1 files changed, 23 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 60763c043aa3..1f6c45f6a734 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -915,10 +915,12 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 		tsk->cpus_ptr = &tsk->cpus_mask;
 
 	/*
-	 * One for us, one for whoever does the "release_task()" (usually
-	 * parent)
+	 * One for the user space visible state that goes away when reaped.
+	 * One for the scheduler.
 	 */
-	refcount_set(&tsk->usage, 2);
+	refcount_set(&tsk->rcu_users, 2);
+	/* One for the rcu users */
+	refcount_set(&tsk->usage, 1);
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 	tsk->btrace_seq = 0;
 #endif
@@ -2523,39 +2525,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(clone, unsigned long, clone_flags, unsigned long, newsp,
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE3
 noinline static int copy_clone_args_from_user(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs,
 					      struct clone_args __user *uargs,
-					      size_t size)
+					      size_t usize)
 {
+	int err;
 	struct clone_args args;
 
-	if (unlikely(size > PAGE_SIZE))
+	if (unlikely(usize > PAGE_SIZE))
 		return -E2BIG;
-
-	if (unlikely(size < sizeof(struct clone_args)))
+	if (unlikely(usize < CLONE_ARGS_SIZE_VER0))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (unlikely(!access_ok(uargs, size)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (size > sizeof(struct clone_args)) {
-		unsigned char __user *addr;
-		unsigned char __user *end;
-		unsigned char val;
-
-		addr = (void __user *)uargs + sizeof(struct clone_args);
-		end = (void __user *)uargs + size;
-
-		for (; addr < end; addr++) {
-			if (get_user(val, addr))
-				return -EFAULT;
-			if (val)
-				return -E2BIG;
-		}
-
-		size = sizeof(struct clone_args);
-	}
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&args, uargs, size))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	err = copy_struct_from_user(&args, sizeof(args), uargs, usize);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	/*
 	 * Verify that higher 32bits of exit_signal are unset and that
@@ -2602,6 +2584,17 @@ static bool clone3_args_valid(const struct kernel_clone_args *kargs)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * clone3 - create a new process with specific properties
+ * @uargs: argument structure
+ * @size:  size of @uargs
+ *
+ * clone3() is the extensible successor to clone()/clone2().
+ * It takes a struct as argument that is versioned by its size.
+ *
+ * Return: On success, a positive PID for the child process.
+ *         On error, a negative errno number.
+ */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(clone3, struct clone_args __user *, uargs, size_t, size)
 {
 	int err;