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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c32
-rw-r--r--kernel/kexec.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/kprobes.c14
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c4
4 files changed, 45 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index b0c95f0f06f..6b17ac1b0c2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7458,7 +7458,19 @@ __perf_event_exit_task(struct perf_event *child_event,
struct perf_event_context *child_ctx,
struct task_struct *child)
{
- perf_remove_from_context(child_event, true);
+ /*
+ * Do not destroy the 'original' grouping; because of the context
+ * switch optimization the original events could've ended up in a
+ * random child task.
+ *
+ * If we were to destroy the original group, all group related
+ * operations would cease to function properly after this random
+ * child dies.
+ *
+ * Do destroy all inherited groups, we don't care about those
+ * and being thorough is better.
+ */
+ perf_remove_from_context(child_event, !!child_event->parent);
/*
* It can happen that the parent exits first, and has events
@@ -7474,7 +7486,7 @@ __perf_event_exit_task(struct perf_event *child_event,
static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
{
struct perf_event *child_event, *next;
- struct perf_event_context *child_ctx;
+ struct perf_event_context *child_ctx, *parent_ctx;
unsigned long flags;
if (likely(!child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn])) {
@@ -7499,6 +7511,15 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
raw_spin_lock(&child_ctx->lock);
task_ctx_sched_out(child_ctx);
child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn] = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * In order to avoid freeing: child_ctx->parent_ctx->task
+ * under perf_event_context::lock, grab another reference.
+ */
+ parent_ctx = child_ctx->parent_ctx;
+ if (parent_ctx)
+ get_ctx(parent_ctx);
+
/*
* If this context is a clone; unclone it so it can't get
* swapped to another process while we're removing all
@@ -7509,6 +7530,13 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&child_ctx->lock, flags);
/*
+ * Now that we no longer hold perf_event_context::lock, drop
+ * our extra child_ctx->parent_ctx reference.
+ */
+ if (parent_ctx)
+ put_ctx(parent_ctx);
+
+ /*
* Report the task dead after unscheduling the events so that we
* won't get any samples after PERF_RECORD_EXIT. We can however still
* get a few PERF_RECORD_READ events.
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 369f41a9412..4b8f0c92588 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1619,6 +1620,9 @@ static int __init crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init(void)
#endif
VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PG_head_mask);
VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE);
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLBFS
+ VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(free_huge_page);
+#endif
arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo();
update_vmcoreinfo_note();
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 3214289df5a..734e9a7d280 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -2037,19 +2037,23 @@ static int __init populate_kprobe_blacklist(unsigned long *start,
{
unsigned long *iter;
struct kprobe_blacklist_entry *ent;
- unsigned long offset = 0, size = 0;
+ unsigned long entry, offset = 0, size = 0;
for (iter = start; iter < end; iter++) {
- if (!kallsyms_lookup_size_offset(*iter, &size, &offset)) {
- pr_err("Failed to find blacklist %p\n", (void *)*iter);
+ entry = arch_deref_entry_point((void *)*iter);
+
+ if (!kernel_text_address(entry) ||
+ !kallsyms_lookup_size_offset(entry, &size, &offset)) {
+ pr_err("Failed to find blacklist at %p\n",
+ (void *)entry);
continue;
}
ent = kmalloc(sizeof(*ent), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ent)
return -ENOMEM;
- ent->start_addr = *iter;
- ent->end_addr = *iter + size;
+ ent->start_addr = entry;
+ ent->end_addr = entry + size;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ent->list);
list_add_tail(&ent->list, &kprobe_blacklist);
}
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 7fa34f86e5b..948a7693748 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
* Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2005, 2006
*
* Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
- * Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
+ * Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
*
* See also: Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
*/
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
#include <linux/torture.h>
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> and Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> and Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>");
torture_param(int, fqs_duration, 0,