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2008-07-28Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096Ingo Molnar
Conflicts: kernel/stop_machine.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-28cpu masks: optimize and clean up cpumask_of_cpu()Linus Torvalds
Clean up and optimize cpumask_of_cpu(), by sharing all the zero words. Instead of stupidly generating all possible i=0...NR_CPUS 2^i patterns creating a huge array of constant bitmasks, realize that the zero words can be shared. In other words, on a 64-bit architecture, we only ever need 64 of these arrays - with a different bit set in one single world (with enough zero words around it so that we can create any bitmask by just offsetting in that big array). And then we just put enough zeroes around it that we can point every single cpumask to be one of those things. So when we have 4k CPU's, instead of having 4k arrays (of 4k bits each, with one bit set in each array - 2MB memory total), we have exactly 64 arrays instead, each 8k bits in size (64kB total). And then we just point cpumask(n) to the right position (which we can calculate dynamically). Once we have the right arrays, getting "cpumask(n)" ends up being: static inline const cpumask_t *get_cpu_mask(unsigned int cpu) { const unsigned long *p = cpu_bit_bitmap[1 + cpu % BITS_PER_LONG]; p -= cpu / BITS_PER_LONG; return (const cpumask_t *)p; } This brings other advantages and simplifications as well: - we are not wasting memory that is just filled with a single bit in various different places - we don't need all those games to re-create the arrays in some dense format, because they're already going to be dense enough. if we compile a kernel for up to 4k CPU's, "wasting" that 64kB of memory is a non-issue (especially since by doing this "overlapping" trick we probably get better cache behaviour anyway). [ mingo@elte.hu: Converted Linus's mails into a commit. See: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/27/156 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/28/320 Also applied a family filter - which also has the side-effect of leaving out the bits where Linus calls me an idio... Oh, never mind ;-) ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-28Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096Ingo Molnar
2008-07-28Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input: Input: add driver for Atmel integrated touchscreen controller Input: ads7846 - optimize order of calculating Rt in ads7846_rx() Input: ads7846 - fix sparse endian warnings Input: uinput - remove duplicate include Input: serio - offload resume to kseriod Input: serio - mark serio_register_driver() __must_check
2008-07-28Merge branch 'merge' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc * 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (25 commits) powerpc: Disable 64K hugetlb support when doing 64K SPU mappings powerpc/powermac: Fixup default serial port device for pmac_zilog powerpc/powermac: Use sane default baudrate for SCC debugging powerpc/mm: Implement _PAGE_SPECIAL & pte_special() for 64-bit powerpc: Show processor cache information in sysfs powerpc: Make core id information available to userspace powerpc: Make core sibling information available to userspace powerpc/vio: More fallout from dma_mapping_error API change ibmveth: Fix multiple errors with dma_mapping_error conversion powerpc/pseries: Fix CMO sysdev attribute API change fallout powerpc: Enable tracehook for the architecture powerpc: Add TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME support for tracehook powerpc: Add asm/syscall.h with the tracehook entry points powerpc: Make syscall tracing use tracehook.h helpers powerpc: Call tracehook_signal_handler() when setting up signal frames powerpc: Update cpu_sibling_maps dynamically powerpc: register_cpu_online should be __cpuinit powerpc: kill useless SMT code in prom_hold_cpus powerpc: Fix 8xx build failure powerpc: Fix vio build warnings ...
2008-07-28Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: (72 commits) sh: SuperH Mobile CEU and camera platform data for AP325RXA sh: Update smc911x platform data for AP325RXA sh: SuperH Mobile LCDC platform data for AP325RXA sh: Add SuperH Mobile CEU platform data for Migo-R sh: Add SuperH Mobile LCDC platform data for Migo-R sh: Move asid_cache() out of ifdef to fix SH-3/4 nommu build. sh: Workaround for __put_user_asm() bug with gcc 4.x on big-endian. sh: Wire up new syscalls. sh: fix uImage Entry Point sh_keysc: remove request_mem_region() and release_mem_region() sh: Don't miss pending signals returning to user mode after signal processing sh: Use clk_always_enable() on sh7366 sh: Use clk_always_enable() on sh7343 / SE77343 sh: Use clk_always_enable() on sh7722 / Migo-R / SE7722 sh: Use clk_always_enable() on sh7723 / ap325rxa sh: Introduce clk_always_enable() function sh: Show all clocks and their state in /proc/clocks sh: Merge sh7343 and sh7722 clock code sh: Add SuperH Mobile MSTPCR bits to clock framework sh: Use arch_flags to simplify sh7722 siu clock code ...
2008-07-28Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linusLinus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus: stop_machine: fix up ftrace.c stop_machine: Wean existing callers off stop_machine_run() stop_machine(): stop_machine_run() changed to use cpu mask Hotplug CPU: don't check cpu_online after take_cpu_down Simplify stop_machine stop_machine: add ALL_CPUS option module: fix build warning with !CONFIG_KALLSYMS
2008-07-28maple: tidy maple_driver code by removing redundant connect/disconnectAdrian McMenamin
The connect and disconnect functions are unnecessary - everything they do can be accomplished in the initial probe - so remove them. Signed-off-by: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
2008-07-28Merge commit 'gcl/gcl-next'Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-07-28stop_machine(): stop_machine_run() changed to use cpu maskRusty Russell
Instead of a "cpu" arg with magic values NR_CPUS (any cpu) and ~0 (all cpus), pass a cpumask_t. Allow NULL for the common case (where we don't care which CPU the function is run on): temporary cpumask_t's are usually considered bad for stack space. This deprecates stop_machine_run, to be removed soon when all the callers are dead. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-07-28Simplify stop_machineRusty Russell
stop_machine creates a kthread which creates kernel threads. We can create those threads directly and simplify things a little. Some care must be taken with CPU hotunplug, which has special needs, but that code seems more robust than it was in the past. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
2008-07-28stop_machine: add ALL_CPUS optionJason Baron
-allow stop_mahcine_run() to call a function on all cpus. Calling stop_machine_run() with a 'ALL_CPUS' invokes this new behavior. stop_machine_run() proceeds as normal until the calling cpu has invoked 'fn'. Then, we tell all the other cpus to call 'fn'. Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> CC: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> CC: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> CC: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> CC: mingo@elte.hu CC: akpm@osdl.org
2008-07-27Merge ../linux-2.6Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2008-07-27task IO accounting: move all IO statistics in struct task_io_accountingAndrea Righi
Simplify the code of include/linux/task_io_accounting.h. It is also more reasonable to have all the task i/o-related statistics in a single struct (task_io_accounting). Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-27Merge ../linux-2.6Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2008-07-27Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6: firewire: state userland requirements in Kconfig help firewire: avoid memleak after phy config transmit failure firewire: fw-ohci: TSB43AB22/A dualbuffer workaround firewire: queue the right number of data firewire: warn on unfinished transactions during card removal firewire: small fw_fill_request cleanup firewire: fully initialize fw_transaction before marking it pending firewire: fix race of bus reset with request transmission
2008-07-27task IO accounting: improve code readabilityAndrea Righi
Put all i/o statistics in struct proc_io_accounting and use inline functions to initialize and increment statistics, removing a lot of single variable assignments. This also reduces the kernel size as following (with CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y and CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y). text data bss dec hex filename 11651 0 0 11651 2d83 kernel/exit.o.before 11619 0 0 11619 2d63 kernel/exit.o.after 10886 132 136 11154 2b92 kernel/fork.o.before 10758 132 136 11026 2b12 kernel/fork.o.after 3082029 807968 4818600 8708597 84e1f5 vmlinux.o.before 3081869 807968 4818600 8708437 84e155 vmlinux.o.after Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-27Merge ../linux-2.6Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8522): videodev2: Fix merge conflictMauro Carvalho Chehab
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8524): videodev: copy the VID_TYPE defines to videodev.hHans Verkuil
The VID_TYPE defines are V4L1 specific, so copy them back to videodev.h. In videodev2.h ensure that they are not used in the kernel (you need to include videodev.h instead) and mark them are deprecated. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8518): gspca: Remove the remaining frame decoding functions from ↵Jean-Francois Moine
the subdrivers. SPCA505 and SPCA508 added in the pixel formats. Decode functions and associated resources removed in spca505, 506 and 508. The decode routines are now found in the V4L library. Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-27V4L/DVB (8502): videodev2.h: CodingStyle cleanupsMauro Carvalho Chehab
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: mlx4: Update/add Mellanox Technologies copyright lines to mlx4 driver files mlx4_core: Add VLAN tag field to WQE control segment struct RDMA/nes: CM connection setup/teardown rework IPoIB: Correct help text for INFINIBAND_IPOIB_DEBUG IPoIB/cm: Connected mode is no longer EXPERIMENTAL RDMA/ucm: BKL is not needed for ib_ucm_open() RDMA/ucma: BKL is not needed for ucma_open()
2008-07-26Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (57 commits) [MTD] [NAND] subpage read feature as a way to increase performance. CPUFREQ: S3C24XX NAND driver frequency scaling support. [MTD][NAND] au1550nd: remove unused variable [MTD] jedec_probe: Fix SST 16-bit chip detection [MTD][MTDPART] Fix a division by zero bug [MTD][MTDPART] Cleanup and document the erase region handling [MTD][MTDPART] Handle most checkpatch findings [MTD][MTDPART] Seperate main loop from per-partition code in add_mtd_partition [MTD] physmap: resume already suspended chips on failure to suspend [MTD] physmap: Fix suspend/resume/shutdown bugs. [MTD] [NOR] Fix -ETIMEO errors in CFI driver [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: fix section mismatch with CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS=y [JFFS2] Use .unlocked_ioctl [MTD] Fix const assignment in the MTD command line partitioning driver [MTD] [NOR] gen_probe: No debug message when debugging is disabled [MTD] [NAND] remove __PPC__ hardcoded address from DiskOnChip drivers [MTD] [MAPS] Remove the bast-flash driver. [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: ecclayout cleanups [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: implement support for flash-based BBT [MTD] [NAND] fsl_elbc_nand: fix OOB workability for large page NAND chips ...
2008-07-26Merge branch 'tracehook' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-utrace * 'tracehook' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frob/linux-2.6-utrace: tracehook: comment fixes
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc: atmel-mci: debugfs support mmc: Add per-card debugfs support mmc: Export internal host state through debugfs imxmmc: fix crash when no platform data is provided imxmmc: fix platform resources imxmmc: remove DEBUG definition mmc_spi: put signals to low power off fix
2008-07-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (39 commits) [PATCH] fix RLIM_NOFILE handling [PATCH] get rid of corner case in dup3() entirely [PATCH] remove remaining namei_{32,64}.h crap [PATCH] get rid of indirect users of namei.h [PATCH] get rid of __user_path_lookup_open [PATCH] f_count may wrap around [PATCH] dup3 fix [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to __ncp_lookup_validate() [PATCH] don't pass nameidata to gfs2_lookupi() [PATCH] new (local) helper: user_path_parent() [PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al. [PATCH] preparation to __user_walk_fd cleanup [PATCH] kill nameidata passing to permission(), rename to inode_permission() [PATCH] take noexec checks to very few callers that care Re: [PATCH 3/6] vfs: open_exec cleanup [patch 4/4] vfs: immutable inode checking cleanup [patch 3/4] fat: dont call notify_change [patch 2/4] vfs: utimes cleanup [patch 1/4] vfs: utimes: move owner check into inode_change_ok() [PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup() and check failing allocation ...
2008-07-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kkeil/ISDN-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kkeil/ISDN-2.6: Add layer1 over IP support Add mISDN HFC multiport driver Add mISDN HFC PCI driver Add mISDN DSP Add mISDN core files Define AF_ISDN and PF_ISDN Add mISDN driver
2008-07-26Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: netns: fix ip_rt_frag_needed rt_is_expired netfilter: nf_conntrack_extend: avoid unnecessary "ct->ext" dereferences netfilter: fix double-free and use-after free netfilter: arptables in netns for real netfilter: ip{,6}tables_security: fix future section mismatch selinux: use nf_register_hooks() netfilter: ebtables: use nf_register_hooks() Revert "pkt_sched: sch_sfq: dump a real number of flows" qeth: use dev->ml_priv instead of dev->priv syncookies: Make sure ECN is disabled net: drop unused BUG_TRAP() net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON drivers/net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON
2008-07-26hugetlb: remove unused variable warningAndrea Righi
Remove the following warning when CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set: ipc/shm.c: In function `shm_get_stat': ipc/shm.c:565: warning: unused variable `h' [akpm@linux-foundation.org: use tabs, not spaces] Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-26[PATCH] get rid of indirect users of namei.hAl Viro
fs.h needs path.h, not namei.h; nfs_fs.h doesn't need it at all. Several places in the tree needed direct include. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] get rid of __user_path_lookup_openAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] f_count may wrap aroundAl Viro
make it atomic_long_t; while we are at it, get rid of useless checks in affs, hfs and hpfs - ->open() always has it equal to 1, ->release() - to 0. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize __user_walk_fd() et.al.Al Viro
* do not pass nameidata; struct path is all the callers want. * switch to new helpers: user_path_at(dfd, pathname, flags, &path) user_path(pathname, &path) user_lpath(pathname, &path) user_path_dir(pathname, &path) (fail if not a directory) The last 3 are trivial macro wrappers for the first one. * remove nameidata in callers. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] kill nameidata passing to permission(), rename to inode_permission()Al Viro
Incidentally, the name that gives hundreds of false positives on grep is not a good idea... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 1/4] vfs: utimes: move owner check into inode_change_ok()Miklos Szeredi
Add a new ia_valid flag: ATTR_TIMES_SET, to handle the UTIMES_OMIT/UTIMES_NOW and UTIMES_NOW/UTIMES_OMIT cases. In these cases neither ATTR_MTIME_SET nor ATTR_ATIME_SET is in the flags, yet the POSIX draft specifies that permission checking is performed the same way as if one or both of the times was explicitly set to a timestamp. See the path "vfs: utimensat(): fix error checking for {UTIME_NOW,UTIME_OMIT} case" by Michael Kerrisk for the patch introducing this behavior. This is a cleanup, as well as allowing filesystems (NFS/fuse/...) to perform their own permission checking instead of the default. CC: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> CC: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup() and check failing allocationLi Zefan
- use kstrdup() instead of kmalloc() + memcpy() - return NULL if allocating ->mnt_devname failed - mnt_devname should be const Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] pass MAY_OPEN to vfs_permission() explicitlyAl Viro
... and get rid of the last "let's deduce mask from nameidata->flags" bit. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] fix MAY_CHDIR/MAY_ACCESS/LOOKUP_ACCESS messAl Viro
* MAY_CHDIR is redundant - it's an equivalent of MAY_ACCESS * MAY_ACCESS on fuse should affect only the last step of pathname resolution * fchdir() and chroot() should pass MAY_ACCESS, for the same reason why chdir() needs that. * now that we pass MAY_ACCESS explicitly in all cases, LOOKUP_ACCESS can be removed; it has no business being in nameidata. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] kill altrootAl Viro
long overdue... Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] permission checks for chdir need special treatment only on the last stepAl Viro
... so we ought to pass MAY_CHDIR to vfs_permission() instead of having it triggered on every step of preceding pathname resolution. LOOKUP_CHDIR is killed by that. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[patch 5/5] vfs: remove mode parameter from vfs_symlink()Miklos Szeredi
Remove the unused mode parameter from vfs_symlink and callers. Thanks to Tetsuo Handa for noticing. CC: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2008-07-26[patch 3/5] vfs: change remove_suid() to file_remove_suid()Miklos Szeredi
All calls to remove_suid() are made with a file pointer, because (similarly to file_update_time) it is called when the file is written. Clean up callers by passing in a file instead of a dentry. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize ->permission() prototypeAl Viro
* kill nameidata * argument; map the 3 bits in ->flags anybody cares about to new MAY_... ones and pass with the mask. * kill redundant gfs2_iop_permission() * sanitize ecryptfs_permission() * fix remaining places where ->permission() instances might barf on new MAY_... found in mask. The obvious next target in that direction is permission(9) folded fix for nfs_permission() breakage from Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sanitize proc_sysctlAl Viro
* keep references to ctl_table_head and ctl_table in /proc/sys inodes * grab the former during operations, use the latter for access to entry if that succeeds * have ->d_compare() check if table should be seen for one who does lookup; that allows us to avoid flipping inodes - if we have the same name resolve to different things, we'll just keep several dentries and ->d_compare() will reject the wrong ones. * have ->lookup() and ->readdir() scan the table of our inode first, then walk all ctl_table_header and scan ->attached_by for those that are attached to our directory. * implement ->getattr(). * get rid of insane amounts of tree-walking * get rid of the need to know dentry in ->permission() and of the contortions induced by that. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] sysctl: keep track of tree relationshipsAl Viro
In a sense, that's the heart of the series. It's based on the following property of the trees we are actually asked to add: they can be split into stem that is already covered by registered trees and crown that is entirely new. IOW, if a/b and a/c/d are introduced by our tree, then a/c is also introduced by it. That allows to associate tree and table entry with each node in the union; while directory nodes might be covered by many trees, only one will cover the node by its crown. And that will allow much saner logics for /proc/sys in the next patches. This patch introduces the data structures needed to keep track of that. When adding a sysctl table, we find a "parent" one. Which is to say, find the deepest node on its stem that already is present in one of the tables from our table set or its ancestor sets. That table will be our parent and that node in it - attachment point. Add our table to list anchored in parent, have it refer the parent and contents of attachment point. Also remember where its crown lives. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] allow delayed freeing of ctl_table_headerAl Viro
Refcount the sucker; instead of freeing it by the end of unregistration just drop the refcount and free only when it hits zero. Make sure that we _always_ make ->unregistering non-NULL in start_unregistering(). That allows anybody to get a reference to such puppy, preventing its freeing and reuse. It does *not* block unregistration. Anybody who holds such a reference can * try to grab a "use" reference (ctl_head_grab()); that will succeeds if and only if it hadn't entered unregistration yet. If it succeeds, we can use it in all normal ways until we release the "use" reference (with ctl_head_finish()). Note that this relies on having ->unregistering become non-NULL in all cases when one starts to unregister the sucker. * keep pointers to ctl_table entries; they *can* be freed if the entire thing is unregistered. However, if ctl_head_grab() succeeds, we know that unregistration had not happened (and will not happen until ctl_head_finish()) and such pointers can be used safely. IOW, now we can have inodes under /proc/sys keep references to ctl_table entries, protecting them with references to ctl_table_header and grabbing the latter for the duration of operations that require access to ctl_table. That won't cause deadlocks, since unregistration will not be stopped by mere keeping a reference to ctl_table_header. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] beginning of sysctl cleanup - ctl_table_setAl Viro
New object: set of sysctls [currently - root and per-net-ns]. Contains: pointer to parent set, list of tables and "should I see this set?" method (->is_seen(set)). Current lists of tables are subsumed by that; net-ns contains such a beast. ->lookup() for ctl_table_root returns pointer to ctl_table_set instead of that to ->list of that ctl_table_set. [folded compile fixes by rdd for configs without sysctl] Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26[PATCH] reuse xxx_fifo_fops for xxx_pipe_fopsDenys Vlasenko
Merge fifo and pipe file_operations. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-07-26netfilter: fix double-free and use-after freePekka Enberg
As suggested by Patrick McHardy, introduce a __krealloc() that doesn't free the original buffer to fix a double-free and use-after-free bug introduced by me in netfilter that uses RCU. Reported-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Tested-by: Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>