Merge branch 'master' into for-linus

kernel/fork.c

@@ -815,11 +815,8 @@ static int copy_signal(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	struct signal_struct *sig;
 
-	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
-		atomic_inc(&current->signal->count);
-		atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
+	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD)
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	sig = kmem_cache_alloc(signal_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	tsk->signal = sig;
@@ -877,16 +874,6 @@ void __cleanup_signal(struct signal_struct *sig)
 	kmem_cache_free(signal_cachep, sig);
 }
 
-static void cleanup_signal(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	struct signal_struct *sig = tsk->signal;
-
-	atomic_dec(&sig->live);
-
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sig->count))
-		__cleanup_signal(sig);
-}
-
 static void copy_flags(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long new_flags = p->flags;
@@ -1239,6 +1226,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	}
 
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
+		atomic_inc(&current->signal->count);
+		atomic_inc(&current->signal->live);
 		p->group_leader = current->group_leader;
 		list_add_tail_rcu(&p->thread_group, &p->group_leader->thread_group);
 	}
@@ -1282,7 +1271,8 @@ bad_fork_cleanup_mm:
 	if (p->mm)
 		mmput(p->mm);
 bad_fork_cleanup_signal:
-	cleanup_signal(p);
+	if (!(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD))
+		__cleanup_signal(p->signal);
 bad_fork_cleanup_sighand:
 	__cleanup_sighand(p->sighand);
 bad_fork_cleanup_fs:

kernel/module.c

@@ -909,16 +909,18 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__symbol_put);
 
+/* Note this assumes addr is a function, which it currently always is. */
 void symbol_put_addr(void *addr)
 {
 	struct module *modaddr;
+	unsigned long a = (unsigned long)dereference_function_descriptor(addr);
 
-	if (core_kernel_text((unsigned long)addr))
+	if (core_kernel_text(a))
 		return;
 
 	/* module_text_address is safe here: we're supposed to have reference
 	 * to module from symbol_get, so it can't go away. */
-	modaddr = __module_text_address((unsigned long)addr);
+	modaddr = __module_text_address(a);
 	BUG_ON(!modaddr);
 	module_put(modaddr);
 }
@@ -1272,6 +1274,10 @@ static void add_notes_attrs(struct module *mod, unsigned int nsect,
 	struct module_notes_attrs *notes_attrs;
 	struct bin_attribute *nattr;
 
+	/* failed to create section attributes, so can't create notes */
+	if (!mod->sect_attrs)
+		return;
+
 	/* Count notes sections and allocate structures.  */
 	notes = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < nsect; i++)

kernel/perf_counter.c

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static atomic_t nr_task_counters __read_mostly;
  *  1 - disallow cpu counters to unpriv
  *  2 - disallow kernel profiling to unpriv
  */
-int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid __read_mostly;
+int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
 
 static inline bool perf_paranoid_cpu(void)
 {
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ static int perf_counter_read_group(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	size += err;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, list_entry) {
-		err = perf_counter_read_entry(counter, read_format,
+		err = perf_counter_read_entry(sub, read_format,
 				buf + size);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
@@ -4066,6 +4066,7 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
 	hwc->sample_period = attr->sample_period;
 	if (attr->freq && attr->sample_freq)
 		hwc->sample_period = 1;
+	hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
 
 	atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
 

kernel/time/clockevents.c

@@ -137,11 +137,12 @@ int clockevents_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
  */
 int clockevents_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock(&clockevents_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&clockevents_lock, flags);
 	ret = raw_notifier_chain_register(&clockevents_chain, nb);
-	spin_unlock(&clockevents_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&clockevents_lock, flags);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -178,16 +179,18 @@ static void clockevents_notify_released(void)
  */
 void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	BUG_ON(dev->mode != CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
 	BUG_ON(!dev->cpumask);
 
-	spin_lock(&clockevents_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&clockevents_lock, flags);
 
 	list_add(&dev->list, &clockevent_devices);
 	clockevents_do_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_ADD, dev);
 	clockevents_notify_released();
 
-	spin_unlock(&clockevents_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&clockevents_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clockevents_register_device);
 
@@ -235,8 +238,9 @@ void clockevents_exchange_device(struct clock_event_device *old,
 void clockevents_notify(unsigned long reason, void *arg)
 {
 	struct list_head *node, *tmp;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&clockevents_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&clockevents_lock, flags);
 	clockevents_do_notify(reason, arg);
 
 	switch (reason) {
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ void clockevents_notify(unsigned long reason, void *arg)
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&clockevents_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&clockevents_lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clockevents_notify);
 #endif

kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c

@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ static void tick_handle_periodic_broadcast(struct clock_event_device *dev)
  * Powerstate information: The system enters/leaves a state, where
  * affected devices might stop
  */
-static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(void *why)
+static void tick_do_broadcast_on_off(unsigned long *reason)
 {
 	struct clock_event_device *bc, *dev;
 	struct tick_device *td;
-	unsigned long flags, *reason = why;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int cpu, bc_stopped;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags);
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ void tick_broadcast_on_off(unsigned long reason, int *oncpu)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "tick-broadcast: ignoring broadcast for "
 		       "offline CPU #%d\n", *oncpu);
 	else
-		smp_call_function_single(*oncpu, tick_do_broadcast_on_off,
-					 &reason, 1);
+		tick_do_broadcast_on_off(&reason);
 }
 
 /*

kernel/time/timer_list.c

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int __init init_timer_list_procfs(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
 
-	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0644, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
+	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0444, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
 	if (!pe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;

kernel/trace/ftrace.c

@@ -2278,7 +2278,11 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 	read++;
 	cnt--;
 
-	if (!(iter->flags & ~FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
+	/*
+	 * If the parser haven't finished with the last write,
+	 * continue reading the user input without skipping spaces.
+	 */
+	if (!(iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_CONT)) {
 		/* skip white space */
 		while (cnt && isspace(ch)) {
 			ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
@@ -2288,8 +2292,9 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 			cnt--;
 		}
 
+		/* only spaces were written */
 		if (isspace(ch)) {
-			file->f_pos += read;
+			*ppos += read;
 			ret = read;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2319,12 +2324,12 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 		iter->buffer_idx = 0;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		iter->flags |= FTRACE_ITER_CONT;
+		iter->buffer[iter->buffer_idx++] = ch;
+	}
 
-
-	file->f_pos += read;
-
+	*ppos += read;
 	ret = read;
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_regex_lock);

kernel/trace/trace.c

@@ -3896,17 +3896,9 @@ trace_options_core_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	switch (val) {
-	case 0:
-		trace_flags &= ~(1 << index);
-		break;
-	case 1:
-		trace_flags |= 1 << index;
-		break;
-
-	default:
+	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	set_tracer_flags(1 << index, val);
 
 	*ppos += cnt;