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Robin Holt 34441427aa revert "procfs: provide stack information for threads" and its fixup commits 
Originally, commit d899bf7b ("procfs: provide stack information for
threads") attempted to introduce a new feature for showing where the
threadstack was located and how many pages are being utilized by the
stack.

Commit c44972f1 ("procfs: disable per-task stack usage on NOMMU") was
applied to fix the NO_MMU case.

Commit 89240ba0 ("x86, fs: Fix x86 procfs stack information for threads on
64-bit") was applied to fix a bug in ia32 executables being loaded.

Commit 9ebd4eba7 ("procfs: fix /proc/<pid>/stat stack pointer for kernel
threads") was applied to fix a bug which had kernel threads printing a
userland stack address.

Commit 1306d603f ('proc: partially revert "procfs: provide stack
information for threads"') was then applied to revert the stack pages
being used to solve a significant performance regression.

This patch nearly undoes the effect of all these patches.

The reason for reverting these is it provides an unusable value in
field 28.  For x86_64, a fork will result in the task->stack_start
value being updated to the current user top of stack and not the stack
start address.  This unpredictability of the stack_start value makes
it worthless.  That includes the intended use of showing how much stack
space a thread has.

Other architectures will get different values.  As an example, ia64
gets 0.  The do_fork() and copy_process() functions appear to treat the
stack_start and stack_size parameters as architecture specific.

I only partially reverted c44972f1 ("procfs: disable per-task stack usage
on NOMMU") .  If I had completely reverted it, I would have had to change
mm/Makefile only build pagewalk.o when CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR is
configured.  Since I could not test the builds without significant effort,
I decided to not change mm/Makefile.

I only partially reverted 89240ba0 ("x86, fs: Fix x86 procfs stack
information for threads on 64-bit") .  I left the KSTK_ESP() change in
place as that seemed worthwhile.

Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: Stefani Seibold <stefani@seibold.net>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-05-11 17:33:41 -07:00
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gcov
irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-04-06 13:03:22 -07:00
power PM / Hibernate: user.c, fix SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA handling 2010-04-10 22:28:56 +02:00
time include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
trace Merge branch 'master' into export-slabh 2010-04-05 11:37:28 +09:00
.gitignore
acct.c copy_signal() cleanup: kill taskstats_tgid_init() and acct_init_pacct() 2010-03-12 15:52:39 -08:00
async.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit_tree.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit_watch.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
audit.h
auditfilter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
auditsc.c audit: preface audit printk with audit 2010-04-05 13:19:45 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c kbuild: move bounds.h to include/generated 2009-12-12 13:08:14 +01:00
capability.c capabilities: Use RCU to protect task lookup in sys_capget 2009-12-10 09:42:48 +11:00
cgroup_freezer.c rcu: Fix RCU lockdep splat on freezer_fork path 2010-04-30 12:03:17 +02:00
cgroup.c cgroup: Fix an RCU warning in alloc_css_id() 2010-05-04 09:25:00 -07:00
compat.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
configs.c
cpu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
cpuset.c cpuset: alloc nodemask_t on the heap rather than the stack 2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
cred-internals.h
cred.c CRED: Fix a race in creds_are_invalid() in credentials debugging 2010-04-22 09:14:29 +10:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
early_res.c x86: Do not free zero sized per cpu areas 2010-03-29 18:55:40 +02:00
elfcore.c elf coredump: add extended numbering support 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c mm: avoid null-pointer deref in sync_mm_rss() 2010-04-07 08:38:02 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c revert "procfs: provide stack information for threads" and its fixup commits 2010-05-11 17:33:41 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c futex: Protect pid lookup in compat code with RCU 2009-12-09 14:22:14 +01:00
futex.c futex: Handle futex value corruption gracefully 2010-02-03 15:13:22 +01:00
groups.c
hrtimer.c hrtimers: Convert to raw_spinlocks 2009-12-14 23:55:34 +01:00
hung_task.c softlockup: Fix hung_task_check_count sysctl 2009-11-27 06:21:57 +01:00
hw_breakpoint.c Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/urgent 2010-03-04 11:47:52 +01:00
itimer.c itimers: Fix racy writes to cpu_itimer fields 2009-11-18 16:32:12 +01:00
kallsyms.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems 2010-02-17 11:17:38 +09:00
kfifo.c kfifo: Don't use integer as NULL pointer 2010-02-16 15:11:08 -08:00
kgdb.c kgdb: Turn off tracing while in the debugger 2010-04-02 14:58:19 -05:00
kmod.c kmod: fix resource leak in call_usermodehelper_pipe() 2010-01-11 09:34:04 -08:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Calculate the index correctly when freeing the out-of-line execution slot 2010-03-11 14:06:16 +01:00
ksysfs.c Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus 2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
kthread.c cpuset: fix the problem that cpuset_mem_spread_node() returns an offline node 2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
latencytop.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c Merge branch 'slabh' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc 2010-04-05 09:39:11 -07:00
Makefile elf coredump: replace ELF_CORE_EXTRA_* macros by functions 2010-03-06 11:26:45 -08:00
module.c Fix up possibly racy module refcounting 2010-04-05 19:50:02 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h locking: Implement new raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:32 +01:00
mutex.c mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
mutex.h
notifier.c sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference() 2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c
nsproxy.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
padata.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
panic.c panic: fix panic_timeout accuracy when running on a hypervisor 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
params.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-03-12 16:04:50 -08:00
perf_event.c perf: Fix resource leak in failure path of perf_event_open() 2010-05-01 13:11:25 +02:00
pid_namespace.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
pid.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
pm_qos_params.c
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-26 15:10:38 -07:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers.c: Don't export local functions 2010-02-05 14:54:10 +01:00
printk.c printk: avoid warning when CONFIG_PRINTK is disabled 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
profile.c
ptrace.c ptrace: Fix ptrace_regset() comments and diagnose errors specifically 2010-02-23 13:45:26 -08:00
range.c x86: Change range end to start+size 2010-02-10 17:47:17 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: create rcu_my_thread_group_empty() wrapper 2010-05-06 09:28:41 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Eliminate unneeded function wrapping 2009-11-22 18:58:16 +01:00
rcutorture.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2010-03-03 07:34:18 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Fix holdoff for accelerated GPs for last non-dynticked CPU 2010-02-28 09:17:42 +01:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Stop overflowing signed integers 2010-02-25 10:34:57 +01:00
rcutree.c rcu: Fix accelerated grace periods for last non-dynticked CPU 2010-02-27 09:53:52 +01:00
rcutree.h rcu: Increase RCU CPU stall timeouts if PROVE_RCU 2010-03-11 13:38:01 +01:00
relay.c splice: comparing unsigned int < 0 2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00
res_counter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
resource.c resources: add interfaces that return conflict information 2010-03-23 13:33:50 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched: Fix cpu_clock() in NMIs, on !CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK 2009-12-15 09:04:36 +01:00
sched_cpupri.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
sched_cpupri.h sched: Convert cpupri lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
sched_debug.c sched: Fix an RCU warning in print_task() 2010-05-04 09:25:01 -07:00
sched_fair.c sched, rcu: Fix rcu_dereference() for RCU-lockdep 2010-03-01 09:29:58 +01:00
sched_features.h sched: Discard some old bits 2009-12-09 10:03:07 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Remove the sched_class load_balance methods 2010-01-21 13:40:09 +01:00
sched_rt.c Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:46:18 -08:00
sched_stats.h
sched.c rcu: Fix RCU lockdep splat in set_task_cpu on fork path 2010-04-30 12:03:17 +02:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c kernel core: use helpers for rlimits 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
slow-work-debugfs.c SLOW_WORK: Move slow_work's proc file to debugfs 2009-12-01 08:20:31 -08:00
slow-work.c slow-work: use get_ref wrapper instead of directly calling get_ref 2010-03-29 09:13:30 -07:00
slow-work.h SLOW_WORK: CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_PROC should be CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG 2010-03-29 09:14:47 -07:00
smp.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
softirq.c hrtimer, softirq: Fix hrtimer->softirq trampoline 2010-02-03 18:17:40 +01:00
softlockup.c softlockup: Stop spurious softlockup messages due to overflow 2010-03-21 19:30:13 +01:00
spinlock.c locking: Cleanup the name space completely 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
srcu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems 2010-02-17 11:17:38 +09:00
sys_ni.c Add generic sys_ipc wrapper 2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
sys.c kernel/sys.c: fix compat uname machine 2010-04-24 11:31:24 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
sysctl_check.c ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses 2009-12-03 12:14:38 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl extern cleanup: lockdep 2010-03-12 15:53:10 -08:00
taskstats.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c mm: clean up mm_counter 2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c core: Clean up user return notifers use of per_cpu 2009-12-02 10:22:59 +01:00
user.c sched: Remove USER_SCHED 2010-01-21 13:40:18 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic 2009-11-12 02:04:55 -08:00
utsname.c
wait.c
workqueue.c workqueue: flush_delayed_work: keep the original workqueue for re-queueing 2010-04-30 07:24:51 +02:00