3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxx> commit b0827819b0da4acfbc1df1e05edcf50efd07cbd1 upstream. Michael Kerrisk noticed that creating SCHED_DEADLINE reservations with certain parameters (e.g, a runtime of something near 2^64 ns) can cause a system freeze for some amount of time. The problem is that in the interface we have u64 sched_runtime; while internally we need to have a signed runtime (to cope with budget overruns) s64 runtime; At the time we setup a new dl_entity we copy the first value in the second. The cast turns out with negative values when sched_runtime is too big, and this causes the scheduler to go crazy right from the start. Moreover, considering how we deal with deadlines wraparound (s64)(a - b) < 0 we also have to restrict acceptable values for sched_{deadline,period}. This patch fixes the thing checking that user parameters are always below 2^63 ns (still large enough for everyone). It also rewrites other conditions that we check, since in __checkparam_dl we don't have to deal with deadline wraparounds and what we have now erroneously fails when the difference between values is too big. Reported-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dario Faggioli<raistlin@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140513141131.20d944f81633ee937f256385@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -3242,17 +3242,40 @@ __getparam_dl(struct task_struct *p, str * We ask for the deadline not being zero, and greater or equal * than the runtime, as well as the period of being zero or * greater than deadline. Furthermore, we have to be sure that - * user parameters are above the internal resolution (1us); we - * check sched_runtime only since it is always the smaller one. + * user parameters are above the internal resolution of 1us (we + * check sched_runtime only since it is always the smaller one) and + * below 2^63 ns (we have to check both sched_deadline and + * sched_period, as the latter can be zero). */ static bool __checkparam_dl(const struct sched_attr *attr) { - return attr && attr->sched_deadline != 0 && - (attr->sched_period == 0 || - (s64)(attr->sched_period - attr->sched_deadline) >= 0) && - (s64)(attr->sched_deadline - attr->sched_runtime ) >= 0 && - attr->sched_runtime >= (2 << (DL_SCALE - 1)); + /* deadline != 0 */ + if (attr->sched_deadline == 0) + return false; + + /* + * Since we truncate DL_SCALE bits, make sure we're at least + * that big. + */ + if (attr->sched_runtime < (1ULL << DL_SCALE)) + return false; + + /* + * Since we use the MSB for wrap-around and sign issues, make + * sure it's not set (mind that period can be equal to zero). + */ + if (attr->sched_deadline & (1ULL << 63) || + attr->sched_period & (1ULL << 63)) + return false; + + /* runtime <= deadline <= period (if period != 0) */ + if ((attr->sched_period != 0 && + attr->sched_period < attr->sched_deadline) || + attr->sched_deadline < attr->sched_runtime) + return false; + + return true; } /* -- 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