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Jeff Garzik
74d89c1673 Merge branch 'upstream' 2006-03-29 17:24:55 -05:00
Albert Lee
52a3220599 [PATCH] libata-dev: wait idle after reading the last data block
Some CD-ROM drives are slow to clear DRQ, after the last data block
is read by PIO. Use ata_wait_idle() after reading the last data block.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:22:36 -05:00
Albert Lee
71601958f7 [PATCH] libata-dev: fix the device err check sequence (respin)
Current irq-pio checks ERR bit and stops on ERR before it does anything else.
This behavior doesn't look right.
The DRQ bit should take higher precedence than the ERR bit.

Changes:
- Let the HSM do the data transfer whenever the
  device asks for DRQ bit, even if the ERR bit is set.
- For DRQ=1 ERR=1, don't trust the data

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:22:36 -05:00
Albert Lee
999bb6f426 [PATCH] libata-dev: irq-pio minor fixes (respin)
irq-pio minor fixes for printk() and comments.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:22:36 -05:00
Albert Lee
c234fb00ea [PATCH] libata-dev: Make the the in_wq check as an inline function
Make the the in_wq check easier to read as an inline function.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:54 -05:00
Albert Lee
c2bbc55161 [PATCH] libata-dev: ata_check_atapi_dma() fix for ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING LLDDs
ata_check_atapi_dma() fix for LLDDs with the ATA_FLAG_PIO_POLLING flag.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:54 -05:00
Albert Lee
27cdadef6d [PATCH] libata-dev: Cleanup unused enums/functions
Cleanup the following unused functions:
- ata_pio_poll()
- ata_pio_complete()
- ata_pio_first_block()
- ata_pio_block()
- ata_pio_error()
ap->pio_task_timeout and other enums.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:54 -05:00
Albert Lee
a1af37344f [PATCH] libata-dev: Convert ata_pio_task() to use the new ata_hsm_move()
Convert ata_pio_task() to use the new ata_hsm_move().

Changes:
- refactor ata_pio_task() to poll device status register and
- call the new ata_hsm_move() when device indicates it is not BSY.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:54 -05:00
Albert Lee
bb5cb290f0 [PATCH] libata-dev: Let ata_hsm_move() work with both irq-pio and polling pio
Let ata_hsm_move() work with both irq-pio and polling pio codepath.

Changes:
- add a new parameter "in_wq" for polling pio
- add return value "poll_next" to tell polling pio task whether the HSM is finished
- merge code from ata_pio_first_block() to the HSM_ST_FIRST state.
- call ata_poll_qc_complete() if called from the workqueue

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:54 -05:00
Albert Lee
6912ccd5a4 [PATCH] libata-dev: Minor fix for ata_hsm_move() to work with ata_host_intr()
Minor fix for ata_hsm_move() to work with ata_host_intr().
Changes:
- WARN_ON() and comment fix
- Make the HSM_ST_LAST device status checking more rigid.
- Treat unknown HSM state as BUG().

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:53 -05:00
Albert Lee
e2cec77117 [PATCH] libata-dev: Move out the HSM code from ata_host_intr()
Move out the irq-pio HSM code from ata_host_intr() to the new ata_hsm_move() function verbatim.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:53 -05:00
Albert Lee
19d5d7309a [PATCH] libata-dev: Remove atapi_packet_task()
atapi_packet_task() was replaced by ata_pio_task().
Remove the unused atapi_packet_task().

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:53 -05:00
Albert Lee
13ee4628ce [PATCH] libata-dev: Fix merge problem with upstream
Fix merge problem with upstream.
Changes:
1. add missing dev->cdb_len = 16 for ATA devices
2. use ata_pio_task instead of atapi_packet_task

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:53 -05:00
Albert Lee
cf2f7689f9 [PATCH] libata-dev: Remove trailing whitespaces
Remove trailing whitespaces.

Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@tw.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:21:53 -05:00
Tejun Heo
05c8e0ac5c [PATCH] libata: kill trailing whitespace
Kill trailing whitespace.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2006-03-29 17:19:13 -05:00
Jeff Garzik
e02a4cabfc Merge branch 'master' 2006-03-29 17:18:49 -05:00
Linus Torvalds
f3cab8a0b1 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
  [NETFILTER]: Rename init functions.
  [TCP]: Fix RFC2465 typo.
  [INET]: Introduce tunnel4/tunnel6
  [NET]: deinline 200+ byte inlines in sock.h
  [ECONET]: Convert away from SOCKOPS_WRAPPED
  [NET]: Fix ipx/econet/appletalk/irda ioctl crashes
  [NET]: Kill Documentation/networking/TODO
  [TG3]: Update version and reldate
  [TG3]: Skip timer code during full lock
  [TG3]: Speed up SRAM access
  [TG3]: Fix PHY loopback on 5700
  [TG3]: Fix bug in 40-bit DMA workaround code
  [TG3]: Fix probe failure due to invalid MAC address
2006-03-29 11:29:33 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
76babde121 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (67 commits)
  [PATCH] powerpc: Remove oprofile spinlock backtrace code
  [PATCH] powerpc: Add oprofile calltrace support to all powerpc cpus
  [PATCH] powerpc: Add oprofile calltrace support
  [PATCH] for_each_possible_cpu: ppc
  [PATCH] for_each_possible_cpu: powerpc
  [PATCH] lock PTE before updating it in 440/BookE page fault handler
  [PATCH] powerpc: Kill _machine and hard-coded platform numbers
  ppc: Fix compile error in arch/ppc/lib/strcase.c
  [PATCH] git-powerpc: WARN was a dumb idea
  [PATCH] powerpc: a couple of trivial compile warning fixes
  powerpc: remove OCP references
  powerpc: Make uImage default build output for MPC8540 ADS
  powerpc: move math-emu over to arch/powerpc
  powerpc: use memparse() for mem= command line parsing
  ppc: fix strncasecmp prototype
  [PATCH] powerpc: make ISA floppies work again
  [PATCH] powerpc: Fix some initcall return values
  [PATCH] powerpc: Workaround for pSeries RTAS bug
  [PATCH] spufs: fix __init/__exit annotations
  [PATCH] powerpc: add hvc backend for rtas
  ...
2006-03-29 11:28:30 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
e71ac6032e Merge git://oss.sgi.com:8090/oss/git/xfs-2.6
* git://oss.sgi.com:8090/oss/git/xfs-2.6:
  [XFS] Cleanup in XFS after recent get_block_t interface tweaks.
  [XFS] Remove unused/obsoleted function: xfs_bmap_do_search_extents()
  [XFS] A change to inode chunk allocation to try allocating the new chunk
  Fixes a regression from the recent "remove ->get_blocks() support"
  [XFS] Fix compiler warning and small code inconsistencies in compat
  [XFS] We really suck at spulling.  Thanks to Chris Pascoe for fixing all
2006-03-29 08:55:36 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
224b148ef7 Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/scjody/ieee1394
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/scjody/ieee1394:
  ohci1394: cleanup the "Unexpected PCI resource length" warning.
  sbp2: misc debug logging cleanups
  sbp2: proper treatment of DID_OK
  ieee1394: set read permission for parameter disable_irm
  sbp2: check for ARM failure
  ohci1394: clean up asynchronous and physical request filters programming
  ieee1394: remove amdtp remains from ieee1394_core.h
  ieee1394: remove devfs support
  Signed-off-by: Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>
  sbp2: prevent unloading of 1394 low-level driver
2006-03-28 18:48:03 -08:00
Anton Blanchard
15e812ad84 [PATCH] powerpc: Remove oprofile spinlock backtrace code
Remove oprofile spinlock backtrace code now we have proper calltrace
support. Also make MMCRA sihv and sipr bits a variable since they may
change in future cpus. Finally, MMCRA should be a 64bit quantity.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-03-29 13:44:16 +11:00
Anton Blanchard
fa465f8c70 [PATCH] powerpc: Add oprofile calltrace support to all powerpc cpus
Add calltrace support for other powerpc cpus. Tested on 7450.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-03-29 13:44:16 +11:00
Brian Rogan
6c6bd754bf [PATCH] powerpc: Add oprofile calltrace support
Add oprofile calltrace support to powerpc. Disable spinlock backtracing
now we can use calltrace info.

(Updated to work on both 32bit and 64bit by me).

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-03-29 13:44:16 +11:00
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
b848e0a07d [PATCH] for_each_possible_cpu: ppc
for_each_cpu() actually iterates across all possible CPUs.  We've had mistakes
in the past where people were using for_each_cpu() where they should have been
iterating across only online or present CPUs.  This is inefficient and
possibly buggy.

We're renaming for_each_cpu() to for_each_possible_cpu() to avoid this in the
future.

This patch replaces for_each_cpu with for_each_possible_cpu.

Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-03-29 13:44:16 +11:00
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
0e5519548f [PATCH] for_each_possible_cpu: powerpc
for_each_cpu() actually iterates across all possible CPUs.  We've had mistakes
in the past where people were using for_each_cpu() where they should have been
iterating across only online or present CPUs.  This is inefficient and
possibly buggy.

We're renaming for_each_cpu() to for_each_possible_cpu() to avoid this in the
future.

This patch replaces for_each_cpu with for_each_possible_cpu.

Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-03-29 13:44:15 +11:00
Eugene Surovegin
bab70a4af7 [PATCH] lock PTE before updating it in 440/BookE page fault handler
Fix 44x and BookE page fault handler to correctly lock PTE before
trying to pte_update() it, otherwise this PTE might be swapped out
after pte_present() check but before pte_uptdate() call, resulting in
corrupted PTE. This can happen with enabled preemption and low memory
condition.

Signed-off-by: Eugene Surovegin <ebs@ebshome.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-03-29 13:44:15 +11:00
Oleg Nesterov
547679087b [PATCH] send_sigqueue: simplify and fix the race
send_sigqueue() checks PF_EXITING, then locks p->sighand->siglock.  This is
unsafe: 'p' can exit in between and set ->sighand = NULL.  The race is
theoretical, the window is tiny and irqs are disabled by the caller, so I
don't think we need the fix for -stable tree.

Convert send_sigqueue() to use lock_task_sighand() helper.

Also, delete 'p->flags & PF_EXITING' re-check, it is unneeded and the
comment is wrong.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
a1d5e21e3e [PATCH] do_notify_parent_cldstop: remove 'to_self' param
The previous patch has changed callsites of do_notify_parent_cldstop() so that
to_self == (->ptrace & PT_PTRACED) always (as it should be).  We can remove
this parameter now.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
883606a7c9 [PATCH] finish_stop: don't check stop_count < 0
Remove an obscure 'stop_count < 0' check in finish_stop().  The previous patch
made this case impossible.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
dac27f4a09 [PATCH] simplify do_signal_stop()
do_signal_stop() considers 'thread_group_empty()' as a special case.
This was needed to avoid taking tasklist_lock. Since this lock is
unneeded any longer, we can remove this special case and simplify
the code even more.

Also, before this patch, finish_stop() was called with stop_count == -1
for 'thread_group_empty()' case. This is not strictly wrong, but confusing
and unneeded.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
a7e5328a06 [PATCH] cleanup __exit_signal->cleanup_sighand path
Move 'tsk->sighand = NULL' from cleanup_sighand() to __exit_signal().  This
makes the exit path more understandable and allows us to do
cleanup_sighand() outside of ->siglock protected section.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
4a2c7a7837 [PATCH] make fork() atomic wrt pgrp/session signals
Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> Ok. SUSV3/Posix is clear, fork is atomic with respect
> to signals.  Either a signal comes before or after a
> fork but not during. (See the rationale section).
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/fork.html
>
> The tasklist_lock does not stop forks from adding to a process
> group. The forks stall while the tasklist_lock is held, but a fork
> that began before we grabbed the tasklist_lock simply completes
> afterwards, and the child does not receive the signal.

This also means that SIGSTOP or sig_kernel_coredump() signal can't
be delivered to pgrp/session reliably.

With this patch copy_process() returns -ERESTARTNOINTR when it
detects a pending signal, fork() will be restarted transparently
after handling the signals.

This patch also deletes now unneeded "group_stop_count > 0" check,
copy_process() can no longer succeed while group stop in progress.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-By: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
47e65328a7 [PATCH] pids: kill PIDTYPE_TGID
This patch kills PIDTYPE_TGID pid_type thus saving one hash table in
kernel/pid.c and speeding up subthreads create/destroy a bit.  It is also a
preparation for the further tref/pids rework.

This patch adds 'struct list_head thread_group' to 'struct task_struct'
instead.

We don't detach group leader from PIDTYPE_PID namespace until another
thread inherits it's ->pid == ->tgid, so we are safe wrt premature
free_pidmap(->tgid) call.

Currently there are no users of find_task_by_pid_type(PIDTYPE_TGID).
Should the need arise, we can use find_task_by_pid()->group_leader.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-By: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
88531f725b [PATCH] do_sigaction: don't take tasklist_lock
do_sigaction() does not need tasklist_lock anymore, we can simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:44 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
aacc90944d [PATCH] do_group_exit: don't take tasklist_lock
do_group_exit() takes tasklist_lock for zap_other_threads(), this is unneeded
now.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
a122b341b7 [PATCH] do_signal_stop: don't take tasklist_lock
do_signal_stop() does not need tasklist_lock anymore.  So it does not need to
do misc re-checks, and we can simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
6108ccd3e2 [PATCH] relax sig_needs_tasklist()
handle_stop_signal() does not need tasklist_lock for SIG_KERNEL_STOP_MASK
signals anymore.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
7d7185c818 [PATCH] sys_times: don't take tasklist_lock
sys_times: don't take tasklist_lock

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
5876700cd3 [PATCH] do __unhash_process() under ->siglock
This patch moves __unhash_process() call from realease_task() to
__exit_signal(), so __detach_pid() is called with ->siglock held.

This means we don't need tasklist_lock to iterate over thread group anymore:

	copy_process() was already changed to do attach_pid()
	under ->siglock.

	Eric's "pidhash-kill-switch_exec_pids.patch" from -mm
	changed de_thread() so it doesn't touch PIDTYPE_TGID.

NOTE: de_thread() still needs some attention.  It still changes task->pid
lockless.  Taking ->sighand.siglock here allows to do more tasklist_lock
removals.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
35f5cad8c4 [PATCH] revert "Optimize sys_times for a single thread process"
This patch reverts 'CONFIG_SMP && thread_group_empty()' optimization in
sys_times().  The reason is that the next patch breaks memory ordering which
is needed for that optimization.

tasklist_lock in sys_times() will be eliminated completely by further patch.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
6a14c5c9da [PATCH] move __exit_signal() to kernel/exit.c
__exit_signal() is private to release_task() now.  I think it is better to
make it static in kernel/exit.c and export flush_sigqueue() instead - this
function is much more simple and straightforward.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
c81addc9d3 [PATCH] rename __exit_sighand to cleanup_sighand
Cosmetic, rename __exit_sighand to cleanup_sighand and move it close to
copy_sighand().

This matches copy_signal/cleanup_signal naming, and I think it is easier to
follow.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
29ff471234 [PATCH] cleanup __exit_signal()
This patch factors out duplicated code under 'if' branches.  Also, BUG_ON()
conversions and whitespace cleanups.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:43 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
6b3934ef52 [PATCH] copy_process: cleanup bad_fork_cleanup_signal
__exit_signal() does important cleanups atomically under ->siglock.  It is
also called from copy_process's error path.  This is not good, for example we
can't move __unhash_process() under ->siglock for that reason.

We should not mix these 2 paths, just look at ugly 'if (p->sighand)' under
'bad_fork_cleanup_sighand:' label.  For copy_process() case it is sufficient
to just backout copy_signal(), nothing more.

Again, nobody can see this task yet.  For CLONE_THREAD case we just decrement
signal->count, otherwise nobody can see this ->signal and we can free it
lockless.

This patch assumes it is safe to do exit_thread_group_keys() without
tasklist_lock.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:42 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
7001510d0c [PATCH] copy_process: cleanup bad_fork_cleanup_sighand
The only caller of exit_sighand(tsk) is copy_process's error path.  We can
call __exit_sighand() directly and kill exit_sighand().

This 'tsk' was not yet registered in pid_hash[] or init_task.tasks, it has no
external references, nobody can see it, and

	IF (clone_flags & CLONE_SIGHAND)
		At least 'current' has a reference to ->sighand, this
		means atomic_dec_and_test(sighand->count) can't be true.

	ELSE
		Nobody can see this ->sighand, this means we can free it
		without any locking.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:42 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
a9e88e84b5 [PATCH] introduce sig_needs_tasklist() helper
In my opinion this patch cleans up the code.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:42 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
f63ee72e0f [PATCH] introduce lock_task_sighand() helper
Add lock_task_sighand() helper and converts group_send_sig_info() to use
it.  Hopefully we will have more users soon.

This patch also removes '!sighand->count' and '!p->usage' checks, I think
they both are bogus, racy and unneeded (but probably it makes sense to
restore them as BUG_ON()s).

->sighand is cleared and it's ->count is decremented in release_task() with
sighand->siglock held, so it is a bug to have '!p->usage || !->count' after
we already locked and verified it is the same.  On the other hand, an
already dead task without ->sighand can have a non-zero ->usage due to
ptrace, for example.

If we read the stale value of ->sighand we must see the change after
spin_lock(), because that change was done while holding that same old
->sighand.siglock.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:42 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
aa1757f90b [PATCH] convert sighand_cache to use SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU
This patch borrows a clever Hugh's 'struct anon_vma' trick.

Without tasklist_lock held we can't trust task->sighand until we locked it
and re-checked that it is still the same.

But this means we don't need to defer 'kmem_cache_free(sighand)'.  We can
return the memory to slab immediately, all we need is to be sure that
sighand->siglock can't dissapear inside rcu protected section.

To do so we need to initialize ->siglock inside ctor function,
SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU does the rest.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:42 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
1f09f9749c [PATCH] release_task: replace open-coded ptrace_unlink()
Use ptrace_unlink() instead of open-coding.  No changes in kernel/exit.o

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:41 -08:00
Oleg Nesterov
8292d633ad [PATCH] wait_for_helper: trivial style cleanup
Use NULL instead of (... *)0

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-28 18:36:41 -08:00