Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757257Ab2J1X3r (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:29:47 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:42246 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757064Ab2J1X2c (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:28:32 -0400 Message-Id: <20121028231546.516941371@decadent.org.uk> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-1 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:16:07 +0000 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, "Hildner, Christian" , Jan Kiszka , Thomas Gleixner Subject: [ 031/105] timers: Fix endless looping between cascade() and internal_add_timer() In-Reply-To: <20121028231536.970033833@decadent.org.uk> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:470:1f08:1539:21c:bfff:fe03:f805 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2426 Lines: 64 3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: "Hildner, Christian" commit 26cff4e2aa4d666dc6a120ea34336b5057e3e187 upstream. Adding two (or more) timers with large values for "expires" (they have to reside within tv5 in the same list) leads to endless looping between cascade() and internal_add_timer() in case CONFIG_BASE_SMALL is one and jiffies are crossing the value 1 << 18. The bug was introduced between 2.6.11 and 2.6.12 (and survived for quite some time). This patch ensures that when cascade() is called timers within tv5 are not added endlessly to their own list again, instead they are added to the next lower tv level tv4 (as expected). Signed-off-by: Christian Hildner Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/98673C87CB31274881CFFE0B65ECC87B0F5FC1963E@DEFTHW99EA4MSX.ww902.siemens.net Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- kernel/timer.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c index d5de1b2..367d008 100644 --- a/kernel/timer.c +++ b/kernel/timer.c @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_64); #define TVR_SIZE (1 << TVR_BITS) #define TVN_MASK (TVN_SIZE - 1) #define TVR_MASK (TVR_SIZE - 1) +#define MAX_TVAL ((unsigned long)((1ULL << (TVR_BITS + 4*TVN_BITS)) - 1)) struct tvec { struct list_head vec[TVN_SIZE]; @@ -359,11 +360,12 @@ __internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer) vec = base->tv1.vec + (base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK); } else { int i; - /* If the timeout is larger than 0xffffffff on 64-bit - * architectures then we use the maximum timeout: + /* If the timeout is larger than MAX_TVAL (on 64-bit + * architectures or with CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=1) then we + * use the maximum timeout. */ - if (idx > 0xffffffffUL) { - idx = 0xffffffffUL; + if (idx > MAX_TVAL) { + idx = MAX_TVAL; expires = idx + base->timer_jiffies; } i = (expires >> (TVR_BITS + 3 * TVN_BITS)) & TVN_MASK; -- 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/