Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm
Pull ARM fixes from Russell King: "This round of fixes is smaller than previous: a couple more updates for the security fixes, and a one-liner kexec fix" * 'fixes' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm: ARM: 7816/1: CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS: fix help text ARM: 7815/1: kexec: offline non panic CPUs on Kdump panic ARM: 7819/1: fiq: Cast the first argument of flush_icache_range()
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@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ void set_fiq_handler(void *start, unsigned int length)
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memcpy(base + offset, start, length);
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if (!cache_is_vipt_nonaliasing())
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flush_icache_range(base + offset, offset + length);
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flush_icache_range((unsigned long)base + offset, offset +
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length);
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flush_icache_range(0xffff0000 + offset, 0xffff0000 + offset + length);
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}
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@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ void machine_crash_nonpanic_core(void *unused)
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crash_save_cpu(®s, smp_processor_id());
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flush_cache_all();
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set_cpu_online(smp_processor_id(), false);
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atomic_dec(&waiting_for_crash_ipi);
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while (1)
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cpu_relax();
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@ -809,15 +809,18 @@ config KUSER_HELPERS
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the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be
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run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification.
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See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt for details.
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However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used
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by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating
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exploits.
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If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform
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are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of
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these helpers, then you can turn this option off. However,
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when such an binary or library is run, it will receive a SIGILL
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signal, which will terminate the program.
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these helpers, then you can turn this option off to hinder
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such exploits. However, in that case, if a binary or library
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relying on those helpers is run, it will receive a SIGILL signal,
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which will terminate the program.
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Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not
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need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y.
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