Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal

Pull third pile of kernel_execve() patches from Al Viro:
 "The last bits of infrastructure for kernel_thread() et.al., with
  alpha/arm/x86 use of those.  Plus sanitizing the asm glue and
  do_notify_resume() on alpha, fixing the "disabled irq while running
  task_work stuff" breakage there.

  At that point the rest of kernel_thread/kernel_execve/sys_execve work
  can be done independently for different architectures.  The only
  pending bits that do depend on having all architectures converted are
  restrictred to fs/* and kernel/* - that'll obviously have to wait for
  the next cycle.

  I thought we'd have to wait for all of them done before we start
  eliminating the longjump-style insanity in kernel_execve(), but it
  turned out there's a very simple way to do that without flagday-style
  changes."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal:
  alpha: switch to saner kernel_execve() semantics
  arm: switch to saner kernel_execve() semantics
  x86, um: convert to saner kernel_execve() semantics
  infrastructure for saner ret_from_kernel_thread semantics
  make sure that kernel_thread() callbacks call do_exit() themselves
  make sure that we always have a return path from kernel_execve()
  ppc: eeh_event should just use kthread_run()
  don't bother with kernel_thread/kernel_execve for launching linuxrc
  alpha: get rid of switch_stack argument of do_work_pending()
  alpha: don't bother passing switch_stack separately from regs
  alpha: take SIGPENDING/NOTIFY_RESUME loop into signal.c
  alpha: simplify TIF_NEED_RESCHED handling

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index e340fa1db20..417bac1846b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -86,35 +86,14 @@ ENDPROC(ret_to_user)
  */
 ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
 	bl	schedule_tail
+	cmp	r5, #0
+	movne	r0, r4
+	movne	lr, pc
+	movne	pc, r5
 	get_thread_info tsk
-	mov	why, #1
 	b	ret_slow_syscall
 ENDPROC(ret_from_fork)
 
-ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
- UNWIND(.fnstart)
- UNWIND(.cantunwind)
-	bl	schedule_tail
-	mov	r0, r4
-	adr	lr, BSYM(1f)	@ kernel threads should not exit
-	mov	pc, r5
-1:	bl	do_exit
-	nop
- 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/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index f98c17ff195..90084a6de35 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 }
 
 asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");
-asmlinkage void ret_from_kernel_thread(void) __asm__("ret_from_kernel_thread");
 
 int
 copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
@@ -388,13 +387,13 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
 		*childregs = *regs;
 		childregs->ARM_r0 = 0;
 		childregs->ARM_sp = stack_start;
-		thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
 	} else {
+		memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
 		thread->cpu_context.r4 = stk_sz;
 		thread->cpu_context.r5 = stack_start;
-		thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_kernel_thread;
 		childregs->ARM_cpsr = SVC_MODE;
 	}
+	thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
 	thread->cpu_context.sp = (unsigned long)childregs;
 
 	clear_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(p);