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authorAl Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>2012-08-19 14:41:00 +1200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-08-19 08:41:19 -0700
commit28d353d9891c28496e366bebe4e65233f59ad1f6 (patch)
tree814900bf40b5e24c4b50396c4df22058fc951c60 /arch/alpha
parentbe53db6e4edd9dc013b21a929ad2b142dea8b9c0 (diff)
downloadlinux-28d353d9891c28496e366bebe4e65233f59ad1f6.tar.bz2
alpha: take kernel_execve() out of entry.S
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz> Acked-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/alpha')
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c1
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S52
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/process.c19
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c
index a354277bbaa7..15fa821d09cd 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(alpha_write_fp_reg_s);
/* entry.S */
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_execve);
/* Networking helper routines. */
EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_tcpudp_magic);
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
index 22b0c4d414a7..ec0da0567ab5 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
@@ -663,58 +663,6 @@ kernel_thread:
br ret_to_kernel
.end kernel_thread
-/*
- * kernel_execve(path, argv, envp)
- */
- .align 4
- .globl kernel_execve
- .ent kernel_execve
-kernel_execve:
- /* We can be called from a module. */
- ldgp $gp, 0($27)
- lda $sp, -(32+SIZEOF_PT_REGS+8)($sp)
- .frame $sp, 32+SIZEOF_PT_REGS+8, $26, 0
- stq $26, 0($sp)
- stq $16, 8($sp)
- stq $17, 16($sp)
- stq $18, 24($sp)
- .prologue 1
-
- lda $16, 32($sp)
- lda $17, 0
- lda $18, SIZEOF_PT_REGS
- bsr $26, memset !samegp
-
- /* Avoid the HAE being gratuitously wrong, which would cause us
- to do the whole turn off interrupts thing and restore it. */
- ldq $2, alpha_mv+HAE_CACHE
- stq $2, 152+32($sp)
-
- ldq $16, 8($sp)
- ldq $17, 16($sp)
- ldq $18, 24($sp)
- lda $19, 32($sp)
- bsr $26, do_execve !samegp
-
- ldq $26, 0($sp)
- bne $0, 1f /* error! */
-
- /* Move the temporary pt_regs struct from its current location
- to the top of the kernel stack frame. See copy_thread for
- details for a normal process. */
- lda $16, 0x4000 - SIZEOF_PT_REGS($8)
- lda $17, 32($sp)
- lda $18, SIZEOF_PT_REGS
- bsr $26, memmove !samegp
-
- /* Take that over as our new stack frame and visit userland! */
- lda $sp, 0x4000 - SIZEOF_PT_REGS($8)
- br $31, ret_from_sys_call
-
-1: lda $sp, 32+SIZEOF_PT_REGS+8($sp)
- ret
-.end kernel_execve
-
/*
* Special system calls. Most of these are special in that they either
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 153d3fce3e8e..d6fde98b74b3 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -455,3 +455,22 @@ get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
}
return pc;
}
+
+int kernel_execve(const char *path, const char *const argv[], const char *const envp[])
+{
+ /* Avoid the HAE being gratuitously wrong, which would cause us
+ to do the whole turn off interrupts thing and restore it. */
+ struct pt_regs regs = {.hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache};
+ int err = do_execve(path, argv, envp, &regs);
+ if (!err) {
+ struct pt_regs *p = current_pt_regs();
+ /* copy regs to normal position and off to userland we go... */
+ *p = regs;
+ __asm__ __volatile__ (
+ "mov %0, $sp;"
+ "br $31, ret_from_sys_call"
+ : : "r"(p));
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_execve);