linux-kernel - [01/74] clockevents: Don't allow dummy broadcast timers

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Message-ID: <lsq.1365374742.974515383@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:45:42 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Jon Medhurst (Tixy)" <tixy@...aro.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: [01/74] clockevents: Don't allow dummy broadcast timers

3.2.43-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

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 <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: Jon Medhurst (Tixy) <tixy@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 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;

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