[tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Annotate concurrent access to k_itimer:: It_signal

From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Jun 05 2023 - 11:09:41 EST


The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: d69e873ee50459e3b77019263cf95236f063a97b
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/d69e873ee50459e3b77019263cf95236f063a97b
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:49:05 +02:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:03:37 +02:00

posix-timers: Annotate concurrent access to k_itimer:: It_signal

k_itimer::it_signal is read lockless in the RCU protected hash lookup, but
it can be written concurrently in the timer_create() and timer_delete()
path. Annotate these places with READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE()

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230425183313.143596887@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

---
kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index f6650c1..4333334 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ static struct k_itimer *__posix_timers_find(struct hlist_head *head,
{
struct k_itimer *timer;

- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(timer, head, t_hash,
- lockdep_is_held(&hash_lock)) {
- if ((timer->it_signal == sig) && (timer->it_id == id))
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(timer, head, t_hash, lockdep_is_held(&hash_lock)) {
+ /* timer->it_signal can be set concurrently */
+ if ((READ_ONCE(timer->it_signal) == sig) && (timer->it_id == id))
return timer;
}
return NULL;
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static int do_timer_create(clockid_t which_clock, struct sigevent *event,

spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
/* This makes the timer valid in the hash table */
- new_timer->it_signal = current->signal;
+ WRITE_ONCE(new_timer->it_signal, current->signal);
list_add(&new_timer->list, &current->signal->posix_timers);
spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);

@@ -1052,10 +1052,10 @@ retry_delete:
list_del(&timer->list);
spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
/*
- * This keeps any tasks waiting on the spin lock from thinking
- * they got something (see the lock code above).
+ * A concurrent lookup could check timer::it_signal lockless. It
+ * will reevaluate with timer::it_lock held and observe the NULL.
*/
- timer->it_signal = NULL;
+ WRITE_ONCE(timer->it_signal, NULL);

unlock_timer(timer, flags);
release_posix_timer(timer, IT_ID_SET);