linux/include, branch v2.6.36

types.h: define __aligned_u64 and expose to userspace

2010-10-15T21:42:24Z

We currently have a kernel internal type called aligned_u64 which aligns __u64's on 8 bytes boundaries even on systems which would normally align them on 4 byte boundaries. This patch creates a new type __aligned_u64 which does the same thing but which is exposed to userspace rather than being kernel internal. [akpm: merge early as both the net and audit trees want this] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: enhance the comment describing the reasons for using aligned_u64. Via Andreas and Andi.] Based-on-patch-by: Andreas Gruenbacher Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Cc: Jan Engelhardt Cc: David Miller Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Un-inline the core-dump helper functions

2010-10-14T21:32:06Z

Tony Luck reports that the addition of the access_ok() check in commit 0eead9ab41da ("Don't dump task struct in a.out core-dumps") broke the ia64 compile due to missing the necessary header file includes. Rather than add yet another include () to make everything happy, just uninline the silly core dump helper functions and move the bodies to fs/exec.c where they make a lot more sense. dump_seek() in particular was too big to be an inline function anyway, and none of them are in any way performance-critical. And we really don't need to mess up our include file headers more than they already are. Reported-and-tested-by: Tony Luck Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Don't dump task struct in a.out core-dumps

2010-10-14T17:57:40Z

akiphie points out that a.out core-dumps have that odd task struct dumping that was never used and was never really a good idea (it goes back into the mists of history, probably the original core-dumping code). Just remove it. Also do the access_ok() check on dump_write(). It probably doesn't matter (since normal filesystems all seem to do it anyway), but he points out that it's normally done by the VFS layer, so ... [ I suspect that we should possibly do "vfs_write()" instead of calling ->write directly. That also does the whole fsnotify and write statistics thing, which may or may not be a good idea. ] And just to be anal, do this all for the x86-64 32-bit a.out emulation code too, even though it's not enabled (and won't currently even compile) Reported-by: akiphie Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fanotify: disable fanotify syscalls

2010-10-12T01:15:28Z

This patch disables the fanotify syscalls by just not building them and letting the cond_syscall() statements in kernel/sys_ni.c redirect them to sys_ni_syscall(). It was pointed out by Tvrtko Ursulin that the fanotify interface did not include an explicit prioritization between groups. This is necessary for fanotify to be usable for hierarchical storage management software, as they must get first access to the file, before inotify-like notifiers see the file. This feature can be added in an ABI compatible way in the next release (by using a number of bits in the flags field to carry the info) but it was suggested by Alan that maybe we should just hold off and do it in the next cycle, likely with an (new) explicit argument to the syscall. I don't like this approach best as I know people are already starting to use the current interface, but Alan is all wise and noone on list backed me up with just using what we have. I feel this is needlessly ripping the rug out from under people at the last minute, but if others think it needs to be a new argument it might be the best way forward. Three choices: Go with what we got (and implement the new feature next cycle). Add a new field right now (and implement the new feature next cycle). Wait till next cycle to release the ABI (and implement the new feature next cycle). This is number 3. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

2010-10-09T19:06:26Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (27 commits) net: clear heap allocation for ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL isdn: strcpy() => strlcpy() Revert "mac80211: use netif_receive_skb in ieee80211_tx_status callpath" mac80211: delete AddBA response timer ath9k_hw: fix regression in ANI listen time calculation caif: fix two caif_connect() bugs bonding: fix WARN_ON when writing to bond_master sysfs file skge: add quirk to limit DMA MAINTAINERS: update Intel LAN Ethernet info e1000e.txt: Add e1000e documentation e1000.txt: Update e1000 documentation ixgbevf.txt: Update ixgbevf documentation cls_u32: signedness bug Bluetooth: Disallow to change L2CAP_OPTIONS values when connected sctp: Fix out-of-bounds reading in sctp_asoc_get_hmac() sctp: prevent reading out-of-bounds memory ipv4: correct IGMP behavior on v3 query during v2-compatibility mode netdev: Depend on INET before selecting INET_LRO Revert "ipv4: Make INET_LRO a bool instead of tristate." net: Fix the condition passed to sk_wait_event() ...

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2010-10-07T20:54:56Z

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: elevator: fix oops on early call to elevator_change()

Merge branch 'drm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6

2010-10-07T20:47:20Z

* 'drm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6: drm: don't drop handle reference on unload drm/ttm: Fix two race conditions + fix busy codepaths

Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6

2010-10-07T20:45:00Z

* 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6: (37 commits) V4L/DVB: v4l: radio: si470x: fix unneeded free_irq() call V4L/DVB: v4l: videobuf: prevent passing a NULL to dma_free_coherent() V4L/DVB: ir-core: Fix null dereferences in the protocols sysfs interface V4L/DVB: v4l: s5p-fimc: Fix 3-planar formats handling and pixel offset error on S5PV210 SoCs V4L/DVB: v4l: s5p-fimc: Fix return value on probe() failure V4L/DVB: uvcvideo: Restrict frame rates for Chicony CNF7129 webcam V4L/DVB: uvcvideo: Fix support for Medion Akoya All-in-one PC integrated webcam V4L/DVB: ivtvfb: prevent reading uninitialized stack memory V4L/DVB: cx25840: Fix typo in volume control initialization: 65335 vs. 65535 V4L/DVB: v4l: mem2mem_testdev: add missing release for video_device V4L/DVB: v4l: mem2mem_testdev: fix errorenous comparison V4L/DVB: mt9v022.c: Fixed compilation warning V4L/DVB: mt9m111: added current colorspace at g_fmt V4L/DVB: mt9m111: cropcap and s_crop check if type is VIDEO_CAPTURE V4L/DVB: mx2_camera: fix a race causing NULL dereference V4L/DVB: tm6000: bugfix data handling V4L/DVB: gspca - sn9c20x: Bad transfer size of Bayer images V4L/DVB: videobuf-dma-sg: set correct size in last sg element V4L/DVB: cx231xx: Avoid an OOPS when card is unknown (card=0) V4L/DVB: dvb: fix smscore_getbuffer() logic ...

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-2.6

2010-10-07T07:59:39Z

elevator: fix oops on early call to elevator_change()

2010-10-07T07:35:16Z

2.6.36 introduces an API for drivers to switch the IO scheduler instead of manually calling the elevator exit and init functions. This API was added since q->elevator must be cleared in between those two calls. And since we already have this functionality directly from use by the sysfs interface to switch schedulers online, it was prudent to reuse it internally too. But this API needs the queue to be in a fully initialized state before it is called, or it will attempt to unregister elevator kobjects before they have been added. This results in an oops like this: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000051 IP: [] sysfs_create_dir+0x2e/0xc0 PGD 47ddfc067 PUD 47c6a1067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:04:00.1/irq CPU 2 Modules linked in: t(+) loop hid_apple usbhid ahci ehci_hcd uhci_hcd libahci usbcore nls_base igb Pid: 7319, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.36-rc6+ #132 QSSC-S4R/QSSC-S4R RIP: 0010:[] [] sysfs_create_dir+0x2e/0xc0 RSP: 0018:ffff88027da25d08 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffff88047c68c528 RBX: 00000000fffffffe RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 000000000000002f RSI: 000000000000002f RDI: ffff88047e196c88 RBP: ffff88027da25d38 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: d84156c5635688c0 R10: d84156c5635688c0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88047e196c88 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88047c68c528 FS: 00007fcb0b26f6e0(0000) GS:ffff880287400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000051 CR3: 000000047e76e000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process modprobe (pid: 7319, threadinfo ffff88027da24000, task ffff88027d377090) Stack: ffff88027da25d58 ffff88047c68c528 00000000fffffffe ffff88047e196c88 <0> ffff88047c68c528 ffff88047e05bd90 ffff88027da25d78 ffffffff8123fb77 <0> ffff88047e05bd90 0000000000000000 ffff88047e196c88 ffff88047c68c528 Call Trace: [] kobject_add_internal+0xe7/0x1f0 [] kobject_add_varg+0x38/0x60 [] kobject_add+0x69/0x90 [] ? sysfs_remove_dir+0x20/0xa0 [] ? sub_preempt_count+0x9d/0xe0 [] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x30/0x50 [] ? sysfs_remove_dir+0x20/0xa0 [] ? sysfs_remove_dir+0x34/0xa0 [] elv_register_queue+0x34/0xa0 [] elevator_change+0xfd/0x250 [] ? t_init+0x0/0x361 [t] [] ? t_init+0x0/0x361 [t] [] t_init+0xa8/0x361 [t] [] do_one_initcall+0x3e/0x170 [] sys_init_module+0xbd/0x220 [] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Code: e5 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 fc 53 48 83 ec 10 48 85 ff 74 52 48 8b 47 18 49 c7 c5 00 46 61 81 48 85 c0 74 04 4c 8b 68 30 45 31 f6 <41> 80 7d 51 00 74 0e 49 8b 44 24 28 4c 89 e7 ff 50 20 49 89 c6 RIP [] sysfs_create_dir+0x2e/0xc0 RSP CR2: 0000000000000051 ---[ end trace a6541d3bf07945df ]--- Fix this by adding a registered bit to the elevator queue, which is set when the sysfs kobjects have been registered. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe