linux/kernel/time
Eric W. Biederman 964987738b posix-cpu-timers: Replace __get_task_for_clock with pid_for_clock
Now that the codes store references to pids instead of referendes to
tasks.  Looking up a task for a clock instead of looking up a struct
pid makes the code more difficult to verify it is correct than
necessary.

In posix_cpu_timers_create get_task_pid can race with release_task for
threads and return a NULL pid.  As put_pid and cpu_timer_task_rcu
handle NULL pids just fine the code works without problems but it is
an extra case to consider and keep in mind while verifying and
modifying the code.

There are races with de_thread to consider that only don't apply
because thread clocks are only allowed for threads in the same
thread_group.

So instead of leaving a burden for people making modification to the
code in the future return a rcu protected struct pid for the clock
instead.

The logic for __get_task_for_pid and lookup_task has been folded into
the new function pid_for_clock with the only change being the logic
has been modified from working on a task to working on a pid that
will be returned.

In posix_cpu_clock_get instead of calling pid_for_clock checking the
result and then calling pid_task to get the task.  The result of
pid_for_clock is fed directly into pid_task.  This is safe because
pid_task handles NULL pids.  As such an extra error check was
unnecessary.

Instead of hiding the flag that enables the special clock_gettime
handling, I have made the 3 callers just pass the flag in themselves.
That is less code and seems just as simple to work with as the
wrapper functions.

Historically the clock_gettime special case of allowing a process
clock to be found by the thread id did not even exist [33ab0fec33]
but Thomas Gleixner reports that he has found code that uses that
functionality [55e8c8eb2c].

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87zhaxqkwa.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de/
Ref: 33ab0fec33 ("posix-timers: Consolidate posix_cpu_clock_get()")
Ref: 55e8c8eb2c ("posix-cpu-timers: Store a reference to a pid not a task")
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2020-04-29 08:14:41 -05:00
..
alarmtimer.c alarmtimer: Make alarmtimer_get_rtcdev() a stub when CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=n 2020-01-24 21:03:53 +01:00
clockevents.c tick: Remove outgoing CPU from broadcast masks 2019-03-23 18:26:43 +01:00
clocksource.c clocksource: Add common vdso clock mode storage 2020-02-17 14:40:23 +01:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: Don't dereference the hrtimer pointer after the callback 2020-04-01 13:20:14 +02:00
itimer.c y2038: rename itimerval to __kernel_old_itimerval 2019-12-18 18:07:33 +01:00
jiffies.c timekeeping: Split jiffies seqlock 2020-03-21 16:00:23 +01:00
Kconfig treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
Makefile ns: Introduce Time Namespace 2020-01-14 12:20:48 +01:00
namespace.c time/namespace: Fix time_for_children symlink 2020-04-07 12:37:21 +02:00
ntp_internal.h ntp: Audit NTP parameters adjustment 2019-04-15 18:14:01 -04:00
ntp.c ntp/y2038: Remove incorrect time_t truncation 2019-11-12 08:13:44 +01:00
posix-clock.c posix-clocks: Rename the clock_get() callback to clock_get_timespec() 2020-01-14 12:20:49 +01:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-cpu-timers: Replace __get_task_for_clock with pid_for_clock 2020-04-29 08:14:41 -05:00
posix-stubs.c posix-timers: Make clock_nanosleep() time namespace aware 2020-01-14 12:20:55 +01:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers: Pass lockdep expression to RCU lists 2020-02-17 20:12:19 +01:00
posix-timers.h posix-clocks: Introduce clock_get_ktime() callback 2020-01-14 12:20:51 +01:00
sched_clock.c time/sched_clock: Expire timer in hardirq context 2020-03-19 09:45:08 +01:00
test_udelay.c time/debug: Remove license boilerplate 2018-11-23 11:51:21 +01:00
tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c tick: broadcast-hrtimer: Fix a race in bc_set_next 2019-09-27 14:45:55 +02:00
tick-broadcast.c tick: Fix typos in comments 2019-04-19 19:17:04 +02:00
tick-common.c timekeeping: Split jiffies seqlock 2020-03-21 16:00:23 +01:00
tick-internal.h tick: Remove outgoing CPU from broadcast masks 2019-03-23 18:26:43 +01:00
tick-oneshot.c hrtimers/tick/clockevents: Remove sloppy license references 2018-11-23 11:51:21 +01:00
tick-sched.c lockdep: Annotate irq_work 2020-03-21 16:00:24 +01:00
tick-sched.h tick/sched: Update tick_sched struct documentation 2019-03-24 20:29:32 +01:00
time.c y2038: remove unused time32 interfaces 2020-02-21 11:22:15 -08:00
timeconst.bc time: Add SPDX license identifiers 2018-11-23 11:51:20 +01:00
timeconv.c time: Add SPDX license identifiers 2018-11-23 11:51:20 +01:00
timecounter.c time: Remove license boilerplate 2018-11-23 11:51:21 +01:00
timekeeping_debug.c timekeeping/debug: No need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-01-29 20:08:41 +01:00
timekeeping_internal.h timekeeping/ntp: Constify some function arguments 2018-07-19 17:08:05 -07:00
timekeeping.c timekeeping and timer updates: 2020-03-30 18:51:47 -07:00
timekeeping.h timekeeping: Split jiffies seqlock 2020-03-21 16:00:23 +01:00
timer_list.c timer_list: Guard procfs specific code 2019-06-23 00:08:52 +02:00
timer.c timekeeping and timer updates: 2020-03-30 18:51:47 -07:00
vsyscall.c lib/vdso: Avoid highres update if clocksource is not VDSO capable 2020-02-17 20:12:17 +01:00