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Arnd Bergmann 5534ecb2dd ptrace: kill BKL in ptrace syscall 
The comment suggests that this usage is stale. There is no bkl in the
exec path so if there is a race lurking there, the bkl in ptrace is
not going to help in this regard.

Overview of the possibility of "accidental" races this bkl might
protect:

- ptrace_traceme() is protected against task removal and concurrent
read/write on current->ptrace as it locks write tasklist_lock.

- arch_ptrace_attach() is serialized by ptrace_traceme() against
concurrent PTRACE_TRACEME or PTRACE_ATTACH

- ptrace_attach() is protected the same way ptrace_traceme() and
in turn serializes arch_ptrace_attach()

- ptrace_check_attach() does its own well described serializing too.

There is no obvious race here.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
2010-04-10 15:34:21 +02:00
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gcov
microblaze: Enable GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
2009-09-21 14:29:21 +02:00
irq
Merge branch 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-26 15:09:06 -07:00
power
mm/pm: force GFP_NOIO during suspend/hibernation and resume
2010-03-06 11:26:26 -08:00
time
time: Fix accumulation bug triggered by long delay.
2010-03-23 16:41:01 +01:00
trace
Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-26 15:10:13 -07:00
.gitignore
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acct.c
copy_signal() cleanup: kill taskstats_tgid_init() and acct_init_pacct()
2010-03-12 15:52:39 -08:00
async.c
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audit_tree.c
new helper: iterate_mounts()
2010-03-03 14:07:57 -05:00
audit_watch.c
Audit: reorganize struct audit_watch to save 8 bytes
2009-09-24 03:50:25 -04:00
audit.c
Fix misspelling of "should" and "shouldn't" in comments.
2010-02-05 12:22:30 +01:00
audit.h
Fix rule eviction order for AUDIT_DIR
2009-06-24 00:02:38 -04:00
auditfilter.c
Audit: clean up all op= output to include string quoting
2009-06-24 00:00:52 -04:00
auditsc.c
Lose the first argument of audit_inode_child()
2010-02-08 14:38:36 -05:00
backtracetest.c
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bounds.c
kbuild: move bounds.h to include/generated
2009-12-12 13:08:14 +01:00
capability.c
capabilities: Use RCU to protect task lookup in sys_capget
2009-12-10 09:42:48 +11:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroups: let ss->can_attach and ss->attach do whole threadgroups at a time
2009-09-24 07:20:58 -07:00
cgroup.c
cgroups: remove duplicate include
2010-03-24 16:31:19 -07:00
compat.c
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configs.c
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cpu.c
kernel/cpu.c: delete deprecated definition in cpu_up()
2010-03-06 11:26:28 -08:00
cpuset.c
cpuset: alloc nodemask_t on the heap rather than the stack
2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
cred-internals.h
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cred.c
CRED: Fix memory leak in error handling
2010-03-30 17:15:38 +11:00
delayacct.c
headers: taskstats_kern.h trim
2009-09-18 09:48:52 -07:00
dma.c
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early_res.c
x86: Do not free zero sized per cpu areas
2010-03-29 18:55:40 +02:00
elfcore.c
elf coredump: add extended numbering support
2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c
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exit.c
Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
extable.c
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fork.c
Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
freezer.c
sched: fix nr_uninterruptible accounting of frozen tasks really
2009-07-18 14:19:53 +02:00
futex_compat.c
futex: Protect pid lookup in compat code with RCU
2009-12-09 14:22:14 +01:00
futex.c
futex: Handle futex value corruption gracefully
2010-02-03 15:13:22 +01:00
groups.c
groups: move code to kernel/groups.c
2009-06-16 19:47:48 -07:00
hrtimer.c
hrtimers: Convert to raw_spinlocks
2009-12-14 23:55:34 +01:00
hung_task.c
softlockup: Fix hung_task_check_count sysctl
2009-11-27 06:21:57 +01:00
hw_breakpoint.c
Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/urgent
2010-03-04 11:47:52 +01:00
itimer.c
itimers: Fix racy writes to cpu_itimer fields
2009-11-18 16:32:12 +01:00
kallsyms.c
hw-breakpoints: Fix broken hw-breakpoint sample module
2009-11-10 11:23:29 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
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Kconfig.hz
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Kconfig.locks
mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config
2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
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kexec.c
percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems
2010-02-17 11:17:38 +09:00
kfifo.c
kfifo: Don't use integer as NULL pointer
2010-02-16 15:11:08 -08:00
kgdb.c
Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-02-04 16:07:41 -08:00
kmod.c
kmod: fix resource leak in call_usermodehelper_pipe()
2010-01-11 09:34:04 -08:00
kprobes.c
kprobes: Calculate the index correctly when freeing the out-of-line execution slot
2010-03-11 14:06:16 +01:00
ksysfs.c
Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus
2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
kthread.c
cpuset: fix the problem that cpuset_mem_spread_node() returns an offline node
2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
latencytop.c
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lockdep_internals.h
lockdep: BFS cleanup
2009-07-24 10:53:29 +02:00
lockdep_proc.c
seq_file: constify seq_operations
2009-09-23 07:39:29 -07:00
lockdep_states.h
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lockdep.c
Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-18 16:52:46 -07:00
Makefile
elf coredump: replace ELF_CORE_EXTRA_* macros by functions
2010-03-06 11:26:45 -08:00
module.c
sysfs: Use sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init on module dynamic attributes
2010-03-07 17:04:51 -08:00
mutex-debug.c
headers: remove sched.h from interrupt.h
2009-10-11 11:20:58 -07:00
mutex-debug.h
locking: Implement new raw_spinlock
2009-12-14 23:55:32 +01:00
mutex.c
mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config
2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
mutex.h
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notifier.c
sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference()
2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c
cgroups: let ss->can_attach and ss->attach do whole threadgroups at a time
2009-09-24 07:20:58 -07:00
nsproxy.c
nsproxy: remove INIT_NSPROXY()
2010-03-12 15:52:40 -08:00
padata.c
padata: Allocate the cpumask for the padata instance
2010-03-04 13:30:22 +08:00
panic.c
panic: fix panic_timeout accuracy when running on a hypervisor
2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
params.c
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
2010-03-12 16:04:50 -08:00
perf_event.c
perf: Fix unexported generic perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs
2010-03-17 12:26:49 +01:00
pid_namespace.c
pid_ns: zap_pid_ns_processes: use SEND_SIG_NOINFO instead of force_sig()
2010-03-12 15:52:40 -08:00
pid.c
Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
pm_qos_params.c
pm_qos: clean up racy global "name" variable
2009-10-14 15:31:10 +02:00
posix-cpu-timers.c
Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-26 15:10:38 -07:00
posix-timers.c
posix-timers.c: Don't export local functions
2010-02-05 14:54:10 +01:00
printk.c
printk: avoid warning when CONFIG_PRINTK is disabled
2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
profile.c
kernel/profile.c: Switch /proc/irq/prof_cpu_mask to seq_file
2009-09-20 20:15:40 +02:00
ptrace.c
ptrace: kill BKL in ptrace syscall
2010-04-10 15:34:21 +02:00
range.c
x86: Change range end to start+size
2010-02-10 17:47:17 -08:00
rcupdate.c
rcu: Make rcu_read_lock_bh_held() allow for disabled BH
2010-03-16 09:57:49 +01:00
rcutiny.c
rcu: Eliminate unneeded function wrapping
2009-11-22 18:58:16 +01:00
rcutorture.c
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu
2010-03-03 07:34:18 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h
rcu: Fix holdoff for accelerated GPs for last non-dynticked CPU
2010-02-28 09:17:42 +01:00
rcutree_trace.c
rcu: Stop overflowing signed integers
2010-02-25 10:34:57 +01:00
rcutree.c
rcu: Fix accelerated grace periods for last non-dynticked CPU
2010-02-27 09:53:52 +01:00
rcutree.h
rcu: Increase RCU CPU stall timeouts if PROVE_RCU
2010-03-11 13:38:01 +01:00
relay.c
splice: comparing unsigned int < 0
2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00
res_counter.c
memcg: some modification to softlimit under hierarchical memory reclaim.
2009-10-01 16:11:13 -07:00
resource.c
resources: add interfaces that return conflict information
2010-03-23 13:33:50 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
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rtmutex-debug.c
sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlock
2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
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rtmutex-tester.c
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rtmutex.c
rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlock
2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex.h
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rwsem.c
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sched_clock.c
sched: Fix cpu_clock() in NMIs, on !CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
2009-12-15 09:04:36 +01:00
sched_cpupri.c
Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus
2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
sched_cpupri.h
sched: Convert cpupri lock to raw_spinlock
2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
sched_debug.c
sched: Convert rq->lock to raw_spinlock
2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
sched_fair.c
sched, rcu: Fix rcu_dereference() for RCU-lockdep
2010-03-01 09:29:58 +01:00
sched_features.h
sched: Discard some old bits
2009-12-09 10:03:07 +01:00
sched_idletask.c
sched: Remove the sched_class load_balance methods
2010-01-21 13:40:09 +01:00
sched_rt.c
Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
2010-03-13 14:46:18 -08:00
sched_stats.h
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sched.c
sched: Use proper type in sched_getaffinity()
2010-03-17 10:48:49 +01:00
seccomp.c
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semaphore.c
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signal.c
kernel core: use helpers for rlimits
2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
slow-work-debugfs.c
SLOW_WORK: Move slow_work's proc file to debugfs
2009-12-01 08:20:31 -08:00
slow-work.c
slow-work: use get_ref wrapper instead of directly calling get_ref
2010-03-29 09:13:30 -07:00
slow-work.h
SLOW_WORK: CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_PROC should be CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
2010-03-29 09:14:47 -07:00
smp.c
generic-ipi: Optimize accesses by using DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED for IPI data
2010-01-18 09:02:59 +01:00
softirq.c
hrtimer, softirq: Fix hrtimer->softirq trampoline
2010-02-03 18:17:40 +01:00
softlockup.c
softlockup: Stop spurious softlockup messages due to overflow
2010-03-21 19:30:13 +01:00
spinlock.c
locking: Cleanup the name space completely
2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
srcu.c
rcu: Introduce lockdep-based checking to RCU read-side primitives
2010-02-25 09:40:59 +01:00
stacktrace.c
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stop_machine.c
percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems
2010-02-17 11:17:38 +09:00
sys_ni.c
Add generic sys_ipc wrapper
2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
sys.c
Add generic sys_olduname()
2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
Switch may_open() and break_lease() to passing O_...
2010-03-03 13:00:21 -05:00
sysctl_check.c
ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses
2009-12-03 12:14:38 -08:00
sysctl.c
sysctl extern cleanup: lockdep
2010-03-12 15:53:10 -08:00
taskstats.c
const: struct nla_policy
2010-02-18 14:30:18 -08:00
test_kprobes.c
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time.c
Revert "time: Remove xtime_cache"
2009-12-22 14:10:37 -08:00
timeconst.pl
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timer.c
timer stats: Fix del_timer_sync() and try_to_del_timer_sync()
2010-03-12 19:11:29 +01:00
tracepoint.c
trivial: fix typo "to to" in multiple files
2009-09-21 15:14:55 +02:00
tsacct.c
mm: clean up mm_counter
2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c
headers: utsname.h redux
2009-09-23 18:13:10 -07:00
up.c
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user_namespace.c
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user-return-notifier.c
core: Clean up user return notifers use of per_cpu
2009-12-02 10:22:59 +01:00
user.c
sched: Remove USER_SCHED
2010-01-21 13:40:18 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c
sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic
2009-11-12 02:04:55 -08:00
utsname.c
utsns: extract creeate_uts_ns()
2009-06-18 13:03:55 -07:00
wait.c
locking, sched: Give waitqueue spinlocks their own lockdep classes
2009-08-10 14:43:09 +02:00
workqueue.c
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
2009-12-10 09:35:44 -08:00