arm64: Use generic kernel_execve() implementation

This patch enables CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE on arm64 and removes the
arm64-specific implementation of kernel_execve().

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 4077b71..75b212d 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config ARM64
        select GENERIC_IOMAP
        select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
        select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
+       select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
        select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
        select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
        select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 08db897..00daf92 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ work_resched:
 /*
  * "slow" syscall return path.
  */
-ENTRY(ret_to_user)
+ret_to_user:
        disable_irq                             // disable interrupts
        ldr     x1, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]
        and     x2, x1, #_TIF_WORK_MASK

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c
index b120df3..4deb0d0 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c
@@ -62,49 +62,6 @@ out:
        return error;
 }
 
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
-                 const char *const argv[],
-                 const char *const envp[])
-{
-       struct pt_regs regs;
-       int ret;
-
-       memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
-       ret = do_execve(filename,
-                       (const char __user *const __user *)argv,
-                       (const char __user *const __user *)envp, &regs);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto out;
-
-       /*
-        * Save argc to the register structure for userspace.
-        */
-       regs.regs[0] = ret;
-
-       /*
-        * We were successful.  We won't be returning to our caller, but
-        * instead to user space by manipulating the kernel stack.
-        */
-       asm(    "add    x0, %0, %1\n\t"
-               "mov    x1, %2\n\t"
-               "mov    x2, %3\n\t"
-               "bl     memmove\n\t"    /* copy regs to top of stack */
-               "mov    x27, #0\n\t"    /* not a syscall */
-               "mov    x28, %0\n\t"    /* thread structure */
-               "mov    sp, x0\n\t"     /* reposition stack pointer */
-               "b      ret_to_user"
-               :
-               : "r" (current_thread_info()),
-                 "Ir" (THREAD_START_SP - sizeof(regs)),
-                 "r" (&regs),
-                 "Ir" (sizeof(regs))
-               : "x0", "x1", "x2", "x27", "x28", "x30", "memory");
-
- out:
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_execve);
-
 asmlinkage long sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
                         unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
                         unsigned long fd, off_t off)