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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 4642a5c439e..53d9a9ec88e 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
#include <linux/syslog.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -273,12 +274,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
* at open time.
*/
if (type == SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN || !from_file) {
- if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
+ if (dmesg_restrict && !capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+ goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */
if ((type != SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL &&
type != SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER) &&
- !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
+ !capable(CAP_SYSLOG))
+ goto warn; /* switch to return -EPERM after 2.6.39 */
}
error = security_syslog(type);
@@ -422,6 +423,12 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
}
out:
return error;
+warn:
+ /* remove after 2.6.39 */
+ if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN "
+ "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated and denied).\n");
+ return -EPERM;
}
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(syslog, int, type, char __user *, buf, int, len)
@@ -1496,7 +1503,7 @@ int kmsg_dump_register(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper)
/* Don't allow registering multiple times */
if (!dumper->registered) {
dumper->registered = 1;
- list_add_tail(&dumper->list, &dump_list);
+ list_add_tail_rcu(&dumper->list, &dump_list);
err = 0;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dump_list_lock, flags);
@@ -1520,29 +1527,16 @@ int kmsg_dump_unregister(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper)
spin_lock_irqsave(&dump_list_lock, flags);
if (dumper->registered) {
dumper->registered = 0;
- list_del(&dumper->list);
+ list_del_rcu(&dumper->list);
err = 0;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dump_list_lock, flags);
+ synchronize_rcu();
return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmsg_dump_unregister);
-static const char * const kmsg_reasons[] = {
- [KMSG_DUMP_OOPS] = "oops",
- [KMSG_DUMP_PANIC] = "panic",
- [KMSG_DUMP_KEXEC] = "kexec",
-};
-
-static const char *kmsg_to_str(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
-{
- if (reason >= ARRAY_SIZE(kmsg_reasons) || reason < 0)
- return "unknown";
-
- return kmsg_reasons[reason];
-}
-
/**
* kmsg_dump - dump kernel log to kernel message dumpers.
* @reason: the reason (oops, panic etc) for dumping
@@ -1581,13 +1575,9 @@ void kmsg_dump(enum kmsg_dump_reason reason)
l2 = chars;
}
- if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&dump_list_lock, flags)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "dump_kmsg: dump list lock is held during %s, skipping dump\n",
- kmsg_to_str(reason));
- return;
- }
- list_for_each_entry(dumper, &dump_list, list)
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(dumper, &dump_list, list)
dumper->dump(dumper, reason, s1, l1, s2, l2);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dump_list_lock, flags);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
#endif