linux/kernel/module.c, branch v2.6.16

[PATCH] module: strlen_user() race fix

2006-02-08T00:12:32Z

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Tell kallsyms_lookup_name() to ignore type U entries

2006-02-03T16:32:02Z

When one module exports a function symbol and another module uses that symbol then kallsyms shows the symbol twice. Once from the consumer with a type of 'U' and once from the provider with a type of 't' or 'T'. On most architectures, both entries have the same address so it does not matter which one is returned by kallsyms_lookup_name(). But on architectures with function descriptors, the 'U' entry points to the descriptor, not to the code body, which is not what we want. IA64 # grep -w qla2x00_remove_one /proc/kallsyms a000000208c25ef8 U qla2x00_remove_one [qla2300] <= descriptor a000000208bf44c0 t qla2x00_remove_one [qla2xxx] <= function body Tell kallsyms_lookup_name() to ignore type U entries in modules. Signed-off-by: Keith Owens Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] move capable() to capability.h

2006-01-12T02:42:13Z

- Move capable() from sched.h to capability.h; - Use where capable() is used (in include/, block/, ipc/, kernel/, a few drivers/, mm/, security/, & sound/; many more drivers/ to go) Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] kernel/module.c: remove redundant spinlock in resolve_symbol()

2006-01-09T04:14:04Z

Remove the redundant spinlock in the function resolve_symbol() as we are not altering the module list, and we already hold the semaphore. Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Naik Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] modules: mark TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD correctly

2006-01-09T04:14:03Z

Currently TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD is totally unused. Because it is marked as TAINT_FORCED_MODULE instead when user forced a module unload. This patch marks it correctly Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Dave Jones Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] modules: prevent overriding of symbols

2006-01-09T04:14:03Z

Ensure that an exported symbol does not already exist in the kernel or in some other module's exported symbol table. This is done by checking the symbol tables for the exported symbol at the time of loading the module. Currently this is done after the relocation of the symbol. Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Naik Signed-off-by: Anand Krishnan Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Add tainting for proprietary helper modules

2006-01-09T04:13:59Z

Kernels that have had Windows drivers loaded into them are undebuggable. I've wasted a number of hours chasing bugs filed in Fedora bugzilla only to find out much later that the user had used such 'helpers', and their problems were unreproducable without them loaded. Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Dave Jones Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] kernel/module.c: removed dead code

2006-01-06T16:33:59Z

This patch fixes an issue reported by Coverity in kernel/module.c Error reported: Cannot reach this line of code "else return ptr;" Patch description: This is the error path, so 'err' will be negative, the else case is not required, this patch removes it. Signed-off-by: Jayachandran C. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] fix remaining missing includes

2005-11-07T15:53:41Z

Fix more include file problems that surfaced since I submitted the previous fix-missing-includes.patch. This should now allow not to include sched.h from module.h, which is done by a followup patch. Signed-off-by: Tim Schmielau Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] use add_taint() for setting tainted bit flags

2005-09-13T15:22:29Z

Use the add_taint() interface for setting tainted bit flags instead of doing it manually. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds