- uml-stack-usage-reduction.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled

     uml: stack usage reduction

has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename is

     uml-stack-usage-reduction.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: uml: stack usage reduction
From: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The KSTK_* macros used an inordinate amount of stack.  In order to overcome
an impedance mismatch between their interface, which just returns a single
register value, and the interface of get_thread_regs, which took a full
pt_regs, the implementation created an on-stack pt_regs, filled it in, and
returned one field.  do_task_stat calls KSTK_* twice, resulting in two
local pt_regs, blowing out the stack.

This patch changes the interface (and name) of get_thread_regs to just
return a single register from a jmp_buf.

The include of archsetjmp.h" in registers.h to get the definition of
jmp_buf exposed a bogus include of <setjmp.h> in start_up.c.  <setjmp.h>
shouldn't be used anywhere any more since UML uses the klibc
setjmp/longjmp.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/um/include/registers.h             |    3 ++-
 arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c             |    1 -
 arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/registers.c   |   15 +++++++++------
 arch/um/os-Linux/sys-x86_64/registers.c |   15 +++++++++------
 include/asm-um/processor-generic.h      |    4 +---
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/um/include/registers.h~uml-stack-usage-reduction arch/um/include/registers.h
--- a/arch/um/include/registers.h~uml-stack-usage-reduction
+++ a/arch/um/include/registers.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define __REGISTERS_H
 
 #include "sysdep/ptrace.h"
+#include "sysdep/archsetjmp.h"
 
 extern void init_thread_registers(union uml_pt_regs *to);
 extern int save_fp_registers(int pid, unsigned long *fp_regs);
@@ -15,6 +16,6 @@ extern void save_registers(int pid, unio
 extern void restore_registers(int pid, union uml_pt_regs *regs);
 extern void init_registers(int pid);
 extern void get_safe_registers(unsigned long * regs, unsigned long * fp_regs);
-extern void get_thread_regs(union uml_pt_regs *uml_regs, void *buffer);
+extern unsigned long get_thread_reg(int reg, jmp_buf *buf);
 
 #endif
diff -puN arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c~uml-stack-usage-reduction arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c~uml-stack-usage-reduction
+++ a/arch/um/os-Linux/start_up.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <setjmp.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
diff -puN arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/registers.c~uml-stack-usage-reduction arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/registers.c
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/registers.c~uml-stack-usage-reduction
+++ a/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-i386/registers.c
@@ -130,11 +130,14 @@ void get_safe_registers(unsigned long *r
 		       HOST_FP_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long));
 }
 
-void get_thread_regs(union uml_pt_regs *uml_regs, void *buffer)
+unsigned long get_thread_reg(int reg, jmp_buf *buf)
 {
-	struct __jmp_buf *jmpbuf = buffer;
-
-	UPT_SET(uml_regs, EIP, jmpbuf->__eip);
-	UPT_SET(uml_regs, UESP, jmpbuf->__esp);
-	UPT_SET(uml_regs, EBP, jmpbuf->__ebp);
+	switch(reg){
+	case EIP: return buf[0]->__eip;
+	case UESP: return buf[0]->__esp;
+	case EBP: return buf[0]->__ebp;
+	default:
+		printk("get_thread_regs - unknown register %d\n", reg);
+		return 0;
+	}
 }
diff -puN arch/um/os-Linux/sys-x86_64/registers.c~uml-stack-usage-reduction arch/um/os-Linux/sys-x86_64/registers.c
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-x86_64/registers.c~uml-stack-usage-reduction
+++ a/arch/um/os-Linux/sys-x86_64/registers.c
@@ -78,11 +78,14 @@ void get_safe_registers(unsigned long *r
 		       HOST_FP_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long));
 }
 
-void get_thread_regs(union uml_pt_regs *uml_regs, void *buffer)
+unsigned long get_thread_reg(int reg, jmp_buf *buf)
 {
-	struct __jmp_buf *jmpbuf = buffer;
-
-	UPT_SET(uml_regs, RIP, jmpbuf->__rip);
-	UPT_SET(uml_regs, RSP, jmpbuf->__rsp);
-	UPT_SET(uml_regs, RBP, jmpbuf->__rbp);
+	switch(reg){
+	case RIP: return buf[0]->__rip;
+	case RSP: return buf[0]->__rsp;
+	case RBP: return buf[0]->__rbp;
+	default:
+		printk("get_thread_regs - unknown register %d\n", reg);
+		return 0;
+	}
 }
diff -puN include/asm-um/processor-generic.h~uml-stack-usage-reduction include/asm-um/processor-generic.h
--- a/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h~uml-stack-usage-reduction
+++ a/include/asm-um/processor-generic.h
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ extern struct cpuinfo_um cpu_data[];
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODE_SKAS
 #define KSTK_REG(tsk, reg) \
-	({ union uml_pt_regs regs; \
-	   get_thread_regs(&regs, tsk->thread.mode.skas.switch_buf); \
-	   UPT_REG(&regs, reg); })
+	get_thread_reg(reg, tsk->thread.mode.skas.switch_buf)
 #else
 #define KSTK_REG(tsk, reg) (0xbadbabe)
 #endif
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
uml-use-mcmodel=kernel-for-x86_64.patch
uml-fix-proc-vs-interrupt-context-spinlock-deadlock.patch
uml-const-more-data.patch
uml-get-rid-of-zone_dma-use.patch
uml-fix-missing-x86_64-register-definitions.patch
uml-fix-gcov-support.patch
uml-use-correct-sigbus-handler.patch
uml-add-checkstack-support.patch
uml-mark-some-tt-mode-code.patch
uml-thread-creation-tidying.patch
uml-file-renaming.patch
uml-add-an-export.patch
uml-fix-sleep-length-bug.patch
uml-fix-allocation-size.patch
uml-remove-pte_mkexec.patch
simplify-update_times-avoid-jiffies-jiffies_64-aliasing-problem-2.patch
kill-wall_jiffies.patch
const-struct-tty_operations.patch
namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces.patch
introduce-kernel_execve.patch
rename-the-provided-execve-functions-to-kernel_execve.patch
provide-kernel_execve-on-all-architectures.patch
provide-kernel_execve-on-all-architectures-fix.patch
remove-the-use-of-_syscallx-macros-in-uml.patch
sh64-remove-the-use-of-kernel-syscalls.patch
remove-remaining-errno-and-__kernel_syscalls__-references.patch

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