From: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, dzickus@redhat.com,
atomlin@redhat.com, uobergfe@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] watchdog: fix race between proc_watchdog_thresh() and watchdog_timer_fn()
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 16:21:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1446564061-3379-5-git-send-email-uobergfe@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1446564061-3379-1-git-send-email-uobergfe@redhat.com>
Theoretically it is possible that the watchdog timer expires
right at the time when a user sets 'watchdog_thresh' to zero
(note: this disables the lockup detectors). In this scenario,
the is_softlockup() function - which is called by the timer -
could produce a false positive.
Fix this by checking the current value of 'watchdog_thresh'.
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
---
kernel/watchdog.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 84c4744..18f34cf 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int is_softlockup(unsigned long touch_ts)
{
unsigned long now = get_timestamp();
- if (watchdog_enabled & SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED) {
+ if ((watchdog_enabled & SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED) && watchdog_thresh){
/* Warn about unreasonable delays. */
if (time_after(now, touch_ts + get_softlockup_thresh()))
return now - touch_ts;
--
1.7.11.7
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-03 15:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-03 15:20 [PATCH 0/4] watchdog: address various races (CPU hotplug, timer expiry) Ulrich Obergfell
2015-11-03 15:20 ` [PATCH 1/4] watchdog: avoid race between lockup detector suspend/resume and CPU hotplug Ulrich Obergfell
2015-11-03 15:20 ` [PATCH 2/4] watchdog: avoid races between /proc handlers " Ulrich Obergfell
2015-11-03 15:21 ` [PATCH 3/4] watchdog: remove {get|put}_online_cpus() from watchdog_{park|unpark}_threads() Ulrich Obergfell
2015-11-03 15:21 ` Ulrich Obergfell [this message]
2015-11-05 14:46 ` [PATCH 0/4] watchdog: address various races (CPU hotplug, timer expiry) Don Zickus
2015-11-05 20:50 ` Aaron Tomlin
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