset() calls which clear out sensitive data in extract_{buf,entropy,
entropy_user}() in random driver are being optimized away by gcc.

Add a helper memzero_explicit() (similarly as explicit_bzero() variants)
that can be used in such cases where a variable with sensitive data is
being cleared out in the end. Other use cases might also be in crypto
code. [ I have put this into lib/string.c though, as it's always built-in
and doesn't need any dependencies then. ]

Fixes kernel bugzilla: 82041

Reported-by: zatimend@hotmail.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann 
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa 
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

crypto: LLVMLinux: Remove VLAIS usage from libcrc32c.c

2014-10-14T08:51:23+00:00

Replaced the use of a Variable Length Array In Struct (VLAIS) with a C99
compliant equivalent. This patch allocates the appropriate amount of memory
using a char array using the SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK macro.

The new code can be compiled with both gcc and clang.

Signed-off-by: Jan-Simon Möller 
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster 
Reviewed-by: Mark Charlebois 
Acked-by: Herbert Xu 
Cc: pageexec@freemail.hu
Cc: "David S. Miller"

lib/raid6: Add log level to printks

2014-10-14T02:08:29+00:00

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

lib/vsprintf: add %*pE[achnops] format specifier

2014-10-14T00:18:26+00:00

This allows user to print a given buffer as an escaped string.  The
rules are applied according to an optional mix of flags provided by
additional format letters.

For example, if the given buffer is:

    1b 62 20 5c 43 07 22 90 0d 5d

The result strings would be:
    %*pE            "\eb \C\a"\220\r]"
    %*pEhp          "\x1bb \C\x07"\x90\x0d]"
    %*pEa           "\e\142\040\\\103\a\042\220\r\135"

Please, read Documentation/printk-formats.txt and lib/string_helpers.c
kernel documentation to get further information.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: tidy up comment layout, per Joe]
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Suggested-by: Joe Perches 
Cc: "John W . Linville" 
Cc: Johannes Berg 
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

lib / string_helpers: introduce string_escape_mem()

2014-10-14T00:18:26+00:00

This is almost the opposite function to string_unescape().  Nevertheless
it handles \0 and could be used for any byte buffer.

The documentation is supplied together with the function prototype.

The test cases covers most of the scenarios and would be expanded later
on.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: avoid 1k stack consumption]
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Cc: "John W . Linville" 
Cc: Johannes Berg 
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Cc: Joe Perches 
Cc: Wu Fengguang 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

lib / string_helpers: refactoring the test suite

2014-10-14T00:18:26+00:00

This patch prepares test suite for a following update.  It introduces
test_string_check_buf() helper which checks the result and dumps an error.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Cc: "John W . Linville" 
Cc: Johannes Berg 
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman 
Cc: Joe Perches 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds