linux-kernel - [tip: locking/urgent] Revert 337f13046ff0 ("futex: Allow FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX

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Date:   Thu, 06 May 2021 18:14:33 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: locking/urgent] Revert 337f13046ff0 ("futex: Allow
 FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME with FUTEX_WAIT op")

The following commit has been merged into the locking/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     4fbf5d6837bf81fd7a27d771358f4ee6c4f243f8
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/4fbf5d6837bf81fd7a27d771358f4ee6c4f243f8
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:44:18 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 06 May 2021 20:12:40 +02:00

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>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210422194704.834797921@linutronix.de

---
 kernel/futex.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index c98b825..4740200 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -3710,8 +3710,7 @@ long do_futex(u32 __user *uaddr, int op, u32 val, ktime_t *timeout,

 	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;
 	}