user/sven/linux.git/kernel/time, branch v6.12.74

clocksource: Reduce watchdog readout delay limit to prevent false positives

2026-01-30T09:28:42Z

[ Upstream commit c06343be0b4e03fe319910dd7a5d5b9929e1c0cb ] The "valid" readout delay between the two reads of the watchdog is larger than the valid delta between the resulting watchdog and clocksource intervals, which results in false positive watchdog results. Assume TSC is the clocksource and HPET is the watchdog and both have a uncertainty margin of 250us (default). The watchdog readout does: 1) wdnow = read(HPET); 2) csnow = read(TSC); 3) wdend = read(HPET); The valid window for the delta between #1 and #3 is calculated by the uncertainty margins of the watchdog and the clocksource: m = 2 * watchdog.uncertainty_margin + cs.uncertainty margin; which results in 750us for the TSC/HPET case. The actual interval comparison uses a smaller margin: m = watchdog.uncertainty_margin + cs.uncertainty margin; which results in 500us for the TSC/HPET case. That means the following scenario will trigger the watchdog: Watchdog cycle N: 1) wdnow[N] = read(HPET); 2) csnow[N] = read(TSC); 3) wdend[N] = read(HPET); Assume the delay between #1 and #2 is 100us and the delay between #1 and Watchdog cycle N + 1: 4) wdnow[N + 1] = read(HPET); 5) csnow[N + 1] = read(TSC); 6) wdend[N + 1] = read(HPET); If the delay between #4 and #6 is within the 750us margin then any delay between #4 and #5 which is larger than 600us will fail the interval check and mark the TSC unstable because the intervals are calculated against the previous value: wd_int = wdnow[N + 1] - wdnow[N]; cs_int = csnow[N + 1] - csnow[N]; Putting the above delays in place this results in: cs_int = (wdnow[N + 1] + 610us) - (wdnow[N] + 100us); -> cs_int = wd_int + 510us; which is obviously larger than the allowed 500us margin and results in marking TSC unstable. Fix this by using the same margin as the interval comparison. If the delay between two watchdog reads is larger than that, then the readout was either disturbed by interconnect congestion, NMIs or SMIs. Fixes: 4ac1dd3245b9 ("clocksource: Set cs_watchdog_read() checks based on .uncertainty_margin") Reported-by: Daniel J Blueman Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250602223251.496591-1-daniel@quora.org/ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/87bjjxc9dq.ffs@tglx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

ptp: Add PHC file mode checks. Allow RO adjtime() without FMODE_WRITE.

2026-01-30T09:28:37Z

[ Upstream commit b4e53b15c04e3852949003752f48f7a14ae39e86 ] Many devices implement highly accurate clocks, which the kernel manages as PTP Hardware Clocks (PHCs). Userspace applications rely on these clocks to timestamp events, trace workload execution, correlate timescales across devices, and keep various clocks in sync. The kernel’s current implementation of PTP clocks does not enforce file permissions checks for most device operations except for POSIX clock operations, where file mode is verified in the POSIX layer before forwarding the call to the PTP subsystem. Consequently, it is common practice to not give unprivileged userspace applications any access to PTP clocks whatsoever by giving the PTP chardevs 600 permissions. An example of users running into this limitation is documented in [1]. Additionally, POSIX layer requires WRITE permission even for readonly adjtime() calls which are used in PTP layer to return current frequency offset applied to the PHC. Add permission checks for functions that modify the state of a PTP device. Continue enforcing permission checks for POSIX clock operations (settime, adjtime) in the POSIX layer. Only require WRITE access for dynamic clocks adjtime() if any flags are set in the modes field. [1] https://lists.nwtime.org/sympa/arc/linuxptp-users/2024-01/msg00036.html Changes in v4: - Require FMODE_WRITE in ajtime() only for calls modifying the clock in any way. Acked-by: Richard Cochran Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko Signed-off-by: Wojtek Wasko Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

posix-clock: Store file pointer in struct posix_clock_context

2026-01-30T09:28:36Z

[ Upstream commit e859d375d1694488015e6804bfeea527a0b25b9f ] File descriptor based pc_clock_*() operations of dynamic posix clocks have access to the file pointer and implement permission checks in the generic code before invoking the relevant dynamic clock callback. Character device operations (open, read, poll, ioctl) do not implement a generic permission control and the dynamic clock callbacks have no access to the file pointer to implement them. Extend struct posix_clock_context with a struct file pointer and initialize it in posix_clock_open(), so that all dynamic clock callbacks can access it. Acked-by: Richard Cochran Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Wojtek Wasko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

hrtimer: Fix softirq base check in update_needs_ipi()

2026-01-23T10:18:45Z

commit 05dc4a9fc8b36d4c99d76bbc02aa9ec0132de4c2 upstream. The 'clockid' field is not the correct way to check for a softirq base. Fix the check to correctly compare the base type instead of the clockid. Fixes: 1e7f7fbcd40c ("hrtimer: Avoid more SMP function calls in clock_was_set()") Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107-hrtimer-clock-base-check-v1-1-afb5dbce94a1@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timer_shutdown_sync()

2025-12-01T10:43:18Z

commit 20739af07383e6eb1ec59dcd70b72ebfa9ac362c upstream. There is a race condition between timer_shutdown_sync() and timer expiration that can lead to hitting a WARN_ON in expire_timers(). The issue occurs when timer_shutdown_sync() clears the timer function to NULL while the timer is still running on another CPU. The race scenario looks like this: CPU0 CPU1 lock_timer_base() expire_timers() base->running_timer = timer; unlock_timer_base() [call_timer_fn enter] mod_timer() ... timer_shutdown_sync() lock_timer_base() // For now, will not detach the timer but only clear its function to NULL if (base->running_timer != timer) ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, true); if (shutdown) timer->function = NULL; unlock_timer_base() [call_timer_fn exit] lock_timer_base() base->running_timer = NULL; unlock_timer_base() ... // Now timer is pending while its function set to NULL. // next timer trigger expire_timers() WARN_ON_ONCE(!fn) // hit ... lock_timer_base() // Now timer will detach if (base->running_timer != timer) ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, true); if (shutdown) timer->function = NULL; unlock_timer_base() The problem is that timer_shutdown_sync() clears the timer function regardless of whether the timer is currently running. This can leave a pending timer with a NULL function pointer, which triggers the WARN_ON_ONCE(!fn) check in expire_timers(). Fix this by only clearing the timer function when actually detaching the timer. If the timer is running, leave the function pointer intact, which is safe because the timer will be properly detached when it finishes running. Fixes: 0cc04e80458a ("timers: Add shutdown mechanism to the internal functions") Signed-off-by: Yipeng Zou Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251122093942.301559-1-zouyipeng@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

hrtimers: Unconditionally update target CPU base after offline timer migration

2025-09-19T14:35:47Z

commit e895f8e29119c8c966ea794af9e9100b10becb88 upstream. When testing softirq based hrtimers on an ARM32 board, with high resolution mode and NOHZ inactive, softirq based hrtimers fail to expire after being moved away from an offline CPU: CPU0 CPU1 hrtimer_start(..., HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT); cpu_down(CPU1) ... hrtimers_cpu_dying() // Migrate timers to CPU0 smp_call_function_single(CPU0, returgger_next_event); retrigger_next_event() if (!highres && !nohz) return; As retrigger_next_event() is a NOOP when both high resolution timers and NOHZ are inactive CPU0's hrtimer_cpu_base::softirq_expires_next is not updated and the migrated softirq timers never expire unless there is a softirq based hrtimer queued on CPU0 later. Fix this by removing the hrtimer_hres_active() and tick_nohz_active() check in retrigger_next_event(), which enforces a full update of the CPU base. As this is not a fast path the extra cost does not matter. [ tglx: Massaged change log ] Fixes: 5c0930ccaad5 ("hrtimers: Push pending hrtimers away from outgoing CPU earlier") Co-developed-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250805081025.54235-1-wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

timekeeping: Zero initialize system_counterval when querying time from phc drivers

2025-08-01T08:48:42Z

commit 67c632b4a7fbd6b76a08b86f4950f0f84de93439 upstream. Most drivers only populate the fields cycles and cs_id of system_counterval in their get_time_fn() callback for get_device_system_crosststamp(), unless they explicitly provide nanosecond values. When the use_nsecs field was added to struct system_counterval, most drivers did not care. Clock sources other than CSID_GENERIC could then get converted in convert_base_to_cs() based on an uninitialized use_nsecs field, which usually results in -EINVAL during the following range check. Pass in a fully zero initialized system_counterval_t to cure that. Fixes: 6b2e29977518 ("timekeeping: Provide infrastructure for converting to/from a base clock") Signed-off-by: Markus Blöchl Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Acked-by: John Stultz Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250720-timekeeping_uninit_crossts-v2-1-f513c885b7c2@blochl.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

clocksource: Fix the CPUs' choice in the watchdog per CPU verification

2025-06-27T10:11:26Z

[ Upstream commit 08d7becc1a6b8c936e25d827becabfe3bff72a36 ] Right now, if the clocksource watchdog detects a clocksource skew, it might perform a per CPU check, for example in the TSC case on x86. In other words: supposing TSC is detected as unstable by the clocksource watchdog running at CPU1, as part of marking TSC unstable the kernel will also run a check of TSC readings on some CPUs to be sure it is synced between them all. But that check happens only on some CPUs, not all of them; this choice is based on the parameter "verify_n_cpus" and in some random cpumask calculation. So, the watchdog runs such per CPU checks on up to "verify_n_cpus" random CPUs among all online CPUs, with the risk of repeating CPUs (that aren't double checked) in the cpumask random calculation. But if "verify_n_cpus" > num_online_cpus(), it should skip the random calculation and just go ahead and check the clocksource sync between all online CPUs, without the risk of skipping some CPUs due to duplicity in the random cpumask calculation. Tests in a 4 CPU laptop with TSC skew detected led to some cases of the per CPU verification skipping some CPU even with verify_n_cpus=8, due to the duplicity on random cpumask generation. Skipping the randomization when the number of online CPUs is smaller than verify_n_cpus, solves that. Suggested-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250323173857.372390-1-gpiccoli@igalia.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del()

2025-06-19T13:32:34Z

commit f90fff1e152dedf52b932240ebbd670d83330eca upstream. If an exiting non-autoreaping task has already passed exit_notify() and calls handle_posix_cpu_timers() from IRQ, it can be reaped by its parent or debugger right after unlock_task_sighand(). If a concurrent posix_cpu_timer_del() runs at that moment, it won't be able to detect timer->it.cpu.firing != 0: cpu_timer_task_rcu() and/or lock_task_sighand() will fail. Add the tsk->exit_state check into run_posix_cpu_timers() to fix this. This fix is not needed if CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK=y, because exit_task_work() is called before exit_notify(). But the check still makes sense, task_work_add(&tsk->posix_cputimers_work.work) will fail anyway in this case. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Benoît Sevens Fixes: 0bdd2ed4138e ("sched: run_posix_cpu_timers: Don't check ->exit_state, use lock_task_sighand()") Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

hrtimers: Replace hrtimer_clock_to_base_table with switch-case

2025-05-29T09:02:46Z

[ Upstream commit 4441b976dfeff0d3579e8da3c0283300c618a553 ] Clang and GCC complain about overlapped initialisers in the hrtimer_clock_to_base_table definition. With `make W=1` and CONFIG_WERROR=y (which is default nowadays) this breaks the build: CC kernel/time/hrtimer.o kernel/time/hrtimer.c:124:21: error: initializer overrides prior initialization of this subobject [-Werror,-Winitializer-overrides] 124 | [CLOCK_REALTIME] = HRTIMER_BASE_REALTIME, kernel/time/hrtimer.c:122:27: note: previous initialization is here 122 | [0 ... MAX_CLOCKS - 1] = HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES, (and similar for CLOCK_MONOTONIC, CLOCK_BOOTTIME, and CLOCK_TAI). hrtimer_clockid_to_base(), which uses the table, is only used in __hrtimer_init(), which is not a hotpath. Therefore replace the table lookup with a switch case in hrtimer_clockid_to_base() to avoid this warning. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250214134424.3367619-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin