linux/kernel/kmod.c, branch v2.6.28

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus

2008-10-16T19:38:34Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: module: remove CONFIG_KMOD in comment after #endif remove CONFIG_KMOD from fs remove CONFIG_KMOD from drivers Manually fix conflict due to include cleanups in drivers/md/md.c

pm: rework disabling of user mode helpers during suspend/hibernation

2008-10-16T18:21:29Z

We currently use a PM notifier to disable user mode helpers before suspend and hibernation and to re-enable them during resume. However, this is not an ideal solution, because if any drivers want to upload firmware into memory before suspend, they have to use a PM notifier for this purpose and there is no guarantee that the ordering of PM notifiers will be as expected (ie. the notifier that disables user mode helpers has to be run after the driver's notifier used for uploading the firmware). For this reason, it seems better to move the disabling and enabling of user mode helpers to separate functions that will be called by the PM core as necessary. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove unneeded ifdefs] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Cc: Alan Stern Acked-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

module: remove CONFIG_KMOD in comment after #endif

2008-10-16T15:38:37Z

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

call_usermodehelper(): increase reliability

2008-07-25T17:53:28Z

Presently call_usermodehelper_setup() uses GFP_ATOMIC. but it can return NULL _very_ easily. GFP_ATOMIC is needed only when we can't sleep. and, GFP_KERNEL is robust and better. thus, I add gfp_mask argument to call_usermodehelper_setup(). So, its callers pass the gfp_t as below: call_usermodehelper() and call_usermodehelper_keys(): depend on 'wait' argument. call_usermodehelper_pipe(): always GFP_KERNEL because always run under process context. orderly_poweroff(): pass to GFP_ATOMIC because may run under interrupt context. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: "Paul Menage" Reviewed-by: Li Zefan Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

flag parameters: NONBLOCK in pipe

2008-07-24T17:47:29Z

This patch adds O_NONBLOCK support to pipe2. It is minimally more involved than the patches for eventfd et.al but still trivial. The interfaces of the create_write_pipe and create_read_pipe helper functions were changed and the one other caller as well. The following test must be adjusted for architectures other than x86 and x86-64 and in case the syscall numbers changed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #include #include #include #include #ifndef __NR_pipe2 # ifdef __x86_64__ # define __NR_pipe2 293 # elif defined __i386__ # define __NR_pipe2 331 # else # error "need __NR_pipe2" # endif #endif int main (void) { int fds[2]; if (syscall (__NR_pipe2, fds, 0) == -1) { puts ("pipe2(0) failed"); return 1; } for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) { int fl = fcntl (fds[i], F_GETFL); if (fl == -1) { puts ("fcntl failed"); return 1; } if (fl & O_NONBLOCK) { printf ("pipe2(0) set non-blocking mode for fds[%d]\n", i); return 1; } close (fds[i]); } if (syscall (__NR_pipe2, fds, O_NONBLOCK) == -1) { puts ("pipe2(O_NONBLOCK) failed"); return 1; } for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) { int fl = fcntl (fds[i], F_GETFL); if (fl == -1) { puts ("fcntl failed"); return 1; } if ((fl & O_NONBLOCK) == 0) { printf ("pipe2(O_NONBLOCK) does not set non-blocking mode for fds[%d]\n", i); return 1; } close (fds[i]); } puts ("OK"); return 0; } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper Acked-by: Davide Libenzi Cc: Michael Kerrisk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

remove CONFIG_KMOD from core kernel code

2008-07-22T09:24:31Z

Always compile request_module when the kernel allows modules. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

[PATCH] split linux/file.h

2008-05-01T17:08:16Z

Initial splitoff of the low-level stuff; taken to fdtable.h Signed-off-by: Al Viro

generic: use new set_cpus_allowed_ptr function

2008-04-19T17:44:58Z

* Use new set_cpus_allowed_ptr() function added by previous patch, which instead of passing the "newly allowed cpus" cpumask_t arg by value, pass it by pointer: -int set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, cpumask_t new_mask) +int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const cpumask_t *new_mask) * Modify CPU_MASK_ALL Depends on: [sched-devel]: sched: add new set_cpus_allowed_ptr function Signed-off-by: Mike Travis Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Dont touch fs_struct in usermodehelper

2008-02-15T05:13:32Z

This test seems to be unnecessary since we always have rootfs mounted before calling a usermodehelper. Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig Acked-by: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Fix unbalanced helper_lock in kernel/kmod.c

2008-01-17T23:38:59Z

call_usermodehelper_exec() has an exit path that can leave the helper_lock() call at the top of the routine unbalanced. The attached patch fixes this issue. Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds