[patch] high-res timers: core, do itimer rearming in processcontext, fix2

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Dec 21 2006 - 02:11:40 EST


Subject: [patch] high-res timers: core, do itimer rearming in process context, fix2
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The rearming code in signal.c has to read the time and can not rely on
the timer->base->softirq time anymore, as it is not longer running in
softirq context.

Ensure, that the it_real_incr variable in the shared signal struct is
set to zero, when setitimer disables the itimer. Otherwise it could
happen that an inactive itimer gets rearmed by a SIGALRM.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
kernel/signal.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: 2.6.19-git19/kernel/signal.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.19-git19.orig/kernel/signal.c
+++ 2.6.19-git19/kernel/signal.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *t

if (!hrtimer_is_queued(tmr) &&
tsk->signal->it_real_incr.tv64 != 0) {
- hrtimer_forward(tmr, hrtimer_cb_get_time(tmr),
+ hrtimer_forward(tmr, tmr->base->get_time(),
tsk->signal->it_real_incr);
hrtimer_restart(tmr);
}
Index: 2.6.19-git19/kernel/itimer.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.19-git19.orig/kernel/itimer.c
+++ 2.6.19-git19/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -226,11 +226,14 @@ again:
spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
goto again;
}
- tsk->signal->it_real_incr =
- timeval_to_ktime(value->it_interval);
expires = timeval_to_ktime(value->it_value);
- if (expires.tv64 != 0)
+ if (expires.tv64 != 0) {
+ tsk->signal->it_real_incr =
+ timeval_to_ktime(value->it_interval);
hrtimer_start(timer, expires, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ } else
+ tsk->signal->it_real_incr.tv64 = 0;
+
spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->sighand->siglock);
break;
case ITIMER_VIRTUAL:


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