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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:10:40 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Adrian Hunter" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/core] vdso: Make delta calculation overflow safe

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

Commit-ID:     456e3788bc7164c1c8298045e04068b8e3d8e413
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/456e3788bc7164c1c8298045e04068b8e3d8e413
Author:        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:40:11 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:03:07 +02:00

vdso: Make delta calculation overflow safe

Kernel timekeeping is designed to keep the change in cycles (since the last
timer interrupt) below max_cycles, which prevents multiplication overflow
when converting cycles to nanoseconds. However, if timer interrupts stop,
the calculation will eventually overflow.

Add protection against that, enabled by config option
CONFIG_GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT. Check against max_cycles, falling
back to a slower higher precision calculation.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240325064023.2997-8-adrian.hunter@intel.com

---
 lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c b/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
index 9fa90e0..9c3a8d2 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
+++ b/lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@
 # define VDSO_DELTA_MASK(vd)	(vd->mask)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT
+static __always_inline bool vdso_delta_ok(const struct vdso_data *vd, u64 delta)
+{
+	return delta < vd->max_cycles;
+}
+#else
+static __always_inline bool vdso_delta_ok(const struct vdso_data *vd, u64 delta)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifndef vdso_shift_ns
 static __always_inline u64 vdso_shift_ns(u64 ns, u32 shift)
 {
@@ -28,7 +40,10 @@ static __always_inline u64 vdso_calc_ns(const struct vdso_data *vd, u64 cycles, 
 {
 	u64 delta = (cycles - vd->cycle_last) & VDSO_DELTA_MASK(vd);
 
-	return vdso_shift_ns((delta * vd->mult) + base, vd->shift);
+	if (likely(vdso_delta_ok(vd, delta)))
+		return vdso_shift_ns((delta * vd->mult) + base, vd->shift);
+
+	return mul_u64_u32_add_u64_shr(delta, vd->mult, base, vd->shift);
 }
 #endif /* vdso_calc_ns */