kernel/linux.git/include/linux/kernel.h, branch v2.6.25.2

Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them

2008-02-08T17:22:41+00:00

Currently, for every sysfs node, the callers will be responsible for implementing store operation, so many many callers are doing duplicate things to validate input, they have the same mistakes because they are calling simple_strtol/ul/ll/uul, especially for module params, they are just numeric, but you can echo such values as 0x1234xxx, 07777888 and 1234aaa, for these cases, module params store operation just ignores succesive invalid char and converts prefix part to a numeric although input is acctually invalid. This patch tries to fix the aforementioned issues and implements strict_strtox serial functions, kernel/params.c uses them to strictly validate input, so module params will reject such values as 0x1234xxxx and returns an error: write error: Invalid argument Any modules which export numeric sysfs node can use strict_strtox instead of simple_strtox to reject any invalid input. Here are some test results: Before applying this patch: [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000g > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000gggggggg > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0100008 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000aaaaa > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# After applying this patch: [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000g > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0x1000gggggggg > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 0100008 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo 010000aaaaa > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# echo -n 4096 > /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak [root@yangyi-dev /]# cat /sys/module/e1000/parameters/copybreak 4096 [root@yangyi-dev /]# [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix compiler warnings] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix off-by-one found by tiwai@suse.de] Signed-off-by: Yi Yang Cc: Greg KH Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Takashi Iwai Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

printk_ratelimit() functions should use CONFIG_PRINTK

2008-02-08T17:22:39+00:00

Makes an embedded image a bit smaller. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Remove fastcall from linux/include

2008-02-08T17:22:31+00:00

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mn10300: add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel

2008-02-08T17:22:30+00:00

Add architecture support for the MN10300/AM33 CPUs produced by MEI to the kernel. This patch also adds board support for the ASB2303 with the ASB2308 daughter board, and the ASB2305. The only processor supported is the MN103E010, which is an AM33v2 core plus on-chip devices. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: nuke cvs control strings] Signed-off-by: Masakazu Urade Signed-off-by: Koichi Yasutake Signed-off-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

aout: suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT

2008-02-08T17:22:30+00:00

Suppress A.OUT library support if CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT is not set. Not all architectures support the A.OUT binfmt, so the ELF binfmt should not be permitted to go looking for A.OUT libraries to load in such a case. Not only that, but under such conditions A.OUT core dumps are not produced either. To make this work, this patch also does the following: (1) Makes the existence of the contents of linux/a.out.h contingent on CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT. (2) Renames dump_thread() to aout_dump_thread() as it's only called by A.OUT core dumping code. (3) Moves aout_dump_thread() into asm/a.out-core.h and makes it inline. This is then included only where needed. This means that this bit of arch code will be stored in the appropriate A.OUT binfmt module rather than the core kernel. (4) Drops A.OUT support for Blackfin (according to Mike Frysinger it's not needed) and FRV. This patch depends on the previous patch to move STACK_TOP[_MAX] out of asm/a.out.h and into asm/processor.h as they're required whether or not A.OUT format is available. [jdike@addtoit.com: uml: re-remove accidentally restored code] Signed-off-by: David Howells Cc: Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ACPI: Taint kernel on ACPI table override (format corrected)

2008-02-07T03:07:51+00:00

When an ACPI table is overridden (for now this can happen only for DSDT) display a big warning and taint the kernel with flag A. Signed-off-by: Eric Piel Signed-off-by: Len Brown

Avoid divide in IS_ALIGN

2008-02-06T18:41:04+00:00

I was happy to discover the brand new IS_ALIGN macro and quickly used it in my code. To my dismay I found that the generated code used division to perform the test. This patch fixes it by changing the % test to an &. This avoids the division. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

x86: make early printk selectable on 64-bit as well

2008-01-30T12:33:06+00:00

Enable CONFIG_EMBEDDED to select CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK on 64-bit as well. saves ~2K: text data bss dec hex filename 7290283 3672091 1907848 12870222 c4624e vmlinux.before 7288373 3671795 1907848 12868016 c459b0 vmlinux.after Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

sched: do not do cond_resched() when CONFIG_PREEMPT

2008-01-25T20:08:28+00:00

Why do we even have cond_resched when real preemption is on? It seems to be a waste of space and time. remove cond_resched with CONFIG_PREEMPT on. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

printk: add KERN_CONT annotation

2007-10-17T15:43:01+00:00

printk: add the KERN_CONT annotation (which is empty string but via which checkpatch.pl can notice that the lacking KERN_ level is fine). This useful for multiple calls of hand-crafted printk output done by early debug code or similar. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds