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-rw-r--r--kernel/posix-timers.c17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 814a2bb8d2e..0ffaeb075e3 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -296,14 +296,22 @@ void do_schedule_next_timer(struct siginfo *info)
unlock_timer(timr, flags);
}
-int posix_timer_event(struct k_itimer *timr,int si_private)
+int posix_timer_event(struct k_itimer *timr, int si_private)
{
- memset(&timr->sigq->info, 0, sizeof(siginfo_t));
+ /*
+ * FIXME: if ->sigq is queued we can race with
+ * dequeue_signal()->do_schedule_next_timer().
+ *
+ * If dequeue_signal() sees the "right" value of
+ * si_sys_private it calls do_schedule_next_timer().
+ * We re-queue ->sigq and drop ->it_lock().
+ * do_schedule_next_timer() locks the timer
+ * and re-schedules it while ->sigq is pending.
+ * Not really bad, but not that we want.
+ */
timr->sigq->info.si_sys_private = si_private;
- /* Send signal to the process that owns this timer.*/
timr->sigq->info.si_signo = timr->it_sigev_signo;
- timr->sigq->info.si_errno = 0;
timr->sigq->info.si_code = SI_TIMER;
timr->sigq->info.si_tid = timr->it_id;
timr->sigq->info.si_value = timr->it_sigev_value;
@@ -435,6 +443,7 @@ static struct k_itimer * alloc_posix_timer(void)
kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
tmr = NULL;
}
+ memset(&tmr->sigq->info, 0, sizeof(siginfo_t));
return tmr;
}