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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-09-08 11:13:42 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-09-08 11:13:42 -0700
commit79637a41e466bbe7dfe394bac3c9d86a92fd55b1 (patch)
tree0ee720d20572a3e1f901f78331b57612984f1e2e /kernel
parent899edae615c806f78880077bd46f04d7f23ae6e6 (diff)
parentb3bd3de66f60df4c9a2076e2886a622458929056 (diff)
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Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook pid: make setpgid() system call use RCU read-side critical section MAINTAINERS: Add RCU's public git tree
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/hrtimer.c3
-rw-r--r--kernel/mutex.c23
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched_fair.c3
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c5
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c2
7 files changed, 12 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
index 75bd9b3ebbb7..20059ef4459a 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ static int kdb_bp(int argc, const char **argv)
int i, bpno;
kdb_bp_t *bp, *bp_check;
int diag;
- int free;
char *symname = NULL;
long offset = 0ul;
int nextarg;
@@ -305,7 +304,6 @@ static int kdb_bp(int argc, const char **argv)
/*
* Find an empty bp structure to allocate
*/
- free = KDB_MAXBPT;
for (bpno = 0, bp = kdb_breakpoints; bpno < KDB_MAXBPT; bpno++, bp++) {
if (bp->bp_free)
break;
diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index ce669174f355..1decafbb6b1a 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1091,11 +1091,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_cancel);
*/
ktime_t hrtimer_get_remaining(const struct hrtimer *timer)
{
- struct hrtimer_clock_base *base;
unsigned long flags;
ktime_t rem;
- base = lock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
+ lock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
rem = hrtimer_expires_remaining(timer);
unlock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags);
diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c
index 4c0b7b3e6d2e..200407c1502f 100644
--- a/kernel/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@
# include <asm/mutex.h>
#endif
-/***
- * mutex_init - initialize the mutex
- * @lock: the mutex to be initialized
- * @key: the lock_class_key for the class; used by mutex lock debugging
- *
- * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state.
- *
- * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex.
- */
void
__mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key)
{
@@ -68,7 +59,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mutex_init);
static __used noinline void __sched
__mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
-/***
+/**
* mutex_lock - acquire the mutex
* @lock: the mutex to be acquired
*
@@ -105,7 +96,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_lock);
static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
-/***
+/**
* mutex_unlock - release the mutex
* @lock: the mutex to be released
*
@@ -364,8 +355,8 @@ __mutex_lock_killable_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
static noinline int __sched
__mutex_lock_interruptible_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
-/***
- * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptable
+/**
+ * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptible
* @lock: the mutex to be acquired
*
* Lock the mutex like mutex_lock(), and return 0 if the mutex has
@@ -456,15 +447,15 @@ static inline int __mutex_trylock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count)
return prev == 1;
}
-/***
- * mutex_trylock - try acquire the mutex, without waiting
+/**
+ * mutex_trylock - try to acquire the mutex, without waiting
* @lock: the mutex to be acquired
*
* Try to acquire the mutex atomically. Returns 1 if the mutex
* has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention.
*
* NOTE: this function follows the spin_trylock() convention, so
- * it is negated to the down_trylock() return values! Be careful
+ * it is negated from the down_trylock() return values! Be careful
* about this when converting semaphore users to mutexes.
*
* This function must not be used in interrupt context. The
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index ab661ebc4895..134f7edb30c6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static struct sched_group *
find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
int this_cpu, int load_idx)
{
- struct sched_group *idlest = NULL, *this = NULL, *group = sd->groups;
+ struct sched_group *idlest = NULL, *group = sd->groups;
unsigned long min_load = ULONG_MAX, this_load = 0;
int imbalance = 100 + (sd->imbalance_pct-100)/2;
@@ -1348,7 +1348,6 @@ find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
if (local_group) {
this_load = avg_load;
- this = group;
} else if (avg_load < min_load) {
min_load = avg_load;
idlest = group;
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index e9ad44489828..7f5a0cd296a9 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setpgid, pid_t, pid, pid_t, pgid)
pgid = pid;
if (pgid < 0)
return -EINVAL;
+ rcu_read_lock();
/* From this point forward we keep holding onto the tasklist lock
* so that our parent does not change from under us. -DaveM
@@ -984,6 +985,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setpgid, pid_t, pid, pid_t, pgid)
out:
/* All paths lead to here, thus we are safe. -DaveM */
write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return err;
}
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index ca38e8e3e907..f88552c6d227 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1713,10 +1713,7 @@ static __init int sysctl_init(void)
{
sysctl_set_parent(NULL, root_table);
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK
- {
- int err;
- err = sysctl_check_table(current->nsproxy, root_table);
- }
+ sysctl_check_table(current->nsproxy, root_table);
#endif
return 0;
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 19cccc3c3028..492197e2f86c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2985,13 +2985,11 @@ static void rb_advance_reader(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
static void rb_advance_iter(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
{
- struct ring_buffer *buffer;
struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
struct ring_buffer_event *event;
unsigned length;
cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer;
- buffer = cpu_buffer->buffer;
/*
* Check if we are at the end of the buffer.