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diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 0b6ec0e7936f..dbb3b9c7ea64 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
*/
-#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
#include <linux/prctl.h>
-#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/highuid.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -57,6 +55,12 @@
#ifndef GET_FPEXC_CTL
# define GET_FPEXC_CTL(a,b) (-EINVAL)
#endif
+#ifndef GET_ENDIAN
+# define GET_ENDIAN(a,b) (-EINVAL)
+#endif
+#ifndef SET_ENDIAN
+# define SET_ENDIAN(a,b) (-EINVAL)
+#endif
/*
* this is where the system-wide overflow UID and GID are defined, for
@@ -132,14 +136,15 @@ static int __kprobes notifier_call_chain(struct notifier_block **nl,
unsigned long val, void *v)
{
int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;
- struct notifier_block *nb;
+ struct notifier_block *nb, *next_nb;
nb = rcu_dereference(*nl);
while (nb) {
+ next_nb = rcu_dereference(nb->next);
ret = nb->notifier_call(nb, val, v);
if ((ret & NOTIFY_STOP_MASK) == NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
break;
- nb = rcu_dereference(nb->next);
+ nb = next_nb;
}
return ret;
}
@@ -583,7 +588,7 @@ void emergency_restart(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(emergency_restart);
-void kernel_restart_prepare(char *cmd)
+static void kernel_restart_prepare(char *cmd)
{
blocking_notifier_call_chain(&reboot_notifier_list, SYS_RESTART, cmd);
system_state = SYSTEM_RESTART;
@@ -617,7 +622,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_restart);
* Move into place and start executing a preloaded standalone
* executable. If nothing was preloaded return an error.
*/
-void kernel_kexec(void)
+static void kernel_kexec(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
struct kimage *image;
@@ -631,7 +636,6 @@ void kernel_kexec(void)
machine_kexec(image);
#endif
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_kexec);
void kernel_shutdown_prepare(enum system_states state)
{
@@ -1860,23 +1864,20 @@ out:
* fields when reaping, so a sample either gets all the additions of a
* given child after it's reaped, or none so this sample is before reaping.
*
- * tasklist_lock locking optimisation:
- * If we are current and single threaded, we do not need to take the tasklist
- * lock or the siglock. No one else can take our signal_struct away,
- * no one else can reap the children to update signal->c* counters, and
- * no one else can race with the signal-> fields.
- * If we do not take the tasklist_lock, the signal-> fields could be read
- * out of order while another thread was just exiting. So we place a
- * read memory barrier when we avoid the lock. On the writer side,
- * write memory barrier is implied in __exit_signal as __exit_signal releases
- * the siglock spinlock after updating the signal-> fields.
- *
- * We don't really need the siglock when we access the non c* fields
- * of the signal_struct (for RUSAGE_SELF) even in multithreaded
- * case, since we take the tasklist lock for read and the non c* signal->
- * fields are updated only in __exit_signal, which is called with
- * tasklist_lock taken for write, hence these two threads cannot execute
- * concurrently.
+ * Locking:
+ * We need to take the siglock for CHILDEREN, SELF and BOTH
+ * for the cases current multithreaded, non-current single threaded
+ * non-current multithreaded. Thread traversal is now safe with
+ * the siglock held.
+ * Strictly speaking, we donot need to take the siglock if we are current and
+ * single threaded, as no one else can take our signal_struct away, no one
+ * else can reap the children to update signal->c* counters, and no one else
+ * can race with the signal-> fields. If we do not take any lock, the
+ * signal-> fields could be read out of order while another thread was just
+ * exiting. So we should place a read memory barrier when we avoid the lock.
+ * On the writer side, write memory barrier is implied in __exit_signal
+ * as __exit_signal releases the siglock spinlock after updating the signal->
+ * fields. But we don't do this yet to keep things simple.
*
*/
@@ -1885,35 +1886,25 @@ static void k_getrusage(struct task_struct *p, int who, struct rusage *r)
struct task_struct *t;
unsigned long flags;
cputime_t utime, stime;
- int need_lock = 0;
memset((char *) r, 0, sizeof *r);
utime = stime = cputime_zero;
- if (p != current || !thread_group_empty(p))
- need_lock = 1;
-
- if (need_lock) {
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
- if (unlikely(!p->signal)) {
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
- return;
- }
- } else
- /* See locking comments above */
- smp_rmb();
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ if (!lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return;
+ }
switch (who) {
case RUSAGE_BOTH:
case RUSAGE_CHILDREN:
- spin_lock_irqsave(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
utime = p->signal->cutime;
stime = p->signal->cstime;
r->ru_nvcsw = p->signal->cnvcsw;
r->ru_nivcsw = p->signal->cnivcsw;
r->ru_minflt = p->signal->cmin_flt;
r->ru_majflt = p->signal->cmaj_flt;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->sighand->siglock, flags);
if (who == RUSAGE_CHILDREN)
break;
@@ -1941,8 +1932,9 @@ static void k_getrusage(struct task_struct *p, int who, struct rusage *r)
BUG();
}
- if (need_lock)
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
cputime_to_timeval(utime, &r->ru_utime);
cputime_to_timeval(stime, &r->ru_stime);
}
@@ -2057,6 +2049,13 @@ asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
return -EFAULT;
return 0;
}
+ case PR_GET_ENDIAN:
+ error = GET_ENDIAN(current, arg2);
+ break;
+ case PR_SET_ENDIAN:
+ error = SET_ENDIAN(current, arg2);
+ break;
+
default:
error = -EINVAL;
break;