linux-kernel - [patch 1/6] Revert 337f13046ff0 ("futex: Allow FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX

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Date:   Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:44:18 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>,
        Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Carlos O'Donell <carlos@...hat.com>,
        "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>
Subject: [patch 1/6] Revert 337f13046ff0 ("futex: Allow FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME
 with FUTEX_WAIT op")

The FUTEX_WAIT operand has historically a relative timeout which means that
the clock id is irrelevant as relative timeouts on CLOCK_REALTIME are not
subject to wall clock changes and therefore are mapped by the kernel to
CLOCK_MONOTONIC for simplicity.

If a caller would set FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME for FUTEX_WAIT the timeout is
still treated relative vs. CLOCK_MONOTONIC and then the wait arms that
timeout based on CLOCK_REALTIME which is broken and obviously has never
been used or even tested.

Reject any attempt to use FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX_WAIT again.

The desired functionality can be achieved with FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET and a
FUTEX_BITSET_MATCH_ANY argument.

Fixes: 337f13046ff0 ("futex: Allow FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX_WAIT op")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
---
 kernel/futex.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -3711,8 +3711,7 @@ long do_futex(u32 __user *uaddr, int op,

 	if (op & FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME) {
 		flags |= FLAGS_CLOCKRT;
-		if (cmd != FUTEX_WAIT && cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET && \
-		    cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI)
+		if (cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET &&	cmd != FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI)
 			return -ENOSYS;
 	}