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[PATCH 1/2] ARM: VDSO: fix coarse clock monotonicity regression

Started byNathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com>
First post2015-08-08 04:10 +0200
Last post2015-08-10 11:10 +0200
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  [PATCH 1/2] ARM: VDSO: fix coarse clock monotonicity regression Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com> - 2015-08-08 04:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: VDSO: fix coarse clock monotonicity regression Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-08-10 11:10 +0200

#1203144 — [PATCH 1/2] ARM: VDSO: fix coarse clock monotonicity regression

FromNathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com>
Date2015-08-08 04:10 +0200
Subject[PATCH 1/2] ARM: VDSO: fix coarse clock monotonicity regression
Message-ID<pV1K9-1A3-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Since 906c55579a63 ("timekeeping: Copy the shadow-timekeeper over the
real timekeeper last") it has become possible on ARM to:

- Obtain a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE or CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE timestamp
  via syscall.
- Subsequently obtain a timestamp for the same clock ID via VDSO which
  predates the first timestamp (by one jiffy).

This is because ARM's update_vsyscall is deriving the coarse time
using the __current_kernel_time interface, when it should really be
using the timekeeper object provided to it by the timekeeping core.
It happened to work before only because __current_kernel_time would
access the same timekeeper object which had been passed to
update_vsyscall.  This is no longer the case.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
index efe17dd9b921..c8b243c1aef8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ static bool tk_is_cntvct(const struct timekeeper *tk)
  */
 void update_vsyscall(struct timekeeper *tk)
 {
-	struct timespec xtime_coarse;
 	struct timespec64 *wtm = &tk->wall_to_monotonic;
 
 	if (!cntvct_ok) {
@@ -308,10 +307,10 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timekeeper *tk)
 
 	vdso_write_begin(vdso_data);
 
-	xtime_coarse = __current_kernel_time();
 	vdso_data->tk_is_cntvct			= tk_is_cntvct(tk);
-	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_sec		= xtime_coarse.tv_sec;
-	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_nsec		= xtime_coarse.tv_nsec;
+	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_sec		= tk->xtime_sec;
+	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_nsec		= tk->tkr_mono.xtime_nsec >>
+							tk->tkr_mono.shift;
 	vdso_data->wtm_clock_sec		= wtm->tv_sec;
 	vdso_data->wtm_clock_nsec		= wtm->tv_nsec;
 
-- 
2.1.0

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#1203911

FromWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Date2015-08-10 11:10 +0200
Message-ID<pVRfI-1wc-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1203144
On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 03:03:22AM +0100, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> Since 906c55579a63 ("timekeeping: Copy the shadow-timekeeper over the
> real timekeeper last") it has become possible on ARM to:
> 
> - Obtain a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE or CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE timestamp
>   via syscall.
> - Subsequently obtain a timestamp for the same clock ID via VDSO which
>   predates the first timestamp (by one jiffy).
> 
> This is because ARM's update_vsyscall is deriving the coarse time
> using the __current_kernel_time interface, when it should really be
> using the timekeeper object provided to it by the timekeeping core.
> It happened to work before only because __current_kernel_time would
> access the same timekeeper object which had been passed to
> update_vsyscall.  This is no longer the case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathan_lynch@mentor.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
> index efe17dd9b921..c8b243c1aef8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vdso.c
> @@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ static bool tk_is_cntvct(const struct timekeeper *tk)
>   */
>  void update_vsyscall(struct timekeeper *tk)
>  {
> -	struct timespec xtime_coarse;
>  	struct timespec64 *wtm = &tk->wall_to_monotonic;
>  
>  	if (!cntvct_ok) {
> @@ -308,10 +307,10 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timekeeper *tk)
>  
>  	vdso_write_begin(vdso_data);
>  
> -	xtime_coarse = __current_kernel_time();
>  	vdso_data->tk_is_cntvct			= tk_is_cntvct(tk);
> -	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_sec		= xtime_coarse.tv_sec;
> -	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_nsec		= xtime_coarse.tv_nsec;
> +	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_sec		= tk->xtime_sec;
> +	vdso_data->xtime_coarse_nsec		= tk->tkr_mono.xtime_nsec >>
> +							tk->tkr_mono.shift;

Do you need a cast to u32 here?

Will
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