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2009-02-11Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc4' into perfcounters/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c arch/x86/mm/fault.c drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c kernel/irq/handle.c
2009-02-10x86: add %gs accessors for x86_32Tejun Heo
Impact: cleanup On x86_32, %gs is handled lazily. It's not saved and restored on kernel entry/exit but only when necessary which usually is during task switch but there are few other places. Currently, it's done by calling savesegment() and loadsegment() explicitly. Define get_user_gs(), set_user_gs() and task_user_gs() and use them instead. While at it, clean up register access macros in signal.c. This cleans up code a bit and will help future changes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-10Merge branch 'x86/uaccess' into core/percpuIngo Molnar
2009-01-23x86: signal: use {get|put}_user_try and catchHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: use new framework Use {get|put}_user_try, catch, and _ex in arch/x86/kernel/signal.c. Note: this patch contains "WARNING: line over 80 characters", because when introducing new block I insert an indent to avoid mistakes by edit. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2009-01-21Revert "x86: signal: change type of paramter for sys_rt_sigreturn()"Ingo Molnar
This reverts commit 4217458dafaa57d8e26a46f5d05ab8c53cf64191. Justin Madru bisected this commit, it was causing weird Firefox crashes. The reason is that GCC mis-optimizes (re-uses) the on-stack parameters of the calling frame, which corrupts the syscall return pt_regs state and thus corrupts user-space register state. So we go back to the slightly less clean but more optimization-safe method of getting to pt_regs. Also add a comment to explain this. Resolves: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12505 Reported-and-bisected-by: Justin Madru <jdm64@gawab.com> Tested-by: Justin Madru <jdm64@gawab.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-29Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: fs/exec.c include/linux/init_task.h Simple context conflicts.
2008-12-18x86: signal: move sigframe.h to arch/x86/include/asmHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup, move header file Move arch/x86/kernel/sigframe.h to arch/x86/include/asm/sigframe.h. It will be used in arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-18x86: signal: move ia32 func declarations into arch/x86/kernel/signal.cHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Move declarations of ia32_setup_rt_frame() and ia32_setup_frame() into arch/x86/kernel/signal.c. This is for future use of sigframe.h. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-16x86: signal: use signal_fault() in sys_sigreturn()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Call signal_fault() in error route of sys_sigreturn(). Change log level to KERN_EMERG if current is init. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-08performance counters: x86 supportIngo Molnar
Implement performance counters for x86 Intel CPUs. It's simplified right now: the PERFMON CPU feature is assumed, which is available in Core2 and later Intel CPUs. The design is flexible to be extended to more CPU types as well. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-08x86: signal: change type of paramter for sys_rt_sigreturn()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup on 32-bit Peter pointed this parameter can be changed. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-26x86: signal: unify signal_{32|64}.cHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Unify signal_{32|64}.c! Mechanic unification - the two files are the same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>