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Frederic pointed out that the memory operations to initialize the timer are
not guaranteed to be visible, when __lock_timer() observes timer::it_signal
valid under timer::it_lock:
T0 T1
--------- -----------
do_timer_create()
// A
new_timer->.... = ....
spin_lock(current->sighand)
// B
WRITE_ONCE(new_timer->it_signal, current->signal)
spin_unlock(current->sighand)
sys_timer_*()
t = __lock_timer()
spin_lock(&timr->it_lock)
// observes B
if (timr->it_signal == current->signal)
return timr;
if (!t)
return;
// Is not guaranteed to observe A
Protect the write of timer::it_signal, which makes the timer valid, with
timer::it_lock as well. This guarantees that T1 must observe the
initialization A completely, when it observes the valid signal pointer
under timer::it_lock. sighand::siglock must still be taken to protect the
signal::posix_timers list.
Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250308155623.507944489@linutronix.de
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