From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758654AbYHRTmH (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:42:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758493AbYHRTiS (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:38:18 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:41767 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757704AbYHRTiR (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:38:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:20:28 -0700 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Cc: Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , Domenico Andreoli , Willy Tarreau , Rodrigo Rubira Branco , Jake Edge , Eugene Teo , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, uml-devel , Nix , Jeff Dike Subject: [patch 32/49] uml: deal with host time going backwards Message-ID: <20080818192028.GG10350@suse.de> References: <20080818191012.663450219@mini.kroah.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline; filename="uml-deal-with-host-time-going-backwards.patch" In-Reply-To: <20080818191834.GA10350@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jeff Dike commit 06e1e4ffbd1932e288839b3140cda6b8141eb684 upstream Protection against the host's time going backwards (eg, ntp activity on the host) by keeping track of the time at the last tick and if it's greater than the current time, keep time stopped until the host catches up. Cc: Nix Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/um/os-Linux/time.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) --- a/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c +++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/time.c @@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ static void deliver_alarm(void) unsigned long long this_tick = os_nsecs(); int one_tick = UM_NSEC_PER_SEC / UM_HZ; + /* Protection against the host's time going backwards */ + if ((last_tick != 0) && (this_tick < last_tick)) + this_tick = last_tick; + if (last_tick == 0) last_tick = this_tick - one_tick; @@ -148,6 +152,9 @@ static int after_sleep_interval(struct t start_usecs = usec; start_usecs -= skew / UM_NSEC_PER_USEC; + if (start_usecs < 0) + start_usecs = 0; + tv = ((struct timeval) { .tv_sec = start_usecs / UM_USEC_PER_SEC, .tv_usec = start_usecs % UM_USEC_PER_SEC }); interval = ((struct itimerval) { { 0, usec }, tv }); --