linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/12] timer: Fix wheel index calculation on last level

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:05:40 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] timer: Fix wheel index calculation on last level

When an expiration delta falls into the last level of the wheel, we want
to compare that delta against the maximum possible delay and reduce our
delta to fit in if necessary.

However instead of comparing the delta against the maximum, we are
comparing the actual expiry against the maximum. Then instead of fixing
the delta to fit in, we set the maximum delta as the expiry value.

This can result in various undesired outcomes, the worst possible one
being a timer expiring 15 days ahead to fire immediately.

Fixes: 500462a9de65 ("timers: Switch to a non-cascading wheel")
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 kernel/time/timer.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 9a838d38dbe6..df1ff803acc4 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ static int calc_wheel_index(unsigned long expires, unsigned long clk)
 		 * Force expire obscene large timeouts to expire at the
 		 * capacity limit of the wheel.
 		 */
-		if (expires >= WHEEL_TIMEOUT_CUTOFF)
-			expires = WHEEL_TIMEOUT_MAX;
+		if (delta >= WHEEL_TIMEOUT_CUTOFF)
+			expires = clk + WHEEL_TIMEOUT_MAX;
 
 		idx = calc_index(expires, LVL_DEPTH - 1);
 	}
-- 
2.26.2