[GIT pull] timer fixes for 4.12

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun Jun 18 2017 - 05:34:43 EST


Linus,

please pull the latest timers-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git timers-urgent-for-linus

Three fixlets for timers:

- Two hot-fixes for the alarmtimer based posix timers, which prevent
a nasty DOS by self rescheduling timers. The proper cleanup of that
mess is queued for 4.13

- Make a function static

Thanks,

tglx

------------------>
Stephen Boyd (1):
tick/broadcast: Make tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot() static

Thomas Gleixner (2):
alarmtimer: Prevent overflow of relative timers
alarmtimer: Rate limit periodic intervals


kernel/time/alarmtimer.c | 14 +++++++++++---
kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 4 +++-
kernel/time/tick-internal.h | 2 --
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 5cb5b0008d97..ee2f4202d82a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void alarm_start_relative(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t start)
{
struct alarm_base *base = &alarm_bases[alarm->type];

- start = ktime_add(start, base->gettime());
+ start = ktime_add_safe(start, base->gettime());
alarm_start(alarm, start);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_start_relative);
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ u64 alarm_forward(struct alarm *alarm, ktime_t now, ktime_t interval)
overrun++;
}

- alarm->node.expires = ktime_add(alarm->node.expires, interval);
+ alarm->node.expires = ktime_add_safe(alarm->node.expires, interval);
return overrun;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alarm_forward);
@@ -660,13 +660,21 @@ static int alarm_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timr, int flags,

/* start the timer */
timr->it.alarm.interval = timespec64_to_ktime(new_setting->it_interval);
+
+ /*
+ * Rate limit to the tick as a hot fix to prevent DOS. Will be
+ * mopped up later.
+ */
+ if (timr->it.alarm.interval < TICK_NSEC)
+ timr->it.alarm.interval = TICK_NSEC;
+
exp = timespec64_to_ktime(new_setting->it_value);
/* Convert (if necessary) to absolute time */
if (flags != TIMER_ABSTIME) {
ktime_t now;

now = alarm_bases[timr->it.alarm.alarmtimer.type].gettime();
- exp = ktime_add(now, exp);
+ exp = ktime_add_safe(now, exp);
}

alarm_start(&timr->it.alarm.alarmtimer, exp);
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index 987e496bb51a..b398c2ea69b2 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ static int tick_broadcast_forced;
static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(tick_broadcast_lock);

#ifdef CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT
+static void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc);
static void tick_broadcast_clear_oneshot(int cpu);
static void tick_resume_broadcast_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc);
#else
+static inline void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc) { BUG(); }
static inline void tick_broadcast_clear_oneshot(int cpu) { }
static inline void tick_resume_broadcast_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc) { }
#endif
@@ -867,7 +869,7 @@ static void tick_broadcast_init_next_event(struct cpumask *mask,
/**
* tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot - setup the broadcast device
*/
-void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc)
+static void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc)
{
int cpu = smp_processor_id();

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
index f738251000fe..be0ac01f2e12 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static inline int tick_check_oneshot_change(int allow_nohz) { return 0; }

/* Functions related to oneshot broadcasting */
#if defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST) && defined(CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT)
-extern void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc);
extern void tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot(void);
extern void tick_shutdown_broadcast_oneshot(unsigned int cpu);
extern int tick_broadcast_oneshot_active(void);
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ extern void tick_check_oneshot_broadcast_this_cpu(void);
bool tick_broadcast_oneshot_available(void);
extern struct cpumask *tick_get_broadcast_oneshot_mask(void);
#else /* !(BROADCAST && ONESHOT): */
-static inline void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc) { BUG(); }
static inline void tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot(void) { }
static inline void tick_shutdown_broadcast_oneshot(unsigned int cpu) { }
static inline int tick_broadcast_oneshot_active(void) { return 0; }