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2006-09-29[PATCH] ifdef blktrace debugging fieldsAlexey Dobriyan
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] task_struct: ifdef Missed'em V IPCAlexey Dobriyan
ipc/sem.c only. $ agrep sysvsem -w -n ipc/sem.c:912: undo_list = current->sysvsem.undo_list; ipc/sem.c:932: undo_list = current->sysvsem.undo_list; ipc/sem.c:954: undo_list = current->sysvsem.undo_list; ipc/sem.c:963: current->sysvsem.undo_list = undo_list; ipc/sem.c:1247: tsk->sysvsem.undo_list = undo_list; ipc/sem.c:1249: tsk->sysvsem.undo_list = NULL; ipc/sem.c:1271: undo_list = tsk->sysvsem.undo_list; include/linux/sched.h:876: struct sysv_sem sysvsem; Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] ignore partition table on disks with AIX labelOlaf Hering
The on-disk data structures from AIX are not known, also the filesystem layout is not known. There is a msdos partition signature at the end of the first block, and the kernel recognizes 3 small (and overlapping) partitions. But they are not usable. Maybe the firmware uses it to find the bootloader for AIX, but AIX boots also if the first block is cleared. This is the content of the partition table: # dd if=/dev/sdb count=$(( 4 * 16 )) bs=1 skip=$(( 0x1be )) | xxd 0000000: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ................ 0000010: 80ff ffff 41ff ffff 1b11 0000 381b 0000 ....A.......8... 0000020: 00ff ffff 41ff ffff 0211 0000 1900 0000 ....A........... 0000030: 80ff ffff 41ff ffff 1b11 0000 381b 0000 ....A.......8... Handle the whole disk as empty disk. This fixes also YaST which compares the output from parted (and formerly fdisk) with /proc/partitions. fdisk recognizes the AIX label since a long time, SuSE has a patch for parted to handle the disk label as unknown. dmesg will look like this: sda: [AIX] unknown partition table Tested on an IBM B50 with AIX V4.3.3. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Cc: Albert Cahalan <acahalan@gmail.com> Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Remove unused tty_struct fieldMatthias Urlichs
Unused: tty_struct.max_flip_cnt $ git grep max_flip_cnt include/linux/tty.h: int max_flip_cnt; $ Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] DMI: Decode and save OEM String informationShem Multinymous
This teaches dmi_decode() how to decode and save OEM Strings (type 11) DMI information, which is currently discarded silently. Existing code using DMI is not affected. Follows the "System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Specification" (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios), and also the userspace dmidecode.c code. OEM Strings are the only safe way to identify some hardware, e.g., the ThinkPad embedded controller used by the soon-to-be-submitted tp_smapi driver. This will also let us eliminate the long whitelist in the mainline hdaps driver (in a future patch). Signed-off-by: Shem Multinymous <multinymous@gmail.com> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] timer: add lock annotation to lock_timer_baseJosh Triplett
lock_timer_base acquires a lock and returns with that lock held. Add a lock annotation to this function so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about this function since it intentionally uses the lock in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] vfs: define new lookup flag for chdirMiklos Szeredi
In the "operation does permission checking" model used by fuse, chdir permission is not checked, since there's no chdir method. For this case set a lookup flag, which will be passed to ->permission(), so fuse can distinguish it from permission checks for other operations. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] fuse: use dentry in statfsMiklos Szeredi
Some filesystems may want to report different values depending on the path within the filesystem, i.e. one mount is actually several filesystems. This can be the case for a network filesystem exported by an unprivileged server (e.g. sshfs). This is now possible, thanks to David Howells "VFS: Permit filesystem to perform statfs with a known root dentry" patch. This change is backward compatible, so no need to change interface version. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] module_subsys: initialize earlierMark Huang
Initialize module_subsys earlier (or at least earlier than devices) since it could be used very early in the boot process if kmod loads a module before the device initcalls. Otherwise, kmod will crash in kernel/module.c:mod_sysfs_setup() since the kset in module_subsys is not initialized yet. I only noticed this problem because occasionally, kmod loads the modules for my SCSI and Ethernet adapters very early, during the boot process itself. I don't quite understand why it loads them sometimes and doesn't load them other times. Or who is telling kmod to do so. Can someone explain? Signed-off-by: Mark Huang <mlhuang@cs.princeton.edu> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Require mmap handler for a.out executablesEugene Teo
Files supported by fs/proc/base.c, i.e. /proc/<pid>/*, are not capable of meeting the validity checks in ELF load_elf_*() handling because they have no mmap handler which is required by ELF. In order to stop a.out executables being used as part of an exploit attack against /proc-related vulnerabilities, we make a.out executables depend on ->mmap() existing. Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eteo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kthread: drivers/base/firmware_class.cSukadev Bhattiprolu
Replace kernel_thread() call in drivers/base/firmware_class.c with kthread_create() since kernel_thread() is deprecated in drivers. Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com> Cc: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com> Cc: Manuel Estrada Sainz <ranty@debian.org> Acked-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] rcu: add lock annotations to rcu{,_bh}_torture_read_{lock,unlock}Josh Triplett
rcu_torture_read_lock and rcu_bh_torture_read_lock acquire locks without releasing them, and the matching functions rcu_torture_read_unlock and rcu_bh_torture_read_unlock get called with the corresponding locks held and release them. Add lock annotations to these four functions so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about these functions since they intentionally use locks in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Acked-by: Paul McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] fs: add lock annotation to grab_superJosh Triplett
grab_super gets called with sb_lock held, and releases it. Add a lock annotation to this function so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about this function since it intentionally uses the lock in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] lockdep: don't pull in includes when lockdep disabledMichael S. Tsirkin
Do not pull in various includes through lockdep.h if lockdep is disabled. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@mellanox.co.il> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] hugetlbfs: add lock annotation to hugetlbfs_forget_inode()Josh Triplett
hugetlbfs_forget_inode releases inode_lock. Add a lock annotation to this function so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about this functions since it intentionally uses the lock in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] fuse: add lock annotations to request_end and fuse_read_interruptJosh Triplett
request_end and fuse_read_interrupt release fc->lock. Add lock annotations to these two functions so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about these functions since they intentionally use locks in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] afs: add lock annotations to afs_proc_cell_servers_{start,stop}Josh Triplett
afs_proc_cell_servers_start acquires a lock, and afs_proc_cell_servers_stop releases that lock. Add lock annotations to these two functions so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about these functions since they intentionally use locks in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] mbcache: add lock annotation for __mb_cache_entry_release_unlock()Josh Triplett
__mb_cache_entry_release_unlock releases mb_cache_spinlock, so annotate it accordingly. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] efi: add lock annotations for efi_call_phys_prelog and ↵Josh Triplett
efi_call_phys_epilog The functions efi_call_phys_prelog and efi_call_phys_epilog in arch/i386/kernel/efi.c wrap the spinlock efi_rt_lock: efi_call_phys_prelog returns with the lock held, and efi_call_phys_epilog releases the lock without acquiring it. Add lock annotations to these two functions so that sparse can check callers for lock pairing, and so that sparse will not complain about these functions since they intentionally use locks in this manner. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] irq: remove a extra lineYoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] irq: fixed coding styleYoichi Yuasa
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] use gcc -O1 in fs/reiserfs only for ancient gcc versionsOlaf Hering
Only compile with -O1 if the (very old) compiler is broken. We use reiserfs alot since SLES9 on ppc64, and it was never seen with gcc33. Assume the broken gcc is gcc-3.4 or older. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] OMAP: Update OMAP1/2 boards to give keymapsize and other pdataKomal Shah
This patch adds keymapsize, delay and debounce flag in the keypad platform data for various TI OMAP1/2 based boards like F-sample, H2, H3, Innovator, Nokia770, OSK, Perseus and H4. Signed-off-by: Komal Shah <komal_shah802003@yahoo.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] OMAP: Add keypad driverKomal Shah
This patch adds support for keypad driver running on different TI OMAP(http://www.ti.com/omap) processor based boards like OSK, H2, H3, H4, Persuas and Nokia 770. Signed-off-by: Komal Shah <komal_shah802003@yahoo.com> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] OMAP: Add Watchdog driver supportKomal Shah
Add Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP1/2 (http://www.ti.com/omap) based processors, like OMAP1610/1710/242x. [akpm@osdl.org: cleanups] Cc: <gdavis@mvista.com> Cc: "Komal Shah" <komal_shah802003@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] OMAP: Add smc91x support for TI OMAP2420 H4 boardKomal Shah
Add smc91x support for TI OMAP2420 H4 EVM board. Cc: <nico@cam.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] spinlock_debug: don't recompute (jiffies_per_loop * HZ) in spinloopChuck Ebbert
In spinlock_debug.c, the spinloops call __delay() on every iteration. Because that is an external function, (jiffies_per_loop * HZ), the loop's iteration limit, gets recomputed every time. Caching it explicitly prevents that. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Fix parameter names in drivers/base/class.cRolf Eike Beer
Change parameter names to match arguments of functions. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Include documentation for functions in drivers/base/class.cRolf Eike Beer
drivers/base/class.c is omitted by "make *docs". Add it to get documentation for class_create() and friends for free. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kthread: convert loop.c to kthreadSerge E. Hallyn
Convert loop.c from the deprecated kernel_thread to kthread. This patch simplifies the code quite a bit and passes similar testing to the previous submission on both emulated x86 and s390. Changes since last submission: switched to using a rather simple loop based on wait_event_interruptible. Signed-off-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kernel-doc: move filesystems togetherRandy Dunlap
Move all VFS + filesystem docs together. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kernel-doc for relay interfaceRandy Dunlap
Add relay interface support to DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl. Fix typos etc. in relay.c and relayfs.txt. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] libfs: remove page up-to-date check from simple_readpagePekka J Enberg
Remove the unnecessary PageUptodate check from simple_readpage. The only two callers for ->readpage that don't have explicit PageUptodate check are read_cache_pages and page_cache_read which operate on newly allocated pages which don't have the flag set. [akpm: use the allegedly-faster clear_page(), too] Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Make net48xx-led use scx200_gpio_opsChris Boot
Make the next48xx LED code use scx200_gpio_ops instead of raw SCx200 GPIO accesses. Signed-off-by: Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] scx200_gpio export cleanupsChris Boot
Use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for new symbols, and declare the struct in the header file for access by other modules. Signed-off-by: Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Let WARN_ON/WARN_ON_ONCE return the conditionHerbert Xu
Letting WARN_ON/WARN_ON_ONCE return the condition means that you could do if (WARN_ON(blah)) { handle_impossible_case } Rather than if (unlikely(blah)) { WARN_ON(1) handle_impossible_case } I checked all the newly added WARN_ON_ONCE users and none of them test the return status so we can still change it. [akpm@osdl.org: warning fix] [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c: remove unused static functionsAdrian Bunk
drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c:192: warning: #pc8736x_gpio_set_high# defined but not used drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c:197: warning: #pc8736x_gpio_set_low# defined but not used Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c: make code staticJim Cromie
This patch makes a needlessly global variable static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] remove unnecessary barrier in rtc_get_rtc_timeSteven Rostedt
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Make touch_nmi_watchdog imply touch_softlockup_watchdog on all archsMichal Schmidt
touch_nmi_watchdog() calls touch_softlockup_watchdog() on both architectures that implement it (i386 and x86_64). On other architectures it does nothing at all. touch_nmi_watchdog() should imply touch_softlockup_watchdog() on all architectures. Suggested by Andi Kleen. [heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com: s390 fix] Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <xschmi00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Michal Schmidt <xschmi00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] list_del debug checkManfred Spraul
A list_del() debugging check. Has been in -mm for years. Dave moved list_del() out-of-line in the debug case, so this is now suitable for mainline. Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Debug variants of linked list macrosDave Jones
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] make PROT_WRITE imply PROT_READJason Baron
Make PROT_WRITE imply PROT_READ for a number of architectures which don't support write only in hardware. While looking at this, I noticed that some architectures which do not support write only mappings already take the exact same approach. For example, in arch/alpha/mm/fault.c: " if (cause < 0) { if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC)) goto bad_area; } else if (!cause) { /* Allow reads even for write-only mappings */ if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE))) goto bad_area; } else { if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) goto bad_area; } " Thus, this patch brings other architectures which do not support write only mappings in-line and consistent with the rest. I've verified the patch on ia64, x86_64 and x86. Additional discussion: Several architectures, including x86, can not support write-only mappings. The pte for x86 reserves a single bit for protection and its two states are read only or read/write. Thus, write only is not supported in h/w. Currently, if i 'mmap' a page write-only, the first read attempt on that page creates a page fault and will SEGV. That check is enforced in arch/blah/mm/fault.c. However, if i first write that page it will fault in and the pte will be set to read/write. Thus, any subsequent reads to the page will succeed. It is this inconsistency in behavior that this patch is attempting to address. Furthermore, if the page is swapped out, and then brought back the first read will also cause a SEGV. Thus, any arbitrary read on a page can potentially result in a SEGV. According to the SuSv3 spec, "if the application requests only PROT_WRITE, the implementation may also allow read access." Also as mentioned, some archtectures, such as alpha, shown above already take the approach that i am suggesting. The counter-argument to this raised by Arjan, is that the kernel is enforcing the write only mapping the best it can given the h/w limitations. This is true, however Alan Cox, and myself would argue that the inconsitency in behavior, that is applications can sometimes work/sometimes fails is highly undesireable. If you read through the thread, i think people, came to an agreement on the last patch i posted, as nobody has objected to it... Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Kazumoto Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp> Cc: Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] fs/namespace: handle init/registration errorsRandy Dunlap
Check and handle init errors. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] block: handle subsystem_register() init errorsRandy Dunlap
Check and handle init errors. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] blockdev.c: check driver layer errorsAndrew Morton
Check driver layer errors. Fix from: "Jun'ichi Nomura" <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> In blockdevc-check-errors.patch, add_bd_holder() is modified to return error values when some of its operation failed. Among them, it returns -EEXIST when a given bd_holder object already exists in the list. However, in this case, the function completed its work successfully and need no action by its caller other than freeing unused bd_holder object. So I think it's better to return success after freeing by itself. Otherwise, bd_claim-ing with same claim pointer will fail. Typically, lvresize will fails with following message: device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument and you'll see messages like below in kernel log: device-mapper: table: 254:13: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table Similarly, it should not add bd_holder to the list if either one of symlinking fails. I don't have a test case for this to happen but it should cause dereference of freed pointer. If a matching bd_holder is found in bd_holder_list, add_bd_holder() completes its job by just incrementing the reference count. In this case, it should be considered as success but it used to return 'fail' to let the caller free temporary bd_holder. Fixed it to return success and free given object by itself. Also, if either one of symlinking fails, the bd_holder should not be added to the list so that it can be discarded later. Otherwise, the caller will free bd_holder which is in the list. Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] kernel/params: driver layer error checkingRandy Dunlap
Check driver layer return values in kernel/params.c Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] uml: remove pte_mkexecJeff Dike
Andi is making pte_mkexec go away, and UML had one of the last uses. This removes the use and the definition. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] uml: don't roll my own random MAC generatorJeff Dike
Use the existing random_ether_addr() instead of cooking up my own version. Pointed out by Dave Hollis and Jason Lunz. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] uml: remove unneeded fileJeff Dike
Remove arch/um/kernel/skas/process_kern.c again. The stack alignment change which resulted in this file being here is safely in arch/um/kernel/process.c. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>