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  1. Dec 04, 2012
    • Al Viro's avatar
      [parisc] open(2) compat bug · 25a3bc6b
      Al Viro authored
      In commit 9d73fc2d
      
       ("open*(2) compat fixes (s390, arm64)") I said:
      >
      > 	The usual rules for open()/openat()/open_by_handle_at() are
      > 1) native 32bit - don't force O_LARGEFILE in flags
      > 2) native 64bit - force O_LARGEFILE in flags
      > 3) compat on 64bit host - as for native 32bit
      > 4) native 32bit ABI for 64bit system (mips/n32, x86/x32) - as for native 64bit
      >
      > There are only two exceptions - s390 compat has open() forcing O_LARGEFILE and
      > arm64 compat has open_by_handle_at() doing the same thing.  The same binaries
      > on native host (s390/31 and arm resp.) will *not* force O_LARGEFILE, so IMO
      > both are emulation bugs.
      
      Three exceptions, actually - parisc open() is another case like that.
      Native 32bit won't force O_LARGEFILE, the same binary on parisc64 will.
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      25a3bc6b
    • Mike Galbraith's avatar
      Revert "sched, autogroup: Stop going ahead if autogroup is disabled" · fd8ef117
      Mike Galbraith authored
      This reverts commit 800d4d30.
      
      Between commits 8323f26c ("sched: Fix race in task_group()") and
      800d4d30 ("sched, autogroup: Stop going ahead if autogroup is
      disabled"), autogroup is a wreck.
      
      With both applied, all you have to do to crash a box is disable
      autogroup during boot up, then reboot..  boom, NULL pointer dereference
      due to commit 800d4d30 not allowing autogroup to move things, and
      commit 8323f26c
      
       making that the only way to switch runqueues:
      
        BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
        IP: [<ffffffff81063ac0>] effective_load.isra.43+0x50/0x90
        Pid: 7047, comm: systemd-user-se Not tainted 3.6.8-smp #7 MEDIONPC MS-7502/MS-7502
        RIP: effective_load.isra.43+0x50/0x90
        Process systemd-user-se (pid: 7047, threadinfo ffff880221dde000, task ffff88022618b3a0)
        Call Trace:
          select_task_rq_fair+0x255/0x780
          try_to_wake_up+0x156/0x2c0
          wake_up_state+0xb/0x10
          signal_wake_up+0x28/0x40
          complete_signal+0x1d6/0x250
          __send_signal+0x170/0x310
          send_signal+0x40/0x80
          do_send_sig_info+0x47/0x90
          group_send_sig_info+0x4a/0x70
          kill_pid_info+0x3a/0x60
          sys_kill+0x97/0x1a0
          ? vfs_read+0x120/0x160
          ? sys_read+0x45/0x90
          system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
        Code: 49 0f af 41 50 31 d2 49 f7 f0 48 83 f8 01 48 0f 46 c6 48 2b 07 48 8b bf 40 01 00 00 48 85 ff 74 3a 45 31 c0 48 8b 8f 50 01 00 00 <48> 8b 11 4c 8b 89 80 00 00 00 49 89 d2 48 01 d0 45 8b 59 58 4c
        RIP  [<ffffffff81063ac0>] effective_load.isra.43+0x50/0x90
         RSP <ffff880221ddfbd8>
        CR2: 0000000000000000
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
      Acked-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
      Cc: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@gmail.com>
      Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.39+
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      fd8ef117
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'block-dev' · d3594ea2
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Merge 'block-dev' branch.
      
      I was going to just mark everything here for stable and leave it to the
      3.8 merge window, but having decided on doing another -rc, I migth as
      well merge it now.
      
      This removes the bd_block_size_semaphore semaphore that was added in
      this release to fix a race condition between block size changes and
      block IO, and replaces it with atomicity guaratees in fs/buffer.c
      instead, along with simplifying fs/block-dev.c.
      
      This removes more lines than it adds, makes the code generally simpler,
      and avoids the latency/rt issues that the block size semaphore
      introduced for mount.
      
      I'm not happy with the timing, but it wouldn't be much better doing this
      during the merge window and then having some delayed back-port of it
      into stable.
      
      * block-dev:
        blkdev_max_block: make private to fs/buffer.c
        direct-io: don't read inode->i_blkbits multiple times
        blockdev: remove bd_block_size_semaphore again
        fs/buffer.c: make block-size be per-page and protected by the page lock
      d3594ea2
  2. Dec 03, 2012
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net · 7e5530af
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull networking fixes from David Miller:
      
       1) 8139cp leaks memory in error paths, from Francois Romieu.
      
       2) do_tcp_sendpages() cannot handle order > 0 pages, but they can
          certainly arrive there now, fix from Eric Dumazet.
      
       3) Race condition and sysfs fixes in bonding from Nikolay Aleksandrov.
      
       4) Remain-on-Channel fix in mac80211 from Felix Liao.
      
       5) CCK rate calculation fix in iwlwifi, from Emmanuel Grumbach.
      
      * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net:
        8139cp: fix coherent mapping leak in error path.
        tcp: fix crashes in do_tcp_sendpages()
        bonding: fix race condition in bonding_store_slaves_active
        bonding: make arp_ip_target parameter checks consistent with sysfs
        bonding: fix miimon and arp_interval delayed work race conditions
        mac80211: fix remain-on-channel (non-)cancelling
        iwlwifi: fix the basic CCK rates calculation
      7e5530af
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge tag 'md-3.7-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md · 4ccc8045
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull md bugfix from NeilBrown:
       "Single bugfix for raid1/raid10.
      
        Fixes a recently introduced deadlock."
      
      * tag 'md-3.7-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
        md/raid1{,0}: fix deadlock in bitmap_unplug.
      4ccc8045
    • Al Viro's avatar
      open*(2) compat fixes (s390, arm64) · 9d73fc2d
      Al Viro authored
      
      
      The usual rules for open()/openat()/open_by_handle_at() are
       1) native 32bit - don't force O_LARGEFILE in flags
       2) native 64bit - force O_LARGEFILE in flags
       3) compat on 64bit host - as for native 32bit
       4) native 32bit ABI for 64bit system (mips/n32, x86/x32) - as for
          native 64bit
      
      There are only two exceptions - s390 compat has open() forcing
      O_LARGEFILE and arm64 compat has open_by_handle_at() doing the same
      thing.  The same binaries on native host (s390/31 and arm resp.) will
      *not* force O_LARGEFILE, so IMO both are emulation bugs.
      
      Objections? The fix is obvious...
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      9d73fc2d
  3. Dec 02, 2012
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-3.7-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq · 3c46f3d6
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull  late workqueue fixes from Tejun Heo:
       "Unfortunately, I have two really late fixes.  One was for a
        long-standing bug and queued for 3.8 but I found out about a
        regression introduced during 3.7-rc1 two days ago, so I'm sending out
        the two fixes together.
      
        The first (long-standing) one is rescuer_thread() entering exit path
        w/ TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE.  It only triggers on workqueue destructions
        which isn't very frequent and the exit path can usually survive being
        called with TASK_INTERRUPT, so it was hidden pretty well.  Apparently,
        if you're reiserfs, this could lead to the exiting kthread sleeping
        indefinitely holding a mutex, which is never good.
      
        The fix is simple - restoring TASK_RUNNING before returning from the
        kthread function.
      
        The second one is introduced by the new mod_delayed_work().
        mod_delayed_work() was missing special case handling for 0 delay.
        Instead of queueing the work item immediately, it queued the timer
        which expires on the closest next tick.  Some users of the new
        function converted from "[__]cancel_delayed_work() +
        queue_delayed_work()" combination became unhappy with the extra delay.
      
        Block unplugging led to noticeably higher number of context switches
        and intel 6250 wireless failed to associate with WPA-Enterprise
        network.  The fix, again, is fairly simple.  The 0 delay special case
        logic from queue_delayed_work_on() should be moved to
        __queue_delayed_work() which is shared by both queue_delayed_work_on()
        and mod_delayed_work_on().
      
        The first one is difficult to trigger and the failure mode for the
        latter isn't completely catastrophic, so missing these two for 3.7
        wouldn't make it a disastrous release, but both bugs are nasty and the
        fixes are fairly safe"
      
      * 'for-3.7-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
        workqueue: mod_delayed_work_on() shouldn't queue timer on 0 delay
        workqueue: exit rescuer_thread() as TASK_RUNNING
      3c46f3d6
    • françois romieu's avatar
      8139cp: fix coherent mapping leak in error path. · 892a925e
      françois romieu authored
      
      
      cp_open
      [...]
              rc = cp_alloc_rings(cp);
              if (rc)
                      return rc;
      
      cp_alloc_rings
      [...]
              mem = dma_alloc_coherent(&cp->pdev->dev, CP_RING_BYTES,
                                       &cp->ring_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
      
      - cp_alloc_rings never frees the coherent mapping it allocates
      - neither do cp_open when cp_alloc_rings fails
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarFrancois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      892a925e
    • Eric Dumazet's avatar
      tcp: fix crashes in do_tcp_sendpages() · 64022d0b
      Eric Dumazet authored
      
      
      Recent network changes allowed high order pages being used
      for skb fragments.
      
      This uncovered a bug in do_tcp_sendpages() which was assuming its caller
      provided an array of order-0 page pointers.
      
      We only have to deal with a single page in this function, and its order
      is irrelevant.
      
      Reported-by: default avatarWilly Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
      Tested-by: default avatarWilly Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      64022d0b
    • Tejun Heo's avatar
      workqueue: mod_delayed_work_on() shouldn't queue timer on 0 delay · 8852aac2
      Tejun Heo authored
      8376fe22 ("workqueue: implement mod_delayed_work[_on]()")
      implemented mod_delayed_work[_on]() using the improved
      try_to_grab_pending().  The function is later used, among others, to
      replace [__]candel_delayed_work() + queue_delayed_work() combinations.
      
      Unfortunately, a delayed_work item w/ zero @delay is handled slightly
      differently by mod_delayed_work_on() compared to
      queue_delayed_work_on().  The latter skips timer altogether and
      directly queues it using queue_work_on() while the former schedules
      timer which will expire on the closest tick.  This means, when @delay
      is zero, that [__]cancel_delayed_work() + queue_delayed_work_on()
      makes the target item immediately executable while
      mod_delayed_work_on() may induce delay of upto a full tick.
      
      This somewhat subtle difference breaks some of the converted users.
      e.g. block queue plugging uses delayed_work for deferred processing
      and uses mod_delayed_work_on() when the queue needs to be immediately
      unplugged.  The above problem manifested as noticeably higher number
      of context switches under certain circumstances.
      
      The difference in behavior was caused by missing special case handling
      for 0 delay in mod_delayed_work_on() compared to
      queue_delayed_work_on().  Joonsoo Kim posted a patch to add it -
      ("workqueue: optimize mod_delayed_work_on() when @delay == 0")[1].
      The patch was queued for 3.8 but it was described as optimization and
      I missed that it was a correctness issue.
      
      As both queue_delayed_work_on() and mod_delayed_work_on() use
      __queue_delayed_work() for queueing, it seems that the better approach
      is to move the 0 delay special handling to the function instead of
      duplicating it in mod_delayed_work_on().
      
      Fix the problem by moving 0 delay special case handling from
      queue_delayed_work_on() to __queue_delayed_work().  This replaces
      Joonsoo's patch.
      
      [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1379011/focus=1379012
      
      
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Reported-and-tested-by: default avatarAnders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU>
      Reported-and-tested-by: default avatarZlatko Calusic <zlatko.calusic@iskon.hr>
      LKML-Reference: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1211280953350.26602@dr-wily.mit.edu>
      LKML-Reference: <50A78AA9.5040904@iskon.hr>
      Cc: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com>
      8852aac2
    • Mike Galbraith's avatar
      workqueue: exit rescuer_thread() as TASK_RUNNING · 412d32e6
      Mike Galbraith authored
      
      
      A rescue thread exiting TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE can lead to a task scheduling
      off, never to be seen again.  In the case where this occurred, an exiting
      thread hit reiserfs homebrew conditional resched while holding a mutex,
      bringing the box to its knees.
      
      PID: 18105  TASK: ffff8807fd412180  CPU: 5   COMMAND: "kdmflush"
       #0 [ffff8808157e7670] schedule at ffffffff8143f489
       #1 [ffff8808157e77b8] reiserfs_get_block at ffffffffa038ab2d [reiserfs]
       #2 [ffff8808157e79a8] __block_write_begin at ffffffff8117fb14
       #3 [ffff8808157e7a98] reiserfs_write_begin at ffffffffa0388695 [reiserfs]
       #4 [ffff8808157e7ad8] generic_perform_write at ffffffff810ee9e2
       #5 [ffff8808157e7b58] generic_file_buffered_write at ffffffff810eeb41
       #6 [ffff8808157e7ba8] __generic_file_aio_write at ffffffff810f1a3a
       #7 [ffff8808157e7c58] generic_file_aio_write at ffffffff810f1c88
       #8 [ffff8808157e7cc8] do_sync_write at ffffffff8114f850
       #9 [ffff8808157e7dd8] do_acct_process at ffffffff810a268f
          [exception RIP: kernel_thread_helper]
          RIP: ffffffff8144a5c0  RSP: ffff8808157e7f58  RFLAGS: 00000202
          RAX: 0000000000000000  RBX: 0000000000000000  RCX: 0000000000000000
          RDX: 0000000000000000  RSI: ffffffff8107af60  RDI: ffff8803ee491d18
          RBP: 0000000000000000   R8: 0000000000000000   R9: 0000000000000000
          R10: 0000000000000000  R11: 0000000000000000  R12: 0000000000000000
          R13: 0000000000000000  R14: 0000000000000000  R15: 0000000000000000
          ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Galbraith <mgalbraith@suse.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      412d32e6
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs · 331fee3c
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull vfs fixes from Al Viro:
       "A bunch of fixes; the last one is this cycle regression, the rest are
        -stable fodder."
      
      * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
        fix off-by-one in argument passed by iterate_fd() to callbacks
        lookup_one_len: don't accept . and ..
        cifs: get rid of blind d_drop() in readdir
        nfs_lookup_revalidate(): fix a leak
        don't do blind d_drop() in nfs_prime_dcache()
      331fee3c
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip · b3c3a9cf
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull RCU fix from Ingo Molnar:
       "Fix leaking RCU extended quiescent state, which might trigger warnings
        and mess up the extended quiescent state tracking logic into thinking
        that we are in "RCU user mode" while we aren't."
      
      * 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
        rcu: Fix unrecovered RCU user mode in syscall_trace_leave()
      b3c3a9cf
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip · 455e987c
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
       "This is mostly about unbreaking architectures that took the UAPI
        changes in the v3.7 cycle, plus misc fixes."
      
      * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
        perf kvm: Fix building perf kvm on non x86 arches
        perf kvm: Rename perf_kvm to perf_kvm_stat
        perf: Make perf build for x86 with UAPI disintegration applied
        perf powerpc: Use uapi/unistd.h to fix build error
        tools: Pass the target in descend
        tools: Honour the O= flag when tool build called from a higher Makefile
        tools: Define a Makefile function to do subdir processing
        x86: Export asm/{svm.h,vmx.h,perf_regs.h}
        perf tools: Fix strbuf_addf() when the buffer needs to grow
        perf header: Fix numa topology printing
        perf, powerpc: Fix hw breakpoints returning -ENOSPC
      455e987c
  4. Dec 01, 2012
  5. Nov 30, 2012