From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753239Ab2LQSwc (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:52:32 -0500 Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.152]:56302 "EHLO e34.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752590Ab2LQSwb (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:52:31 -0500 From: John Stultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kees Cook , Anton Vorontsov , Thomas Gleixner , John Stultz Subject: [PATCH] time: create __getnstimeofday for WARNless calls Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:51:54 -0500 Message-Id: <1355770314-9167-1-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 12121718-2876-0000-0000-0000033EBCCC Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Kees Cook Hey Thomas, Wanted to see if maybe there was still time for this for 3.8? thanks -john The pstore RAM backend can get called during resume, and must be defensive against a suspended time source. Expose getnstimeofday logic that returns an error instead of a WARN. This can be detected and the timestamp can be zeroed out. Reported-by: Doug Anderson Cc: Anton Vorontsov Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: John Stultz --- fs/pstore/ram.c | 10 +++++++--- include/linux/time.h | 1 + kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c index 1a4f6da..dacfe78 100644 --- a/fs/pstore/ram.c +++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c @@ -168,12 +168,16 @@ static ssize_t ramoops_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type, static size_t ramoops_write_kmsg_hdr(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz) { char *hdr; - struct timeval timestamp; + struct timespec timestamp; size_t len; - do_gettimeofday(×tamp); + /* Report zeroed timestamp if called before timekeeping has resumed. */ + if (__getnstimeofday(×tamp)) { + timestamp.tv_sec = 0; + timestamp.tv_nsec = 0; + } hdr = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC, RAMOOPS_KERNMSG_HDR "%lu.%lu\n", - (long)timestamp.tv_sec, (long)timestamp.tv_usec); + (long)timestamp.tv_sec, (long)(timestamp.tv_nsec / 1000)); WARN_ON_ONCE(!hdr); len = hdr ? strlen(hdr) : 0; persistent_ram_write(prz, hdr, len); diff --git a/include/linux/time.h b/include/linux/time.h index 4d358e9..0015aea 100644 --- a/include/linux/time.h +++ b/include/linux/time.h @@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ extern int do_setitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value, struct itimerval *ovalue); extern unsigned int alarm_setitimer(unsigned int seconds); extern int do_getitimer(int which, struct itimerval *value); +extern int __getnstimeofday(struct timespec *tv); extern void getnstimeofday(struct timespec *tv); extern void getrawmonotonic(struct timespec *ts); extern void getnstime_raw_and_real(struct timespec *ts_raw, diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c index 4c7de02..dfc7f87 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c @@ -214,19 +214,18 @@ static void timekeeping_forward_now(struct timekeeper *tk) } /** - * getnstimeofday - Returns the time of day in a timespec + * __getnstimeofday - Returns the time of day in a timespec. * @ts: pointer to the timespec to be set * - * Returns the time of day in a timespec. + * Updates the time of day in the timespec. + * Returns 0 on success, or -ve when suspended (timespec will be undefined). */ -void getnstimeofday(struct timespec *ts) +int __getnstimeofday(struct timespec *ts) { struct timekeeper *tk = &timekeeper; unsigned long seq; s64 nsecs = 0; - WARN_ON(timekeeping_suspended); - do { seq = read_seqbegin(&tk->lock); @@ -237,6 +236,26 @@ void getnstimeofday(struct timespec *ts) ts->tv_nsec = 0; timespec_add_ns(ts, nsecs); + + /* + * Do not bail out early, in case there were callers still using + * the value, even in the face of the WARN_ON. + */ + if (unlikely(timekeeping_suspended)) + return -EAGAIN; + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__getnstimeofday); + +/** + * getnstimeofday - Returns the time of day in a timespec. + * @ts: pointer to the timespec to be set + * + * Returns the time of day in a timespec (WARN if suspended). + */ +void getnstimeofday(struct timespec *ts) +{ + WARN_ON(__getnstimeofday(ts)); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(getnstimeofday); -- 1.7.9.5