The patch titled high-res timers: core, do itimer rearming in process context has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: high-res timers: core, do itimer rearming in process context From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fix potential setitimer DoS with high-res timers by pushing itimer rearm processing to process context. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- kernel/itimer.c | 5 --- kernel/signal.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/itimer.c~high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context kernel/itimer.c --- a/kernel/itimer.c~high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context +++ a/kernel/itimer.c @@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ enum hrtimer_restart it_real_fn(struct h send_group_sig_info(SIGALRM, SEND_SIG_PRIV, sig->tsk); - if (sig->it_real_incr.tv64 != 0) { - hrtimer_forward(timer, hrtimer_cb_get_time(timer), - sig->it_real_incr); - return HRTIMER_RESTART; - } return HRTIMER_NORESTART; } diff -puN kernel/signal.c~high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context kernel/signal.c --- a/kernel/signal.c~high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context +++ a/kernel/signal.c @@ -456,26 +456,50 @@ static int __dequeue_signal(struct sigpe int dequeue_signal(struct task_struct *tsk, sigset_t *mask, siginfo_t *info) { int signr = __dequeue_signal(&tsk->pending, mask, info); - if (!signr) + if (!signr) { signr = __dequeue_signal(&tsk->signal->shared_pending, mask, info); + /* + * itimer signal ? + * + * itimers are process shared and we restart periodic + * itimers in the signal delivery path to prevent DoS + * attacks in the high resolution timer case. This is + * compliant with the old way of self restarting + * itimers, as the SIGALRM is a legacy signal and only + * queued once. Changing the restart behaviour to + * restart the timer in the signal dequeue path is + * reducing the timer noise on heavy loaded !highres + * systems too. + */ + if (unlikely(signr == SIGALRM)) { + struct hrtimer *tmr = &tsk->signal->real_timer; + + if (!hrtimer_active(tmr) && + tsk->signal->it_real_incr.tv64 != 0) { + hrtimer_forward(tmr, hrtimer_cb_get_time(tmr), + tsk->signal->it_real_incr); + hrtimer_restart(tmr); + } + } + } recalc_sigpending_tsk(tsk); - if (signr && unlikely(sig_kernel_stop(signr))) { - /* - * Set a marker that we have dequeued a stop signal. Our - * caller might release the siglock and then the pending - * stop signal it is about to process is no longer in the - * pending bitmasks, but must still be cleared by a SIGCONT - * (and overruled by a SIGKILL). So those cases clear this - * shared flag after we've set it. Note that this flag may - * remain set after the signal we return is ignored or - * handled. That doesn't matter because its only purpose - * is to alert stop-signal processing code when another - * processor has come along and cleared the flag. - */ - if (!(tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)) - tsk->signal->flags |= SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED; - } + if (signr && unlikely(sig_kernel_stop(signr))) { + /* + * Set a marker that we have dequeued a stop signal. Our + * caller might release the siglock and then the pending + * stop signal it is about to process is no longer in the + * pending bitmasks, but must still be cleared by a SIGCONT + * (and overruled by a SIGKILL). So those cases clear this + * shared flag after we've set it. Note that this flag may + * remain set after the signal we return is ignored or + * handled. That doesn't matter because its only purpose + * is to alert stop-signal processing code when another + * processor has come along and cleared the flag. + */ + if (!(tsk->signal->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT)) + tsk->signal->flags |= SIGNAL_STOP_DEQUEUED; + } if ( signr && ((info->si_code & __SI_MASK) == __SI_TIMER) && info->si_sys_private){ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch git-block.patch use-cycle_t-instead-of-u64-in-struct-time_interpolator.patch proc-remove-useless-and-buggy-nlink-settings.patch high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context.patch high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context-fix2.patch high-res-timers-core-hrtimers-add-state-tracking-fix.patch high-res-timers-core-hrtimers-add-state-tracking-fix-fix.patch high-res-timers-allow-tsc-clocksource-if-pmtimer-present.patch dynticks-core.patch dynticks-add-nohz-stats-to-proc-stat.patch dynticks-i386-support-idle-handler-callbacks.patch dynticks-i386-prepare-nmi-watchdog.patch high-res-timers-dynticks-i386-support-enable-in-kconfig.patch debugging-feature-add-proc-timer_stat.patch generic-vsyscall-gtod-support-for-generic_time.patch generic-vsyscall-gtod-support-for-generic_time-tidy.patch time-x86_64-hpet_address-cleanup.patch revert-x86_64-mm-ignore-long-smi-interrupts-in-clock-calibration.patch time-x86_64-split-x86_64-kernel-timec-up.patch time-x86_64-split-x86_64-kernel-timec-up-tidy.patch time-x86_64-split-x86_64-kernel-timec-up-fix.patch reapply-x86_64-mm-ignore-long-smi-interrupts-in-clock-calibration.patch time-x86_64-convert-x86_64-to-use-generic_time.patch time-x86_64-convert-x86_64-to-use-generic_time-fix.patch time-x86_64-convert-x86_64-to-use-generic_time-tidy.patch time-x86_64-re-enable-vsyscall-support-for-x86_64.patch time-x86_64-re-enable-vsyscall-support-for-x86_64-tidy.patch make-good_sigevent-non-static.patch aio-completion-signal-notification.patch scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags-fixups.patch scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags-fixups-2.patch scheduled-removal-of-sa_xxx-interrupt-flags.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html