[merged] signals-send_sig_noinfo-should-be-considered-as-si_fromuser.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     signals: SEND_SIG_NOINFO should be considered as SI_FROMUSER()
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     signals-send_sig_noinfo-should-be-considered-as-si_fromuser.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: signals: SEND_SIG_NOINFO should be considered as SI_FROMUSER()
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

No changes in compiled code. The patch adds the new helper, si_fromuser()
and changes check_kill_permission() to use this helper.

The real effect of this patch is that from now we "officially" consider
SEND_SIG_NOINFO signal as "from user-space" signals. This is already true
if we look at the code which uses SEND_SIG_NOINFO, except __send_signal()
has another opinion - see the next patch.

The naming of these special SEND_SIG_XXX siginfo's is really bad
imho.  From __send_signal()'s pov they mean

	SEND_SIG_NOINFO		from user
	SEND_SIG_PRIV		from kernel
	SEND_SIG_FORCED		no info

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 include/linux/sched.h |    5 -----
 kernel/signal.c       |   16 +++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~signals-send_sig_noinfo-should-be-considered-as-si_fromuser include/linux/sched.h
--- a/include/linux/sched.h~signals-send_sig_noinfo-should-be-considered-as-si_fromuser
+++ a/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2102,11 +2102,6 @@ static inline int kill_cad_pid(int sig, 
 #define SEND_SIG_PRIV	((struct siginfo *) 1)
 #define SEND_SIG_FORCED	((struct siginfo *) 2)
 
-static inline int is_si_special(const struct siginfo *info)
-{
-	return info <= SEND_SIG_FORCED;
-}
-
 /*
  * True if we are on the alternate signal stack.
  */
diff -puN kernel/signal.c~signals-send_sig_noinfo-should-be-considered-as-si_fromuser kernel/signal.c
--- a/kernel/signal.c~signals-send_sig_noinfo-should-be-considered-as-si_fromuser
+++ a/kernel/signal.c
@@ -607,6 +607,17 @@ static int rm_from_queue(unsigned long m
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static inline int is_si_special(const struct siginfo *info)
+{
+	return info <= SEND_SIG_FORCED;
+}
+
+static inline bool si_fromuser(const struct siginfo *info)
+{
+	return info == SEND_SIG_NOINFO ||
+		(!is_si_special(info) && SI_FROMUSER(info));
+}
+
 /*
  * Bad permissions for sending the signal
  * - the caller must hold at least the RCU read lock
@@ -621,7 +632,7 @@ static int check_kill_permission(int sig
 	if (!valid_signal(sig))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (is_si_special(info) || SI_FROMKERNEL(info)))
+	if (!si_fromuser(info))
 		return 0;
 
 	error = audit_signal_info(sig, t); /* Let audit system see the signal */
@@ -1186,8 +1197,7 @@ int kill_pid_info_as_uid(int sig, struct
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	pcred = __task_cred(p);
-	if ((info == SEND_SIG_NOINFO ||
-	     (!is_si_special(info) && SI_FROMUSER(info))) &&
+	if (si_fromuser(info) &&
 	    euid != pcred->suid && euid != pcred->uid &&
 	    uid  != pcred->suid && uid  != pcred->uid) {
 		ret = -EPERM;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
do_wait-optimization-do-not-place-sub-threads-on-task_struct-children-list.patch
mm-introduce-coredump-parameter-structure.patch
linux-next.patch
posix-cpu-timers-reset-expire-cache-when-no-timer-is-running.patch

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