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  1. 14 Oct, 2012 3 commits
  2. 13 Oct, 2012 1 commit
    • Jeff Layton's avatar
      vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it · 91a27b2a
      Jeff Layton authored
      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: default avatarJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      91a27b2a
  3. 28 Mar, 2012 1 commit
  4. 01 Mar, 2012 2 commits
  5. 11 Dec, 2011 3 commits
    • Frederic Weisbecker's avatar
      nohz: Remove tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() / tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu() · 1268fbc7
      Frederic Weisbecker authored
      Those two APIs were provided to optimize the calls of
      tick_nohz_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_enter() into a single
      irq disabled section. This way no interrupt happening in-between would
      needlessly process any RCU job.
      
      Now we are talking about an optimization for which benefits
      have yet to be measured. Let's start simple and completely decouple
      idle rcu and dyntick idle logics to simplify.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
      Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
      Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarJosh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      1268fbc7
    • Frederic Weisbecker's avatar
      nohz: Allow rcu extended quiescent state handling seperately from tick stop · 2bbb6817
      Frederic Weisbecker authored
      It is assumed that rcu won't be used once we switch to tickless
      mode and until we restart the tick. However this is not always
      true, as in x86-64 where we dereference the idle notifiers after
      the tick is stopped.
      
      To prepare for fixing this, add two new APIs:
      tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() and tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu().
      
      If no use of RCU is made in the idle loop between
      tick_nohz_enter_idle() and tick_nohz_exit_idle() calls, the arch
      must instead call the new *_norcu() version such that the arch doesn't
      need to call rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit().
      
      Otherwise the arch must call tick_nohz_enter_idle() and
      tick_nohz_exit_idle() and also call explicitly:
      
      - rcu_idle_enter() after its last use of RCU before the CPU is put
      to sleep.
      - rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU is woken
      up.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
      Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
      Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
      Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
      Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
      Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
      Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
      Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
      Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
      Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
      Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      2bbb6817
    • Frederic Weisbecker's avatar
      nohz: Separate out irq exit and idle loop dyntick logic · 280f0677
      Frederic Weisbecker authored
      The tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() function, which tries to delay
      the next timer tick as long as possible, can be called from two
      places:
      
      - From the idle loop to start the dytick idle mode
      - From interrupt exit if we have interrupted the dyntick
      idle mode, so that we reprogram the next tick event in
      case the irq changed some internal state that requires this
      action.
      
      There are only few minor differences between both that
      are handled by that function, driven by the ts->inidle
      cpu variable and the inidle parameter. The whole guarantees
      that we only update the dyntick mode on irq exit if we actually
      interrupted the dyntick idle mode, and that we enter in RCU extended
      quiescent state from idle loop entry only.
      
      Split this function into:
      
      - tick_nohz_idle_enter(), which sets ts->inidle to 1, enters
      dynticks idle mode unconditionally if it can, and enters into RCU
      extended quiescent state.
      
      - tick_nohz_irq_exit() which only updates the dynticks idle mode
      when ts->inidle is set (ie: if tick_nohz_idle_enter() has been called).
      
      To maintain symmetry, tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick() has been renamed
      into tick_nohz_idle_exit().
      
      This simplifies the code and micro-optimize the irq exit path (no need
      for local_irq_save there). This also prepares for the split between
      dynticks and rcu extended quiescent state logics. We'll need this split to
      further fix illegal uses of RCU in extended quiescent states in the idle
      loop.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
      Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
      Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
      Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
      Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
      Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
      Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
      Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
      Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
      Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
      Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarJosh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
      280f0677
  6. 31 Oct, 2011 1 commit
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  9. 18 Aug, 2010 1 commit
    • David Howells's avatar
      Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer · d7627467
      David Howells authored
      Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer so that kernel_execve() compiles
      correctly on ARM:
      
      arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c:88: warning: passing argument 1 of 'do_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type
      
      This also requires the argv and envp arguments to be consted twice, once for
      the pointer array and once for the strings the array points to.  This is
      because do_execve() passes a pointer to the filename (now const) to
      copy_strings_kernel().  A simpler alternative would be to cast the filename
      pointer in do_execve() when it's passed to copy_strings_kernel().
      
      do_execve() may not change any of the strings it is passed as part of the argv
      or envp lists as they are some of them in .rodata, so marking these strings as
      const should be fine.
      
      Further kernel_execve() and sys_execve() need to be changed to match.
      
      This has been test built on x86_64, frv, arm and mips.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      Tested-by: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
      Acked-by: default avatarRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      d7627467
  10. 21 Apr, 2010 1 commit
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  14. 03 Aug, 2009 1 commit
    • Ingo Molnar's avatar
      debug lockups: Improve lockup detection, fix generic arch fallback · 47cab6a7
      Ingo Molnar authored
      As Andrew noted, my previous patch ("debug lockups: Improve lockup
      detection") broke/removed SysRq-L support from architecture that do
      not provide a __trigger_all_cpu_backtrace implementation.
      
      Restore a fallback path and clean up the SysRq-L machinery a bit:
      
       - Rename the arch method to arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace()
      
       - Simplify the define
      
       - Document the method a bit - in the hope of more architectures
         adding support for it.
      
      [ The patch touches Sparc code for the rename. ]
      
      Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
      Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
      LKML-Reference: <20090802140809.7ec4bb6b.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
      47cab6a7
  15. 03 Apr, 2009 1 commit
  16. 03 Feb, 2009 1 commit
    • David S. Miller's avatar
      sparc64: On non-Niagara, need to touch NMI watchdog in NOHZ mode. · 802c64b3
      David S. Miller authored
      When we're idling in NOHZ mode, timer interrupts are not running.
      
      Evidence of processing timer interrupts is what the NMI watchdog
      uses to determine if the CPU is stuck.
      
      On Niagara, we'll yield the cpu.  This will make the cpu, at
      worst, hang out in the hypervisor until an interrupt arrives.
      This will prevent the NMI watchdog timer from firing.
      
      However on non-Niagara we just loop executing instructions
      which will cause the NMI watchdog to keep firing.  It won't
      see timer interrupts happening so it will think the cpu is
      stuck.
      
      Fix this by touching the NMI watchdog in the cpu idle loop
      on non-Niagara machines.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      802c64b3
  17. 09 Jan, 2009 1 commit
  18. 04 Dec, 2008 1 commit
    • Sam Ravnborg's avatar
      sparc,sparc64: unify kernel/ · a88b5ba8
      Sam Ravnborg authored
      o Move all files from sparc64/kernel/ to sparc/kernel
        - rename as appropriate
      o Update sparc/Makefile to the changes
      o Update sparc/kernel/Makefile to include the sparc64 files
      
      NOTE: This commit changes link order on sparc64!
      
      Link order had to change for either of sparc32 and sparc64.
      And assuming sparc64 see more testing than sparc32 change link
      order on sparc64 where issues will be caught faster.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      a88b5ba8
  19. 12 Sep, 2008 1 commit
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  22. 01 Aug, 2008 1 commit
    • David S. Miller's avatar
      sparc64: Kill __show_regs(). · dbf3e950
      David S. Miller authored
      The story is that what we used to do when we actually used
      smp_report_regs() is that if you specifically only wanted to have the
      current cpu's registers dumped you would call "__show_regs()"
      otherwise you would call show_regs() which also invoked
      smp_report_regs().
      
      Now that we killed off smp_report_regs() there is no longer any
      reason to have these two routines, just show_regs() is sufficient.
      
      Also kill off a stray declaration of show_regs() in sparc64_ksym.c
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      dbf3e950
  23. 31 Jul, 2008 4 commits
  24. 28 Jul, 2008 1 commit
  25. 22 Jul, 2008 1 commit
  26. 18 Jul, 2008 2 commits
    • Thomas Gleixner's avatar
      nohz: prevent tick stop outside of the idle loop · b8f8c3cf
      Thomas Gleixner authored
      Jack Ren and Eric Miao tracked down the following long standing
      problem in the NOHZ code:
      
      	scheduler switch to idle task
      	enable interrupts
      
      Window starts here
      
      	----> interrupt happens (does not set NEED_RESCHED)
      	      	irq_exit() stops the tick
      
      	----> interrupt happens (does set NEED_RESCHED)
      
      	return from schedule()
      	
      	cpu_idle(): preempt_disable();
      
      Window ends here
      
      The interrupts can happen at any point inside the race window. The
      first interrupt stops the tick, the second one causes the scheduler to
      rerun and switch away from idle again and we end up with the tick
      disabled.
      
      The fact that it needs two interrupts where the first one does not set
      NEED_RESCHED and the second one does made the bug obscure and extremly
      hard to reproduce and analyse. Kudos to Jack and Eric.
      
      Solution: Limit the NOHZ functionality to the idle loop to make sure
      that we can not run into such a situation ever again.
      
      cpu_idle()
      {
      	preempt_disable();
      
      	while(1) {
      		 tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1); <- tell NOHZ code that we
      		 			          are in the idle loop
      
      		 while (!need_resched())
      		       halt();
      
      		 tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(); <- disables NOHZ mode
      		 preempt_enable_no_resched();
      		 schedule();
      		 preempt_disable();
      	}
      }
      
      In hindsight we should have done this forever, but ... 
      
      /me grabs a large brown paperbag.
      
      Debugged-by: Jack Ren <jack.ren@marvell.com>, 
      Debugged-by: default avatareric miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      b8f8c3cf
    • David S. Miller's avatar
  27. 22 May, 2008 1 commit
  28. 20 May, 2008 1 commit
    • David S. Miller's avatar
      sparc64: Add global register dumping facility. · 93dae5b7
      David S. Miller authored
      When a cpu really is stuck in the kernel, it can be often
      impossible to figure out which cpu is stuck where.  The
      worst case is when the stuck cpu has interrupts disabled.
      
      Therefore, implement a global cpu state capture that uses
      SMP message interrupts which are not disabled by the
      normal IRQ enable/disable APIs of the kernel.
      
      As long as we can get a sysrq 'y' to the kernel, we can
      get a dump.  Even if the console interrupt cpu is wedged,
      we can trigger it from userspace using /proc/sysrq-trigger
      
      The output is made compact so that this facility is more
      useful on high cpu count systems, which is where this
      facility will likely find itself the most useful :)
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      93dae5b7
  29. 07 May, 2008 1 commit
  30. 02 May, 2008 1 commit
    • David S. Miller's avatar
      sparc64: Fix syscall restart, for real... · 2678fefe
      David S. Miller authored
      The change I put into copy_thread() just papered over the real
      problem.
      
      When we are looking to see if we should do a syscall restart, when
      deliverying a signal, we should only interpret the syscall return
      value as an error if the carry condition code(s) are set.
      
      Otherwise it's a success return.
      
      Also, sigreturn paths should do a pt_regs_clear_trap_type().
      
      It turns out that doing a syscall restart when returning from a fork()
      does and should happen, from time to time.  Even if copy_thread()
      returns success, copy_process() can still unwind and signal
      -ERESTARTNOINTR in the parent.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      2678fefe
  31. 27 Apr, 2008 1 commit