The addition of CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT resulted in a build
failure when CONFIG_PRINTK=n. This is because the capabilities code
which used the new option was built even though the variable in question
didn't exist.
The patch here fixes this by moving the capabilities checks out of the
LSM and into the caller. All (known) LSMs should have been calling the
capabilities hook already so it actually makes the code organization
better to eliminate the hook altogether.
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
It's about time to make it clear that i2c_adapter.id is deprecated.
Hopefully this will remind the last user to move over to a different
strategy.
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Delete unused I2C adapter IDs. Special cases are:
* I2C_HW_B_RIVA was still set in driver rivafb, however no other
driver is ever looking for this value, so we can safely remove it.
* I2C_HW_B_HDPVR is used in staging driver lirc_zilog, however no
adapter ID is ever set to this value, so the code in question never
runs. As the code additionally expects that I2C_HW_B_HDPVR may not
be defined, we can delete it now and let the lirc_zilog driver
maintainer rewrite this piece of code.
Big thanks for Hans Verkuil for doing all the hard work :)
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Move the logging bits from kernel.h into printk.h so that
there is a bit more logical separation of the generic from
the printk logging specific parts.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* 'fbdev-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/fbdev-2.6:
fsl-diu-fb: drop dead ioctl define
MAINTAINERS: Add an fbdev git tree entry.
OMAP: DSS: Fix documentation regarding 'vram' kernel parameter
OMAP: VRAM: Fix boot-time memory allocation
OMAP: VRAM: improve VRAM error prints
sisfb: limit POST memory test according to PCI resource length
fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: use correct number of modes, when using the default
fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: use the standard CEA-861 720p timing
fbdev: sh_mobile_hdmi: properly clean up modedb on monitor unplug
The fsl-diu-fb driver no longer uses this define, and we have a common one
to cover this already (FBIO_WAITFORVSYNC).
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (66 commits)
can-bcm: fix minor heap overflow
gianfar: Do not call device_set_wakeup_enable() under a spinlock
ipv6: Warn users if maximum number of routes is reached.
docs: Add neigh/gc_thresh3 and route/max_size documentation.
axnet_cs: fix resume problem for some Ax88790 chip
ipv6: addrconf: don't remove address state on ifdown if the address is being kept
tcp: Don't change unlocked socket state in tcp_v4_err().
x25: Prevent crashing when parsing bad X.25 facilities
cxgb4vf: add call to Firmware to reset VF State.
cxgb4vf: Fail open if link_start() fails.
cxgb4vf: flesh out PCI Device ID Table ...
cxgb4vf: fix some errors in Gather List to skb conversion
cxgb4vf: fix bug in Generic Receive Offload
cxgb4vf: don't implement trivial (and incorrect) ndo_select_queue()
ixgbe: Look inside vlan when determining offload protocol.
bnx2x: Look inside vlan when determining checksum proto.
vlan: Add function to retrieve EtherType from vlan packets.
virtio-net: init link state correctly
ucc_geth: Fix deadlock
ucc_geth: Do not bring the whole IF down when TX failure.
...
* 'usb-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6: (28 commits)
Revert "USB: xhci: Use GFP_ATOMIC under spin_lock"
USB: ohci-jz4740: Fix spelling in MODULE_ALIAS
UWB: Return UWB_RSV_ALLOC_NOT_FOUND rather than crashing on NULL dereference if kzalloc fails
usb: core: fix information leak to userland
usb: misc: iowarrior: fix information leak to userland
usb: misc: sisusbvga: fix information leak to userland
usb: subtle increased memory usage in u_serial
USB: option: fix when the driver is loaded incorrectly for some Huawei devices.
USB: xhci: Use GFP_ATOMIC under spin_lock
usb: gadget: goku_udc: add registered flag bit, fixing build
USB: ehci/mxc: compile fix
USB: Fix FSL USB driver on non Open Firmware systems
USB: the development of the usb tree is now in git
usb: musb: fail unaligned DMA transfers on v1.8 and above
USB: ftdi_sio: add device IDs for Milkymist One JTAG/serial
usb.h: fix ioctl kernel-doc info
usb: musb: gadget: kill duplicate code in musb_gadget_queue()
usb: musb: Fix handling of spurious SESSREQ
usb: musb: fix kernel oops when loading musb_hdrc module for the 2nd time
USB: musb: blackfin: push clkin value to platform resources
...
* 'tty-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6:
n_gsm: Fix length handling
n_gsm: Copy n2 over when configuring via ioctl interface
serial: bfin_5xx: grab port lock before making port termios changes
serial: bfin_5xx: disable CON_PRINTBUFFER for consoles
serial: bfin_5xx: remove redundant SSYNC to improve TX speed
serial: bfin_5xx: always include DMA headers
vcs: make proper usage of the poll flags
amiserial: Remove unused variable icount
8250: Fix tcsetattr to avoid ioctl(TIOCMIWAIT) hang
tty_ldisc: Fix BUG() on hangup
TTY: restore tty_ldisc_wait_idle
SERIAL: blacklist si3052 chip
drivers/serial/bfin_5xx.c: Fix line continuation defects
tty: prevent DOS in the flush_to_ldisc
8250: add support for Kouwell KW-L221N-2
nozomi: Fix warning from the previous TIOCGCOUNT changes
tty: fix warning in synclink driver
tty: Fix formatting in tty.h
tty: the development tree is now done in git
Depending on how a packet is vlan tagged (i.e. hardware accelerated or
not), the encapsulated protocol is stored in different locations. This
provides a consistent method of accessing that protocol, which is needed
by drivers, security checks, etc.
Signed-off-by: Hao Zheng <hzheng@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input:
Input: do not pass injected events back to the originating handler
Input: pcf8574_keypad - fix error handling in pcf8574_kp_probe
Input: acecad - fix a memory leak in usb_acecad_probe error path
Input: atkbd - add 'terminal' parameter for IBM Terminal keyboards
Input: i8042 - add Sony VAIOs to MUX blacklist
kgdboc: reset input devices (keyboards) when exiting debugger
Input: export input_reset_device() for use in KGDB
Input: adp5588-keys - unify common header defines
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (27 commits)
block: remove unused copy_io_context()
Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info
block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER
ioprio: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call (V2)
ioprio: fix RCU locking around task dereference
block: ioctl: fix information leak to userland
block: read i_size with i_size_read()
cciss: fix proc warning on attempt to remove non-existant directory
bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data
block: limit vec count in bio_kmalloc() and bio_alloc_map_data()
block: take care not to overflow when calculating total iov length
block: check for proper length of iov entries in blk_rq_map_user_iov()
cciss: remove controllers supported by hpsa
cciss: use usleep_range not msleep for small sleeps
cciss: limit commands allocated on reset_devices
cciss: Use kernel provided PCI state save and restore functions
cciss: fix board status waiting code
drbd: Removed checks for REQ_HARDBARRIER on incomming BIOs
drbd: REQ_HARDBARRIER -> REQ_FUA transition for meta data accesses
drbd: Removed the BIO_RW_BARRIER support form the receiver/epoch code
...
* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
perf, amd: Use kmalloc_node(,__GFP_ZERO) for northbridge structure allocation
perf_events: Fix time tracking in samples
perf trace: update usage
perf trace: update Documentation with new perf trace variants
perf trace: live-mode command-line cleanup
perf trace record: handle commands correctly
perf record: make the record options available outside perf record
perf trace scripting: remove system-wide param from shell scripts
perf trace scripting: fix some small memory leaks and missing error checks
perf: Fix usages of profile_cpu in builtin-top.c to use cpu_list
perf, ui: Eliminate stack-smashing protection compiler complaint
The intensity of the backlight can be varied from a range of
max_brightness to zero. Though most, if not all the pwm based backlight
devices start flickering at lower brightness value. And also for each
device there exists a brightness value below which the backlight appears
to be turned off though the value is not equal to zero.
If the range of brightness for a device is from zero to max_brightness. A
graph is plotted for brightness Vs intensity for the pwm based backlight
device has to be a linear graph.
intensity
| /
| /
| /
|/
---------
0 max_brightness
But pratically on measuring the above we note that the intensity of
backlight goes to zero(OFF) when the value in not zero almost nearing to
zero(some x%). so the graph looks like
intensity
| /
| /
| /
| |
------------
0 x max_brightness
In order to overcome this drawback knowing this x% i.e nothing but the low
threshold beyond which the backlight is off and will have no effect, the
brightness value is being offset by the low threshold value(retaining the
linearity of the graph). Now the graph becomes
intensity
| /
| /
| /
| /
-------------
0 max_brightness
With this for each and every digit increment in the brightness from zero
there is a change in the intensity of backlight. Devices having this
behaviour can set the low threshold brightness(lth_brightness) and pass
the same as platform data else can have it as zero.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Arun Murthy <arun.murthy@stericsson.com>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>
Acked-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This patchset provides support for LP5521 and LP5523 LED driver chips from
National Semicondutor. Both drivers supports programmable engines and
naturally LED class features.
Documentation is provided as a part of the patchset. I created "leds"
subdirectory under Documentation. Perhaps the rest of the leds*
documentation should be moved there.
Datasheets are freely available at National Semiconductor www pages.
This patch:
LP5521 chip is three channel led driver with programmable engines. Driver
provides support for that chip for direct access via led class or via
programmable engines.
Signed-off-by: Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@nokia.com>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Currently, blinking LEDs can be awkward because it is not guaranteed that
all LEDs implement blinking. The trigger that wants it to blink then
needs to implement its own timer solution.
Rather than require that, add led_blink_set() API that triggers can use.
This function will attempt to use hw blinking, but if that fails
implements a timer for it. To stop blinking again, brightness_set() also
needs to be wrapped into API that will stop the software blink.
As a result of this, the timer trigger becomes a very trivial one, and
hopefully we can finally see triggers using blinking as well because it's
always easy to use.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Acked-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Salman Qazi describes the following radix-tree bug:
In the following case, we get can get a deadlock:
0. The radix tree contains two items, one has the index 0.
1. The reader (in this case find_get_pages) takes the rcu_read_lock.
2. The reader acquires slot(s) for item(s) including the index 0 item.
3. The non-zero index item is deleted, and as a consequence the other item is
moved to the root of the tree. The place where it used to be is queued for
deletion after the readers finish.
3b. The zero item is deleted, removing it from the direct slot, it remains in
the rcu-delayed indirect node.
4. The reader looks at the index 0 slot, and finds that the page has 0 ref
count
5. The reader looks at it again, hoping that the item will either be freed or
the ref count will increase. This never happens, as the slot it is looking
at will never be updated. Also, this slot can never be reclaimed because
the reader is holding rcu_read_lock and is in an infinite loop.
The fix is to re-use the same "indirect" pointer case that requires a slot
lookup retry into a general "retry the lookup" bit.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Reported-by: Salman Qazi <sqazi@google.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
The kernel syslog contains debugging information that is often useful
during exploitation of other vulnerabilities, such as kernel heap
addresses. Rather than futilely attempt to sanitize hundreds (or
thousands) of printk statements and simultaneously cripple useful
debugging functionality, it is far simpler to create an option that
prevents unprivileged users from reading the syslog.
This patch, loosely based on grsecurity's GRKERNSEC_DMESG, creates the
dmesg_restrict sysctl. When set to "0", the default, no restrictions are
enforced. When set to "1", only users with CAP_SYS_ADMIN can read the
kernel syslog via dmesg(8) or other mechanisms.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: explain the config option in kernel.txt]
Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Commit 3e4d3af501 ("mm: stack based kmap_atomic()") introduced the
kmap_atomic_idx_push() function which warns on in_irq() with
CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM enabled. This patch includes linux/hardirq.h for
the in_irq definition.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Followup of perf tools session in Netfilter WorkShop 2010
In the network stack we make high usage of atomic_inc_not_zero() in
contexts we know the probable value of atomic before increment (2 for udp
sockets for example)
Using a special version of atomic_inc_not_zero() giving this hint can help
processor to use less bus transactions.
On x86 (MESI protocol) for example, this avoids entering Shared state,
because "lock cmpxchg" issues an RFO (Read For Ownership)
akpm: Adds a new include/linux/atomic.h. This means that new code should
henceforth include linux/atomic.h and not asm/atomic.h. The presence of
include/linux/atomic.h will in fact cause checkpatch.pl to warn about use
of asm/atomic.h. The new include/linux/atomic.h becomes the place where
arch-neutral atomic_t code should be placed.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Reviewed-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
