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-rw-r--r--kernel/cpuset.c25
-rw-r--r--kernel/extable.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c12
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c57
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcupdate.c19
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c62
-rw-r--r--kernel/timer.c16
7 files changed, 115 insertions, 78 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 72248d1b9e3..ab81fdd4572 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2231,19 +2231,25 @@ static const struct cpuset *nearest_exclusive_ancestor(const struct cpuset *cs)
* So only GFP_KERNEL allocations, if all nodes in the cpuset are
* short of memory, might require taking the callback_mutex mutex.
*
- * The first loop over the zonelist in mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages()
- * calls here with __GFP_HARDWALL always set in gfp_mask, enforcing
- * hardwall cpusets - no allocation on a node outside the cpuset is
- * allowed (unless in interrupt, of course).
- *
- * The second loop doesn't even call here for GFP_ATOMIC requests
- * (if the __alloc_pages() local variable 'wait' is set). That check
- * and the checks below have the combined affect in the second loop of
- * the __alloc_pages() routine that:
+ * The first call here from mm/page_alloc:get_page_from_freelist()
+ * has __GFP_HARDWALL set in gfp_mask, enforcing hardwall cpusets, so
+ * no allocation on a node outside the cpuset is allowed (unless in
+ * interrupt, of course).
+ *
+ * The second pass through get_page_from_freelist() doesn't even call
+ * here for GFP_ATOMIC calls. For those calls, the __alloc_pages()
+ * variable 'wait' is not set, and the bit ALLOC_CPUSET is not set
+ * in alloc_flags. That logic and the checks below have the combined
+ * affect that:
* in_interrupt - any node ok (current task context irrelevant)
* GFP_ATOMIC - any node ok
* GFP_KERNEL - any node in enclosing mem_exclusive cpuset ok
* GFP_USER - only nodes in current tasks mems allowed ok.
+ *
+ * Rule:
+ * Don't call cpuset_zone_allowed() if you can't sleep, unless you
+ * pass in the __GFP_HARDWALL flag set in gfp_flag, which disables
+ * the code that might scan up ancestor cpusets and sleep.
**/
int __cpuset_zone_allowed(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
@@ -2255,6 +2261,7 @@ int __cpuset_zone_allowed(struct zone *z, gfp_t gfp_mask)
if (in_interrupt())
return 1;
node = z->zone_pgdat->node_id;
+ might_sleep_if(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_HARDWALL));
if (node_isset(node, current->mems_allowed))
return 1;
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_HARDWALL) /* If hardwall request, stop here */
diff --git a/kernel/extable.c b/kernel/extable.c
index 7501b531cee..7fe26285531 100644
--- a/kernel/extable.c
+++ b/kernel/extable.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
return e;
}
-static int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
+int core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
{
if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
addr <= (unsigned long)_etext)
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index d24deb0dbbc..bbe04862e1b 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -705,14 +705,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__symbol_put);
void symbol_put_addr(void *addr)
{
- unsigned long flags;
+ struct module *modaddr;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&modlist_lock, flags);
- if (!kernel_text_address((unsigned long)addr))
- BUG();
+ if (core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr))
+ return;
- module_put(module_text_address((unsigned long)addr));
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&modlist_lock, flags);
+ if (!(modaddr = module_text_address((unsigned long)addr)))
+ BUG();
+ module_put(modaddr);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(symbol_put_addr);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 4e0f0ec003f..921c22ad16e 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -148,12 +148,34 @@ int ptrace_may_attach(struct task_struct *task)
int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task)
{
int retval;
- task_lock(task);
+
retval = -EPERM;
if (task->pid <= 1)
- goto bad;
+ goto out;
if (task->tgid == current->tgid)
- goto bad;
+ goto out;
+
+repeat:
+ /*
+ * Nasty, nasty.
+ *
+ * We want to hold both the task-lock and the
+ * tasklist_lock for writing at the same time.
+ * But that's against the rules (tasklist_lock
+ * is taken for reading by interrupts on other
+ * cpu's that may have task_lock).
+ */
+ task_lock(task);
+ local_irq_disable();
+ if (!write_trylock(&tasklist_lock)) {
+ local_irq_enable();
+ task_unlock(task);
+ do {
+ cpu_relax();
+ } while (!write_can_lock(&tasklist_lock));
+ goto repeat;
+ }
+
/* the same process cannot be attached many times */
if (task->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)
goto bad;
@@ -166,17 +188,15 @@ int ptrace_attach(struct task_struct *task)
? PT_ATTACHED : 0);
if (capable(CAP_SYS_PTRACE))
task->ptrace |= PT_PTRACE_CAP;
- task_unlock(task);
- write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
__ptrace_link(task, current);
- write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
force_sig_specific(SIGSTOP, task);
- return 0;
bad:
+ write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
task_unlock(task);
+out:
return retval;
}
@@ -417,21 +437,22 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
*/
int ptrace_traceme(void)
{
- int ret;
+ int ret = -EPERM;
/*
* Are we already being traced?
*/
- if (current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)
- return -EPERM;
- ret = security_ptrace(current->parent, current);
- if (ret)
- return -EPERM;
- /*
- * Set the ptrace bit in the process ptrace flags.
- */
- current->ptrace |= PT_PTRACED;
- return 0;
+ task_lock(current);
+ if (!(current->ptrace & PT_PTRACED)) {
+ ret = security_ptrace(current->parent, current);
+ /*
+ * Set the ptrace bit in the process ptrace flags.
+ */
+ if (!ret)
+ current->ptrace |= PT_PTRACED;
+ }
+ task_unlock(current);
+ return ret;
}
/**
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 6d32ff26f94..2058f88c7bb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -479,12 +479,31 @@ static int __rcu_pending(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Check to see if there is any immediate RCU-related work to be done
+ * by the current CPU, returning 1 if so. This function is part of the
+ * RCU implementation; it is -not- an exported member of the RCU API.
+ */
int rcu_pending(int cpu)
{
return __rcu_pending(&rcu_ctrlblk, &per_cpu(rcu_data, cpu)) ||
__rcu_pending(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk, &per_cpu(rcu_bh_data, cpu));
}
+/*
+ * Check to see if any future RCU-related work will need to be done
+ * by the current CPU, even if none need be done immediately, returning
+ * 1 if so. This function is part of the RCU implementation; it is -not-
+ * an exported member of the RCU API.
+ */
+int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ struct rcu_data *rdp = &per_cpu(rcu_data, cpu);
+ struct rcu_data *rdp_bh = &per_cpu(rcu_bh_data, cpu);
+
+ return (!!rdp->curlist || !!rdp_bh->curlist || rcu_pending(cpu));
+}
+
void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user)
{
if (user ||
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 4c64f85698a..c13f1bd2df7 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -665,55 +665,13 @@ static int effective_prio(task_t *p)
}
/*
- * We place interactive tasks back into the active array, if possible.
- *
- * To guarantee that this does not starve expired tasks we ignore the
- * interactivity of a task if the first expired task had to wait more
- * than a 'reasonable' amount of time. This deadline timeout is
- * load-dependent, as the frequency of array switched decreases with
- * increasing number of running tasks. We also ignore the interactivity
- * if a better static_prio task has expired, and switch periodically
- * regardless, to ensure that highly interactive tasks do not starve
- * the less fortunate for unreasonably long periods.
- */
-static inline int expired_starving(runqueue_t *rq)
-{
- int limit;
-
- /*
- * Arrays were recently switched, all is well
- */
- if (!rq->expired_timestamp)
- return 0;
-
- limit = STARVATION_LIMIT * rq->nr_running;
-
- /*
- * It's time to switch arrays
- */
- if (jiffies - rq->expired_timestamp >= limit)
- return 1;
-
- /*
- * There's a better selection in the expired array
- */
- if (rq->curr->static_prio > rq->best_expired_prio)
- return 1;
-
- /*
- * All is well
- */
- return 0;
-}
-
-/*
* __activate_task - move a task to the runqueue.
*/
static void __activate_task(task_t *p, runqueue_t *rq)
{
prio_array_t *target = rq->active;
- if (unlikely(batch_task(p) || (expired_starving(rq) && !rt_task(p))))
+ if (batch_task(p))
target = rq->expired;
enqueue_task(p, target);
rq->nr_running++;
@@ -2532,6 +2490,22 @@ unsigned long long current_sched_time(const task_t *tsk)
}
/*
+ * We place interactive tasks back into the active array, if possible.
+ *
+ * To guarantee that this does not starve expired tasks we ignore the
+ * interactivity of a task if the first expired task had to wait more
+ * than a 'reasonable' amount of time. This deadline timeout is
+ * load-dependent, as the frequency of array switched decreases with
+ * increasing number of running tasks. We also ignore the interactivity
+ * if a better static_prio task has expired:
+ */
+#define EXPIRED_STARVING(rq) \
+ ((STARVATION_LIMIT && ((rq)->expired_timestamp && \
+ (jiffies - (rq)->expired_timestamp >= \
+ STARVATION_LIMIT * ((rq)->nr_running) + 1))) || \
+ ((rq)->curr->static_prio > (rq)->best_expired_prio))
+
+/*
* Account user cpu time to a process.
* @p: the process that the cpu time gets accounted to
* @hardirq_offset: the offset to subtract from hardirq_count()
@@ -2666,7 +2640,7 @@ void scheduler_tick(void)
if (!rq->expired_timestamp)
rq->expired_timestamp = jiffies;
- if (!TASK_INTERACTIVE(p) || expired_starving(rq)) {
+ if (!TASK_INTERACTIVE(p) || EXPIRED_STARVING(rq)) {
enqueue_task(p, rq->expired);
if (p->static_prio < rq->best_expired_prio)
rq->best_expired_prio = p->static_prio;
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 67eaf0f5409..9e49deed468 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -541,6 +541,22 @@ found:
}
spin_unlock(&base->lock);
+ /*
+ * It can happen that other CPUs service timer IRQs and increment
+ * jiffies, but we have not yet got a local timer tick to process
+ * the timer wheels. In that case, the expiry time can be before
+ * jiffies, but since the high-resolution timer here is relative to
+ * jiffies, the default expression when high-resolution timers are
+ * not active,
+ *
+ * time_before(MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET + jiffies, expires)
+ *
+ * would falsely evaluate to true. If that is the case, just
+ * return jiffies so that we can immediately fire the local timer
+ */
+ if (time_before(expires, jiffies))
+ return jiffies;
+
if (time_before(hr_expires, expires))
return hr_expires;