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Linus Torvalds
1551260d1f Merge branch 'core/softlockup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core/softlockup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  softlockup: make DETECT_HUNG_TASK default depend on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
  softlockup: move 'one' to the softlockup section in sysctl.c
  softlockup: ensure the task has been switched out once
  softlockup: remove timestamp checking from hung_task
  softlockup: convert read_lock in hung_task to rcu_read_lock
  softlockup: check all tasks in hung_task
  softlockup: remove unused definition for spawn_softlockup_task
  softlockup: fix potential race in hung_task when resetting timeout
  softlockup: fix to allow compiling with !DETECT_HUNG_TASK
  softlockup: decouple hung tasks check from softlockup detection
2009-04-07 14:11:07 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
5e34437840 Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockup
Conflicts:
	kernel/sysctl.c
2009-04-07 11:15:40 +02:00
Ingo Molnar
9efe21cb82 Merge branch 'linus' into irq/threaded
Conflicts:
	include/linux/irq.h
	kernel/irq/handle.c
2009-04-06 01:41:22 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
714f83d5d9 Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (413 commits)
  tracing, net: fix net tree and tracing tree merge interaction
  tracing, powerpc: fix powerpc tree and tracing tree interaction
  ring-buffer: do not remove reader page from list on ring buffer free
  function-graph: allow unregistering twice
  trace: make argument 'mem' of trace_seq_putmem() const
  tracing: add missing 'extern' keywords to trace_output.h
  tracing: provide trace_seq_reserve()
  blktrace: print out BLK_TN_MESSAGE properly
  blktrace: extract duplidate code
  blktrace: fix memory leak when freeing struct blk_io_trace
  blktrace: fix blk_probes_ref chaos
  blktrace: make classic output more classic
  blktrace: fix off-by-one bug
  blktrace: fix the original blktrace
  blktrace: fix a race when creating blk_tree_root in debugfs
  blktrace: fix timestamp in binary output
  tracing, Text Edit Lock: cleanup
  tracing: filter fix for TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT events
  ftrace: Using FTRACE_WARN_ON() to check "freed record" in ftrace_release()
  x86: kretprobe-booster interrupt emulation code fix
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in
 arch/parisc/include/asm/ftrace.h
 include/linux/memory.h
 kernel/extable.c
 kernel/module.c
2009-04-05 11:04:19 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
8fe74cf053 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
  Remove two unneeded exports and make two symbols static in fs/mpage.c
  Cleanup after commit 585d3bc06f
  Trim includes of fdtable.h
  Don't crap into descriptor table in binfmt_som
  Trim includes in binfmt_elf
  Don't mess with descriptor table in load_elf_binary()
  Get rid of indirect include of fs_struct.h
  New helper - current_umask()
  check_unsafe_exec() doesn't care about signal handlers sharing
  New locking/refcounting for fs_struct
  Take fs_struct handling to new file (fs/fs_struct.c)
  Get rid of bumping fs_struct refcount in pivot_root(2)
  Kill unsharing fs_struct in __set_personality()
2009-04-02 21:09:10 -07:00
Oleg Nesterov
1b0f7ffd0e pids: kill signal_struct-> __pgrp/__session and friends
We are wasting 2 words in signal_struct without any reason to implement
task_pgrp_nr() and task_session_nr().

task_session_nr() has no callers since
2e2ba22ea4, we can remove it.

task_pgrp_nr() is still (I believe wrongly) used in fs/autofsX and
fs/coda.

This patch reimplements task_pgrp_nr() via task_pgrp_nr_ns(), and kills
__pgrp/__session and the related helpers.

The change in drivers/char/tty_io.c is cosmetic, but hopefully makes sense
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <number6@the-village.bc.nu>		[tty parts]
Cc: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02 19:05:02 -07:00
Oleg Nesterov
52ee2dfdd4 pids: refactor vnr/nr_ns helpers to make them safe
Inho, the safety rules for vnr/nr_ns helpers are horrible and buggy.

task_pid_nr_ns(task) needs rcu/tasklist depending on task == current.

As for "special" pids, vnr/nr_ns helpers always need rcu.  However, if
task != current, they are unsafe even under rcu lock, we can't trust
task->group_leader without the special checks.

And almost every helper has a callsite which needs a fix.

Also, it is a bit annoying that the implementations of, say,
task_pgrp_vnr() and task_pgrp_nr_ns() are not "symmetrical".

This patch introduces the new helper, __task_pid_nr_ns(), which is always
safe to use, and turns all other helpers into the trivial wrappers.

After this I'll send another patch which converts task_tgid_xxx() as well,
they're are a bit special.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02 19:05:02 -07:00
Oleg Nesterov
6dda81f438 pids: document task_pgrp/task_session is not safe without tasklist/rcu
Even if task == current, it is not safe to dereference the result of
task_pgrp/task_session.  We can race with another thread which changes the
special pid via setpgid/setsid.

Document this.  The next 2 patches give an example of the unsafe usage, we
have more bad users.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02 19:05:02 -07:00
Oleg Nesterov
39c626ae47 forget_original_parent: split out the un-ptrace part
By discussion with Roland.

- Rename ptrace_exit() to exit_ptrace(), and change it to do all the
  necessary work with ->ptraced list by its own.

- Move this code from exit.c to ptrace.c

- Update the comment in ptrace_detach() to explain the rechecking of
  the child->ptrace.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: "Metzger, Markus T" <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02 19:05:00 -07:00
Alexey Dobriyan
6f2c55b843 Simplify copy_thread()
First argument unused since 2.3.11.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-02 19:04:51 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
8302294f43 Merge branch 'tracing/core-v2' into tracing-for-linus
Conflicts:
	include/linux/slub_def.h
	lib/Kconfig.debug
	mm/slob.c
	mm/slub.c
2009-04-02 00:49:02 +02:00
Oleg Nesterov
9de1581e75 get_mm_hiwater_xxx: trivial, s/define/inline/
Andrew pointed out get_mm_hiwater_xxx() evaluate "mm" argument thrice/twice,
make them inline.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-01 08:59:11 -07:00
Al Viro
5ad4e53bd5 Get rid of indirect include of fs_struct.h
Don't pull it in sched.h; very few files actually need it and those
can include directly.  sched.h itself only needs forward declaration
of struct fs_struct;

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-03-31 23:00:27 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
c4e1aa67ed Merge branch 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (33 commits)
  lockdep: fix deadlock in lockdep_trace_alloc
  lockdep: annotate reclaim context (__GFP_NOFS), fix SLOB
  lockdep: annotate reclaim context (__GFP_NOFS), fix
  lockdep: build fix for !PROVE_LOCKING
  lockstat: warn about disabled lock debugging
  lockdep: use stringify.h
  lockdep: simplify check_prev_add_irq()
  lockdep: get_user_chars() redo
  lockdep: simplify get_user_chars()
  lockdep: add comments to mark_lock_irq()
  lockdep: remove macro usage from mark_held_locks()
  lockdep: fully reduce mark_lock_irq()
  lockdep: merge the !_READ mark_lock_irq() helpers
  lockdep: merge the _READ mark_lock_irq() helpers
  lockdep: simplify mark_lock_irq() helpers #3
  lockdep: further simplify mark_lock_irq() helpers
  lockdep: simplify the mark_lock_irq() helpers
  lockdep: split up mark_lock_irq()
  lockdep: generate usage strings
  lockdep: generate the state bit definitions
  ...
2009-03-30 17:17:35 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
6e15cf0486 Merge branch 'core/percpu' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2
Conflicts:
	arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c
	arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_64.h
	arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
	kernel/irq/handle.c

Semantic merge:
        arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-27 17:28:43 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
831576fe40 Merge branch 'sched-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (46 commits)
  sched: Add comments to find_busiest_group() function
  sched: Refactor the power savings balance code
  sched: Optimize the !power_savings_balance during fbg()
  sched: Create a helper function to calculate imbalance
  sched: Create helper to calculate small_imbalance in fbg()
  sched: Create a helper function to calculate sched_domain stats for fbg()
  sched: Define structure to store the sched_domain statistics for fbg()
  sched: Create a helper function to calculate sched_group stats for fbg()
  sched: Define structure to store the sched_group statistics for fbg()
  sched: Fix indentations in find_busiest_group() using gotos
  sched: Simple helper functions for find_busiest_group()
  sched: remove unused fields from struct rq
  sched: jiffies not printed per CPU
  sched: small optimisation of can_migrate_task()
  sched: fix typos in documentation
  sched: add avg_overlap decay
  x86, sched_clock(): mark variables read-mostly
  sched: optimize ttwu vs group scheduling
  sched: TIF_NEED_RESCHED -> need_reshed() cleanup
  sched: don't rebalance if attached on NULL domain
  ...
2009-03-26 16:05:01 -07:00
Steven Rostedt
8aef2d2856 function-graph: ignore times across schedule
Impact: more accurate timings

The current method of function graph tracing does not take into
account the time spent when a task is not running. This shows functions
that call schedule have increased costs:

 3) + 18.664 us   |      }
 ------------------------------------------
 3)    <idle>-0    =>  kblockd-123
 ------------------------------------------

 3)               |      finish_task_switch() {
 3)   1.441 us    |        _spin_unlock_irq();
 3)   3.966 us    |      }
 3) ! 2959.433 us |    }
 3) ! 2961.465 us |  }

This patch uses the tracepoint in the scheduling context switch to
account for time that has elapsed while a task is scheduled out.
Now we see:

 ------------------------------------------
 3)    <idle>-0    =>  edac-po-1067
 ------------------------------------------

 3)               |      finish_task_switch() {
 3)   0.685 us    |        _spin_unlock_irq();
 3)   2.331 us    |      }
 3) + 41.439 us   |    }
 3) + 42.663 us   |  }

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
2009-03-24 09:33:30 -04:00
Thomas Gleixner
3aa551c9b4 genirq: add threaded interrupt handler support
Add support for threaded interrupt handlers:

A device driver can request that its main interrupt handler runs in a
thread. To achive this the device driver requests the interrupt with
request_threaded_irq() and provides additionally to the handler a
thread function. The handler function is called in hard interrupt
context and needs to check whether the interrupt originated from the
device. If the interrupt originated from the device then the handler
can either return IRQ_HANDLED or IRQ_WAKE_THREAD. IRQ_HANDLED is
returned when no further action is required. IRQ_WAKE_THREAD causes
the genirq code to invoke the threaded (main) handler. When
IRQ_WAKE_THREAD is returned handler must have disabled the interrupt
on the device level. This is mandatory for shared interrupt handlers,
but we need to do it as well for obscure x86 hardware where disabling
an interrupt on the IO_APIC level redirects the interrupt to the
legacy PIC interrupt lines.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-24 12:15:23 +01:00
James Morris
703a3cd728 Merge branch 'master' into next 2009-03-24 10:52:46 +11:00
Ingo Molnar
17d85bc756 Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc8' into cpus4096 2009-03-13 05:54:43 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
f6411fe7e0 Merge branches 'sched/clock', 'sched/urgent' and 'linus' into sched/core 2009-03-13 04:50:44 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
480c93df5b Merge branch 'core/locking' into tracing/ftrace 2009-03-13 01:33:21 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
3c1f67d60e Merge branch 'linus' into core/locking 2009-03-13 01:29:17 +01:00
Rusty Russell
76e6eee033 cpumask: tsk_cpumask for accessing the struct task_struct's cpus_allowed.
This allows us to change the representation (to a dangling bitmap or
cpumask_var_t) without breaking all the callers: they can use
tsk_cpumask() now and won't see a difference as the changes roll into
linux-next.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2009-03-12 14:35:44 +10:30
Ingo Molnar
f0ef039851 Merge branch 'x86/core' into tracing/textedit
Conflicts:
	arch/x86/Kconfig
	block/blktrace.c
	kernel/irq/handle.c

Semantic conflict:
	kernel/trace/blktrace.c

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-06 16:45:01 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
a1413c89ae Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/core
Conflicts:
	arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_64.h
Semantic merge:
	arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-05 21:48:50 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
a140feab42 Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc7' into core/locking 2009-03-05 11:45:22 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
28b1bd1cbc Merge branch 'core/locking' into tracing/ftrace 2009-03-04 18:49:19 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
a1be621dfa Merge branch 'tracing/ftrace'; commit 'v2.6.29-rc7' into tracing/core 2009-03-04 11:14:47 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
5512b3ece0 Merge branches 'sched/clock', 'sched/urgent' and 'linus' into sched/core 2009-03-02 12:02:36 +01:00
Dhaval Giani
54e9912428 sched: don't allow setuid to succeed if the user does not have rt bandwidth
Impact: fix hung task with certain (non-default) rt-limit settings

Corey Hickey reported that on using setuid to change the uid of a
rt process, the process would be unkillable and not be running.
This is because there was no rt runtime for that user group. Add
in a check to see if a user can attach an rt task to its task group.
On failure, return EINVAL, which is also returned in
CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED.

Reported-by: Corey Hickey <bugfood-ml@fatooh.org>
Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-27 11:11:53 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
1b49061d40 Merge branch 'sched/clock' into tracing/ftrace
Conflicts:
	kernel/sched_clock.c
2009-02-27 08:35:19 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
b342501cd3 sched: allow architectures to specify sched_clock_stable
Allow CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK architectures to still specify
that their sched_clock() implementation is reliable.

This will be used by x86 to switch on a faster sched_clock_cpu()
implementation on certain CPU types.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-26 21:20:22 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
5274f8354d Merge branch 'sched/urgent'; commit 'v2.6.29-rc5' into sched/core 2009-02-15 21:15:16 +01:00
Nick Piggin
cf40bd16fd lockdep: annotate reclaim context (__GFP_NOFS)
Here is another version, with the incremental patch rolled up, and
added reclaim context annotation to kswapd, and allocation tracing
to slab allocators (which may only ever reach the page allocator
in rare cases, so it is good to put annotations here too).

Haven't tested this version as such, but it should be getting closer
to merge worthy ;)

--
After noticing some code in mm/filemap.c accidentally perform a __GFP_FS
allocation when it should not have been, I thought it might be a good idea to
try to catch this kind of thing with lockdep.

I coded up a little idea that seems to work. Unfortunately the system has to
actually be in __GFP_FS page reclaim, then take the lock, before it will mark
it. But at least that might still be some orders of magnitude more common
(and more debuggable) than an actual deadlock condition, so we have some
improvement I hope (the concept is no less complete than discovery of a lock's
interrupt contexts).

I guess we could even do the same thing with __GFP_IO (normal reclaim), and
even GFP_NOIO locks too... but filesystems will have the most locks and fiddly
code paths, so let's start there and see how it goes.

It *seems* to work. I did a quick test.

=================================
[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
2.6.28-rc6-00007-ged31348-dirty #26
---------------------------------
inconsistent {in-reclaim-W} -> {ov-reclaim-W} usage.
modprobe/8526 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
 (testlock){--..}, at: [<ffffffffa0020055>] brd_init+0x55/0x216 [brd]
{in-reclaim-W} state was registered at:
  [<ffffffff80267bdb>] __lock_acquire+0x75b/0x1a60
  [<ffffffff80268f71>] lock_acquire+0x91/0xc0
  [<ffffffff8070f0e1>] mutex_lock_nested+0xb1/0x310
  [<ffffffffa002002b>] brd_init+0x2b/0x216 [brd]
  [<ffffffff8020903b>] _stext+0x3b/0x170
  [<ffffffff80272ebf>] sys_init_module+0xaf/0x1e0
  [<ffffffff8020c3fb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
  [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
irq event stamp: 3929
hardirqs last  enabled at (3929): [<ffffffff8070f2b5>] mutex_lock_nested+0x285/0x310
hardirqs last disabled at (3928): [<ffffffff8070f089>] mutex_lock_nested+0x59/0x310
softirqs last  enabled at (3732): [<ffffffff8061f623>] sk_filter+0x83/0xe0
softirqs last disabled at (3730): [<ffffffff8061f5b6>] sk_filter+0x16/0xe0

other info that might help us debug this:
1 lock held by modprobe/8526:
 #0:  (testlock){--..}, at: [<ffffffffa0020055>] brd_init+0x55/0x216 [brd]

stack backtrace:
Pid: 8526, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.28-rc6-00007-ged31348-dirty #26
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff80265483>] print_usage_bug+0x193/0x1d0
 [<ffffffff80266530>] mark_lock+0xaf0/0xca0
 [<ffffffff80266735>] mark_held_locks+0x55/0xc0
 [<ffffffffa0020000>] ? brd_init+0x0/0x216 [brd]
 [<ffffffff802667ca>] trace_reclaim_fs+0x2a/0x60
 [<ffffffff80285005>] __alloc_pages_internal+0x475/0x580
 [<ffffffff8070f29e>] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x26e/0x310
 [<ffffffffa0020000>] ? brd_init+0x0/0x216 [brd]
 [<ffffffffa002006a>] brd_init+0x6a/0x216 [brd]
 [<ffffffffa0020000>] ? brd_init+0x0/0x216 [brd]
 [<ffffffff8020903b>] _stext+0x3b/0x170
 [<ffffffff8070f8b9>] ? mutex_unlock+0x9/0x10
 [<ffffffff8070f83d>] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x10d/0x180
 [<ffffffff802669ec>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x12c/0x190
 [<ffffffff80272ebf>] sys_init_module+0xaf/0x1e0
 [<ffffffff8020c3fb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-14 23:27:49 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
1c511f740f Merge branches 'tracing/ftrace', 'tracing/ring-buffer', 'tracing/sysprof', 'tracing/urgent' and 'linus' into tracing/core 2009-02-13 10:25:18 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
f8a6b2b9ce Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apic
Conflicts:
	arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
	arch/x86/mm/fault.c
2009-02-13 09:44:22 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
871cafcc96 Merge branch 'linus' into core/softlockup 2009-02-12 13:08:57 +01:00
Kentaro Takeda
f9ce1f1cda Add in_execve flag into task_struct.
This patch allows LSM modules to determine whether current process is in an
execve operation or not so that they can behave differently while an execve
operation is in progress.

This patch is needed by TOMOYO. Please see another patch titled "LSM adapter
functions." for backgrounds.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-02-12 15:15:03 +11:00
Peter Zijlstra
4da94d49b2 timers: fix TIMER_ABSTIME for process wide cpu timers
The POSIX timer interface allows for absolute time expiry values through the
TIMER_ABSTIME flag, therefore we have to synchronize the timer to the clock
every time we start it.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-11 14:04:21 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
3fccfd67df timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers, fix
To decrease the chance of a missed enable, always enable the timer when we
sample it, we'll always disable it when we find that there are no active timers
in the jiffy tick.

This fixes a flood of warnings reported by Mike Galbraith.

Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-11 14:04:19 +01:00
Mandeep Singh Baines
17406b82d6 softlockup: remove timestamp checking from hung_task
Impact: saves sizeof(long) bytes per task_struct

By guaranteeing that sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs have elapsed between
tasklist scans we can avoid using timestamps.

Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-09 11:03:49 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
4ad476e11f Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc4' into tracing/core 2009-02-09 10:32:48 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
140573d33b Merge branches 'sched/rt' and 'sched/urgent' into sched/core 2009-02-08 20:12:46 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
673f820591 Merge branch 'linus' into core/locking
Conflicts:
	fs/btrfs/locking.c
2009-02-07 18:31:54 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
7d8e23df69 timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers, remove spurious warning
Mike Galbraith reported that the new warning in thread_group_cputimer()
triggers en masse with Amarok running.

Oleg Nesterov observed:

  Can't fastpath_timer_check()->thread_group_cputimer() have the
  false warning too? Suppose we had the timer, then posix_cpu_timer_del()
  removes this timer, but task_cputime_zero(&sig->cputime_expires) still
  not true.

Remove the spurious debug warning.

Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Explained-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-06 14:57:51 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
9d45cf9e36 Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/apic
Conflicts:
	arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c

Semantic merge:
	arch/x86/kernel/irqinit_32.c

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-05 22:30:01 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
4cd4c1b40d timers: split process wide cpu clocks/timers
Change the process wide cpu timers/clocks so that we:

 1) don't mess up the kernel with too many threads,
 2) don't have a per-cpu allocation for each process,
 3) have no impact when not used.

In order to accomplish this we're going to split it into two parts:

 - clocks; which can take all the time they want since they run
           from user context -- ie. sys_clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID)

 - timers; which need constant time sampling but since they're
           explicity used, the user can pay the overhead.

The clock readout will go back to a full sum of the thread group, while the
timers will run of a global 'clock' that only runs when needed, so only
programs that make use of the facility pay the price.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-05 13:04:33 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
32bd671d6c signal: re-add dead task accumulation stats.
We're going to split the process wide cpu accounting into two parts:

 - clocks; which can take all the time they want since they run
           from user context.

 - timers; which need constant time tracing but can affort the overhead
           because they're default off -- and rare.

The clock readout will go back to a full sum of the thread group, for this
we need to re-add the exit stats that were removed in the initial itimer
rework (f06febc9: timers: fix itimer/many thread hang).

Furthermore, since that full sum can be rather slow for large thread groups
and we have the complete dead task stats, revert the do_notify_parent time
computation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-05 13:04:33 +01:00
Randy Dunlap
35626129ab sched: add missing kernel-doc in sched.h
Add kernel-doc notation for @lock:

include/linux/sched.h:457: No description found for parameter 'lock'

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-03 06:32:10 +01:00