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Global timers could be expired remotely when the target CPU is idle. After a remote timer expiry, the remote timer_base->next_expiry value is updated while holding the timer_base->lock. When the formerly idle CPU becomes active at the same time and checks whether timers need to expire, this check is done lockless as it is on the local CPU. This could lead to a data race, which was reported by sysbot: https://lore.kernel.org/r/000000000000916e55061f969e14@google.com When the value is read lockless but changed by the remote CPU, only two non critical scenarios could happen: 1) The already update value is read -> everything is perfect 2) The old value is read -> a superfluous timer soft interrupt is raised The same situation could happen when enqueueing a new first pinned timer by a remote CPU also with non critical scenarios: 1) The already update value is read -> everything is perfect 2) The old value is read -> when the CPU is idle, an IPI is executed nevertheless and when the CPU isn't idle, the updated value will be visible on the next tick and the timer might be late one jiffie. As this is very unlikely to happen, the overhead of doing the check under the lock is a way more effort, than a superfluous timer soft interrupt or a possible 1 jiffie delay of the timer. Document and annotate this non critical behavior in the code by using READ/WRITE_ONCE() pair when accessing timer_base->next_expiry. Reported-by: syzbot+bf285fcc0a048e028118@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240829154305.19259-1-anna-maria@linutronix.de Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000916e55061f969e14@google.com |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.