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Author SHA1 Message Date
Andrew Morton
9ffee4cbc5 tty_check_change(): avoid taking tasklist_lock while holding tty->ctrl_lock
May 11 09:42:27 [kernel] [ 1104.496819] rarian-sk-get-c[5630]: segfault at 0 ip 7f478556caf0 sp 7fff8e3fe338 error 4 in libc-2.6.1.so[7f47854f9000+136000]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165792]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165794] =======================================================
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165801] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165805] 2.6.26-rc1-00007-g91b3a7a #217
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165807] -------------------------------------------------------
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165809] less/7053 is trying to acquire lock:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165812]  (tasklist_lock){..??}, at: [<ffffffff80232e95>] is_current_pgrp_orphaned+0x15/0x50
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165821]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165822] but task is already holding lock:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165824]  (&tty->ctrl_lock){....}, at: [<ffffffff803d5f31>] tty_check_change+0x61/0x110
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165831]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165832] which lock already depends on the new lock.
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165833]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165835]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165836] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165838]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165839] -> #2 (&tty->ctrl_lock){....}:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165843]        [<ffffffff80253796>] __lock_acquire+0xf86/0x1080
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165851]        [<ffffffff80253922>] lock_acquire+0x92/0xc0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165858]        [<ffffffff804deee0>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x40/0x60
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165866]        [<ffffffff803d31b5>] __proc_set_tty+0x35/0xe0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165873]        [<ffffffff803d76d4>] tty_ioctl+0xbf4/0xfe0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165880]        [<ffffffff802a05e1>] vfs_ioctl+0x31/0x90
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165888]        [<ffffffff802a06b3>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x73/0x2d0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165895]        [<ffffffff802a095a>] sys_ioctl+0x4a/0x80
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165902]        [<ffffffff8020b5ab>] system_call_after_swapgs+0x7b/0x80
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165910]        [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165924]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165925] -> #1 (&sighand->siglock){++..}:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165929]        [<ffffffff80253796>] __lock_acquire+0xf86/0x1080
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165936]        [<ffffffff80253922>] lock_acquire+0x92/0xc0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165943]        [<ffffffff804dec1f>] _spin_lock+0x2f/0x40
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165951]        [<ffffffff8022d5a3>] copy_process+0x973/0x1210
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165959]        [<ffffffff8022df12>] do_fork+0x82/0x2f0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165967]        [<ffffffff8020bfe1>] kernel_thread+0x81/0xde
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165974]        [<ffffffff8020c048>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.165981]        [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166038]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166039] -> #0 (tasklist_lock){..??}:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166043]        [<ffffffff802535ab>] __lock_acquire+0xd9b/0x1080
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166050]        [<ffffffff80253922>] lock_acquire+0x92/0xc0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166057]        [<ffffffff804dede2>] _read_lock+0x32/0x50
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166063]        [<ffffffff80232e95>] is_current_pgrp_orphaned+0x15/0x50
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166071]        [<ffffffff803d5f80>] tty_check_change+0xb0/0x110
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166078]        [<ffffffff803dac5f>] set_termios+0x1f/0x4c0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166085]        [<ffffffff803db379>] tty_mode_ioctl+0x279/0x3e0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166092]        [<ffffffff803db51d>] n_tty_ioctl+0x3d/0x260
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166100]        [<ffffffff803d6c34>] tty_ioctl+0x154/0xfe0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166107]        [<ffffffff802a05e1>] vfs_ioctl+0x31/0x90
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166114]        [<ffffffff802a06b3>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x73/0x2d0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166121]        [<ffffffff802a095a>] sys_ioctl+0x4a/0x80
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166128]        [<ffffffff8020b5ab>] system_call_after_swapgs+0x7b/0x80
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166135]        [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166142]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166143] other info that might help us debug this:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166144]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166146] 1 lock held by less/7053:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166148]  #0:  (&tty->ctrl_lock){....}, at: [<ffffffff803d5f31>] tty_check_change+0x61/0x110
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166155]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166156] stack backtrace:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166159] Pid: 7053, comm: less Not tainted 2.6.26-rc1-00007-g91b3a7a #217
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166161]
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166162] Call Trace:
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166168]  [<ffffffff80251223>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x83/0x90
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166172]  [<ffffffff80250889>] ? print_circular_bug_entry+0x49/0x60
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166178]  [<ffffffff802535ab>] __lock_acquire+0xd9b/0x1080
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166184]  [<ffffffff80232e95>] ? is_current_pgrp_orphaned+0x15/0x50
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166189]  [<ffffffff80253922>] lock_acquire+0x92/0xc0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166206]  [<ffffffff803d5f80>] tty_check_change+0xb0/0x110
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166211]  [<ffffffff803dac5f>] set_termios+0x1f/0x4c0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166216]  [<ffffffff803d3423>] ? tty_ldisc_try+0x23/0x60
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166220]  [<ffffffff803d3444>] ? tty_ldisc_try+0x44/0x60
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166224]  [<ffffffff804df2c5>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x65/0x80
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166230]  [<ffffffff803db379>] tty_mode_ioctl+0x279/0x3e0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166234]  [<ffffffff803d3444>] ? tty_ldisc_try+0x44/0x60
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166239]  [<ffffffff803db51d>] n_tty_ioctl+0x3d/0x260
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166244]  [<ffffffff803d6c34>] tty_ioctl+0x154/0xfe0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166249]  [<ffffffff80252baa>] ? __lock_acquire+0x39a/0x1080
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166256]  [<ffffffff80252baa>] ? __lock_acquire+0x39a/0x1080
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166263]  [<ffffffff80252baa>] ? __lock_acquire+0x39a/0x1080
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166269]  [<ffffffff802a05e1>] vfs_ioctl+0x31/0x90
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166274]  [<ffffffff802a06b3>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x73/0x2d0
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166280]  [<ffffffff802a095a>] sys_ioctl+0x4a/0x80
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166286]  [<ffffffff8020b5ab>] system_call_after_swapgs+0x7b/0x80
May 11 10:59:48 [kernel] [ 2494.166292]

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Reported-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-14 19:11:15 -07:00
Al Viro
9f3acc3140 [PATCH] split linux/file.h
Initial splitoff of the low-level stuff; taken to fdtable.h

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
Sukadev Bhattiprolu
718a916338 devpts: factor out PTY index allocation
Factor out the code used to allocate/free a pts index into new interfaces,
devpts_new_index() and devpts_kill_index().  This localizes the external data
structures used in managing the pts indices.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: undo accidental mutex2sem conversion]
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
Sukadev Bhattiprolu
4f8f9d66cd devpts: propagate error code from devpts_pty_new
Have ptmx_open() propagate any error code returned by devpts_pty_new()
(which returns either 0 or -ENOMEM anyway).

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
Hiroshi Shimamoto
86a9653817 tty: fix routine name in ptmx_open()
At ptmx_open(), the 2nd parameter for check_tty_count() should
be "ptmx_open".

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
Alan Cox
f34d7a5b70 tty: The big operations rework
- Operations are now a shared const function block as with most other Linux
  objects

- Introduce wrappers for some optional functions to get consistent behaviour

- Wrap put_char which used to be patched by the tty layer

- Document which functions are needed/optional

- Make put_char report success/fail

- Cache the driver->ops pointer in the tty as tty->ops

- Remove various surplus lock calls we no longer need

- Remove proc_write method as noted by Alexey Dobriyan

- Introduce some missing sanity checks where certain driver/ldisc
  combinations would oops as they didn't check needed methods were present

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix fs/compat_ioctl.c build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix isicom]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kgdb]
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:47 -07:00
Alan Cox
978e595f88 tty/serial: lay the foundations for the next set of reworks
- Stop drivers calling their own flush method indirectly, it obfuscates code
  and it will change soon anyway

- A few more lock_kernel paths temporarily needed in some driver internal
  waiting code

- Remove private put_char method that does a write call for one char - we
  have that anyway

- Most but not yet all of the termios copy under lock fixing (some has other
  dependencies to follow)

- Note a few locking bugs in drivers found in the process

- Kill remaining [ab]users of TIOCG/SSOFTCAR in the driver, these must go to
  fix the termios locking

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:45 -07:00
Alan Cox
d17468c73e tty: drop the BKL for driver/ldisc ioctl methods
Now we have pushed the lock down we can stop wrapping the call with a lock in
the tty layer.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:41 -07:00
Alan Cox
5d0fdf1e01 tty_io: fix remaining pid struct locking
This fixes the last couple of pid struct locking failures I know about.

[oleg@tv-sign.ru: clean up do_task_stat()]
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:40 -07:00
Alan Cox
47f86834bb redo locking of tty->pgrp
Historically tty->pgrp and friends were pid_t and the code "knew" they were
safe.  The change to pid structs opened up a few races and the removal of the
BKL in places made them quite hittable.  We put tty->pgrp under the ctrl_lock
for the tty.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:40 -07:00
Alan Cox
04f378b198 tty: BKL pushdown
- Push the BKL down into the line disciplines
- Switch the tty layer to unlocked_ioctl
- Introduce a new ctrl_lock spin lock for the control bits
- Eliminate much of the lock_kernel use in n_tty
- Prepare to (but don't yet) call the drivers with the lock dropped
  on the paths that historically held the lock

BKL now primarily protects open/close/ldisc change in the tty layer

[jirislaby@gmail.com: a couple of fixes]
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-30 08:29:40 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
9781db7b34 Merge branch 'audit.b50' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current
* 'audit.b50' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current:
  [PATCH] new predicate - AUDIT_FILETYPE
  [patch 2/2] Use find_task_by_vpid in audit code
  [patch 1/2] audit: let userspace fully control TTY input auditing
  [PATCH 2/2] audit: fix sparse shadowed variable warnings
  [PATCH 1/2] audit: move extern declarations to audit.h
  Audit: MAINTAINERS update
  Audit: increase the maximum length of the key field
  Audit: standardize string audit interfaces
  Audit: stop deadlock from signals under load
  Audit: save audit_backlog_limit audit messages in case auditd comes back
  Audit: collect sessionid in netlink messages
  Audit: end printk with newline
2008-04-29 11:41:22 -07:00
Harvey Harrison
8da56309f0 drivers: atm, char fix integer as NULL pointer warnings
drivers/atm/nicstar.c:418:25: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer
drivers/char/drm/r128_cce.c:820:25: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer
drivers/char/tty_io.c:1183:10: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-28 17:29:18 -07:00
Miloslav Trmac
41126226e1 [patch 1/2] audit: let userspace fully control TTY input auditing
Remove the code that automatically disables TTY input auditing in processes
that open TTYs when they have no other TTY open; this heuristic was
intended to automatically handle daemons, but it has false positives (e.g.
with sshd) that make it impossible to control TTY input auditing from a PAM
module.  With this patch, TTY input auditing is controlled from user-space
only.

On the other hand, not even for daemons does it make sense to audit "input"
from PTY masters; this data was produced by a program writing to the PTY
slave, and does not represent data entered by the user.

Signed-off-by: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-04-28 06:28:24 -04:00
Jason Wessel
f2d937f3bf consoles: polling support, kgdboc
polled console handling support, to access a console in an irq-less
way while in debug or irq context.

absolutely zero impact as long as CONFIG_CONSOLE_POLL is disabled.
(which is the default)

[ jan.kiszka@siemens.com: lots of cleanups ]
[ mingo@elte.hu: redesign, splitups, cleanups. ]

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-17 20:05:37 +02:00
Alan Cox
37bdfb074e tty_io: drag screaming into coding style compliance
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-08 09:22:25 -08:00
Daniel Walker
a6752f3f53 unix98 allocated_ptys_lock semaphore to mutex
Convert the unix98 allocated_ptys_lock to a mutex.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-06 10:41:07 -08:00
Daniel Walker
eb31005eaf drivers/char/tty_io.c: remove pty_sem
I couldn't find any users, so removing it..

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-06 10:41:07 -08:00
Adrian Bunk
26464378c4 proper prototype for vty_init()
Add a proper prototype for vty_init() in include/linux/vt_kern.h

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-06 10:41:03 -08:00
Robert P. J. Day
3a4fa0a25d Fix misspellings of "system", "controller", "interrupt" and "necessary".
Fix the various misspellings of "system", controller", "interrupt" and
"[un]necessary".

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
2007-10-19 23:10:43 +02:00
Pavel Emelyanov
ba25f9dcc4 Use helpers to obtain task pid in printks
The task_struct->pid member is going to be deprecated, so start
using the helpers (task_pid_nr/task_pid_vnr/task_pid_nr_ns) in
the kernel.

The first thing to start with is the pid, printed to dmesg - in
this case we may safely use task_pid_nr(). Besides, printks produce
more (much more) than a half of all the explicit pid usage.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: git-drm went and changed lots of stuff]
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-19 11:53:43 -07:00
Pavel Emelyanov
b488893a39 pid namespaces: changes to show virtual ids to user
This is the largest patch in the set. Make all (I hope) the places where
the pid is shown to or get from user operate on the virtual pids.

The idea is:
 - all in-kernel data structures must store either struct pid itself
   or the pid's global nr, obtained with pid_nr() call;
 - when seeking the task from kernel code with the stored id one
   should use find_task_by_pid() call that works with global pids;
 - when showing pid's numerical value to the user the virtual one
   should be used, but however when one shows task's pid outside this
   task's namespace the global one is to be used;
 - when getting the pid from userspace one need to consider this as
   the virtual one and use appropriate task/pid-searching functions.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: nuther build fix]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: yet nuther build fix]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove unneeded casts]
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@openvz.org>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-19 11:53:40 -07:00
Pavel Emelianov
a47afb0f9d pid namespaces: round up the API
The set of functions process_session, task_session, process_group and
task_pgrp is confusing, as the names can be mixed with each other when looking
at the code for a long time.

The proposals are to
* equip the functions that return the integer with _nr suffix to
  represent that fact,
* and to make all functions work with task (not process) by making
  the common prefix of the same name.

For monotony the routines signal_session() and set_signal_session() are
replaced with task_session_nr() and set_task_session(), especially since they
are only used with the explicit task->signal dereference.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org>
Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Cc: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at>
Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
Jesper Juhl
abcb1ff326 tty: dont needlessly cast kmalloc() return value
kmalloc() hands us a void pointer, we don't need to cast it.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-08-23 21:39:41 -07:00
Alan Cox
42fd552e86 fix serial buffer memory leak
Patch c5c34d4862 (tty: flush flip buffer on
ldisc input queue flush) introduces a race condition which can lead to memory
leaks.

The problem can be triggered when tcflush() is called when data are being
pushed to the line discipline driver by flush_to_ldisc().

flush_to_ldisc() releases tty->buf.lock when calling the line discipline
receive_buf function. At that poing tty_buffer_flush() kicks in and sets both
tty->buf.head and tty->buf.tail to NULL. When flush_to_ldisc() finishes, it
restores tty->buf.head but doesn't touch tty->buf.tail. This corrups the
buffer queue, and the next call to tty_buffer_request_room() will allocate a
new buffer and overwrite tty->buf.head. The previous buffer is then lost
forever without being released.

(Thanks to Laurent for the above text, for finding, disgnosing and reporting
the bug)

- Use tty->flags bits for the flush status.

- Wait for the flag to clear again before returning

- Fix the doc error noted

- Fix flush of empty queue leaving stale flushpending

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanup]
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@cse-semaphore.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-08-11 15:47:41 -07:00