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-rw-r--r--kernel/cpu.c3
-rw-r--r--kernel/ptrace.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.c6
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.h18
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c6
5 files changed, 24 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index d484f2869861..98791b70277a 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -927,6 +927,9 @@ static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF;
else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto"))
cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
+ else
+ pr_crit("Unsupported mitigations=%s, system may still be vulnerable\n",
+ arg);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 1aa33fe37aa8..da8c358930fb 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ void __ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent,
*/
static void ptrace_link(struct task_struct *child, struct task_struct *new_parent)
{
- rcu_read_lock();
- __ptrace_link(child, new_parent, __task_cred(new_parent));
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ __ptrace_link(child, new_parent, current_cred());
}
/**
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1a9e7a6c2134..6368792ab807 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7353,12 +7353,8 @@ void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode)
cnt++;
- /* reset all but tr, trace, and overruns */
- memset(&iter.seq, 0,
- sizeof(struct trace_iterator) -
- offsetof(struct trace_iterator, seq));
+ trace_iterator_reset(&iter);
iter.iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT;
- iter.pos = -1;
if (trace_find_next_entry_inc(&iter) != NULL) {
int ret;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index e1265f95457f..f62768288592 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1383,4 +1383,22 @@ static inline void trace_event_enum_update(struct trace_enum_map **map, int len)
extern struct trace_iterator *tracepoint_print_iter;
+/*
+ * Reset the state of the trace_iterator so that it can read consumed data.
+ * Normally, the trace_iterator is used for reading the data when it is not
+ * consumed, and must retain state.
+ */
+static __always_inline void trace_iterator_reset(struct trace_iterator *iter)
+{
+ const size_t offset = offsetof(struct trace_iterator, seq);
+
+ /*
+ * Keep gcc from complaining about overwriting more than just one
+ * member in the structure.
+ */
+ memset((char *)iter + offset, 0, sizeof(struct trace_iterator) - offset);
+
+ iter->pos = -1;
+}
+
#endif /* _LINUX_KERNEL_TRACE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
index 896458285fdd..cf6337dc41f4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c
@@ -40,12 +40,8 @@ static void ftrace_dump_buf(int skip_lines, long cpu_file)
kdb_printf("Dumping ftrace buffer:\n");
- /* reset all but tr, trace, and overruns */
- memset(&iter.seq, 0,
- sizeof(struct trace_iterator) -
- offsetof(struct trace_iterator, seq));
+ trace_iterator_reset(&iter);
iter.iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT;
- iter.pos = -1;
if (cpu_file == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {