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| author | Thomas Gleixner | 2023-04-25 20:49:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner | 2023-06-18 22:41:51 +0200 |
| commit | 52f090b164b59c06a4da87c0599424809a6bba16 (patch) | |
| tree | ed9931eccc6d0d584158d80348936e844e1f8f30 /kernel/time | |
| parent | 640fe745d7d4b6e47f3b455cb5de99a08c6b6d23 (diff) | |
posix-timers: Add proper comments in do_timer_create()
The comment about timer lifetime at the end of the function is misplaced
and uncomprehensible.
Make it understandable and put it at the right place. Add a new comment
about the visibility of the new timer ID to user space.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230425183313.619897296@linutronix.de
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c index 54adb4cfd4f2..20d3b991ec49 100644 --- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c +++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c @@ -529,12 +529,17 @@ static int do_timer_create(clockid_t which_clock, struct sigevent *event, new_timer->sigq->info.si_tid = new_timer->it_id; new_timer->sigq->info.si_code = SI_TIMER; - if (copy_to_user(created_timer_id, - &new_timer_id, sizeof (new_timer_id))) { + if (copy_to_user(created_timer_id, &new_timer_id, sizeof (new_timer_id))) { error = -EFAULT; goto out; } - + /* + * After succesful copy out, the timer ID is visible to user space + * now but not yet valid because new_timer::signal is still NULL. + * + * Complete the initialization with the clock specific create + * callback. + */ error = kc->timer_create(new_timer); if (error) goto out; @@ -544,14 +549,11 @@ static int do_timer_create(clockid_t which_clock, struct sigevent *event, WRITE_ONCE(new_timer->it_signal, current->signal); list_add(&new_timer->list, ¤t->signal->posix_timers); spin_unlock_irq(¤t->sighand->siglock); - - return 0; /* - * In the case of the timer belonging to another task, after - * the task is unlocked, the timer is owned by the other task - * and may cease to exist at any time. Don't use or modify - * new_timer after the unlock call. + * After unlocking sighand::siglock @new_timer is subject to + * concurrent removal and cannot be touched anymore */ + return 0; out: posix_timer_unhash_and_free(new_timer); return error; |