linux-kernel - [tip: timers/urgent] posix-cpu-timers: Fix rearm racing against process tick

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Message-ID: <162677852264.395.4295146742807519075.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:55:22 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/urgent] posix-cpu-timers: Fix rearm racing against process tick

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

Commit-ID:     1a3402d93c73bf6bb4df6d7c2aac35abfc3c50e2
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/1a3402d93c73bf6bb4df6d7c2aac35abfc3c50e2
Author:        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:15:59 +02:00
Committer:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:20:10 +02:00

posix-cpu-timers: Fix rearm racing against process tick

Since the process wide cputime counter is started locklessly from
posix_cpu_timer_rearm(), it can be concurrently stopped by operations
on other timers from the same thread group, such as in the following
unlucky scenario:

         CPU 0                                CPU 1
         -----                                -----
                                           timer_settime(TIMER B)
   posix_cpu_timer_rearm(TIMER A)
       cpu_clock_sample_group()
           (pct->timers_active already true)

                                           handle_posix_cpu_timers()
                                               check_process_timers()
                                                   stop_process_timers()
                                                       pct->timers_active = false
       arm_timer(TIMER A)

   tick -> run_posix_cpu_timers()
       // sees !pct->timers_active, ignore
       // our TIMER A

Fix this with simply locking process wide cputime counting start and
timer arm in the same block.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Fixes: 60f2ceaa8111 ("posix-cpu-timers: Remove unnecessary locking around cpu_clock_sample_group")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 29a5e54..517be7f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -991,6 +991,11 @@ static void posix_cpu_timer_rearm(struct k_itimer *timer)
 	if (!p)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Protect timer list r/w in arm_timer() */
+	sighand = lock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
+	if (unlikely(sighand == NULL))
+		goto out;
+
 	/*
 	 * Fetch the current sample and update the timer's expiry time.
 	 */
@@ -1001,11 +1006,6 @@ static void posix_cpu_timer_rearm(struct k_itimer *timer)
 
 	bump_cpu_timer(timer, now);
 
-	/* Protect timer list r/w in arm_timer() */
-	sighand = lock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
-	if (unlikely(sighand == NULL))
-		goto out;
-
 	/*
 	 * Now re-arm for the new expiry time.
 	 */