Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

6 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index d06467fc8f7c..eca595e2fd52 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obj-y     = sched.o fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o \
 	    kthread.o wait.o kfifo.o sys_ni.o posix-cpu-timers.o mutex.o \
 	    hrtimer.o rwsem.o nsproxy.o srcu.o semaphore.o \
 	    notifier.o ksysfs.o pm_qos_params.o sched_clock.o cred.o \
-	    async.o range.o jump_label.o
+	    async.o range.o
 obj-y += groups.o
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += events/
 obj-$(CONFIG_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER) += user-return-notifier.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PADATA) += padata.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) += crash_dump.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL) += jump_label.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 174fa84eca30..8ef31f53c44c 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -508,10 +508,8 @@ int commit_creds(struct cred *new)
 		key_fsgid_changed(task);
 
 	/* do it
-	 * - What if a process setreuid()'s and this brings the
-	 *   new uid over his NPROC rlimit?  We can check this now
-	 *   cheaply with the new uid cache, so if it matters
-	 *   we should be checking for it.  -DaveM
+	 * RLIMIT_NPROC limits on user->processes have already been checked
+	 * in set_user().
 	 */
 	alter_cred_subscribers(new, 2);
 	if (new->user != old->user)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index e7ceaca89609..8e6b6f4fb272 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		    p->real_cred->user != INIT_USER)
 			goto bad_fork_free;
 	}
+	current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
 
 	retval = copy_creds(p, clone_flags);
 	if (retval < 0)
diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 37dff3429adb..836a2ae0ac31 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -318,8 +318,10 @@ static int check_syslog_permissions(int type, bool from_file)
 			return 0;
 		/* For historical reasons, accept CAP_SYS_ADMIN too, with a warning */
 		if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-			WARN_ONCE(1, "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN "
-				 "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated).\n");
+			printk_once(KERN_WARNING "%s (%d): "
+				 "Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN "
+				 "but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated).\n",
+				 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
 			return 0;
 		}
 		return -EPERM;
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index a101ba36c444..dd948a1fca4c 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -621,11 +621,18 @@ static int set_user(struct cred *new)
 	if (!new_user)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't fail in case of NPROC limit excess here because too many
+	 * poorly written programs don't check set*uid() return code, assuming
+	 * it never fails if called by root.  We may still enforce NPROC limit
+	 * for programs doing set*uid()+execve() by harmlessly deferring the
+	 * failure to the execve() stage.
+	 */
 	if (atomic_read(&new_user->processes) >= rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC) &&
-			new_user != INIT_USER) {
-		free_uid(new_user);
-		return -EAGAIN;
-	}
+			new_user != INIT_USER)
+		current->flags |= PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
+	else
+		current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
 
 	free_uid(new->user);
 	new->user = new_user;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 2ad39e556cb4..cd3134510f3d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ config EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
 	  power:power_frequency
 	  This is for userspace compatibility
 	  and will vanish after 5 kernel iterations,
-	  namely 2.6.41.
+	  namely 3.1.
 
 config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
 	bool