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Fix discrepancy between VDSO based gettimeofday() and sys_gettimeofda…
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…y().

On platforms that copy sys_tz into the vdso (currently only x86_64, soon to
include powerpc), it is possible for the vdso to get out of sync if a user
calls (admittedly unusual) settimeofday(NULL, ptr).

This patch adds a hook for architectures that set
CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL to ensure when sys_tz is updated they can also
updatee their copy in the vdso.

Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <tony@bakeyournoodle.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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tbreeds authored and Linus Torvalds committed Oct 18, 2007
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
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Expand Up @@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ ia64_setup_printk_clock(void)
ia64_printk_clock = ia64_itc_printk_clock;
}

/* IA64 doesn't cache the timezone */
void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
{
}

void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c)
{
unsigned long flags;
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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
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Expand Up @@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ struct vsyscall_gtod_data __vsyscall_gtod_data __section_vsyscall_gtod_data =
.sysctl_enabled = 1,
};

void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
{
unsigned long flags;

write_seqlock_irqsave(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
/* sys_tz has changed */
vsyscall_gtod_data.sys_tz = sys_tz;
write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
}

void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
{
unsigned long flags;
Expand All @@ -77,7 +87,6 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.shift = clock->shift;
vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_sec = wall_time->tv_sec;
vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_nsec = wall_time->tv_nsec;
vsyscall_gtod_data.sys_tz = sys_tz;
vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_to_monotonic = wall_to_monotonic;
write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
}
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/clocksource.h
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Expand Up @@ -221,10 +221,15 @@ extern void clocksource_resume(void);

#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
extern void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c);
extern void update_vsyscall_tz(void);
#else
static inline void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c)
{
}

static inline void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
{
}
#endif

#endif /* _LINUX_CLOCKSOURCE_H */
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions kernel/time.c
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Expand Up @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/timex.h>
#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/clocksource.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
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if (tz) {
/* SMP safe, global irq locking makes it work. */
sys_tz = *tz;
update_vsyscall_tz();
if (firsttime) {
firsttime = 0;
if (!tv)
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