* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] hwmon: (coretemp) Fix 32-bit jiffies wraparound in show_temp()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
@ 2026-11-10 1:26 Sasha Levin
2026-11-13 18:06 ` [PATCH 5.10.y] hwmon: (coretemp) Fix 32-bit jiffies wraparound in show_temp() Sasha Levin
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From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-10 1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux, sashiko-bot, ycistak; +Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9a6aa085c94c7f2817c4d50a7264e6fb51286f40
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261109202633-failed-5.10-9a6aa085c94c@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' 'HEAD^..'
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 9a6aa085c94c7f2817c4d50a7264e6fb51286f40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:09:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (coretemp) Fix 32-bit jiffies wraparound in
show_temp()
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show_temp() rate-limits MSR reads by storing tdata->last_updated as an
unsigned long and comparing it against jiffies using
time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ).
time_after() relies on signed long subtraction, which only produces the
expected result while the two timestamps are within LONG_MAX jiffies of
each other. On 32-bit kernels, if tempX_input is not read for more than
LONG_MAX jiffies (~24.85 days at HZ=1000), the signed difference flips
sign and time_after() evaluates to false. Because tdata->last_updated is
only refreshed when time_after() succeeds, subsequent reads remain
blocked from refreshing for another ~24.85 days until jiffies wraps
past tdata->last_updated + HZ again, returning either a stale cached
temperature or -ENODATA if the sensor had never been read since
initialization.
Store tdata->last_updated as a u64 and use get_jiffies_64() with
time_after64(), which does not wrap in any practical uptime.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Fixes: bebe467823c0 ("hwmon: New coretemp driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Asaf Nuri Bertizlioğlu <ycistak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
---
drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c | 13 +++++--------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 7fced0e2abeba..96d57fe12de6d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct temp_data {
int temp;
bool temp_valid;
int tjmax;
- unsigned long last_updated;
+ u64 last_updated;
unsigned int cpu;
int index;
u32 cpu_core_id;
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
mutex_lock(&tdata->update_lock);
/* Check whether the time interval has elapsed */
- if (time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
+ if (time_after64(get_jiffies_64(), tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
tjmax = get_tjmax(tdata, dev);
rdmsrq_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &val.q);
/*
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
*/
tdata->temp_valid = (val.l >> 31) & 1;
tdata->temp = tjmax - ((val.l >> 16) & 0xff) * 1000;
- tdata->last_updated = jiffies;
+ tdata->last_updated = get_jiffies_64();
}
valid = tdata->temp_valid;
@@ -521,11 +521,8 @@ init_temp_data(struct platform_data *pdata, unsigned int cpu, int pkg_flag)
tdata->cpu = cpu;
tdata->cpu_core_id = topology_core_id(cpu);
tdata->attr_size = MAX_CORE_ATTRS;
- /*
- * A zero timestamp does not look stale on 32-bit, where jiffies
- * starts just short of wrapping. Backdate it instead.
- */
- tdata->last_updated = jiffies - HZ - 1;
+ /* Backdate to force a refresh on the first read */
+ tdata->last_updated = get_jiffies_64() - HZ - 1;
mutex_init(&tdata->update_lock);
return tdata;
}
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH 5.10.y] hwmon: (coretemp) Fix 32-bit jiffies wraparound in show_temp()
2026-11-10 1:26 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] hwmon: (coretemp) Fix 32-bit jiffies wraparound in show_temp()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree Sasha Levin
@ 2026-11-13 18:06 ` Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-13 18:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Guenter Roeck, Sashiko, Asaf Nuri Bertizlioğlu, Sasha Levin
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
[ Upstream commit 9a6aa085c94c7f2817c4d50a7264e6fb51286f40 ]
show_temp() rate-limits MSR reads by storing tdata->last_updated as an
unsigned long and comparing it against jiffies using
time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ).
time_after() relies on signed long subtraction, which only produces the
expected result while the two timestamps are within LONG_MAX jiffies of
each other. On 32-bit kernels, if tempX_input is not read for more than
LONG_MAX jiffies (~24.85 days at HZ=1000), the signed difference flips
sign and time_after() evaluates to false. Because tdata->last_updated is
only refreshed when time_after() succeeds, subsequent reads remain
blocked from refreshing for another ~24.85 days until jiffies wraps
past tdata->last_updated + HZ again, returning either a stale cached
temperature or -ENODATA if the sensor had never been read since
initialization.
Store tdata->last_updated as a u64 and use get_jiffies_64() with
time_after64(), which does not wrap in any practical uptime.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Fixes: bebe467823c0 ("hwmon: New coretemp driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Tested-by: Asaf Nuri Bertizlioğlu <ycistak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
[ sashal: adapted the time comparison to preserve the existing !tdata->valid guard for first-read handling ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index cbe2f874b5e2f..d8ab0175f16b1 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ struct temp_data {
int temp;
int ttarget;
int tjmax;
- unsigned long last_updated;
+ u64 last_updated;
unsigned int cpu;
u32 cpu_core_id;
u32 status_reg;
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
mutex_lock(&tdata->update_lock);
/* Check whether the time interval has elapsed */
- if (!tdata->valid || time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
+ if (!tdata->valid ||
+ time_after64(get_jiffies_64(), tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
rdmsr_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &eax, &edx);
/*
* Ignore the valid bit. In all observed cases the register
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
*/
tdata->temp = tdata->tjmax - ((eax >> 16) & 0x7f) * 1000;
tdata->valid = 1;
- tdata->last_updated = jiffies;
+ tdata->last_updated = get_jiffies_64();
}
mutex_unlock(&tdata->update_lock);
--
2.53.0
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