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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-05-31 22:22:52 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2012-09-30 22:53:31 -0400
commit44f4b56b54d2ab5d06c1726f2cde8ca15c8fac47 (patch)
tree288101c8a9effe021e200e05f443a93f440de32f /arch/alpha
parentcba1ec7e88a0257eb13e84d170a93cd52b702562 (diff)
downloadlinux-44f4b56b54d2ab5d06c1726f2cde8ca15c8fac47.tar.gz
alpha: introduce ret_from_kernel_execve(), switch to generic kernel_execve()
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/alpha')
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S13
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/process.c19
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
index 7826e227e4d0..3cb6c1188984 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
+#define __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
 
 /* "Conditional" syscalls.  What we want is
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S b/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
index 421dccf273eb..7e43e1156d10 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/entry.S
@@ -626,6 +626,19 @@ ret_from_kernel_thread:
 	jmp	$31, sys_exit
 .end ret_from_kernel_thread
 
+	.globl	ret_from_kernel_execve
+	.align	4
+	.ent	ret_from_kernel_execve
+ret_from_kernel_execve:
+	mov	$16, $sp
+	/* Avoid the HAE being gratuitously wrong, to avoid restoring it.  */
+	ldq	$2, alpha_mv+HAE_CACHE
+	stq	$2, 152($sp)		/* HAE */
+	mov	$31, $19		/* to disable syscall restarts */
+	br	$31, ret_to_user
+
+.end	ret_from_kernel_execve
+
 
 /*
  * Special system calls.  Most of these are special in that they either
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
index 6b33ecdbc534..f47d764eaa11 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/process.c
@@ -435,22 +435,3 @@ get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
 	}
 	return pc;
 }
-
-int kernel_execve(const char *path, const char *const argv[], const char *const envp[])
-{
-	/* Avoid the HAE being gratuitously wrong, which would cause us
-	   to do the whole turn off interrupts thing and restore it.  */
-	struct pt_regs regs = {.hae = alpha_mv.hae_cache};
-	int err = do_execve(path, argv, envp, &regs);
-	if (!err) {
-		struct pt_regs *p = current_pt_regs();
-		/* copy regs to normal position and off to userland we go... */
-		*p = regs;
-		__asm__ __volatile__ (
-			"mov	%0, $sp;"
-			"br	$31, ret_from_sys_call"
-			: : "r"(p));
-	}
-	return err;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_execve);