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-rw-r--r--arch/arm/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h5
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h5
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/system.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/calls.S2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S29
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/process.c75
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c63
9 files changed, 46 insertions, 137 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 2867a774230..e40eefb5d32 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ config ARM
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+ select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
help
The ARM series is a line of low-power-consumption RISC chip designs
licensed by ARM Ltd and targeted at embedded applications and
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
index 99afa749826..06e7d509eaa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
#define cpu_relax() barrier()
#endif
-/*
- * Create a new kernel thread
- */
-extern int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
-
#define task_pt_regs(p) \
((struct pt_regs *)(THREAD_START_SP + task_stack_page(p)) - 1)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 355ece523f4..44fe998269d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ static inline unsigned long user_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
return regs->ARM_sp;
}
+#define current_pt_regs(void) ({ \
+ register unsigned long sp asm ("sp"); \
+ (struct pt_regs *)((sp | (THREAD_SIZE - 1)) - 7) - 1; \
+})
+
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
index 74542c52f9b..368165e33c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
#include <asm/barrier.h>
#include <asm/compiler.h>
#include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
-#include <asm/exec.h>
#include <asm/switch_to.h>
#include <asm/system_info.h>
#include <asm/system_misc.h>
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
index d9ff5cc3a50..f259921edfe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -478,6 +478,8 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SOCKETCALL
#endif
+#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
+#define __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
/*
* "Conditional" syscalls
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
index e337879595e..831cd38c8d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
CALL(sys_creat)
CALL(sys_link)
/* 10 */ CALL(sys_unlink)
- CALL(sys_execve_wrapper)
+ CALL(sys_execve)
CALL(sys_chdir)
CALL(OBSOLETE(sys_time)) /* used by libc4 */
CALL(sys_mknod)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index f45987037bf..e340fa1db20 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -91,6 +91,30 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
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"
@@ -517,11 +541,6 @@ sys_vfork_wrapper:
b sys_vfork
ENDPROC(sys_vfork_wrapper)
-sys_execve_wrapper:
- add r3, sp, #S_OFF
- b sys_execve
-ENDPROC(sys_execve_wrapper)
-
sys_clone_wrapper:
add ip, sp, #S_OFF
str ip, [sp, #4]
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
index 04eea22d795..f98c17ff195 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ 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,
@@ -381,13 +382,20 @@ copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
struct thread_info *thread = task_thread_info(p);
struct pt_regs *childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
- *childregs = *regs;
- childregs->ARM_r0 = 0;
- childregs->ARM_sp = stack_start;
-
memset(&thread->cpu_context, 0, sizeof(struct cpu_context_save));
+
+ if (likely(regs)) {
+ *childregs = *regs;
+ childregs->ARM_r0 = 0;
+ childregs->ARM_sp = stack_start;
+ thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
+ } else {
+ 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.sp = (unsigned long)childregs;
- thread->cpu_context.pc = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
clear_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(p);
@@ -423,63 +431,6 @@ int dump_fpu (struct pt_regs *regs, struct user_fp *fp)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_fpu);
-/*
- * Shuffle the argument into the correct register before calling the
- * thread function. r4 is the thread argument, r5 is the pointer to
- * the thread function, and r6 points to the exit function.
- */
-extern void kernel_thread_helper(void);
-asm( ".pushsection .text\n"
-" .align\n"
-" .type kernel_thread_helper, #function\n"
-"kernel_thread_helper:\n"
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
-" bl trace_hardirqs_on\n"
-#endif
-" msr cpsr_c, r7\n"
-" mov r0, r4\n"
-" mov lr, r6\n"
-" mov pc, r5\n"
-" .size kernel_thread_helper, . - kernel_thread_helper\n"
-" .popsection");
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND
-extern void kernel_thread_exit(long code);
-asm( ".pushsection .text\n"
-" .align\n"
-" .type kernel_thread_exit, #function\n"
-"kernel_thread_exit:\n"
-" .fnstart\n"
-" .cantunwind\n"
-" bl do_exit\n"
-" nop\n"
-" .fnend\n"
-" .size kernel_thread_exit, . - kernel_thread_exit\n"
-" .popsection");
-#else
-#define kernel_thread_exit do_exit
-#endif
-
-/*
- * Create a kernel thread.
- */
-pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
-{
- struct pt_regs regs;
-
- memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));
-
- regs.ARM_r4 = (unsigned long)arg;
- regs.ARM_r5 = (unsigned long)fn;
- regs.ARM_r6 = (unsigned long)kernel_thread_exit;
- regs.ARM_r7 = SVC_MODE | PSR_ENDSTATE | PSR_ISETSTATE;
- regs.ARM_pc = (unsigned long)kernel_thread_helper;
- regs.ARM_cpsr = regs.ARM_r7 | PSR_I_BIT;
-
- return do_fork(flags|CLONE_VM|CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, &regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
-
unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
{
struct stackframe frame;
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
index 76cbb055dd0..c2a898aa57a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
@@ -59,69 +59,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
return do_fork(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, regs->ARM_sp, regs, 0, NULL, NULL);
}
-/* sys_execve() executes a new program.
- * This is called indirectly via a small wrapper
- */
-asmlinkage int sys_execve(const char __user *filenamei,
- const char __user *const __user *argv,
- const char __user *const __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- int error;
- char * filename;
-
- filename = getname(filenamei);
- error = PTR_ERR(filename);
- if (IS_ERR(filename))
- goto out;
- error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, regs);
- putname(filename);
-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;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_execve);
-
/*
* Since loff_t is a 64 bit type we avoid a lot of ABI hassle
* with a different argument ordering.