1. 13 Dec, 2012 39 commits
  2. 12 Dec, 2012 1 commit
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal · 9977d9b3
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull big execve/kernel_thread/fork unification series from Al Viro:
       "All architectures are converted to new model.  Quite a bit of that
        stuff is actually shared with architecture trees; in such cases it's
        literally shared branch pulled by both, not a cherry-pick.
      
        A lot of ugliness and black magic is gone (-3KLoC total in this one):
      
         - kernel_thread()/kernel_execve()/sys_execve() redesign.
      
           We don't do syscalls from kernel anymore for either kernel_thread()
           or kernel_execve():
      
           kernel_thread() is essentially clone(2) with callback run before we
           return to userland, the callbacks either never return or do
           successful do_execve() before returning.
      
           kernel_execve() is a wrapper for do_execve() - it doesn't need to
           do transition to user mode anymore.
      
           As a result kernel_thread() and kernel_execve() are
           arch-independent now - they live in kernel/fork.c and fs/exec.c
           resp.  sys_execve() is also in fs/exec.c and it's completely
           architecture-independent.
      
         - daemonize() is gone, along with its parts in fs/*.c
      
         - struct pt_regs * is no longer passed to do_fork/copy_process/
           copy_thread/do_execve/search_binary_handler/->load_binary/do_coredump.
      
         - sys_fork()/sys_vfork()/sys_clone() unified; some architectures
           still need wrappers (ones with callee-saved registers not saved in
           pt_regs on syscall entry), but the main part of those suckers is in
           kernel/fork.c now."
      
      * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (113 commits)
        do_coredump(): get rid of pt_regs argument
        print_fatal_signal(): get rid of pt_regs argument
        ptrace_signal(): get rid of unused arguments
        get rid of ptrace_signal_deliver() arguments
        new helper: signal_pt_regs()
        unify default ptrace_signal_deliver
        flagday: kill pt_regs argument of do_fork()
        death to idle_regs()
        don't pass regs to copy_process()
        flagday: don't pass regs to copy_thread()
        bfin: switch to generic vfork, get rid of pointless wrappers
        xtensa: switch to generic clone()
        openrisc: switch to use of generic fork and clone
        unicore32: switch to generic clone(2)
        score: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
        c6x: sanitize copy_thread(), get rid of clone(2) wrapper, switch to generic clone()
        take sys_fork/sys_vfork/sys_clone prototypes to linux/syscalls.h
        mn10300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
        h8300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
        tile: switch to generic clone()
        ...
      
      Conflicts:
      	arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
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