Merge branch 'v3.1-rc10' into for-3.2/core

Conflicts:
	block/blk-core.c
	include/linux/blkdev.h

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index a101ba3..1dbbe69 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@
 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
 
 #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
+/* Move somewhere else to avoid recompiling? */
+#include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -621,11 +625,18 @@ static int set_user(struct cred *new)
 	if (!new_user)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't fail in case of NPROC limit excess here because too many
+	 * poorly written programs don't check set*uid() return code, assuming
+	 * it never fails if called by root.  We may still enforce NPROC limit
+	 * for programs doing set*uid()+execve() by harmlessly deferring the
+	 * failure to the execve() stage.
+	 */
 	if (atomic_read(&new_user->processes) >= rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC) &&
-			new_user != INIT_USER) {
-		free_uid(new_user);
-		return -EAGAIN;
-	}
+			new_user != INIT_USER)
+		current->flags |= PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
+	else
+		current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
 
 	free_uid(new->user);
 	new->user = new_user;
@@ -1154,6 +1165,34 @@ DECLARE_RWSEM(uts_sem);
 #define override_architecture(name)	0
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Work around broken programs that cannot handle "Linux 3.0".
+ * Instead we map 3.x to 2.6.40+x, so e.g. 3.0 would be 2.6.40
+ */
+static int override_release(char __user *release, int len)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	char buf[65];
+
+	if (current->personality & UNAME26) {
+		char *rest = UTS_RELEASE;
+		int ndots = 0;
+		unsigned v;
+
+		while (*rest) {
+			if (*rest == '.' && ++ndots >= 3)
+				break;
+			if (!isdigit(*rest) && *rest != '.')
+				break;
+			rest++;
+		}
+		v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 40;
+		snprintf(buf, len, "2.6.%u%s", v, rest);
+		ret = copy_to_user(release, buf, len);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
 {
 	int errno = 0;
@@ -1163,6 +1202,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(newuname, struct new_utsname __user *, name)
 		errno = -EFAULT;
 	up_read(&uts_sem);
 
+	if (!errno && override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
+		errno = -EFAULT;
 	if (!errno && override_architecture(name))
 		errno = -EFAULT;
 	return errno;
@@ -1184,6 +1225,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uname, struct old_utsname __user *, name)
 		error = -EFAULT;
 	up_read(&uts_sem);
 
+	if (!error && override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
+		error = -EFAULT;
 	if (!error && override_architecture(name))
 		error = -EFAULT;
 	return error;
@@ -1218,6 +1261,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(olduname, struct oldold_utsname __user *, name)
 
 	if (!error && override_architecture(name))
 		error = -EFAULT;
+	if (!error && override_release(name->release, sizeof(name->release)))
+		error = -EFAULT;
 	return error ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 #endif