[GIT PULL] RSEQ updates for v5.2

[Ingo Molnar]

Linus,

Please pull the latest core-rseq-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git core-rseq-for-linus

   # HEAD: 83b0b15bcb0f700e7c1d070aae2e7841170a4c33 rseq: Remove superfluous rseq_len from task_struct

A cleanup and a fix to comments.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Mathieu Desnoyers (2):
      rseq: Clean up comments by reflecting removal of event counter
      rseq: Remove superfluous rseq_len from task_struct


 arch/arm/kernel/signal.c | 3 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 5 +----
 include/linux/sched.h    | 4 ----
 kernel/rseq.c            | 9 +++------
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index 76bb8de6bf6b..be5edfdde558 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -549,8 +549,7 @@ static void handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * Increment event counter and perform fixup for the pre-signal
-	 * frame.
+	 * Perform fixup for the pre-signal frame.
 	 */
 	rseq_signal_deliver(ksig, regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 08dfd4c1a4f9..22c233b509da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -688,10 +688,7 @@ setup_rt_frame(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	sigset_t *set = sigmask_to_save();
 	compat_sigset_t *cset = (compat_sigset_t *) set;
 
-	/*
-	 * Increment event counter and perform fixup for the pre-signal
-	 * frame.
-	 */
+	/* Perform fixup for the pre-signal frame. */
 	rseq_signal_deliver(ksig, regs);
 
 	/* Set up the stack frame */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 1549584a1538..50606a6e73d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1057,7 +1057,6 @@ struct task_struct {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ
 	struct rseq __user *rseq;
-	u32 rseq_len;
 	u32 rseq_sig;
 	/*
 	 * RmW on rseq_event_mask must be performed atomically
@@ -1855,12 +1854,10 @@ static inline void rseq_fork(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long clone_flags)
 {
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
 		t->rseq = NULL;
-		t->rseq_len = 0;
 		t->rseq_sig = 0;
 		t->rseq_event_mask = 0;
 	} else {
 		t->rseq = current->rseq;
-		t->rseq_len = current->rseq_len;
 		t->rseq_sig = current->rseq_sig;
 		t->rseq_event_mask = current->rseq_event_mask;
 	}
@@ -1869,7 +1866,6 @@ static inline void rseq_fork(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long clone_flags)
 static inline void rseq_execve(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	t->rseq = NULL;
-	t->rseq_len = 0;
 	t->rseq_sig = 0;
 	t->rseq_event_mask = 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
index 25e9a7b60eba..9424ee90589e 100644
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ static int rseq_ip_fixup(struct pt_regs *regs)
  * - signal delivery,
  * and return to user-space.
  *
- * This is how we can ensure that the entire rseq critical section,
- * consisting of both the C part and the assembly instruction sequence,
+ * This is how we can ensure that the entire rseq critical section
  * will issue the commit instruction only if executed atomically with
  * respect to other threads scheduled on the same CPU, and with respect
  * to signal handlers.
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 		/* Unregister rseq for current thread. */
 		if (current->rseq != rseq || !current->rseq)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (current->rseq_len != rseq_len)
+		if (rseq_len != sizeof(*rseq))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (current->rseq_sig != sig)
 			return -EPERM;
@@ -322,7 +321,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		current->rseq = NULL;
-		current->rseq_len = 0;
 		current->rseq_sig = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -336,7 +334,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 		 * the provided address differs from the prior
 		 * one.
 		 */
-		if (current->rseq != rseq || current->rseq_len != rseq_len)
+		if (current->rseq != rseq || rseq_len != sizeof(*rseq))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (current->rseq_sig != sig)
 			return -EPERM;
@@ -354,7 +352,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user *, rseq, u32, rseq_len,
 	if (!access_ok(rseq, rseq_len))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	current->rseq = rseq;
-	current->rseq_len = rseq_len;
 	current->rseq_sig = sig;
 	/*
 	 * If rseq was previously inactive, and has just been