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()
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/fiq.c b/arch/arm/kernel/fiq.c
index fc79202..918875d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/fiq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/fiq.c
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@
memcpy(base + offset, start, length);
if (!cache_is_vipt_nonaliasing())
- flush_icache_range(base + offset, offset + length);
+ flush_icache_range((unsigned long)base + offset, offset +
+ length);
flush_icache_range(0xffff0000 + offset, 0xffff0000 + offset + length);
}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index d7c82df..57221e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
crash_save_cpu(®s, smp_processor_id());
flush_cache_all();
+ set_cpu_online(smp_processor_id(), false);
atomic_dec(&waiting_for_crash_ipi);
while (1)
cpu_relax();
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index db5c2ca..cd2c88e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -809,15 +809,18 @@
the CPU type fitted to the system. This permits binaries to be
run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification.
+ See Documentation/arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt for details.
+
However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used
by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating
exploits.
If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform
are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of
- these helpers, then you can turn this option off. However,
- when such an binary or library is run, it will receive a SIGILL
- signal, which will terminate the program.
+ these helpers, then you can turn this option off to hinder
+ such exploits. However, in that case, if a binary or library
+ relying on those helpers is run, it will receive a SIGILL signal,
+ which will terminate the program.
Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not
need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y.
