Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755656Ab3CZWtd (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:49:33 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:52697 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755162Ab3CZWoc (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:44:32 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Mark Rutland , "Jon Medhurst (Tixy)" , Thomas Gleixner , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [ 80/98] clockevents: Dont allow dummy broadcast timers Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:43:09 -0700 Message-Id: <20130326224250.791482868@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.rc1.5.g7e0651a In-Reply-To: <20130326224242.449070940@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20130326224242.449070940@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-5.1.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1738 Lines: 47 3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Mark Rutland commit a7dc19b8652c862d5b7c4d2339bd3c428bd29c4a upstream. Currently tick_check_broadcast_device doesn't reject clock_event_devices with CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY, and may select them in preference to real hardware if they have a higher rating value. In this situation, the dummy timer is responsible for broadcasting to itself, and the core clockevents code may attempt to call non-existent callbacks for programming the dummy, eventually leading to a panic. This patch makes tick_check_broadcast_device always reject dummy timers, preventing this problem. Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: Jon Medhurst (Tixy) Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ static void tick_broadcast_start_periodi */ int tick_check_broadcast_device(struct clock_event_device *dev) { - if ((tick_broadcast_device.evtdev && + if ((dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DUMMY) || + (tick_broadcast_device.evtdev && tick_broadcast_device.evtdev->rating >= dev->rating) || (dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP)) return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/