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It may be useful for an architecture to override the definitions of the
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE0() and __COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macros in
<linux/compat.h>, in particular to use a different calling convention
for syscalls. This patch provides a mechanism to do so, based on the
previously introduced CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER. If it is enabled,
<asm/sycall_wrapper.h> is included in <linux/compat.h> and may be used
to define the macros mentioned above. Moreover, as the syscall calling
convention may be different if CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER is set,
the compat syscall function prototypes in <linux/compat.h> are #ifndef'd
out in that case.
As some of the syscalls and/or compat syscalls may not be present,
the COND_SYSCALL() and COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT() macros in kernel/sys_ni.c
as well as the SYS_NI() and COMPAT_SYS_NI() macros in
kernel/time/posix-stubs.c can be re-defined in <asm/syscall_wrapper.h> iff
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER is enabled.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180405095307.3730-5-linux@dominikbrodowski.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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64-bit syscalls
Let's make use of ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER=y on pure 64-bit x86-64 systems:
Each syscall defines a stub which takes struct pt_regs as its only
argument. It decodes just those parameters it needs, e.g:
asmlinkage long sys_xyzzy(const struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return SyS_xyzzy(regs->di, regs->si, regs->dx);
}
This approach avoids leaking random user-provided register content down
the call chain.
For example, for sys_recv() which is a 4-parameter syscall, the assembly
now is (in slightly reordered fashion):
<sys_recv>:
callq <__fentry__>
/* decode regs->di, ->si, ->dx and ->r10 */
mov 0x70(%rdi),%rdi
mov 0x68(%rdi),%rsi
mov 0x60(%rdi),%rdx
mov 0x38(%rdi),%rcx
[ SyS_recv() is automatically inlined by the compiler,
as it is not [yet] used anywhere else ]
/* clear %r9 and %r8, the 5th and 6th args */
xor %r9d,%r9d
xor %r8d,%r8d
/* do the actual work */
callq __sys_recvfrom
/* cleanup and return */
cltq
retq
The only valid place in an x86-64 kernel which rightfully calls
a syscall function on its own -- vsyscall -- needs to be modified
to pass struct pt_regs onwards as well.
To keep the syscall table generation working independent of
SYSCALL_PTREGS being enabled, the stubs are named the same as the
"original" syscall stubs, i.e. sys_*().
This patch is based on an original proof-of-concept
| From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
and was split up and heavily modified by me, in particular to base it on
ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER, to limit it to 64-bit-only for the time being,
and to update the vsyscall to the new calling convention.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180405095307.3730-4-linux@dominikbrodowski.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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It may be useful for an architecture to override the definitions of the
SYSCALL_DEFINE0() and __SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macros in <linux/syscalls.h>,
in particular to use a different calling convention for syscalls.
This patch provides a mechanism to do so: It introduces
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER. If it is enabled, <asm/sycall_wrapper.h>
is included in <linux/syscalls.h> and may be used to define the macros
mentioned above. Moreover, as the syscall calling convention may be
different if CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER is set, the syscall function
prototypes in <linux/syscalls.h> are #ifndef'd out in that case.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180405095307.3730-3-linux@dominikbrodowski.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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We have it in a register in the low-level asm, just pass it in as an
argument rather than have do_syscall_64() load it back in from the
ptregs pointer.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180405095307.3730-2-linux@dominikbrodowski.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux
Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski:
"System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel.
Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or
compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the
syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel.
At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from
v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is
better to use use a different calling convention for system calls
there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper
which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This
means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a
specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of
filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the
time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those
x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near
future.
Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel
data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is
generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific
code.
This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the
kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the
three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely
kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h"
* 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits)
bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection
kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions
kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries
syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes
syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h
net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h
syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h
kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h
x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0
x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long
x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()
mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead()
mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff()
mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate()
fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate()
fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall
kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid()
kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare()
...
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Commit 2a98dc028f91 ("include/linux/bitmap.h: turn bitmap_set and
bitmap_clear into memset when possible") introduced an optimization to
bitmap_{set,clear}() which uses memset() when the start and length are
constants aligned to a byte.
This is wrong on big-endian systems; our bitmaps are arrays of unsigned
long, so bit n is not at byte n / 8 in memory. This was caught by the
Btrfs selftests, but the bitmap selftests also fail when run on a
big-endian machine.
We can still use memset if the start and length are aligned to an
unsigned long, so do that on big-endian. The same problem applies to
the memcmp in bitmap_equal(), so fix it there, too.
Fixes: 2a98dc028f91 ("include/linux/bitmap.h: turn bitmap_set and bitmap_clear into memset when possible")
Fixes: 2c6deb01525a ("bitmap: use memcmp optimisation in more situations")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: "Erhard F." <erhard_f@mailbox.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic
Pul removal of obsolete architecture ports from Arnd Bergmann:
"This removes the entire architecture code for blackfin, cris, frv,
m32r, metag, mn10300, score, and tile, including the associated device
drivers.
I have been working with the (former) maintainers for each one to
ensure that my interpretation was right and the code is definitely
unused in mainline kernels. Many had fond memories of working on the
respective ports to start with and getting them included in upstream,
but also saw no point in keeping the port alive without any users.
In the end, it seems that while the eight architectures are extremely
different, they all suffered the same fate: There was one company in
charge of an SoC line, a CPU microarchitecture and a software
ecosystem, which was more costly than licensing newer off-the-shelf
CPU cores from a third party (typically ARM, MIPS, or RISC-V). It
seems that all the SoC product lines are still around, but have not
used the custom CPU architectures for several years at this point. In
contrast, CPU instruction sets that remain popular and have actively
maintained kernel ports tend to all be used across multiple licensees.
[ See the new nds32 port merged in the previous commit for the next
generation of "one company in charge of an SoC line, a CPU
microarchitecture and a software ecosystem" - Linus ]
The removal came out of a discussion that is now documented at
https://lwn.net/Articles/748074/. Unlike the original plans, I'm not
marking any ports as deprecated but remove them all at once after I
made sure that they are all unused. Some architectures (notably tile,
mn10300, and blackfin) are still being shipped in products with old
kernels, but those products will never be updated to newer kernel
releases.
After this series, we still have a few architectures without mainline
gcc support:
- unicore32 and hexagon both have very outdated gcc releases, but the
maintainers promised to work on providing something newer. At least
in case of hexagon, this will only be llvm, not gcc.
- openrisc, risc-v and nds32 are still in the process of finishing
their support or getting it added to mainline gcc in the first
place. They all have patched gcc-7.3 ports that work to some
degree, but complete upstream support won't happen before gcc-8.1.
Csky posted their first kernel patch set last week, their situation
will be similar
[ Palmer Dabbelt points out that RISC-V support is in mainline gcc
since gcc-7, although gcc-7.3.0 is the recommended minimum - Linus ]"
This really says it all:
2498 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 467668 deletions(-)
* tag 'arch-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic: (74 commits)
MAINTAINERS: UNICORE32: Change email account
staging: iio: remove iio-trig-bfin-timer driver
tty: hvc: remove tile driver
tty: remove bfin_jtag_comm and hvc_bfin_jtag drivers
serial: remove tile uart driver
serial: remove m32r_sio driver
serial: remove blackfin drivers
serial: remove cris/etrax uart drivers
usb: Remove Blackfin references in USB support
usb: isp1362: remove blackfin arch glue
usb: musb: remove blackfin port
usb: host: remove tilegx platform glue
pwm: remove pwm-bfin driver
i2c: remove bfin-twi driver
spi: remove blackfin related host drivers
watchdog: remove bfin_wdt driver
can: remove bfin_can driver
mmc: remove bfin_sdh driver
input: misc: remove blackfin rotary driver
input: keyboard: remove bf54x driver
...
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/greentime/linux
Pull nds32 architecture support from Greentime Hu:
"This contains the core nds32 Linux port (including interrupt
controller driver and timer driver), which has been through seven
rounds of review on mailing list.
It is able to boot to shell and passes most LTP-2017 testsuites in
nds32 AE3XX platform:
Total Tests: 1901
Total Skipped Tests: 618
Total Failures: 78"
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
* tag 'nds32-for-linus-4.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/greentime/linux: (44 commits)
nds32: To use the generic dump_stack()
nds32: fix building failed if using elf toolchain.
nios2: add ioremap_nocache declaration before include asm-generic/io.h.
nds32: fix building failed if using older version gcc.
dt-bindings: timer: Add andestech atcpit100 timer binding doc
clocksource/drivers/atcpit100: VDSO support
clocksource/drivers/atcpit100: Add andestech atcpit100 timer
net: faraday add nds32 support.
irqchip: Andestech Internal Vector Interrupt Controller driver
dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: Andestech Internal Vector Interrupt Controller
dt-bindings: nds32 SoC Bindings
dt-bindings: nds32 L2 cache controller Bindings
dt-bindings: nds32 CPU Bindings
MAINTAINERS: Add nds32
nds32: Build infrastructure
nds32: defconfig
nds32: Miscellaneous header files
nds32: Device tree support
nds32: Generic timers support
nds32: Loadable modules
...
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geert/linux-m68k
Pull m68k updates from Geert Uytterhoeven:
- Macintosh enhancements and fixes
- Remove useless memory layout printing using hashed pointers
- Add missing Amiga Zorro bus DMA mask
- Small fixes and cleanups
- Defconfig updates
* tag 'm68k-for-v4.17-tag1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geert/linux-m68k:
m68k/mac: Remove bogus "FIXME" comment
m68k/mac: Enable RTC for 100-series PowerBooks
m68k/mac: Clean up whitespace and remove redundant parentheses
m68k/defconfig: Update defconfigs for v4.16-rc5
zorro: Set up z->dev.dma_mask for the DMA API
m68k/time: Stop validating rtc_time in .read_time
m68k/mm: Stop printing the virtual memory layout
macintosh/via-pmu68k: Initialize PMU driver with setup_arch and arch_initcall
m68k/mac: Fix apparent race condition in Baboon interrupt dispatch
m68k/mac: Enable PDMA support for PowerBook 190
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull EFI updates from Ingo Molnar:
"The main EFI changes in this cycle were:
- Fix the apple-properties code (Andy Shevchenko)
- Add WARN() on arm64 if UEFI Runtime Services corrupt the reserved
x18 register (Ard Biesheuvel)
- Use efi_switch_mm() on x86 instead of manipulating %cr3 directly
(Sai Praneeth)
- Fix early memremap leak in ESRT code (Ard Biesheuvel)
- Switch to L"xxx" notation for wide string literals (Ard Biesheuvel)
- ... plus misc other cleanups and bugfixes"
* 'efi-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/efi: Use efi_switch_mm() rather than manually twiddling with %cr3
x86/efi: Replace efi_pgd with efi_mm.pgd
efi: Use string literals for efi_char16_t variable initializers
efi/esrt: Fix handling of early ESRT table mapping
efi: Use efi_mm in x86 as well as ARM
efi: Make const array 'apple' static
efi/apple-properties: Use memremap() instead of ioremap()
efi: Reorder pr_notice() with add_device_randomness() call
x86/efi: Replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in efi_query_variable_store()
efi/arm64: Check whether x18 is preserved by runtime services calls
efi/arm*: Stop printing addresses of virtual mappings
efi/apple-properties: Remove redundant attribute initialization from unmarshal_key_value_pairs()
efi/arm*: Only register page tables when they exist
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 dma mapping updates from Ingo Molnar:
"This tree, by Christoph Hellwig, switches over the x86 architecture to
the generic dma-direct and swiotlb code, and also unifies more of the
dma-direct code between architectures. The now unused x86-only
primitives are removed"
* 'x86-dma-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
dma-mapping: Don't clear GFP_ZERO in dma_alloc_attrs
swiotlb: Make swiotlb_{alloc,free}_buffer depend on CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_OPS
dma/swiotlb: Remove swiotlb_{alloc,free}_coherent()
dma/direct: Handle force decryption for DMA coherent buffers in common code
dma/direct: Handle the memory encryption bit in common code
dma/swiotlb: Remove swiotlb_set_mem_attributes()
set_memory.h: Provide set_memory_{en,de}crypted() stubs
x86/dma: Remove dma_alloc_coherent_gfp_flags()
iommu/intel-iommu: Enable CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_OPS=y and clean up intel_{alloc,free}_coherent()
iommu/amd_iommu: Use CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_OPS=y and dma_direct_{alloc,free}()
x86/dma/amd_gart: Use dma_direct_{alloc,free}()
x86/dma/amd_gart: Look at dev->coherent_dma_mask instead of GFP_DMA
x86/dma: Use generic swiotlb_ops
x86/dma: Use DMA-direct (CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_OPS=y)
x86/dma: Remove dma_alloc_coherent_mask()
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull wait_var_event updates from Ingo Molnar:
"This introduces the new wait_var_event() API, which is a more flexible
waiting primitive than wait_on_atomic_t().
All wait_on_atomic_t() users are migrated over to the new API and
wait_on_atomic_t() is removed. The migration fixes one bug and should
result in no functional changes for the other usecases"
* 'sched-wait-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
sched/wait: Improve __var_waitqueue() code generation
sched/wait: Remove the wait_on_atomic_t() API
sched/wait, arch/mips: Fix and convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait, fs/ocfs2: Convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait, fs/nfs: Convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait, fs/fscache: Convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait, fs/btrfs: Convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait, fs/afs: Convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait, drivers/media: Convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait, drivers/drm: Convert wait_on_atomic_t() usage to the new wait_var_event() API
sched/wait: Introduce wait_var_event()
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 timer updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Two changes: add the new convert_art_ns_to_tsc() API for upcoming
Intel Goldmont+ drivers, and remove the obsolete rdtscll() API"
* 'x86-timers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/tsc: Get rid of rdtscll()
x86/tsc: Convert ART in nanoseconds to TSC
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 platform updates from Ingo Molnar:
"The main changes in this cycle were:
- Add "Jailhouse" hypervisor support (Jan Kiszka)
- Update DeviceTree support (Ivan Gorinov)
- Improve DMI date handling (Andy Shevchenko)"
* 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/PCI: Fix a potential regression when using dmi_get_bios_year()
firmware/dmi_scan: Uninline dmi_get_bios_year() helper
x86/devicetree: Use CPU description from Device Tree
of/Documentation: Specify local APIC ID in "reg"
MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Jailhouse
x86/jailhouse: Allow to use PCI_MMCONFIG without ACPI
x86: Consolidate PCI_MMCONFIG configs
x86: Align x86_64 PCI_MMCONFIG with 32-bit variant
x86/jailhouse: Enable PCI mmconfig access in inmates
PCI: Scan all functions when running over Jailhouse
jailhouse: Provide detection for non-x86 systems
x86/devicetree: Fix device IRQ settings in DT
x86/devicetree: Initialize device tree before using it
pci: Simplify code by using the new dmi_get_bios_year() helper
ACPI/sleep: Simplify code by using the new dmi_get_bios_year() helper
x86/pci: Simplify code by using the new dmi_get_bios_year() helper
dmi: Introduce the dmi_get_bios_year() helper function
x86/platform/quark: Re-use DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE() macro
x86/platform/atom: Re-use DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE() macro
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 mm updates from Ingo Molnar:
- Extend the memmap= boot parameter syntax to allow the redeclaration
and dropping of existing ranges, and to support all e820 range types
(Jan H. Schönherr)
- Improve the W+X boot time security checks to remove false positive
warnings on Xen (Jan Beulich)
- Support booting as Xen PVH guest (Juergen Gross)
- Improved 5-level paging (LA57) support, in particular it's possible
now to have a single kernel image for both 4-level and 5-level
hardware (Kirill A. Shutemov)
- AMD hardware RAM encryption support (SME/SEV) fixes (Tom Lendacky)
- Preparatory commits for hardware-encrypted RAM support on Intel CPUs.
(Kirill A. Shutemov)
- Improved Intel-MID support (Andy Shevchenko)
- Show EFI page tables in page_tables debug files (Andy Lutomirski)
- ... plus misc fixes and smaller cleanups
* 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (56 commits)
x86/cpu/tme: Fix spelling: "configuation" -> "configuration"
x86/boot: Fix SEV boot failure from change to __PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT
x86/mm: Update comment in detect_tme() regarding x86_phys_bits
x86/mm/32: Remove unused node_memmap_size_bytes() & CONFIG_NEED_NODE_MEMMAP_SIZE logic
x86/mm: Remove pointless checks in vmalloc_fault
x86/platform/intel-mid: Add special handling for ACPI HW reduced platforms
ACPI, x86/boot: Introduce the ->reduced_hw_early_init() ACPI callback
ACPI, x86/boot: Split out acpi_generic_reduce_hw_init() and export
x86/pconfig: Provide defines and helper to run MKTME_KEY_PROG leaf
x86/pconfig: Detect PCONFIG targets
x86/tme: Detect if TME and MKTME is activated by BIOS
x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above 4G
x86/boot/compressed/64: Use page table in trampoline memory
x86/boot/compressed/64: Use stack from trampoline memory
x86/boot/compressed/64: Make sure we have a 32-bit code segment
x86/mm: Do not use paravirtualized calls in native_set_p4d()
kdump, vmcoreinfo: Export pgtable_l5_enabled value
x86/boot/compressed/64: Prepare new top-level page table for trampoline
x86/boot/compressed/64: Set up trampoline memory
x86/boot/compressed/64: Save and restore trampoline memory
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 cleanups and msr updates from Ingo Molnar:
"The main change is a performance/latency improvement to /dev/msr
access. The rest are misc cleanups"
* 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/msr: Make rdmsrl_safe_on_cpu() scheduling safe as well
x86/cpuid: Allow cpuid_read() to schedule
x86/msr: Allow rdmsr_safe_on_cpu() to schedule
x86/rtc: Stop using deprecated functions
x86/dumpstack: Unify show_regs()
x86/fault: Do not print IP in show_fault_oops()
x86/MSR: Move native_* variants to msr.h
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 build updates from Ingo Molnar:
"The biggest change is the forcing of asm-goto support on x86, which
effectively increases the GCC minimum supported version to gcc-4.5 (on
x86)"
* 'x86-build-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/build: Don't pass in -D__KERNEL__ multiple times
x86: Remove FAST_FEATURE_TESTS
x86: Force asm-goto
x86/build: Drop superfluous ALIGN from the linker script
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 asm fixlets from Ingo Molnar:
"A clobber list fix and cleanups"
* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/asm: Trim clear_page.S includes
x86/asm: Clobber flags in clear_page()
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 apic updates from Ingo Molnar:
"The main x86 APIC/IOAPIC changes in this cycle were:
- Robustify kexec support to more carefully restore IRQ hardware
state before calling into kexec/kdump kernels. (Baoquan He)
- Clean up the local APIC code a bit (Dou Liyang)
- Remove unused callbacks (David Rientjes)"
* 'x86-apic-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/apic: Finish removing unused callbacks
x86/apic: Drop logical_smp_processor_id() inline
x86/apic: Modernize the pending interrupt code
x86/apic: Move pending interrupt check code into it's own function
x86/apic: Set up through-local-APIC mode on the boot CPU if 'noapic' specified
x86/apic: Rename variables and functions related to x86_io_apic_ops
x86/apic: Remove the (now) unused disable_IO_APIC() function
x86/apic: Fix restoring boot IRQ mode in reboot and kexec/kdump
x86/apic: Split disable_IO_APIC() into two functions to fix CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP=y
x86/apic: Split out restore_boot_irq_mode() from disable_IO_APIC()
x86/apic: Make setup_local_APIC() static
x86/apic: Simplify init_bsp_APIC() usage
x86/x2apic: Mark set_x2apic_phys_mode() as __init
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull SMP hotplug updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Simplify the CPU hot-plug state machine"
* 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
cpu/hotplug: Fix unused function warning
cpu/hotplug: Merge cpuhp_bp_states and cpuhp_ap_states
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
"The main scheduler changes in this cycle were:
- NUMA balancing improvements (Mel Gorman)
- Further load tracking improvements (Patrick Bellasi)
- Various NOHZ balancing cleanups and optimizations (Peter Zijlstra)
- Improve blocked load handling, in particular we can now reduce and
eventually stop periodic load updates on 'very idle' CPUs. (Vincent
Guittot)
- On isolated CPUs offload the final 1Hz scheduler tick as well, plus
related cleanups and reorganization. (Frederic Weisbecker)
- Core scheduler code cleanups (Ingo Molnar)"
* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (45 commits)
sched/core: Update preempt_notifier_key to modern API
sched/cpufreq: Rate limits for SCHED_DEADLINE
sched/fair: Update util_est only on util_avg updates
sched/cpufreq/schedutil: Use util_est for OPP selection
sched/fair: Use util_est in LB and WU paths
sched/fair: Add util_est on top of PELT
sched/core: Remove TASK_ALL
sched/completions: Use bool in try_wait_for_completion()
sched/fair: Update blocked load when newly idle
sched/fair: Move idle_balance()
sched/nohz: Merge CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON blocks
sched/fair: Move rebalance_domains()
sched/nohz: Optimize nohz_idle_balance()
sched/fair: Reduce the periodic update duration
sched/nohz: Stop NOHZ stats when decayed
sched/cpufreq: Provide migration hint
sched/nohz: Clean up nohz enter/exit
sched/fair: Update blocked load from NEWIDLE
sched/fair: Add NOHZ stats balancing
sched/fair: Restructure nohz_balance_kick()
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 RAS updates from Ingo Molnar:
"The main changes in this cycle were:
- AMD MCE support/decoding improvements (Yazen Ghannam)
- general MCE header cleanups and reorganization (Borislav Petkov)"
* 'ras-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
Revert "x86/mce/AMD: Collect error info even if valid bits are not set"
x86/MCE: Cleanup and complete struct mce fields definitions
x86/mce/AMD: Carve out SMCA get_block_address() code
x86/mce/AMD: Get address from already initialized block
x86/mce/AMD, EDAC/mce_amd: Enumerate Reserved SMCA bank type
x86/mce/AMD: Pass the bank number to smca_get_bank_type()
x86/mce/AMD: Collect error info even if valid bits are not set
x86/mce: Issue the 'mcelog --ascii' message only on !AMD
x86/mce: Convert 'struct mca_config' bools to a bitfield
x86/mce: Put private structures and definitions into the internal header
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Error injection is a useful mechanism to fail arbitrary kernel
functions. However, it is often hard to guarantee an error propagates
appropriately to user space programs. By injecting into syscalls, we can
return arbitrary values to user space directly; this increases
flexibility and robustness in testing, allowing us to test user space
error paths effectively.
The following script, for example, fails calls to sys_open() from a
given pid:
from bcc import BPF
from sys import argv
pid = argv[1]
prog = r"""
int kprobe__SyS_open(struct pt_regs *ctx, const char *pathname, int flags)
{
u32 pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
if (pid == %s)
bpf_override_return(ctx, -ENOMEM);
return 0;
}
""" % pid
b = BPF(text=prog)
while 1:
b.perf_buffer_poll()
This patch whitelists all syscalls defined with SYSCALL_DEFINE and
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE for error injection. These changes are not
intended to be considered stable, and would normally be configured off.
Signed-off-by: Howard McLauchlan <hmclauchlan@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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This keeps it in line with the SYSCALL_DEFINEx() / COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx()
calling convention.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Shuffle the cond_syscall() entries in kernel/sys_ni.c around so that they
are kept in the same order as in include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h. For
better structuring, add the same comments as in that file, but keep a few
additional comments and extend the commentary where it seems useful.
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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compat_sys_*() functions are no longer called from within the kernel on
x86 except from the system call table. Linking the system call does not
require compat_sys_*() function prototypes at least on x86. Therefore,
generate compat_sys_*() prototypes on-the-fly within the
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macro, and remove x86-specific prototypes from
various header files.
Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Shuffle the syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h around so
that they are kept in the same order as in
include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h. The individual entries are kept
the same, and neither modified to bring them in line with kernel coding
style nor wrapped in proper ifdefs -- as an exception to this, add the
prefix "asmlinkage" where it was missing.
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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As the syscall functions should only be called from the system call table
but not from elsewhere in the kernel, it is sufficient that they are
defined in linux/compat.h.
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Shuffle the syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h around so
that they are kept in the same order as in
include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h. The individual entries are kept
the same, and neither modified to bring them in line with kernel coding
style nor wrapped in proper ifdefs.
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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As the syscall function should only be called from the system call table
but not from elsewhere in the kernel, move the prototype for
sys_kexec_load() to include/syscall.h.
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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All definitions of syscalls in x86 except for those patched here have
already been using the appropriate SYSCALL_DEFINE*.
Signed-off-by: Michael Tautschnig <tautschn@amazon.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder@infradead.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Same as with other system calls, sys_sigreturn() should return a value
of type long, not unsigned long. This also matches the behaviour for
IA32_EMULATION, see sys32_sigreturn() in arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c .
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Michael Tautschnig <tautschn@amazon.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_ioperm() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same
calling convention as sys_ioperm().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_readahead() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is
meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the
same calling convention as sys_readahead().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_mmap_pgoff() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is
meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the
same calling convention as sys_mmap_pgoff().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using the ksys_fadvise64_64() helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_fadvise64_64() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that
this function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as ksys_fadvise64_64().
Some compat stubs called sys_fadvise64(), which then just passed through
the arguments to sys_fadvise64_64(). Get rid of this indirection, and call
ksys_fadvise64_64() directly.
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using the ksys_fallocate() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel
calls to the sys_fallocate() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this
function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as sys_fallocate().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using the ksys_p{read,write}64() wrappers allows us to get rid of
in-kernel calls to the sys_pread64() and sys_pwrite64() syscalls.
The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant as a drop-in
replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same calling
convention as sys_p{read,write}64().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using the ksys_truncate() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel
calls to the sys_truncate() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this
function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as sys_truncate().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_sync_file_range() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses
the same calling convention as sys_sync_file_range().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel call to the
sys_setsid() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_setsid().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_unshare() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same
calling convention as sys_unshare().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_sync() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_sync().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_read() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_read().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_lseek() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_lseek().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_ioctl() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_ioctl().
After careful review, at least some of these calls could be converted
to do_vfs_ioctl() in future.
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_getdents64() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_getdents64().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using this wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_open() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the
same calling convention as sys_open().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using the ksys_close() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel calls
to the sys_close() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
uses the same calling convention as sys_close(), with one subtle
difference:
The few places which checked the return value did not care about the return
value re-writing in sys_close(), so simply use a wrapper around
__close_fd().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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Using the ksys_ftruncate() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel
calls to the sys_ftruncate() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this
function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In
particular, it uses the same calling convention as sys_ftruncate().
This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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