Push lock/unlock_kernel() into do_sysctl() and remove it from all call sites of do_sysctl(). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Tony Luck Cc: Ralf Baechle Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: "David S. Miller" --- arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c | 2 -- arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c | 2 -- arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c | 2 -- arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c | 2 -- arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c | 2 -- arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c | 2 -- arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c | 2 -- kernel/sysctl.c | 6 ++++-- 8 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c @@ -1670,10 +1670,8 @@ sys32_sysctl (struct sysctl32 __user *ar return -EFAULT; set_fs(KERNEL_DS); - lock_kernel(); ret = do_sysctl(namep, a32.nlen, oldvalp, (size_t __user *) &oldlen, newvalp, (size_t) a32.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); set_fs(old_fs); if (oldvalp && put_user (oldlen, (int __user *) compat_ptr(a32.oldlenp))) Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c @@ -302,10 +302,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_sysctl, struct sysctl oldlenp = (size_t __user *)addr; } - lock_kernel(); error = do_sysctl((int __user *)A(tmp.name), tmp.nlen, (void __user *)A(tmp.oldval), oldlenp, (void __user *)A(tmp.newval), tmp.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); if (oldlenp) { if (!error) { if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr) || Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc32.c @@ -137,11 +137,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct __sy oldlenp = (size_t *)addr; } - lock_kernel(); error = do_sysctl((int __user *)(u64)tmp.name, tmp.nlen, (void __user *)(u64)tmp.oldval, oldlenp, (void __user *)(u64)tmp.newval, tmp.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); if (oldlenp) { if (!error) { if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t *)addr)) { Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c @@ -555,11 +555,9 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_sysctl(struct return -EFAULT; } - lock_kernel(); error = do_sysctl(compat_ptr(tmp.name), tmp.nlen, compat_ptr(tmp.oldval), oldlenp, compat_ptr(tmp.newval), tmp.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); if (oldlenp) { if (!error) { if (get_user(oldlen, oldlenp) || Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c @@ -562,10 +562,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct __sy oldlenp = (size_t __user *)addr; } - lock_kernel(); error = do_sysctl(compat_ptr(tmp.name), tmp.nlen, compat_ptr(tmp.oldval), oldlenp, compat_ptr(tmp.newval), tmp.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); if (oldlenp) { if (!error) { if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr) || Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c @@ -627,14 +627,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct __sy oldlenp = (size_t __user *)addr; } - lock_kernel(); error = do_sysctl((int __user *)(unsigned long) tmp.name, tmp.nlen, (void __user *)(unsigned long) tmp.oldval, oldlenp, (void __user *)(unsigned long) tmp.newval, tmp.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); if (oldlenp) { if (!error) { if (get_user(oldlen, (size_t __user *)addr) || Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c @@ -477,10 +477,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sysctl(struct sysc return -EFAULT; set_fs(KERNEL_DS); - lock_kernel(); ret = do_sysctl(namep, a32.nlen, oldvalp, (size_t __user *)&oldlen, newvalp, (size_t) a32.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); set_fs(old_fs); if (oldvalp && put_user(oldlen, (int __user *)compat_ptr(a32.oldlenp))) Index: linux-2.6-tip/kernel/sysctl.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-tip.orig/kernel/sysctl.c +++ linux-2.6-tip/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1848,6 +1848,8 @@ int do_sysctl(int __user *name, int nlen return -EFAULT; } + lock_kernel(); + for (head = sysctl_head_next(NULL); head; head = sysctl_head_next(head)) { error = parse_table(name, nlen, oldval, oldlenp, @@ -1858,6 +1860,8 @@ int do_sysctl(int __user *name, int nlen break; } } + + unlock_kernel(); return error; } @@ -1873,10 +1877,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sysctl, struct __sysctl_ if (error) goto out; - lock_kernel(); error = do_sysctl(tmp.name, tmp.nlen, tmp.oldval, tmp.oldlenp, tmp.newval, tmp.newlen); - unlock_kernel(); out: return error; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/