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

Pull big execve/kernel_thread/fork unification series from Al Viro:
 "All architectures are converted to new model.  Quite a bit of that
  stuff is actually shared with architecture trees; in such cases it's
  literally shared branch pulled by both, not a cherry-pick.

  A lot of ugliness and black magic is gone (-3KLoC total in this one):

   - kernel_thread()/kernel_execve()/sys_execve() redesign.

     We don't do syscalls from kernel anymore for either kernel_thread()
     or kernel_execve():

     kernel_thread() is essentially clone(2) with callback run before we
     return to userland, the callbacks either never return or do
     successful do_execve() before returning.

     kernel_execve() is a wrapper for do_execve() - it doesn't need to
     do transition to user mode anymore.

     As a result kernel_thread() and kernel_execve() are
     arch-independent now - they live in kernel/fork.c and fs/exec.c
     resp.  sys_execve() is also in fs/exec.c and it's completely
     architecture-independent.

   - daemonize() is gone, along with its parts in fs/*.c

   - struct pt_regs * is no longer passed to do_fork/copy_process/
     copy_thread/do_execve/search_binary_handler/->load_binary/do_coredump.

   - sys_fork()/sys_vfork()/sys_clone() unified; some architectures
     still need wrappers (ones with callee-saved registers not saved in
     pt_regs on syscall entry), but the main part of those suckers is in
     kernel/fork.c now."

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal: (113 commits)
  do_coredump(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  print_fatal_signal(): get rid of pt_regs argument
  ptrace_signal(): get rid of unused arguments
  get rid of ptrace_signal_deliver() arguments
  new helper: signal_pt_regs()
  unify default ptrace_signal_deliver
  flagday: kill pt_regs argument of do_fork()
  death to idle_regs()
  don't pass regs to copy_process()
  flagday: don't pass regs to copy_thread()
  bfin: switch to generic vfork, get rid of pointless wrappers
  xtensa: switch to generic clone()
  openrisc: switch to use of generic fork and clone
  unicore32: switch to generic clone(2)
  score: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  c6x: sanitize copy_thread(), get rid of clone(2) wrapper, switch to generic clone()
  take sys_fork/sys_vfork/sys_clone prototypes to linux/syscalls.h
  mn10300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  h8300: switch to generic fork/vfork/clone
  tile: switch to generic clone()
  ...

Conflicts:
	arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild
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Linus Torvalds
2012-12-12 12:22:13 -08:00
273 changed files with 1385 additions and 4231 deletions

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@@ -415,19 +415,9 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
0:
B .S2 B10 /* call fn */
LDW .D2T1 *+SP(REGS_A1+8),A4 /* get arg */
MVKL .S2 sys_exit,B11
MVKH .S2 sys_exit,B11
ADDKPC .S2 0f,B3,1
0:
BNOP .S2 B11,5 /* jump to sys_exit */
ADDKPC .S2 ret_from_fork_2,B3,3
ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)
ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_execve)
GET_THREAD_INFO A12
BNOP .S2 syscall_exit,4
ADD .D2X A4,-8,SP
ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_execve)
;;
;; These are the interrupt handlers, responsible for calling c6x_do_IRQ()
;;
@@ -624,18 +614,6 @@ ENDPROC(sys_sigaltstack)
;; Special system calls
;; return address is in B3
;;
ENTRY(sys_clone)
ADD .D1X SP,8,A4
#ifdef CONFIG_C6X_BIG_KERNEL
|| MVKL .S1 sys_c6x_clone,A0
MVKH .S1 sys_c6x_clone,A0
BNOP .S2X A0,5
#else
|| B .S2 sys_c6x_clone
NOP 5
#endif
ENDPROC(sys_clone)
ENTRY(sys_rt_sigreturn)
ADD .D1X SP,8,A4
#ifdef CONFIG_C6X_BIG_KERNEL