Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

Merge updates from Andrew Morton:

 - fsnotify updates

 - ocfs2 updates

 - all of MM

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (127 commits)
  console: don't prefer first registered if DT specifies stdout-path
  cred: simpler, 1D supplementary groups
  CREDITS: update Pavel's information, add GPG key, remove snail mail address
  mailmap: add Johan Hovold
  .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files
  uprobes: remove function declarations from arch/{mips,s390}
  spelling.txt: "modeled" is spelt correctly
  nmi_backtrace: generate one-line reports for idle cpus
  arch/tile: adopt the new nmi_backtrace framework
  nmi_backtrace: do a local dump_stack() instead of a self-NMI
  nmi_backtrace: add more trigger_*_cpu_backtrace() methods
  min/max: remove sparse warnings when they're nested
  Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt: add more description for maps/smaps
  mm, proc: fix region lost in /proc/self/smaps
  proc: fix timerslack_ns CAP_SYS_NICE check when adjusting self
  proc: add LSM hook checks to /proc/<tid>/timerslack_ns
  proc: relax /proc/<tid>/timerslack_ns capability requirements
  meminfo: break apart a very long seq_printf with #ifdefs
  seq/proc: modify seq_put_decimal_[u]ll to take a const char *, not char
  proc: faster /proc/*/status
  ...

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 3b792ab3c0dc..dc7fe5f3a53c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2280,16 +2280,27 @@ static ssize_t timerslack_ns_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (!p)
 		return -ESRCH;
 
-	if (ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS)) {
-		task_lock(p);
-		if (slack_ns == 0)
-			p->timer_slack_ns = p->default_timer_slack_ns;
-		else
-			p->timer_slack_ns = slack_ns;
-		task_unlock(p);
-	} else
-		count = -EPERM;
+	if (p != current) {
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+			count = -EPERM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = security_task_setscheduler(p);
+		if (err) {
+			count = err;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	task_lock(p);
+	if (slack_ns == 0)
+		p->timer_slack_ns = p->default_timer_slack_ns;
+	else
+		p->timer_slack_ns = slack_ns;
+	task_unlock(p);
 
+out:
 	put_task_struct(p);
 
 	return count;
@@ -2299,19 +2310,28 @@ static int timerslack_ns_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = m->private;
 	struct task_struct *p;
-	int err =  0;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	p = get_proc_task(inode);
 	if (!p)
 		return -ESRCH;
 
-	if (ptrace_may_access(p, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH_FSCREDS)) {
-		task_lock(p);
-		seq_printf(m, "%llu\n", p->timer_slack_ns);
-		task_unlock(p);
-	} else
-		err = -EPERM;
+	if (p != current) {
+
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_NICE)) {
+			err = -EPERM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		err = security_task_getscheduler(p);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
+	task_lock(p);
+	seq_printf(m, "%llu\n", p->timer_slack_ns);
+	task_unlock(p);
+
+out:
 	put_task_struct(p);
 
 	return err;