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1 files changed, 44 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index 5f82ccd10392..69691eb4b715 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -348,25 +348,47 @@ static int parse(struct nlattr *na, struct cpumask *mask)
return ret;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_IA64
+#define TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING 1
+#endif
+
static struct taskstats *mk_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, int type, u32 pid)
{
struct nlattr *na, *ret;
int aggr;
- /* If we don't pad, we end up with alignment on a 4 byte boundary.
- * This causes lots of runtime warnings on systems requiring 8 byte
- * alignment */
- u32 pids[2] = { pid, 0 };
- int pid_size = ALIGN(sizeof(pid), sizeof(long));
-
aggr = (type == TASKSTATS_TYPE_PID)
? TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_PID
: TASKSTATS_TYPE_AGGR_TGID;
+ /*
+ * The taskstats structure is internally aligned on 8 byte
+ * boundaries but the layout of the aggregrate reply, with
+ * two NLA headers and the pid (each 4 bytes), actually
+ * force the entire structure to be unaligned. This causes
+ * the kernel to issue unaligned access warnings on some
+ * architectures like ia64. Unfortunately, some software out there
+ * doesn't properly unroll the NLA packet and assumes that the start
+ * of the taskstats structure will always be 20 bytes from the start
+ * of the netlink payload. Aligning the start of the taskstats
+ * structure breaks this software, which we don't want. So, for now
+ * the alignment only happens on architectures that require it
+ * and those users will have to update to fixed versions of those
+ * packages. Space is reserved in the packet only when needed.
+ * This ifdef should be removed in several years e.g. 2012 once
+ * we can be confident that fixed versions are installed on most
+ * systems. We add the padding before the aggregate since the
+ * aggregate is already a defined type.
+ */
+#ifdef TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING
+ if (nla_put(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_NULL, 0, NULL) < 0)
+ goto err;
+#endif
na = nla_nest_start(skb, aggr);
if (!na)
goto err;
- if (nla_put(skb, type, pid_size, pids) < 0)
+
+ if (nla_put(skb, type, sizeof(pid), &pid) < 0)
goto err;
ret = nla_reserve(skb, TASKSTATS_TYPE_STATS, sizeof(struct taskstats));
if (!ret)
@@ -455,6 +477,18 @@ out:
return rc;
}
+static size_t taskstats_packet_size(void)
+{
+ size_t size;
+
+ size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0);
+#ifdef TASKSTATS_NEEDS_PADDING
+ size += nla_total_size(0); /* Padding for alignment */
+#endif
+ return size;
+}
+
static int cmd_attr_pid(struct genl_info *info)
{
struct taskstats *stats;
@@ -463,8 +497,7 @@ static int cmd_attr_pid(struct genl_info *info)
u32 pid;
int rc;
- size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
- nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0);
+ size = taskstats_packet_size();
rc = prepare_reply(info, TASKSTATS_CMD_NEW, &rep_skb, size);
if (rc < 0)
@@ -493,8 +526,7 @@ static int cmd_attr_tgid(struct genl_info *info)
u32 tgid;
int rc;
- size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
- nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0);
+ size = taskstats_packet_size();
rc = prepare_reply(info, TASKSTATS_CMD_NEW, &rep_skb, size);
if (rc < 0)
@@ -569,8 +601,7 @@ void taskstats_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
/*
* Size includes space for nested attributes
*/
- size = nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +
- nla_total_size(sizeof(struct taskstats)) + nla_total_size(0);
+ size = taskstats_packet_size();
is_thread_group = !!taskstats_tgid_alloc(tsk);
if (is_thread_group) {