linux-kernel - [PATCH] Enforce valid shift values in clocksource

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Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:46:36 -0800
From:	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Enforce valid shift values in clocksource_register()

Thomas noted that some of the timekeeping core assumes 
clocksource shift values will be less then 32. However, 
we do nothing to enforce such limits.

This patch prints a warning if a clocksource with an invalid
shift value is attempted to be registered, and will refuse to
register the clocksource

I could not find any clocksources that use 32 or higher for a 
shift value, so this should be only a preventive warning for
future clocksource writers.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 9ed2eec..4a3bb13 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int clocksource_enqueue(struct clocksource *c)
  * clocksource_register - Used to install new clocksources
  * @t:		clocksource to be registered
  *
- * Returns -EBUSY if registration fails, zero otherwise.
+ * Returns -EBUSY or -EINVAL if registration fails, zero otherwise.
  */
 int clocksource_register(struct clocksource *c)
 {
@@ -327,7 +327,14 @@ int clocksource_register(struct clocksource *c)
 
 	/* save mult_orig on registration */
 	c->mult_orig = c->mult;
-
+	if (c->shift >= 32) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "===============================\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: Cannot register %s clocksource\n",
+					c->name);
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "The shift value must be less then 32\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "===============================\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&clocksource_lock, flags);
 	ret = clocksource_enqueue(c);
 	if (!ret)


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