3.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Leonid Shatz <leonid.shatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit b22affe0aef429d657bc6505aacb1c569340ddd2 upstream. hrtimer_enqueue_reprogram contains a race which could result in timer.base switch during unlock/lock sequence. hrtimer_enqueue_reprogram is releasing the lock protecting the timer base for calling raise_softirq_irqsoff() due to a lock ordering issue versus rq->lock. If during that time another CPU calls __hrtimer_start_range_ns() on the same hrtimer, the timer base might switch, before the current CPU can lock base->lock again and therefor the unlock_timer_base() call will unlock the wrong lock. [ tglx: Added comment and massaged changelog ] Signed-off-by: Leonid Shatz <leonid.shatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Izik Eidus <izik.eidus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359981217-389-1-git-send-email-izik.eidus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/hrtimer.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/hrtimer.c +++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c @@ -640,21 +640,9 @@ static inline void hrtimer_init_hres(str * and expiry check is done in the hrtimer_interrupt or in the softirq. */ static inline int hrtimer_enqueue_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer, - struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, - int wakeup) + struct hrtimer_clock_base *base) { - if (base->cpu_base->hres_active && hrtimer_reprogram(timer, base)) { - if (wakeup) { - raw_spin_unlock(&base->cpu_base->lock); - raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ); - raw_spin_lock(&base->cpu_base->lock); - } else - __raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ); - - return 1; - } - - return 0; + return base->cpu_base->hres_active && hrtimer_reprogram(timer, base); } static inline ktime_t hrtimer_update_base(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base) @@ -735,8 +723,7 @@ static inline int hrtimer_switch_to_hres static inline void hrtimer_force_reprogram(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base, int skip_equal) { } static inline int hrtimer_enqueue_reprogram(struct hrtimer *timer, - struct hrtimer_clock_base *base, - int wakeup) + struct hrtimer_clock_base *base) { return 0; } @@ -995,8 +982,21 @@ int __hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrti * * XXX send_remote_softirq() ? */ - if (leftmost && new_base->cpu_base == &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases)) - hrtimer_enqueue_reprogram(timer, new_base, wakeup); + if (leftmost && new_base->cpu_base == &__get_cpu_var(hrtimer_bases) + && hrtimer_enqueue_reprogram(timer, new_base)) { + if (wakeup) { + /* + * We need to drop cpu_base->lock to avoid a + * lock ordering issue vs. rq->lock. + */ + raw_spin_unlock(&new_base->cpu_base->lock); + raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ); + local_irq_restore(flags); + return ret; + } else { + __raise_softirq_irqoff(HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ); + } + } unlock_hrtimer_base(timer, &flags); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html