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2011-02-26clockevents: Prevent oneshot mode when broadcast device is periodicThomas Gleixner3-1/+18
When the per cpu timer is marked CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP, then we only can switch into oneshot mode, when the backup broadcast device supports oneshot mode as well. Otherwise we would try to switch the broadcast device into an unsupported mode unconditionally. This went unnoticed so far as the current available broadcast devices support oneshot mode. Seth unearthed this problem while debugging and working around an hpet related BIOS wreckage. Add the necessary check to tick_is_oneshot_available(). Reported-and-tested-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> LKML-Reference: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102252231200.2701@localhost6.localdomain6> Cc: stable@kernel.org # .21 ->
2011-02-22Merge branch 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds4-3/+18
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: genirq: Disable the SHIRQ_DEBUG call in request_threaded_irq for now genirq: Prevent access beyond allocated_irqs bitmap
2011-02-22Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-4/+15
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: perf: Fix throttle logic perf, x86: P4 PMU: Fix spurious NMI messages
2011-02-19genirq: Disable the SHIRQ_DEBUG call in request_threaded_irq for nowThomas Gleixner1-1/+1
With CONFIG_SHIRQ_DEBUG=y we call a newly installed interrupt handler in request_threaded_irq(). The original implementation (commit a304e1b8) called the handler _BEFORE_ it was installed, but that caused problems with handlers calling disable_irq_nosync(). See commit 377bf1e4. It's braindead in the first place to call disable_irq_nosync in shared handlers, but .... Moving this call after we installed the handler looks innocent, but it is very subtle broken on SMP. Interrupt handlers rely on the fact, that the irq core prevents reentrancy. Now this debug call violates that promise because we run the handler w/o the IRQ_INPROGRESS protection - which we cannot apply here because that would result in a possibly forever masked interrupt line. A concurrent real hardware interrupt on a different CPU results in handler reentrancy and can lead to complete wreckage, which was unfortunately observed in reality and took a fricking long time to debug. Leave the code here for now. We want this debug feature, but that's not easy to fix. We really should get rid of those disable_irq_nosync() abusers and remove that function completely. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org # .28 -> .37
2011-02-19genirq: Prevent access beyond allocated_irqs bitmapThomas Gleixner3-2/+17
Lars-Peter Clausen pointed out: I stumbled upon this while looking through the existing archs using SPARSE_IRQ. Even with SPARSE_IRQ the NR_IRQS is still the upper limit for the number of IRQs. Both PXA and MMP set NR_IRQS to IRQ_BOARD_START, with IRQ_BOARD_START being the number of IRQs used by the core. In various machine files the nr_irqs field of the ARM machine defintion struct is then set to "IRQ_BOARD_START + NR_BOARD_IRQS". As a result "nr_irqs" will greater then NR_IRQS which then again causes the "allocated_irqs" bitmap in the core irq code to be accessed beyond its size overwriting unrelated data. The core code really misses a sanity check there. This went unnoticed so far as by chance the compiler/linker places data behind that bitmap which gets initialized later on those affected platforms. So the obvious fix would be to add a sanity check in early_irq_init() and break all affected platforms. Though that check wants to be backported to stable as well, which will require to fix all known problematic platforms and probably some more yet not known ones as well. Lots of churn. A way simpler solution is to allocate a slightly larger bitmap and avoid the whole churn w/o breaking anything. Add a few warnings when an arch returns utter crap. Reported-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org # .37 Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@marvell.com> Cc: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
2011-02-18Merge branch 'fixes-2.6.38' of ↵Linus Torvalds3-17/+28
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq * 'fixes-2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: make sure MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT is at least 2 jiffies long workqueue, freezer: unify spelling of 'freeze' + 'able' to 'freezable' workqueue: wake up a worker when a rescuer is leaving a gcwq
2011-02-16PM / Hibernate: Return error code when alloc_image_page() failsStanislaw Gruszka1-5/+2
Currently we return 0 in swsusp_alloc() when alloc_image_page() fails. Fix that. Also remove unneeded "error" variable since the only useful value of error is -ENOMEM. [rjw: Fixed up the changelog and changed subject.] Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
2011-02-16workqueue: make sure MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT is at least 2 jiffies longTejun Heo1-1/+3
MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT is defined as HZ / 100 and depending on configuration may end up 0 or 1. Even when it's 1, depending on when the mayday timer is added in the current jiffy interval, it may expire way before a jiffy has passed. Make sure MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT is at least two to guarantee that at least a full jiffy has passed before calling rescuers. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2011-02-16workqueue, freezer: unify spelling of 'freeze' + 'able' to 'freezable'Tejun Heo3-16/+16
There are two spellings in use for 'freeze' + 'able' - 'freezable' and 'freezeable'. The former is the more prominent one. The latter is mostly used by workqueue and in a few other odd places. Unify the spelling to 'freezable'. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Acked-by: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Alex Dubov <oakad@yahoo.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2011-02-16perf: Fix throttle logicPeter Zijlstra1-4/+15
It was possible to call pmu::start() on an already running event. In particular this lead so some wreckage as the hrtimer events would re-initialize active timers. This was due to throttled events being activated again by scheduling. Scheduling in a context would add and force start events, resulting in running events with a possible throttle status. The next tick to hit that task will then try to unthrottle the event and call ->start() on an already running event. Reported-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-02-15Merge branches 'core-fixes-for-linus' and 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2-7/+5
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: Revert "lockdep, timer: Fix del_timer_sync() annotation" * 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: timer debug: Hide kernel addresses via %pK in /proc/timer_list
2011-02-15Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-2/+8
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Fix text_poke_smp_batch() deadlock perf tools: Fix thread_map event synthesizing in top and record watchdog, nmi: Lower the severity of error messages ARM: oprofile: Fix backtraces in timer mode oprofile: Fix usage of CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS for oprofile_perf_init and friends
2011-02-14workqueue: wake up a worker when a rescuer is leaving a gcwqTejun Heo1-0/+9
After executing the matching works, a rescuer leaves the gcwq whether there are more pending works or not. This may decrease the concurrency level to zero and stall execution until a new work item is queued on the gcwq. Make rescuer wake up a regular worker when it leaves a gcwq if there are more works to execute, so that execution isn't stalled. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2011-02-12timer debug: Hide kernel addresses via %pK in /proc/timer_listKees Cook1-2/+2
In the continuing effort to avoid kernel addresses leaking to unprivileged users, this patch switches to %pK for /proc/timer_list reporting. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com> Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <20110212032125.GA23571@outflux.net> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-02-12Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: pci: use security_capable() when checking capablities during config space read security: add cred argument to security_capable() tpm_tis: Use timeouts returned from TPM
2011-02-12ptrace: use safer wake up on ptrace_detach()Tejun Heo1-1/+1
The wake_up_process() call in ptrace_detach() is spurious and not interlocked with the tracee state. IOW, the tracee could be running or sleeping in any place in the kernel by the time wake_up_process() is called. This can lead to the tracee waking up unexpectedly which can be dangerous. The wake_up is spurious and should be removed but for now reduce its toxicity by only waking up if the tracee is in TRACED or STOPPED state. This bug can possibly be used as an attack vector. I don't think it will take too much effort to come up with an attack which triggers oops somewhere. Most sleeps are wrapped in condition test loops and should be safe but we have quite a number of places where sleep and wakeup conditions are expected to be interlocked. Although the window of opportunity is tiny, ptrace can be used by non-privileged users and with some loading the window can definitely be extended and exploited. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-11security: add cred argument to security_capable()Chris Wright1-1/+1
Expand security_capable() to include cred, so that it can be usable in a wider range of call sites. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2011-02-11cap_syslog: accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN for nowLinus Torvalds1-19/+35
In commit ce6ada35bdf7 ("security: Define CAP_SYSLOG") Serge Hallyn introduced CAP_SYSLOG, but broke backwards compatibility by no longer accepting CAP_SYS_ADMIN as an override (it would cause a warning and then reject the operation). Re-instate CAP_SYS_ADMIN - but keeping the warning - as an acceptable capability until any legacy applications have been updated. There are apparently applications out there that drop all capabilities except for CAP_SYS_ADMIN in order to access the syslog. (This is a re-implementation of a patch by Serge, cleaning the logic up and making the code more readable) Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-10watchdog, nmi: Lower the severity of error messagesDon Zickus1-2/+8
During boot if the hardlockup detector fails to initialize, it complains very loudly. Some failures should be expected under certain situations, ie no lapics, or resource in-use. Tone those error messages down a bit. Keep the rest at a high level. Reported-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Tested-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <1297278153-21111-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-02-09Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds1-0/+7
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: cdrom: support devices that have check_events but not media_changed cfq-iosched: Don't wait if queue already has requests. blkio-throttle: Avoid calling blkiocg_lookup_group() for root group cfq: rename a function to give it more appropriate name cciss: make cciss_revalidate not loop through CISS_MAX_LUNS volumes unnecessarily. drivers/block/aoe/Makefile: replace the use of <module>-objs with <module>-y loop: queue_lock NULL pointer derefence in blk_throtl_exit drivers/block/Makefile: replace the use of <module>-objs with <module>-y blktrace: Don't output messages if NOTIFY isn't set.
2011-02-08Revert "lockdep, timer: Fix del_timer_sync() annotation"Peter Zijlstra1-5/+3
Both attempts at trying to allow softirq usage for del_timer_sync() failed (produced bogus warnings), so revert the commit for this release: f266a5110d45: lockdep, timer: Fix del_timer_sync() annotation and try again later. Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> LKML-Reference: <1297174680.13327.107.camel@laptop> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-02-08CRED: Fix memory and refcount leaks upon security_prepare_creds() failureTetsuo Handa1-2/+2
In prepare_kernel_cred() since 2.6.29, put_cred(new) is called without assigning new->usage when security_prepare_creds() returned an error. As a result, memory for new and refcount for new->{user,group_info,tgcred} are leaked because put_cred(new) won't call __put_cred() unless old->usage == 1. Fix these leaks by assigning new->usage (and new->subscribers which was added in 2.6.32) before calling security_prepare_creds(). Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-08CRED: Fix BUG() upon security_cred_alloc_blank() failureTetsuo Handa1-4/+8
In cred_alloc_blank() since 2.6.32, abort_creds(new) is called with new->security == NULL and new->magic == 0 when security_cred_alloc_blank() returns an error. As a result, BUG() will be triggered if SELinux is enabled or CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS=y. If CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS=y, BUG() is called from __invalid_creds() because cred->magic == 0. Failing that, BUG() is called from selinux_cred_free() because selinux_cred_free() is not expecting cred->security == NULL. This does not affect smack_cred_free(), tomoyo_cred_free() or apparmor_cred_free(). Fix these bugs by (1) Set new->magic before calling security_cred_alloc_blank(). (2) Handle null cred->security in creds_are_invalid() and selinux_cred_free(). Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-02-06Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+5
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: lockdep, timer: Fix del_timer_sync() annotation RTC: Prevents a division by zero in kernel code.
2011-02-04Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent-2' of ↵Ingo Molnar5-41/+43
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/urgent
2011-02-04lockdep, timer: Fix del_timer_sync() annotationPeter Zijlstra1-1/+5
Calling local_bh_enable() will want to actually start processing softirqs, which isn't a good idea since this can get called with IRQs disabled. Cure this by using _local_bh_enable() which doesn't start processing softirqs, and use raw_local_irq_save() to avoid any softirqs from happening without letting lockdep think IRQs are in fact disabled. Reported-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@elliptictech.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Reviewed-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <20110203141548.039540914@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2011-02-03Merge branch 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-3/+11
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: genirq: Prevent irq storm on migration
2011-02-03Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: Fix update_curr_rt() sched, docs: Update schedstats documentation to version 15
2011-02-03Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2-29/+24
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: perf: Fix reading in perf_event_read() watchdog: Don't change watchdog state on read of sysctl watchdog: Fix sysctl consistency watchdog: Fix broken nowatchdog logic perf: Fix Pentium4 raw event validation perf: Fix alloc_callchain_buffers()
2011-02-03tracing: Replace syscall_meta_data struct array with pointer arraySteven Rostedt1-9/+10
Currently the syscall_meta structures for the syscall tracepoints are placed in the __syscall_metadata section, and at link time, the linker makes one large array of all these syscall metadata structures. On boot up, this array is read (much like the initcall sections) and the syscall data is processed. The problem is that there is no guarantee that gcc will place complex structures nicely together in an array format. Two structures in the same file may be placed awkwardly, because gcc has no clue that they are suppose to be in an array. A hack was used previous to force the alignment to 4, to pack the structures together. But this caused alignment issues with other architectures (sparc). Instead of packing the structures into an array, the structures' addresses are now put into the __syscall_metadata section. As pointers are always the natural alignment, gcc should always pack them tightly together (otherwise initcall, extable, etc would also fail). By having the pointers to the structures in the section, we can still iterate the trace_events without causing unnecessary alignment problems with other architectures, or depending on the current behaviour of gcc that will likely change in the future just to tick us kernel developers off a little more. The __syscall_metadata section is also moved into the .init.data section as it is now only needed at boot up. Suggested-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-02-03tracepoints: Fix section alignment using pointer arrayMathieu Desnoyers2-23/+24
Make the tracepoints more robust, making them solid enough to handle compiler changes by not relying on anything based on compiler-specific behavior with respect to structure alignment. Implement an approach proposed by David Miller: use an array of const pointers to refer to the individual structures, and export this pointer array through the linker script rather than the structures per se. It will consume 32 extra bytes per tracepoint (24 for structure padding and 8 for the pointers), but are less likely to break due to compiler changes. History: commit 7e066fb8 tracepoints: add DECLARE_TRACE() and DEFINE_TRACE() added the aligned(32) type and variable attribute to the tracepoint structures to deal with gcc happily aligning statically defined structures on 32-byte multiples. One attempt was to use a 8-byte alignment for tracepoint structures by applying both the variable and type attribute to tracepoint structures definitions and declarations. It worked fine with gcc 4.5.1, but broke with gcc 4.4.4 and 4.4.5. The reason is that the "aligned" attribute only specify the _minimum_ alignment for a structure, leaving both the compiler and the linker free to align on larger multiples. Because tracepoint.c expects the structures to be placed as an array within each section, up-alignment cause NULL-pointer exceptions due to the extra unexpected padding. (this patch applies on top of -tip) Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> LKML-Reference: <20110126222622.GA10794@Krystal> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-02-03sched: Fix update_curr_rt()Peter Zijlstra1-1/+1
cpu_stopper_thread() migration_cpu_stop() __migrate_task() deactivate_task() dequeue_task() dequeue_task_rq() update_curr_rt() Will call update_curr_rt() on rq->curr, which at that time is rq->stop. The problem is that rq->stop.prio matches an RT prio and thus falsely assumes its a rt_sched_class task. Reported-Debuged-Tested-Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Cc: stable@kernel.org # .37 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-02-03perf: Fix reading in perf_event_read()Peter Zijlstra1-3/+4
It is quite possible for the event to have been disabled between perf_event_read() sending the IPI and the CPU servicing the IPI and calling __perf_event_read(), hence revalidate the state. Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-02-03tracing: Replace trace_event struct array with pointer arraySteven Rostedt2-9/+9
Currently the trace_event structures are placed in the _ftrace_events section, and at link time, the linker makes one large array of all the trace_event structures. On boot up, this array is read (much like the initcall sections) and the events are processed. The problem is that there is no guarantee that gcc will place complex structures nicely together in an array format. Two structures in the same file may be placed awkwardly, because gcc has no clue that they are suppose to be in an array. A hack was used previous to force the alignment to 4, to pack the structures together. But this caused alignment issues with other architectures (sparc). Instead of packing the structures into an array, the structures' addresses are now put into the _ftrace_event section. As pointers are always the natural alignment, gcc should always pack them tightly together (otherwise initcall, extable, etc would also fail). By having the pointers to the structures in the section, we can still iterate the trace_events without causing unnecessary alignment problems with other architectures, or depending on the current behaviour of gcc that will likely change in the future just to tick us kernel developers off a little more. The _ftrace_event section is also moved into the .init.data section as it is now only needed at boot up. Suggested-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-02-03genirq: Prevent irq storm on migrationThomas Gleixner1-3/+11
move_native_irq() masks and unmasks the interrupt line unconditionally, but the interrupt line might be masked due to a threaded oneshot handler in progress. Unmasking the line in that case can lead to interrupt storms. Observed on PREEMPT_RT. Originally-from: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2011-01-31watchdog: Don't change watchdog state on read of sysctlMarcin Slusarz1-4/+6
Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> [ add {}'s to fix a warning ] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1296230433-6261-3-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-31watchdog: Fix sysctl consistencyMarcin Slusarz1-6/+7
If it was not possible to enable watchdog for any cpu, switch watchdog_enabled back to 0, because it's visible via kernel.watchdog sysctl. Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1296230433-6261-2-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-31watchdog: Fix broken nowatchdog logicMarcin Slusarz1-14/+6
Passing nowatchdog to kernel disables 2 things: creation of watchdog threads AND initialization of percpu watchdog_hrtimer. As hrtimers are initialized only at boot it's not possible to enable watchdog later - for me all watchdog threads started to eat 100% of CPU time, but they could just crash. Additionally, even if these threads would start properly, watchdog_disable_all_cpus was guarded by no_watchdog check, so you couldn't disable watchdog. To fix this, remove no_watchdog variable and use already existing watchdog_enabled variable. Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> [ removed another no_watchdog instance ] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <1296230433-6261-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-31Fix prlimit64 for suid/sgid processesKacper Kornet1-1/+2
Since check_prlimit_permission always fails in the case of SUID/GUID processes, such processes are not able to read or set their own limits. This commit changes this by assuming that process can always read/change its own limits. Signed-off-by: Kacper Kornet <kornet@camk.edu.pl> Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-27Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-8/+5
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: Use rq->clock_task instead of rq->clock for correctly maintaining load averages sched: Fix/remove redundant cfs_rq checks sched: Fix sign under-flows in wake_affine
2011-01-27perf: Fix alloc_callchain_buffers()Eric Dumazet1-2/+1
Commit 927c7a9e92c4 ("perf: Fix race in callchains") introduced a mismatch in the sizing of struct callchain_cpus_entries. nr_cpu_ids must be used instead of num_possible_cpus(), or we might get out of bound memory accesses on some machines. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> CC: stable@kernel.org LKML-Reference: <1295980851.3588.351.camel@edumazet-laptop> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-26sched: Use rq->clock_task instead of rq->clock for correctly maintaining ↵Paul Turner1-1/+1
load averages The delta in clock_task is a more fair attribution of how much time a tg has been contributing load to the current cpu. While not really important it also means we're more in sync (by magnitude) with respect to periodic updates (since __update_curr deltas are clock_task based). Signed-off-by: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <20110122044852.007092349@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-26sched: Fix/remove redundant cfs_rq checksPaul Turner1-4/+1
Since updates are against an entity's queuing cfs_rq it's not possible to enter update_cfs_{shares,load} with a NULL cfs_rq. (Indeed, update_cfs_load would crash prior to the check if we did anyway since we load is examined during the initializers). Also, in the update_cfs_load case there's no point in maintaining averages for rq->cfs_rq since we don't perform shares distribution at that level -- NULL check is replaced accordingly. Thanks to Dan Carpenter for pointing out the deference before NULL check. Signed-off-by: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <20110122044851.825284940@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-26sched: Fix sign under-flows in wake_affinePaul Turner1-3/+3
While care is taken around the zero-point in effective_load to not exceed the instantaneous rq->weight, it's still possible (e.g. using wake_idx != 0) for (load + effective_load) to underflow. In this case the comparing the unsigned values can result in incorrect balanced decisions. Signed-off-by: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <20110122044851.734245014@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-01-26Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+2
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: wacom - pass touch resolution to clients through input_absinfo Input: wacom - add 2 Bamboo Pen and touch models Input: sysrq - ensure sysrq_enabled and __sysrq_enabled are consistent Input: sparse-keymap - fix KEY_VSW handling in sparse_keymap_setup Input: tegra-kbc - add tegra keyboard driver Input: gpio_keys - switch to using request_any_context_irq Input: serio - allow registered drivers to get status flag Input: ct82710c - return proper error code for ct82c710_open Input: bu21013_ts - added regulator support Input: bu21013_ts - remove duplicate resolution parameters Input: tnetv107x-ts - don't treat NULL clk as an error Input: tnetv107x-keypad - don't treat NULL clk as an error Fix up trivial conflicts in drivers/input/keyboard/Makefile due to additions of tc3589x/Tegra drivers
2011-01-26console: rename acquire/release_console_sem() to console_lock/unlock()Torben Hohn1-46/+54
The -rt patches change the console_semaphore to console_mutex. As a result, a quite large chunk of the patches changes all acquire/release_console_sem() to acquire/release_console_mutex() This commit makes things use more neutral function names which dont make implications about the underlying lock. The only real change is the return value of console_trylock which is inverted from try_acquire_console_sem() This patch also paves the way to switching console_sem from a semaphore to a mutex. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: make console_trylock return 1 on success, per Geert] Signed-off-by: Torben Hohn <torbenh@gmx.de> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@tglx.de> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-24Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-19/+27
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: perf tools: Fix time function double declaration with glibc perf tools: Fix build by checking if extra warnings are supported perf tools: Fix build when using gcc 3.4.6 perf tools: Add missing header, fixes build perf tools: Fix 64 bit integer format strings perf test: Fix build on older glibcs perf: perf_event_exit_task_context: s/rcu_dereference/rcu_dereference_raw/ perf test: Use cpu_map->[cpu] when setting affinity perf symbols: Fix annotation of thumb code perf: Annotate cpuctx->ctx.mutex to avoid a lockdep splat powerpc, perf: Fix frequency calculation for overflowing counters (FSL version) perf: Fix perf_event_init_task()/perf_event_free_task() interaction perf: Fix find_get_context() vs perf_event_exit_task() race
2011-01-24Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-3/+4
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: RTC: Remove Kconfig symbol for UIE emulation RTC: Properly handle rtc_read_alarm error propagation and fix bug RTC: Propagate error handling via rtc_timer_enqueue properly acpi_pm: Clear pmtmr_ioport if acpi_pm initialization fails rtc: Cleanup removed UIE emulation declaration hrtimers: Notify hrtimer users of switches to NOHZ mode
2011-01-24Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-25/+53
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: Fix poor interactivity on UP systems due to group scheduler nice tune bug
2011-01-24Input: sysrq - ensure sysrq_enabled and __sysrq_enabled are consistentAndy Whitcroft1-1/+2
Currently sysrq_enabled and __sysrq_enabled are initialised separately and inconsistently, leading to sysrq being actually enabled by reported as not enabled in sysfs. The first change to the sysfs configurable synchronises these two: static int __read_mostly sysrq_enabled = 1; static int __sysrq_enabled; Add a common define to carry the default for these preventing them becoming out of sync again. Default this to 1 to mirror previous behaviour. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>