linux/kernel/sys.c, branch v2.6.14-rc1

[PATCH] remove a redundant variable in sys_prctl()

2005-09-07T23:57:32Z

The patch removes a redundant variable `sig' from sys_prctl(). For some reason, when sys_prctl is called with option == PR_SET_PDEATHSIG then the value of arg2 is assigned to an int variable named sig. Then sig is tested with valid_signal() and later used to set the value of current->pdeath_signal . There is no reason to use this intermediate variable since valid_signal() takes a unsigned long argument, so it can handle being passed arg2 directly, and if the call to valid_signal is OK, then we know the value of arg2 is in the range zero to _NSIG and thus it'll easily fit in a plain int and thus there's no problem assigning it later to current->pdeath_signal (which is an int). The patch gets rid of the pointless variable `sig'. This reduces the size of kernel/sys.o in 2.6.13-rc6-mm1 by 32 bytes on my system. Patch has been compile tested, boot tested, and just to make damn sure I didn't break anything I wrote a quick test app that calls prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG ...) with the entire range of values for a unsigned long, and it behaves as expected with and without the patch. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Remove suspend() calls from shutdown path

2005-08-04T15:20:47Z

This removes the calls to device_suspend() from the shutdown path that were added sometime during 2.6.13-rc*. They aren't working properly on a number of configs (I got reports from both ppc powerbook users and x86 users) causing the system to not shutdown anymore. I think it isn't the right approach at the moment anyway. We have already a shutdown() callback for the drivers that actually care about shutdown and the suspend() code isn't yet in a good enough shape to be so much generalized. Also, the semantics of suspend and shutdown are slightly different on a number of setups and the way this was patched in provides little way for drivers to cleanly differenciate. It should have been at least a different message. For 2.6.13, I think we should revert to 2.6.12 behaviour and have a working suspend back. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] reboot: remove device_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE) from kernel_kexec

2005-07-29T19:02:09Z

If device_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE) is not ready to be called in kernel_restart it is definitely not ready to be called in the even more fickle kernel_kexec. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Avoid device suspend on reboot

2005-07-27T23:46:37Z

My fairly ordinary x86 test box gets stuck during reboot on the wait_for_completion() in ide_do_drive_cmd(): Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Add emergency_restart()

2005-07-26T21:35:41Z

When the kernel is working well and we want to restart cleanly kernel_restart is the function to use. But in many instances the kernel wants to reboot when thing are expected to be working very badly such as from panic or a software watchdog handler. This patch adds the function emergency_restart() so that callers can be clear what semantics they expect when calling restart. emergency_restart() is expected to be callable from interrupt context and possibly reliable in even more trying circumstances. This is an initial generic implementation for all architectures. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Make ctrl_alt_del call kernel_restart to get a proper reboot.

2005-07-26T21:35:41Z

It is obvious we wanted to call kernel_restart here but since we don't have it the code was expanded inline and hasn't been correct since sometime in 2.4. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Refactor sys_reboot into reusable parts

2005-07-26T21:35:41Z

Because the factors of sys_reboot don't exist people calling into the reboot path duplicate the code badly, leading to inconsistent expectations of code in the reboot path. This patch should is just code motion. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Add missing device_suspsend(PMSG_FREEZE) calls.

2005-07-26T21:35:41Z

In the recent addition of device_suspend calls into sys_reboot two code paths were missed. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] kexec: add kexec syscalls

2005-06-25T23:24:48Z

This patch introduces the architecture independent implementation the sys_kexec_load, the compat_sys_kexec_load system calls. Kexec on panic support has been integrated into the core patch and is relatively clean. In addition the hopefully architecture independent option crashkernel=size@location has been docuemented. It's purpose is to reserve space for the panic kernel to live, and where no DMA transfer will ever be setup to access. Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman Signed-off-by: Alexander Nyberg Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] properly stop devices before poweroff

2005-06-25T23:24:33Z

Without this patch, Linux provokes emergency disk shutdowns and similar nastiness. It was in SuSE kernels for some time, IIRC. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds