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Todd Kjos 44d8047f1d binder: use standard functions to allocate fds
Binder uses internal fs interfaces to allocate and install fds:

__alloc_fd
__fd_install
__close_fd
get_files_struct
put_files_struct

These were used to support the passing of fds between processes
as part of a transaction. The actual allocation and installation
of the fds in the target process was handled by the sending
process so the standard functions, alloc_fd() and fd_install()
which assume task==current couldn't be used.

This patch refactors this mechanism so that the fds are
allocated and installed by the target process allowing the
standard functions to be used.

The sender now creates a list of fd fixups that contains the
struct *file and the address to fixup with the new fd once
it is allocated. This list is processed by the target process
when the transaction is dequeued.

A new error case is introduced by this change. If an async
transaction with file descriptors cannot allocate new
fds in the target (probably due to out of file descriptors),
the transaction is discarded with a log message. In the old
implementation this would have been detected in the sender
context and failed prior to sending.

Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-09-14 15:22:36 +02:00
Documentation vmbus: add driver_override support 2018-09-12 09:46:46 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-09 07:05:15 -07:00
block block: bfq: swap puts in bfqg_and_blkg_put 2018-09-06 11:32:58 -06:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto DMAengine updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-08-18 15:55:59 -07:00
drivers binder: use standard functions to allocate fds 2018-09-14 15:22:36 +02:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs afs: Fix cell specification to permit an empty address list 2018-09-07 16:39:44 -07:00
include vmbus: add driver_override support 2018-09-12 09:46:46 +02:00
init Kbuild updates for v4.19 (2nd) 2018-08-25 13:40:38 -07:00
ipc ipc/shm: properly return EIDRM in shm_lock() 2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-09 06:55:27 -07:00
lib lib/Kconfig.debug: fix three typos in help text 2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
mm for-linus-20180906 2018-09-06 14:01:15 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-09-04 12:45:11 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: all XDP samples should unload xdp/bpf prog on SIGTERM 2018-08-16 21:55:32 +02:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v4.19 2018-09-09 05:42:11 -07:00
security - Fix for bad debug check when converting secids to secctx 2018-09-06 09:42:14 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda: Fix several mismatch for register mask and value 2018-09-03 23:47:40 +02:00
tools KVM fixes for 4.19-rc3 2018-09-08 15:52:45 -07:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt KVM: Remove obsolete kvm_unmap_hva notifier backend 2018-09-07 15:06:02 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Set IndentWrappedFunctionNames false 2018-08-01 18:38:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap libnvdimm-for-4.19_misc 2018-08-25 18:13:10 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS 9p: remove Ron Minnich from MAINTAINERS 2018-08-17 16:20:26 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS i2c: xiic: Record xilinx i2c with Zynq fragment 2018-09-07 13:04:45 +02:00
Makefile Linux 4.19-rc3 2018-09-09 17:26:43 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.