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    Subject[PATCH 1/7] introduce kernel_execve
    The use of execve() in the kernel is dubious, since it relies
    on the __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__ mechanism that stores the result in
    a global errno variable. As a first step of getting rid of
    this, change all users to a global kernel_execve function that
    returns a proper error code.

    This function is a terrible hack, and a later patch removes
    it again after the kernel syscalls are gone.

    Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    Index: linux-cg/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
    ===================================================================
    --- linux-cg.orig/init/do_mounts_initrd.c 2006-08-27 23:17:58.000000000 +0200
    +++ linux-cg/init/do_mounts_initrd.c 2006-08-27 23:18:58.000000000 +0200
    @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
    -#define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__
    #include <linux/unistd.h>
    #include <linux/kernel.h>
    #include <linux/fs.h>
    @@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
    (void) sys_open("/dev/console",O_RDWR,0);
    (void) sys_dup(0);
    (void) sys_dup(0);
    - return execve(shell, argv, envp_init);
    + return kernel_execve(shell, argv, envp_init);
    }

    static void __init handle_initrd(void)
    Index: linux-cg/kernel/kmod.c
    ===================================================================
    --- linux-cg.orig/kernel/kmod.c 2006-08-27 23:17:58.000000000 +0200
    +++ linux-cg/kernel/kmod.c 2006-08-27 23:18:58.000000000 +0200
    @@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
    call_usermodehelper wait flag, and remove exec_usermodehelper.
    Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Jan 2003
    */
    -#define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__
    -
    #include <linux/module.h>
    #include <linux/sched.h>
    #include <linux/syscalls.h>
    @@ -150,7 +148,8 @@

    retval = -EPERM;
    if (current->fs->root)
    - retval = execve(sub_info->path, sub_info->argv,sub_info->envp);
    + retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
    + sub_info->argv, sub_info->envp);

    /* Exec failed? */
    sub_info->retval = retval;
    Index: linux-cg/lib/Makefile
    ===================================================================
    --- linux-cg.orig/lib/Makefile 2006-08-27 23:17:58.000000000 +0200
    +++ linux-cg/lib/Makefile 2006-08-27 23:18:58.000000000 +0200
    @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
    lib-y += dec_and_lock.o
    endif

    +lib-y += execve.o
    +
    obj-$(CONFIG_CRC_CCITT) += crc-ccitt.o
    obj-$(CONFIG_CRC16) += crc16.o
    obj-$(CONFIG_CRC32) += crc32.o
    Index: linux-cg/lib/execve.c
    ===================================================================
    --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
    +++ linux-cg/lib/execve.c 2006-08-27 23:18:58.000000000 +0200
    @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
    +#include <asm/bug.h>
    +#include <asm/uaccess.h>
    +
    +#define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__
    +static int errno __attribute__((unused));
    +#include <asm/unistd.h>
    +
    +#ifdef _syscall3
    +int kernel_execve (const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
    + __attribute__((__weak__));
    +int kernel_execve (const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
    +{
    + mm_segment_t fs = get_fs();
    + int ret;
    +
    + WARN_ON(segment_eq(fs, USER_DS));
    + ret = execve(filename, (char **)argv, (char **)envp);
    + if (ret)
    + ret = -errno;
    +
    + return ret;
    +}
    +#endif
    Index: linux-cg/init/main.c
    ===================================================================
    --- linux-cg.orig/init/main.c 2006-08-27 23:17:58.000000000 +0200
    +++ linux-cg/init/main.c 2006-08-27 23:18:58.000000000 +0200
    @@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
    * Simplified starting of init: Michael A. Griffith <grif@acm.org>
    */

    -#define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__
    -
    #include <linux/types.h>
    #include <linux/module.h>
    #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
    @@ -679,7 +677,7 @@
    static void run_init_process(char *init_filename)
    {
    argv_init[0] = init_filename;
    - execve(init_filename, argv_init, envp_init);
    + kernel_execve(init_filename, argv_init, envp_init);
    }

    static int init(void * unused)
    Index: linux-cg/arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c
    ===================================================================
    --- linux-cg.orig/arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c 2006-08-27 23:18:53.000000000 +0200
    +++ linux-cg/arch/sparc64/kernel/power.c 2006-08-27 23:19:04.000000000 +0200
    @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
    * Copyright (C) 1999 David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
    */

    -#define __KERNEL_SYSCALLS__
    -
    #include <linux/kernel.h>
    #include <linux/module.h>
    #include <linux/init.h>
    @@ -14,6 +12,7 @@
    #include <linux/delay.h>
    #include <linux/interrupt.h>
    #include <linux/pm.h>
    +#include <linux/syscalls.h>

    #include <asm/system.h>
    #include <asm/auxio.h>
    @@ -98,7 +97,7 @@

    /* Ok, down we go... */
    button_pressed = 0;
    - if (execve("/sbin/shutdown", argv, envp) < 0) {
    + if (kernel_execve("/sbin/shutdown", argv, envp) < 0) {
    printk("powerd: shutdown execution failed\n");
    add_wait_queue(&powerd_wait, &wait);
    goto again;
    --

    -
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