linux-kernel - [patch 15/20] posix-timers: Add proper comments in do_timer

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:49:19 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        syzbot+5c54bd3eb218bb595aa9@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: [patch 15/20] posix-timers: Add proper comments in do_timer_create()

The comment about timer lifetime at the end of the function is misplaced
and uncomprehensible.

Make it understandable and put it at the right place. Add a new comment
about the visibility of the new timer ID to user space.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/posix-timers.c |   20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -528,12 +528,17 @@ static int do_timer_create(clockid_t whi
 	new_timer->sigq->info.si_tid   = new_timer->it_id;
 	new_timer->sigq->info.si_code  = SI_TIMER;
 
-	if (copy_to_user(created_timer_id,
-			 &new_timer_id, sizeof (new_timer_id))) {
+	if (copy_to_user(created_timer_id, &new_timer_id, sizeof (new_timer_id))) {
 		error = -EFAULT;
 		goto out;
 	}
-
+	/*
+	 * After succesful copy out, the timer ID is visible to user space
+	 * now but not yet valid because new_timer::signal is still NULL.
+	 *
+	 * Complete the initialization with the clock specific create
+	 * callback.
+	 */
 	error = kc->timer_create(new_timer);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
@@ -543,14 +548,11 @@ static int do_timer_create(clockid_t whi
 	WRITE_ONCE(new_timer->it_signal, current->signal);
 	list_add(&new_timer->list, &current->signal->posix_timers);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-
-	return 0;
 	/*
-	 * In the case of the timer belonging to another task, after
-	 * the task is unlocked, the timer is owned by the other task
-	 * and may cease to exist at any time.  Don't use or modify
-	 * new_timer after the unlock call.
+	 * After unlocking sighand::siglock @new_timer is subject to
+	 * concurrent removal and cannot be touched anymore
 	 */
+	return 0;
 out:
 	posix_timer_unhash_and_free(new_timer);
 	return error;