Merge tag 'v4.8' into patchwork

Linux 4.8

* tag 'v4.8': (1761 commits)
  Linux 4.8
  ARM: 8618/1: decompressor: reset ttbcr fields to use TTBR0 on ARMv7
  MIPS: CM: Fix mips_cm_max_vp_width for non-MT kernels on MT systems
  include/linux/property.h: fix typo/compile error
  ocfs2: fix deadlock on mmapped page in ocfs2_write_begin_nolock()
  mm: workingset: fix crash in shadow node shrinker caused by replace_page_cache_page()
  MAINTAINERS: Switch to kernel.org email address for Javi Merino
  x86/entry/64: Fix context tracking state warning when load_gs_index fails
  x86/boot: Initialize FPU and X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS even if we don't have CPUID
  x86/vdso: Fix building on big endian host
  x86/boot: Fix another __read_cr4() case on 486
  sctp: fix the issue sctp_diag uses lock_sock in rcu_read_lock
  sctp: change to check peer prsctp_capable when using prsctp polices
  sctp: remove prsctp_param from sctp_chunk
  sctp: move sent_count to the memory hole in sctp_chunk
  tg3: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in tg3_io_error_detected()
  x86/init: Fix cr4_init_shadow() on CR4-less machines
  MIPS: Fix detection of unsupported highmem with cache aliases
  MIPS: Malta: Fix IOCU disable switch read for MIPS64
  MIPS: Fix BUILD_ROLLBACK_PROLOGUE for microMIPS
  ...

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 52e725d4a866..beb31725f7e2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -799,6 +799,29 @@ struct file *get_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mm_exe_file);
 
 /**
+ * get_task_exe_file - acquire a reference to the task's executable file
+ *
+ * Returns %NULL if task's mm (if any) has no associated executable file or
+ * this is a kernel thread with borrowed mm (see the comment above get_task_mm).
+ * User must release file via fput().
+ */
+struct file *get_task_exe_file(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct file *exe_file = NULL;
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+
+	task_lock(task);
+	mm = task->mm;
+	if (mm) {
+		if (!(task->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+			exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
+	}
+	task_unlock(task);
+	return exe_file;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_task_exe_file);
+
+/**
  * get_task_mm - acquire a reference to the task's mm
  *
  * Returns %NULL if the task has no mm.  Checks PF_KTHREAD (meaning
@@ -913,14 +936,12 @@ void mm_release(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	deactivate_mm(tsk, mm);
 
 	/*
-	 * If we're exiting normally, clear a user-space tid field if
-	 * requested.  We leave this alone when dying by signal, to leave
-	 * the value intact in a core dump, and to save the unnecessary
-	 * trouble, say, a killed vfork parent shouldn't touch this mm.
-	 * Userland only wants this done for a sys_exit.
+	 * Signal userspace if we're not exiting with a core dump
+	 * because we want to leave the value intact for debugging
+	 * purposes.
 	 */
 	if (tsk->clear_child_tid) {
-		if (!(tsk->flags & PF_SIGNALED) &&
+		if (!(tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP) &&
 		    atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) > 1) {
 			/*
 			 * We don't check the error code - if userspace has
@@ -1404,7 +1425,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	p->real_start_time = ktime_get_boot_ns();
 	p->io_context = NULL;
 	p->audit_context = NULL;
-	threadgroup_change_begin(current);
 	cgroup_fork(p);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	p->mempolicy = mpol_dup(p->mempolicy);
@@ -1556,6 +1576,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->thread_group);
 	p->task_works = NULL;
 
+	threadgroup_change_begin(current);
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that the cgroup subsystem policies allow the new process to be
 	 * forked. It should be noted the the new process's css_set can be changed
@@ -1656,6 +1677,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 bad_fork_cancel_cgroup:
 	cgroup_cancel_fork(p);
 bad_fork_free_pid:
+	threadgroup_change_end(current);
 	if (pid != &init_struct_pid)
 		free_pid(pid);
 bad_fork_cleanup_thread:
@@ -1688,7 +1710,6 @@ bad_fork_cleanup_policy:
 	mpol_put(p->mempolicy);
 bad_fork_cleanup_threadgroup_lock:
 #endif
-	threadgroup_change_end(current);
 	delayacct_tsk_free(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_count:
 	atomic_dec(&p->cred->user->processes);