Re: [PATCH] intel_ips: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Nov 02 2017 - 15:55:10 EST


On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 1:41 AM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 3:54 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list pointer to
>> all timer callbacks, switch to using the new timer_setup() and from_timer()
>> to pass the timer pointer explicitly. Moves timer structure off stack and
>> into struct ips_driver.
>
> Pushed to my testing queue, thanks!

Hi,

I don't see this in -next yet. Should the tip tree carry this conversion?

Thanks!

-Kees

>
>>
>> Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> This requires commit 686fef928bba ("timer: Prepare to change timer
>> callback argument type") in v4.14-rc3, but should be otherwise
>> stand-alone.
>> ---
>> drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c | 15 +++++++--------
>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
>> index 58dcee562d64..056afb731d79 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c
>> @@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ struct ips_driver {
>> struct task_struct *monitor;
>> struct task_struct *adjust;
>> struct dentry *debug_root;
>> + struct timer_list timer;
>>
>> /* Average CPU core temps (all averages in .01 degrees C for precision) */
>> u16 ctv1_avg_temp;
>> @@ -942,9 +943,10 @@ static u32 calc_avg_power(struct ips_driver *ips, u32 *array)
>> return avg;
>> }
>>
>> -static void monitor_timeout(unsigned long arg)
>> +static void monitor_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
>> {
>> - wake_up_process((struct task_struct *)arg);
>> + struct ips_driver *ips = from_timer(ips, t, timer);
>> + wake_up_process(ips->monitor);
>> }
>>
>> /**
>> @@ -961,7 +963,6 @@ static void monitor_timeout(unsigned long arg)
>> static int ips_monitor(void *data)
>> {
>> struct ips_driver *ips = data;
>> - struct timer_list timer;
>> unsigned long seqno_timestamp, expire, last_msecs, last_sample_period;
>> int i;
>> u32 *cpu_samples, *mchp_samples, old_cpu_power;
>> @@ -1049,8 +1050,7 @@ static int ips_monitor(void *data)
>> schedule_timeout_interruptible(msecs_to_jiffies(IPS_SAMPLE_PERIOD));
>> last_sample_period = IPS_SAMPLE_PERIOD;
>>
>> - setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack(&timer, monitor_timeout,
>> - (unsigned long)current);
>> + timer_setup(&ips->timer, monitor_timeout, TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
>> do {
>> u32 cpu_val, mch_val;
>> u16 val;
>> @@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ static int ips_monitor(void *data)
>> expire = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(IPS_SAMPLE_PERIOD);
>>
>> __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
>> - mod_timer(&timer, expire);
>> + mod_timer(&ips->timer, expire);
>> schedule();
>>
>> /* Calculate actual sample period for power averaging */
>> @@ -1116,8 +1116,7 @@ static int ips_monitor(void *data)
>> last_sample_period = 1;
>> } while (!kthread_should_stop());
>>
>> - del_timer_sync(&timer);
>> - destroy_timer_on_stack(&timer);
>> + del_timer_sync(&ips->timer);
>>
>> dev_dbg(&ips->dev->dev, "ips-monitor thread stopped\n");
>>
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kees Cook
>> Pixel Security
>
>
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko



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Pixel Security