arm: introduce ret_from_kernel_execve(), switch to generic kernel_execve()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
index 0cab47d4a83..2c9b7a87e64 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SOCKETCALL
 #endif
+#define __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 /*
  * "Conditional" syscalls
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index 9a48b7a577e..4a6e46a9a3d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
  UNWIND(.fnend)
 ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)
 
+/*
+ * turn a kernel thread into userland process
+ * use: ret_from_kernel_execve(struct pt_regs *normal)
+ */
+ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_execve)
+	mov	why, #0			@ not a syscall
+	str	why, [r0, #S_R0]	@ ... and we want 0 in ->ARM_r0 as well
+	get_thread_info tsk		@ thread structure
+	mov	sp, r0			@ stack pointer just under pt_regs
+	b	ret_slow_syscall
+ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_execve)
+
 	.equ NR_syscalls,0
 #define CALL(x) .equ NR_syscalls,NR_syscalls+1
 #include "calls.S"
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
index 3ba62e3cd1a..c8e729efc18 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
@@ -79,48 +79,6 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
-		  const char *const argv[],
-		  const char *const envp[])
-{
-	struct pt_regs regs;
-	int ret;
-
-	memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
-	ret = do_execve(filename,
-			(const char __user *const __user *)argv,
-			(const char __user *const __user *)envp, &regs);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	/*
-	 * Save argc to the register structure for userspace.
-	 */
-	regs.ARM_r0 = ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * We were successful.  We won't be returning to our caller, but
-	 * instead to user space by manipulating the kernel stack.
-	 */
-	asm(	"add	r0, %0, %1\n\t"
-		"mov	r1, %2\n\t"
-		"mov	r2, %3\n\t"
-		"bl	memmove\n\t"	/* copy regs to top of stack */
-		"mov	r8, #0\n\t"	/* not a syscall */
-		"mov	r9, %0\n\t"	/* thread structure */
-		"mov	sp, r0\n\t"	/* reposition stack pointer */
-		"b	ret_to_user"
-		:
-		: "r" (current_thread_info()),
-		  "Ir" (THREAD_START_SP - sizeof(regs)),
-		  "r" (&regs),
-		  "Ir" (sizeof(regs))
-		: "r0", "r1", "r2", "r3", "r8", "r9", "ip", "lr", "memory");
-
- out:
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Since loff_t is a 64 bit type we avoid a lot of ABI hassle
  * with a different argument ordering.