Merge v2.6.37-rc8 into powerpc/next

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 5adab05a317..c9e2ec0b34a 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -279,11 +279,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_setrlimit(unsigned int resource,
 		struct compat_rlimit __user *rlim)
 {
 	struct rlimit r;
-	int ret;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs ();
-
-	if (resource >= RLIM_NLIMITS)
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, rlim, sizeof(*rlim)) ||
 	    __get_user(r.rlim_cur, &rlim->rlim_cur) ||
@@ -294,10 +289,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_setrlimit(unsigned int resource,
 		r.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
 	if (r.rlim_max == COMPAT_RLIM_INFINITY)
 		r.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	ret = sys_setrlimit(resource, (struct rlimit __user *) &r);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-	return ret;
+	return do_prlimit(current, resource, &r, NULL);
 }
 
 #ifdef COMPAT_RLIM_OLD_INFINITY
@@ -329,16 +321,13 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_old_getrlimit(unsigned int resource,
 
 #endif
 
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_getrlimit (unsigned int resource,
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_getrlimit(unsigned int resource,
 		struct compat_rlimit __user *rlim)
 {
 	struct rlimit r;
 	int ret;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
 
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	ret = sys_getrlimit(resource, (struct rlimit __user *) &r);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
+	ret = do_prlimit(current, resource, NULL, &r);
 	if (!ret) {
 		if (r.rlim_cur > COMPAT_RLIM_INFINITY)
 			r.rlim_cur = COMPAT_RLIM_INFINITY;
@@ -1137,3 +1126,24 @@ compat_sys_sysinfo(struct compat_sysinfo __user *info)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Allocate user-space memory for the duration of a single system call,
+ * in order to marshall parameters inside a compat thunk.
+ */
+void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(unsigned long len)
+{
+	void __user *ptr;
+
+	/* If len would occupy more than half of the entire compat space... */
+	if (unlikely(len > (((compat_uptr_t)~0) >> 1)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	ptr = arch_compat_alloc_user_space(len);
+
+	if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, ptr, len)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return ptr;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(compat_alloc_user_space);