futex: Sanitize cmpxchg_futex_value_locked API
The cmpxchg_futex_value_locked API was funny in that it returned either the original, user-exposed futex value OR an error code such as -EFAULT. This was confusing at best, and could be a source of livelocks in places that retry the cmpxchg_futex_value_locked after trying to fix the issue by running fault_in_user_writeable(). This change makes the cmpxchg_futex_value_locked API more similar to the get_futex_value_locked one, returning an error code and updating the original value through a reference argument. Signed-off-by:Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com> Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> [tile] Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> [ia64] Acked-by:
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> [microblaze] Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> [frv] Cc: Darren Hart <darren@dvhart.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> LKML-Reference: <20110311024851.GC26122@google.com> Signed-off-by:
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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- arch/alpha/include/asm/futex.h 12 additions, 10 deletionsarch/alpha/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h 10 additions, 8 deletionsarch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/frv/include/asm/futex.h 2 additions, 1 deletionarch/frv/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h 6 additions, 3 deletionsarch/ia64/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/microblaze/include/asm/futex.h 13 additions, 11 deletionsarch/microblaze/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/mips/include/asm/futex.h 17 additions, 15 deletionsarch/mips/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/parisc/include/asm/futex.h 9 additions, 9 deletionsarch/parisc/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h 11 additions, 9 deletionsarch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/s390/include/asm/futex.h 2 additions, 2 deletionsarch/s390/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h 1 addition, 1 deletionarch/s390/include/asm/uaccess.h
- arch/s390/lib/uaccess.h 2 additions, 2 deletionsarch/s390/lib/uaccess.h
- arch/s390/lib/uaccess_pt.c 8 additions, 5 deletionsarch/s390/lib/uaccess_pt.c
- arch/s390/lib/uaccess_std.c 4 additions, 2 deletionsarch/s390/lib/uaccess_std.c
- arch/sh/include/asm/futex-irq.h 4 additions, 5 deletionsarch/sh/include/asm/futex-irq.h
- arch/sh/include/asm/futex.h 3 additions, 2 deletionsarch/sh/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/sparc/include/asm/futex_64.h 10 additions, 6 deletionsarch/sparc/include/asm/futex_64.h
- arch/tile/include/asm/futex.h 4 additions, 3 deletionsarch/tile/include/asm/futex.h
- arch/x86/include/asm/futex.h 9 additions, 7 deletionsarch/x86/include/asm/futex.h
- include/asm-generic/futex.h 2 additions, 1 deletioninclude/asm-generic/futex.h
- kernel/futex.c 15 additions, 30 deletionskernel/futex.c
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