The patch titled
binfmt_elf_fdpic: convert initial stack alignment to arch_align_stack()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
binfmt_elf_fdpic-convert-initial-stack-alignment-to-arch_align_stack.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: binfmt_elf_fdpic: convert initial stack alignment to arch_align_stack()
From: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
binfmt_elf_fdpic seems to have grabbed a hard-coded hack from an ancient
version of binfmt_elf in order to try and fix up initial stack alignment
on multi-threaded x86, which while in addition to being unused, was also
pushed down beyond the first set of operations on the stack pointer,
negating the entire purpose.
These days, we have an architecture independent arch_align_stack(), so we
switch to using that instead. Move the initial alignment up before the
initial stores while we're at it.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c | 25 ++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~binfmt_elf_fdpic-convert-initial-stack-alignment-to-arch_align_stack fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~binfmt_elf_fdpic-convert-initial-stack-alignment-to-arch_align_stack
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ error_kill:
#endif
/*
- * present useful information to the program
+ * present useful information to the program by shovelling it onto the new
+ * process's stack
*/
static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -482,9 +483,13 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struc
int loop;
int nr; /* reset for each csp adjustment */
- /* we're going to shovel a whole load of stuff onto the stack */
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
- sp = bprm->p;
+ /* In some cases (e.g. Hyper-Threading), we want to avoid L1 evictions
+ * by the processes running on the same package. One thing we can do is
+ * to shuffle the initial stack for them, so we give the architecture
+ * an opportunity to do so here.
+ */
+ sp = arch_align_stack(bprm->p);
#else
sp = mm->start_stack;
@@ -527,20 +532,6 @@ static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struc
return -EFAULT;
}
-#if defined(__i386__) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
- /* in some cases (e.g. Hyper-Threading), we want to avoid L1 evictions
- * by the processes running on the same package. One thing we can do is
- * to shuffle the initial stack for them.
- *
- * the conditionals here are unneeded, but kept in to make the code
- * behaviour the same as pre change unless we have hyperthreaded
- * processors. This keeps Mr Marcelo Person happier but should be
- * removed for 2.5
- */
- if (smp_num_siblings > 1)
- sp = sp - ((current->pid % 64) << 7);
-#endif
-
sp &= ~7UL;
/* stack the load map(s) */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
kdump-make-elfcorehdr_addr-independent-of-config_proc_vmcore.patch
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