linux/kernel
Christian Brauner cad6967ac1
fork: introduce kernel_clone()
The old _do_fork() helper doesn't follow naming conventions of in-kernel
helpers for syscalls. The process creation cleanup in [1] didn't change the
name to something more reasonable mainly because _do_fork() was used in quite a
few places. So sending this as a separate series seemed the better strategy.

This commit does two things:
1. renames _do_fork() to kernel_clone() but keeps _do_fork() as a simple static
   inline wrapper around kernel_clone().
2. Changes the return type from long to pid_t. This aligns kernel_thread() and
   kernel_clone(). Also, the return value from kernel_clone that is surfaced in
   fork(), vfork(), clone(), and clone3() is taken from pid_vrn() which returns
   a pid_t too.

Follow-up patches will switch each caller of _do_fork() and each place where it
is referenced over to kernel_clone(). After all these changes are done, we can
remove _do_fork() completely and will only be left with kernel_clone().

[1]: 9ba27414f2 ("Merge tag 'fork-v5.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brauner/linux")

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200819104655.436656-2-christian.brauner@ubuntu.com
2020-08-20 13:12:57 +02:00
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bpf bpf: Delete repeated words in comments 2020-08-07 18:57:24 +02:00
cgroup for-5.9/block-20200802 2020-08-03 11:57:03 -07:00
configs compiler: remove CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING entirely 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
debug Remove uninitialized_var() macro for v5.9-rc1 2020-08-04 13:49:43 -07:00
dma Cleanup, SECCOMP_FILTER support, message printing fixes, and other 2020-08-15 18:50:32 -07:00
entry entry: Correct 'noinstr' attributes 2020-07-26 15:42:20 +02:00
events Misc fixes, an expansion of perf syscall access to CAP_PERFMON privileged tools, 2020-08-15 10:34:24 -07:00
gcov treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
irq genirq: Unlock irq descriptor after errors 2020-08-13 09:35:59 +02:00
kcsan Merge branch 'kcsan' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into locking/core 2020-08-01 09:26:27 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Make klp_apply_object_relocs static 2020-05-11 00:31:38 +02:00
locking A set of locking fixes and updates: 2020-08-10 19:07:44 -07:00
power libnvdimm for 5.9 2020-08-11 10:59:19 -07:00
printk Printk changes for 5.9 2020-08-04 22:22:25 -07:00
rcu rcu: kasan: record and print call_rcu() call stack 2020-08-07 11:33:28 -07:00
sched Two fixes: fix a new tracepoint's output value, and fix the formatting of show-state syslog printouts. 2020-08-15 10:36:40 -07:00
time A set oftimekeeping/VDSO updates: 2020-08-14 14:26:08 -07:00
trace Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-08-13 20:03:11 -07:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks sched/rt, locking: Use CONFIG_PREEMPTION 2019-12-08 14:37:36 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt sched/Kconfig: Fix spelling mistake in user-visible help text 2019-11-12 11:35:32 +01:00
Makefile all arch: remove system call sys_sysctl 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
acct.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
async.c treewide: Remove uninitialized_var() usage 2020-07-16 12:35:15 -07:00
audit.c audit/stable-5.9 PR 20200803 2020-08-04 14:20:26 -07:00
audit.h revert: 1320a4052e ("audit: trigger accompanying records when no rules present") 2020-07-29 10:00:36 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: create method handle_inode_event() in fsnotify_operations 2020-07-27 23:25:50 +02:00
audit_tree.c \n 2020-08-06 19:29:51 -07:00
audit_watch.c fsnotify: create method handle_inode_event() in fsnotify_operations 2020-07-27 23:25:50 +02:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() 2020-04-22 15:23:10 -04:00
auditsc.c audit/stable-5.9 PR 20200803 2020-08-04 14:20:26 -07:00
backtracetest.c treewide: Replace DECLARE_TASKLET() with DECLARE_TASKLET_OLD() 2020-07-30 11:15:58 -07:00
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c uaccess: Selectively open read or write user access 2020-05-01 12:35:21 +10:00
configs.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Ensure that the critical path cannot be instrumented 2020-06-11 15:14:36 +02:00
cpu.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: Fix uninitted local in cpu_pm 2020-05-15 11:44:34 -07:00
crash_core.c kdump: append kernel build-id string to VMCOREINFO 2020-08-12 10:58:01 -07:00
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Remove no longer used saved_max_pfn 2020-04-15 11:21:54 +02:00
cred.c exec: Teach prepare_exec_creds how exec treats uids & gids 2020-05-20 14:44:21 -05:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c kernel: add a kernel_wait helper 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: use address-of operator on section symbols 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
fail_function.c
fork.c fork: introduce kernel_clone() 2020-08-20 13:12:57 +02:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: Convert to use the preferred 'fallthrough' macro 2020-08-13 21:02:12 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh kbuild: add variables for compression tools 2020-06-06 23:42:01 +09:00
groups.c mm: remove the pgprot argument to __vmalloc 2020-06-02 10:59:11 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: introduce sysctl to print all traces when a hung task is detected 2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work, smp: Allow irq_work on call_single_queue 2020-05-28 10:54:15 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c Linux 5.8-rc7 2020-07-28 13:18:01 +02:00
kcmp.c kernel/kcmp.c: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve 2020-03-25 10:04:01 -05:00
kcov.c kcov: make some symbols static 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
kexec.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec_core.c kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c Misc fixes and small updates all around the place: 2020-08-15 10:38:03 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: add machine_kexec_post_load() 2020-01-08 16:32:55 +00:00
kheaders.c
kmod.c kmod: remove redundant "be an" in the comment 2020-08-12 10:58:01 -07:00
kprobes.c Tracing updates for 5.9 2020-08-07 18:29:15 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
latencytop.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v5.9 2020-08-14 11:07:02 -07:00
module_signature.c
module_signing.c
notifier.c mm: remove vmalloc_sync_(un)mappings() 2020-06-02 10:59:12 -07:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: support CLONE_NEWTIME with setns() 2020-07-08 11:14:22 +02:00
padata.c padata: remove padata_parallel_queue 2020-07-23 17:34:18 +10:00
panic.c panic: make print_oops_end_marker() static 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
params.c
pid.c cap-checkpoint-restore-v5.9 2020-08-04 15:02:07 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: use checkpoint_restore_ns_capable() for ns_last_pid 2020-07-19 20:14:42 +02:00
profile.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
ptrace.c ptrace: reintroduce usage of subjective credentials in ptrace_has_cap() 2020-01-18 13:51:39 +01:00
range.c
reboot.c arch: remove unicore32 port 2020-07-01 12:09:13 +03:00
regset.c regset: kill ->get() 2020-07-27 14:31:12 -04:00
relay.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
resource.c /dev/mem: Revoke mappings when a driver claims the region 2020-05-27 11:10:05 +02:00
rseq.c rseq: Reject unknown flags on rseq unregister 2019-12-25 10:41:20 +01:00
scs.c mm: memcontrol: account kernel stack per node 2020-08-07 11:33:25 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Introduce addfd ioctl to seccomp user notifier 2020-07-14 16:29:42 -07:00
signal.c task_work: only grab task signal lock when needed 2020-08-13 09:01:38 -06:00
smp.c smp: Fix a potential usage of stale nr_cpus 2020-07-22 10:22:04 +02:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c tasklets API update for v5.9-rc1 2020-08-04 13:40:35 -07:00
stackleak.c gcc-plugins/stackleak: Use asm instrumentation to avoid useless register saving 2020-06-24 07:48:28 -07:00
stacktrace.c uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Make stop_cpus() static 2020-01-17 10:19:21 +01:00
sys.c prctl: exe link permission error changed from -EINVAL to -EPERM 2020-07-19 20:14:42 +02:00
sys_ni.c all arch: remove system call sys_sysctl 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
sysctl-test.c kunit: allow kunit tests to be loaded as a module 2020-01-09 16:42:29 -07:00
sysctl.c mm: use unsigned types for fragmentation score 2020-08-12 10:57:56 -07:00
task_work.c task_work: only grab task signal lock when needed 2020-08-13 09:01:38 -06:00
taskstats.c taskstats: fix data-race 2019-12-04 15:18:39 +01:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Dump ftrace at shutdown only if requested 2020-06-29 12:01:45 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c tsacct: add 64-bit btime field 2019-12-18 18:07:31 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Make sure ucounts in /proc/sys/user don't regress again 2020-04-07 21:51:27 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c kernel: add a kernel_wait helper 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
up.c smp/up: Make smp_call_function_single() match SMP semantics 2020-02-07 15:34:12 +01:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c user.c: make uidhash_table static 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
user_namespace.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
usermode_driver.c umd: Stop using split_argv 2020-07-07 11:58:59 -05:00
utsname.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
watch_queue.c Notifications over pipes + Keyring notifications 2020-06-13 09:56:21 -07:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases 2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
watchdog_hld.c
workqueue.c maccess: rename probe_kernel_{read,write} to copy_{from,to}_kernel_nofault 2020-06-17 10:57:41 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h