[PATCH] replace cad_pid by a struct pid

There are a few places in the kernel where the init task is signaled.  The
ctrl+alt+del sequence is one them.  It kills a task, usually init, using a
cached pid (cad_pid).

This patch replaces the pid_t by a struct pid to avoid pid wrap around
problem.  The struct pid is initialized at boot time in init() and can be
modified through systctl with

	/proc/sys/kernel/cad_pid

[ I haven't found any distro using it ? ]

It also introduces a small helper routine kill_cad_pid() which is used
where it seemed ok to use cad_pid instead of pid 1.

[akpm@osdl.org: cleanups, build fix]
Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <clg@fr.ibm.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

Author: Cedric Le Goater

arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-reset.c

@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ static inline void power_button(void)
 	if (machine_state & MACHINE_PANICED)
 		return;
 
-	if ((machine_state & MACHINE_SHUTTING_DOWN) || kill_proc(1,SIGINT,1)) {
+	if ((machine_state & MACHINE_SHUTTING_DOWN) ||
+			kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1)) {
 		/* No init process or button pressed twice.  */
 		sgi_machine_power_off();
 	}

arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static inline void ip32_power_button(void)
 	if (has_panicked)
 		return;
 
-	if (shuting_down || kill_proc(1, SIGINT, 1)) {
+	if (shuting_down || kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1)) {
 		/* No init process or button pressed twice.  */
 		ip32_machine_power_off();
 	}

arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/mf.c

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int dma_and_signal_ce_msg(char *ce_msg,
  */
 static int shutdown(void)
 {
-	int rc = kill_proc(1, SIGINT, 1);
+	int rc = kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1);
 
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ALERT "mf.c: SIGINT to init failed (%d), "

drivers/char/nwbutton.c

@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ static void button_consume_callbacks (int bpcount)
 static void button_sequence_finished (unsigned long parameters)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NWBUTTON_REBOOT		/* Reboot using button is enabled */
-	if (button_press_count == reboot_count) {
-		kill_proc (1, SIGINT, 1);	/* Ask init to reboot us */
-	}
+	if (button_press_count == reboot_count)
+		kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1);	/* Ask init to reboot us */
 #endif /* CONFIG_NWBUTTON_REBOOT */
 	button_consume_callbacks (button_press_count);
 	bcount = sprintf (button_output_buffer, "%d\n", button_press_count);

drivers/char/snsc_event.c

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ scdrv_dispatch_event(char *event, int len)
 			       " Sending SIGPWR to init...\n");
 
 		/* give a SIGPWR signal to init proc */
-		kill_proc(1, SIGPWR, 0);
+		kill_cad_pid(SIGPWR, 0);
 	} else {
 		/* print to system log */
 		printk("%s|$(0x%x)%s\n", severity, esp_code, desc);

drivers/parisc/power.c

@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@
 
 static void deferred_poweroff(void *dummy)
 {
-	extern int cad_pid;	/* from kernel/sys.c */
-	if (kill_proc(cad_pid, SIGINT, 1)) {
+	if (kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1)) {
 		/* just in case killing init process failed */
 		machine_power_off();
 	}

drivers/s390/s390mach.c

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ s390_handle_mcck(void)
 		 */
 		__ctl_clear_bit(14, 24);	/* Disable WARNING MCH */
 		if (xchg(&mchchk_wng_posted, 1) == 0)
-			kill_proc(1, SIGPWR, 1);
+			kill_cad_pid(SIGPWR, 1);
 	}
 #endif
 

include/linux/sched.h

@@ -1065,6 +1065,8 @@ static inline int is_init(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	return tsk->pid == 1;
 }
 
+extern struct pid *cad_pid;
+
 extern void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk);
 #define get_task_struct(tsk) do { atomic_inc(&(tsk)->usage); } while(0)
 
@@ -1292,6 +1294,11 @@ extern int send_group_sigqueue(int, struct sigqueue *,  struct task_struct *);
 extern int do_sigaction(int, struct k_sigaction *, struct k_sigaction *);
 extern int do_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *, unsigned long);
 
+static inline int kill_cad_pid(int sig, int priv)
+{
+	return kill_pid(cad_pid, sig, priv);
+}
+
 /* These can be the second arg to send_sig_info/send_group_sig_info.  */
 #define SEND_SIG_NOINFO ((struct siginfo *) 0)
 #define SEND_SIG_PRIV	((struct siginfo *) 1)

init/main.c

@@ -721,6 +721,8 @@ static int init(void * unused)
 	 */
 	child_reaper = current;
 
+	cad_pid = task_pid(current);
+
 	smp_prepare_cpus(max_cpus);
 
 	do_pre_smp_initcalls();

kernel/sys.c

@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fs_overflowgid);
  */
 
 int C_A_D = 1;
-int cad_pid = 1;
+struct pid *cad_pid;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cad_pid);
 
 /*
  *	Notifier list for kernel code which wants to be called
@@ -773,10 +774,9 @@ void ctrl_alt_del(void)
 	if (C_A_D)
 		schedule_work(&cad_work);
 	else
-		kill_proc(cad_pid, SIGINT, 1);
+		kill_cad_pid(SIGINT, 1);
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Unprivileged users may change the real gid to the effective gid
  * or vice versa.  (BSD-style)