17 May, 2018
1 commit
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Architectures that are capable can select
HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION to enable selection of that
option (as an EXPERT kernel option).Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada
16 Apr, 2018
1 commit
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Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
"A set of fixes and updates for x86:- Address a swiotlb regression which was caused by the recent DMA
rework and made driver fail because dma_direct_supported() returned
false- Fix a signedness bug in the APIC ID validation which caused invalid
APIC IDs to be detected as valid thereby bloating the CPU possible
space.- Fix inconsisten config dependcy/select magic for the MFD_CS5535
driver.- Fix a corruption of the physical address space bits when encryption
has reduced the address space and late cpuinfo updates overwrite
the reduced bit information with the original value.- Dominiks syscall rework which consolidates the architecture
specific syscall functions so all syscalls can be wrapped with the
same macros. This allows to switch x86/64 to struct pt_regs based
syscalls. Extend the clearing of user space controlled registers in
the entry patch to the lower registers"* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/apic: Fix signedness bug in APIC ID validity checks
x86/cpu: Prevent cpuinfo_x86::x86_phys_bits adjustment corruption
x86/olpc: Fix inconsistent MFD_CS5535 configuration
swiotlb: Use dma_direct_supported() for swiotlb_ops
syscalls/x86: Adapt syscall_wrapper.h to the new syscall stub naming convention
syscalls/core, syscalls/x86: Rename struct pt_regs-based sys_*() to __x64_sys_*()
syscalls/core, syscalls/x86: Clean up compat syscall stub naming convention
syscalls/core, syscalls/x86: Clean up syscall stub naming convention
syscalls/x86: Extend register clearing on syscall entry to lower registers
syscalls/x86: Unconditionally enable 'struct pt_regs' based syscalls on x86_64
syscalls/x86: Use 'struct pt_regs' based syscall calling for IA32_EMULATION and x32
syscalls/core: Prepare CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER=y for compat syscalls
syscalls/x86: Use 'struct pt_regs' based syscall calling convention for 64-bit syscalls
syscalls/core: Introduce CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER=y
x86/syscalls: Don't pointlessly reload the system call number
x86/mm: Fix documentation of module mapping range with 4-level paging
x86/cpuid: Switch to 'static const' specifier
12 Apr, 2018
3 commits
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For fine-grained debugging and usercopy protection.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180310085027.GA17121@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton
Cc: Al Viro
Cc: Glauber Costa
Cc: Vladimir Davydov
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds -
Use pr_cont() at the end of ramdisk loading. This will avoid the
rotator and an extra newline appearing in the dmesg.Before:
RAMDISK: Loading 2436KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... |
done.After:
RAMDISK: Loading 2436KiB [1 disk] into ram disk... done.Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180302205552.16031-1-aaro.koskinen@iki.fi
Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds -
So "struct uts_namespace" can enjoy fine-grained SLAB debugging and
usercopy protection.I'd prefer shorter name "utsns" but there is "user_namespace" already.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180228215158.GA23146@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman"
Cc: Serge Hallyn
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds
11 Apr, 2018
1 commit
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
"New features:- Tom Zanussi's extended histogram work.
This adds the synthetic events to have histograms from multiple
event data Adds triggers "onmatch" and "onmax" to call the
synthetic events Several updates to the histogram code from this- Allow way to nest ring buffer calls in the same context
- Allow absolute time stamps in ring buffer
- Rewrite of filter code parsing based on Al Viro's suggestions
- Setting of trace_clock to global if TSC is unstable (on boot)
- Better OOM handling when allocating large ring buffers
- Added initcall tracepoints (consolidated initcall_debug code with
them)And other various fixes and clean ups"
* tag 'trace-v4.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (68 commits)
init: Have initcall_debug still work without CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
init, tracing: Have printk come through the trace events for initcall_debug
init, tracing: instrument security and console initcall trace events
init, tracing: Add initcall trace events
tracing: Add rcu dereference annotation for test func that touches filter->prog
tracing: Add rcu dereference annotation for filter->prog
tracing: Fixup logic inversion on setting trace_global_clock defaults
tracing: Hide global trace clock from lockdep
ring-buffer: Add set/clear_current_oom_origin() during allocations
ring-buffer: Check if memory is available before allocation
lockdep: Add print_irqtrace_events() to __warn
vsprintf: Do not preprocess non-dereferenced pointers for bprintf (%px and %pK)
tracing: Uninitialized variable in create_tracing_map_fields()
tracing: Make sure variable string fields are NULL-terminated
tracing: Add action comparisons when testing matching hist triggers
tracing: Don't add flag strings when displaying variable references
tracing: Fix display of hist trigger expressions containing timestamps
ftrace: Drop a VLA in module_exists()
tracing: Mention trace_clock=global when warning about unstable clocks
tracing: Default to using trace_global_clock if sched_clock is unstable
...
08 Apr, 2018
1 commit
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Add macros around the initcall_debug tracepoint code to have the code to
default back to the old method if CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS is not enabled.Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)
06 Apr, 2018
3 commits
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With trace events set before and after the initcall function calls, instead
of having a separate routine for printing out the initcalls when
initcall_debug is specified on the kernel command line, have the code
register a callback to the tracepoints where the initcall trace events are.This removes the need for having a separate function to do the initcalls as
the tracepoint callbacks can handle the printk. It also includes other
initcalls that are not called by the do_one_initcall() which includes
console and security initcalls.Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)
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Being able to trace the start and stop of initcalls is useful to see where
the timings are an issue. There is already an "initcall_debug" parameter,
but that can cause a large overhead itself, as the printing of the
information may take longer than the initcall functions.Adding in a start and finish trace event around the initcall functions, as
well as a trace event that records the level of the initcalls, one can get a
much finer measurement of the times and interactions of the initcalls
themselves, as trace events are much lighter than printk()s.Suggested-by: Abderrahmane Benbachir
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Pull GPIO updates from Linus Walleij:
"This is the bulk of GPIO changes for the v4.17 kernel cycle:New drivers:
- Nintendo Wii GameCube GPIO, known as "Hollywood"
- Raspberry Pi mailbox service GPIO expander
- Spreadtrum main SC9860 SoC and IEC GPIO controllers.
Improvements:
- Implemented .get_multiple() callback for most of the
high-performance industrial GPIO cards for the ISA bus.- ISA GPIO drivers now select the ISA_BUS_API instead of depending on
it. This is merged with the same pattern for all the ISA drivers
and some other Kconfig cleanups related to this.Cleanup:
- Delete the TZ1090 GPIO drivers following the deletion of this SoC
from the ARM tree.- Move the documentation over to driver-api to conform with the rest
of the kernel documentation build.- Continue to make the GPIO drivers include only
and not the too broad that we
want to get rid of.- Managed to remove VLA allocation from two drivers pending more
fixes in this area for the next merge window.- Misc janitorial fixes"
* tag 'gpio-v4.17-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-gpio: (77 commits)
gpio: Add Spreadtrum PMIC EIC driver support
gpio: Add Spreadtrum EIC driver support
dt-bindings: gpio: Add Spreadtrum EIC controller documentation
gpio: ath79: Fix potential NULL dereference in ath79_gpio_probe()
pinctrl: qcom: Don't allow protected pins to be requested
gpiolib: Support 'gpio-reserved-ranges' property
gpiolib: Change bitmap allocation to kmalloc_array
gpiolib: Extract mask allocation into subroutine
dt-bindings: gpio: Add a gpio-reserved-ranges property
gpio: mockup: fix a potential crash when creating debugfs entries
gpio: pca953x: add compatibility for pcal6524 and pcal9555a
gpio: dwapb: Add support for a bus clock
gpio: Remove VLA from xra1403 driver
gpio: Remove VLA from MAX3191X driver
gpio: ws16c48: Implement get_multiple callback
gpio: gpio-mm: Implement get_multiple callback
gpio: 104-idi-48: Implement get_multiple callback
gpio: 104-dio-48e: Implement get_multiple callback
gpio: pcie-idio-24: Implement get_multiple/set_multiple callbacks
gpio: pci-idio-16: Implement get_multiple callback
...
05 Apr, 2018
2 commits
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It may be useful for an architecture to override the definitions of the
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE0() and __COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macros in
, in particular to use a different calling convention
for syscalls. This patch provides a mechanism to do so, based on the
previously introduced CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER. If it is enabled,
is included in and may be used
to define the macros mentioned above. Moreover, as the syscall calling
convention may be different if CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER is set,
the compat syscall function prototypes in are #ifndef'd
out in that case.As some of the syscalls and/or compat syscalls may not be present,
the COND_SYSCALL() and COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT() macros in kernel/sys_ni.c
as well as the SYS_NI() and COMPAT_SYS_NI() macros in
kernel/time/posix-stubs.c can be re-defined in iff
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER is enabled.Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds
Cc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Cc: Andy Lutomirski
Cc: Borislav Petkov
Cc: Brian Gerst
Cc: Denys Vlasenko
Cc: H. Peter Anvin
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf
Cc: Peter Zijlstra
Cc: Thomas Gleixner
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180405095307.3730-5-linux@dominikbrodowski.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar -
It may be useful for an architecture to override the definitions of the
SYSCALL_DEFINE0() and __SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macros in ,
in particular to use a different calling convention for syscalls.This patch provides a mechanism to do so: It introduces
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER. If it is enabled,
is included in and may be used to define the macros
mentioned above. Moreover, as the syscall calling convention may be
different if CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER is set, the syscall function
prototypes in are #ifndef'd out in that case.Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds
Cc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Cc: Andy Lutomirski
Cc: Borislav Petkov
Cc: Brian Gerst
Cc: Denys Vlasenko
Cc: H. Peter Anvin
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf
Cc: Peter Zijlstra
Cc: Thomas Gleixner
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180405095307.3730-3-linux@dominikbrodowski.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar
03 Apr, 2018
26 commits
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Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski:
"System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel.
Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or
compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the
syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel.At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from
v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is
better to use use a different calling convention for system calls
there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper
which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This
means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a
specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of
filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the
time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those
x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near
future.Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel
data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is
generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific
code.This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the
kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the
three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely
kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h"* 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits)
bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection
kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions
kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries
syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes
syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h
net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h
syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h
kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h
x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0
x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long
x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()
mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead()
mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff()
mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate()
fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate()
fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall
kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid()
kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare()
... -
Pul removal of obsolete architecture ports from Arnd Bergmann:
"This removes the entire architecture code for blackfin, cris, frv,
m32r, metag, mn10300, score, and tile, including the associated device
drivers.I have been working with the (former) maintainers for each one to
ensure that my interpretation was right and the code is definitely
unused in mainline kernels. Many had fond memories of working on the
respective ports to start with and getting them included in upstream,
but also saw no point in keeping the port alive without any users.In the end, it seems that while the eight architectures are extremely
different, they all suffered the same fate: There was one company in
charge of an SoC line, a CPU microarchitecture and a software
ecosystem, which was more costly than licensing newer off-the-shelf
CPU cores from a third party (typically ARM, MIPS, or RISC-V). It
seems that all the SoC product lines are still around, but have not
used the custom CPU architectures for several years at this point. In
contrast, CPU instruction sets that remain popular and have actively
maintained kernel ports tend to all be used across multiple licensees.[ See the new nds32 port merged in the previous commit for the next
generation of "one company in charge of an SoC line, a CPU
microarchitecture and a software ecosystem" - Linus ]The removal came out of a discussion that is now documented at
https://lwn.net/Articles/748074/. Unlike the original plans, I'm not
marking any ports as deprecated but remove them all at once after I
made sure that they are all unused. Some architectures (notably tile,
mn10300, and blackfin) are still being shipped in products with old
kernels, but those products will never be updated to newer kernel
releases.After this series, we still have a few architectures without mainline
gcc support:- unicore32 and hexagon both have very outdated gcc releases, but the
maintainers promised to work on providing something newer. At least
in case of hexagon, this will only be llvm, not gcc.- openrisc, risc-v and nds32 are still in the process of finishing
their support or getting it added to mainline gcc in the first
place. They all have patched gcc-7.3 ports that work to some
degree, but complete upstream support won't happen before gcc-8.1.
Csky posted their first kernel patch set last week, their situation
will be similar[ Palmer Dabbelt points out that RISC-V support is in mainline gcc
since gcc-7, although gcc-7.3.0 is the recommended minimum - Linus ]"This really says it all:
2498 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 467668 deletions(-)
* tag 'arch-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic: (74 commits)
MAINTAINERS: UNICORE32: Change email account
staging: iio: remove iio-trig-bfin-timer driver
tty: hvc: remove tile driver
tty: remove bfin_jtag_comm and hvc_bfin_jtag drivers
serial: remove tile uart driver
serial: remove m32r_sio driver
serial: remove blackfin drivers
serial: remove cris/etrax uart drivers
usb: Remove Blackfin references in USB support
usb: isp1362: remove blackfin arch glue
usb: musb: remove blackfin port
usb: host: remove tilegx platform glue
pwm: remove pwm-bfin driver
i2c: remove bfin-twi driver
spi: remove blackfin related host drivers
watchdog: remove bfin_wdt driver
can: remove bfin_can driver
mmc: remove bfin_sdh driver
input: misc: remove blackfin rotary driver
input: keyboard: remove bf54x driver
... -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel call to the
sys_setsid() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_setsid().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_unshare() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same
calling convention as sys_unshare().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Cc: Ingo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_read() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_read().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_lseek() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_lseek().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_ioctl() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_ioctl().After careful review, at least some of these calls could be converted
to do_vfs_ioctl() in future.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_getdents64() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_getdents64().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_open() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the
same calling convention as sys_open().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using the ksys_close() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel calls
to the sys_close() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_close(), with one subtle
difference:The few places which checked the return value did not care about the return
value re-writing in sys_close(), so simply use a wrapper around
__close_fd().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using the ksys_ftruncate() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel
calls to the sys_ftruncate() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this
function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as sys_ftruncate().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using the fs-interal do_fchownat() wrapper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_fchownat() syscall.Introducing the ksys_fchown() helper and the ksys_{,}chown() wrappers
allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_{,l,f}chown() syscalls.
The ksys_ prefix denotes that these functions are meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscalls. In particular, they use the same calling
convention as sys_{,l,f}chown().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using the fs-internal do_faccessat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_faccessat() syscall.Introducing the ksys_access() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_access() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this
function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as sys_access().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
… in-kernel calls to syscall
Using the fs-internal do_fchmodat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_fchmodat() syscall.Introducing the ksys_fchmod() helper and the ksys_chmod() wrapper allows
us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_fchmod() and sys_chmod()
syscalls. The ksys_ prefix denotes that these functions are meant as a
drop-in replacement for the syscalls. In particular, they use the same
calling convention as sys_fchmod() and sys_chmod().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> -
Using the fs-internal do_linkat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_linkat() syscall.Introducing the ksys_link() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to sys_link() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses
the same calling convention as sys_link().In the near future, the only fs-external user of ksys_link() should be
converted to use vfs_link() instead.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using the fs-internal do_mknodat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_mknodat() syscall.Introducing the ksys_mknod() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to sys_mknod() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses
the same calling convention as sys_mknod().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using the fs-internal do_symlinkat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_symlinkat() syscall.Introducing the ksys_symlink() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_symlink() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this
function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular,
it uses the same calling convention as sys_symlink().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
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Using the fs-internal do_mkdirat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_mkdirat() syscall.Introducing the ksys_mkdir() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls
to the sys_mkdir() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is
meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the
same calling convention as sys_mkdir().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_rmdir() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same
calling convention as sys_rmdir().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_unlink() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
s a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same
calling convention as sys_unlink().In the near future, all callers of ksys_unlink() should be converted to
call do_unlinkat() directly or, at least, to operate on regular kernel
pointers.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_chdir()
syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same calling
convention as sys_chdir().This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Al Viro
Cc: Andrew Morton
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_write()
syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same calling
convention as sys_write().In the near future, the do_mounts / initramfs callers of ksys_write()
should be converted to use filp_open() and vfs_write() instead.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_chroot() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is
meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the
same calling convention as sys_chroot().In the near future, the fs-external callers of ksys_chroot() should be
converted to use kern_path()/set_fs_root() directly. Then ksys_chroot()
can be moved within sys_chroot() again.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using ksys_dup() and ksys_dup3() as helper functions allows us to
avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_dup() and sys_dup3() syscalls.
The ksys_ prefix denotes that these functions are meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscalls. In particular, they use the same
calling convention as sys_dup{,3}().In the near future, the fs-external callers of ksys_dup{,3}() should be
converted to call do_dup2() directly. Then, ksys_dup{,3}() can be moved
within sys_dup{,3}() again.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel call to the sys_umount()
syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same calling
convention as ksys_umount().In the near future, the only fs-external caller of ksys_umount() should be
converted to call do_umount() directly. Then, ksys_umount() can be moved
within sys_umount() again.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski -
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_mount()
syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same calling
convention as sys_mount().In the near future, all callers of ksys_mount() should be converted to call
do_mount() directly.This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.netCc: Alexander Viro
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski
26 Mar, 2018
1 commit
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A lot of Kconfig symbols have architecture specific dependencies.
In those cases that depend on architectures we have already removed,
they can be omitted.Acked-by: Kalle Valo
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann
23 Mar, 2018
1 commit
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The early_initcall() functions get assigned to __initcall_start[]. These are
called by do_pre_smp_initcalls(). The initcall_levels[] array starts with
__initcall0_start[], and initcall_levels[] are to match the
initcall_level_names[] array. The first name in that array is "early", but
that is not correct. As pure_initcall() functions get assigned to
__initcall0_start[] array.Change the first name in initcall_level_names[] array to "pure".
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)