linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds aaf3d47e53 Updates for the core timekeeping and timers subsystem:
- Futher cleanups for the POSIX timer exit/exec related code to simplify
     the code flow and to make it more robust against future changes.
 
   - Prevent tearing of timekeeper::ktime_sec which can be accessed without the
     sequence count protection.
 
     The timekeeper is updated by memcpy() with an uneven sequence count to
     force readers into the retry path. On 64-bit machine the ktime_sec
     member can be accessed atomically without the sequence count
     protection. That is only correct when the update side memcpy()
     guarantees atomicity at the 64-bit granularity. That's not guaranteed
     due to debug options, compilers and instruction availability. If the
     memcpy() does not provide the atomicity then the unprotected readers
     can observe store tearing.
 
     To prevent this write the ktime_sec member before the memcpy() so that
     a non-atomic memcpy() will write the same data. A similar fix has been
     done for the xtime_sec member, but the ktime_sec equivalent was missed.
 
   - Prevent time64_to_tm() day truncation on 32-bit kernels
 
     The function receives a 64-bit seconds value but stores the quotient of
     the computation in a long, which truncates the result for large input
     values. Cure this by using div_s64_rem() which stores the quotient in
     s64 and only leaves the seconds-within-day reminder in a long, which is
     guaranteed to fit. This fix comes with a corresponding kunit test to
     prevent further mishaps.
 
   - Mark data-racy accesses to the hrtimer_sleeper::task member.
 
     The recent updates to KCSAN flagged these benign races. Annotate them
     with new helper functions, convert all existing usage sites and mark
     the task member private after that so that future users which fail to
     use the helpers can be detected automatically.
 
   - Address similar benign KCSAN flagged issues in the hrtimer, timer and
     timer migration code.
 
   - Fixes for a few selftest issues
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Merge tag 'timers-core-2026-10-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull timer core updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Updates for the core timekeeping and timers subsystem:

   - Futher cleanups for the POSIX timer exit/exec related code to
     simplify the code flow and to make it more robust against future
     changes.

   - Prevent tearing of timekeeper::ktime_sec which can be accessed
     without the sequence count protection.

     The timekeeper is updated by memcpy() with an uneven sequence count
     to force readers into the retry path. On 64-bit machine the
     ktime_sec member can be accessed atomically without the sequence
     count protection. That is only correct when the update side
     memcpy() guarantees atomicity at the 64-bit granularity. That's not
     guaranteed due to debug options, compilers and instruction
     availability. If the memcpy() does not provide the atomicity then
     the unprotected readers can observe store tearing.

     To prevent this write the ktime_sec member before the memcpy() so
     that a non-atomic memcpy() will write the same data. A similar fix
     has been done for the xtime_sec member, but the ktime_sec
     equivalent was missed.

   - Prevent time64_to_tm() day truncation on 32-bit kernels

     The function receives a 64-bit seconds value but stores the
     quotient of the computation in a long, which truncates the result
     for large input values. Cure this by using div_s64_rem() which
     stores the quotient in s64 and only leaves the seconds-within-day
     reminder in a long, which is guaranteed to fit. This fix comes with
     a corresponding kunit test to prevent further mishaps.

   - Mark data-racy accesses to the hrtimer_sleeper::task member.

     The recent updates to KCSAN flagged these benign races. Annotate
     them with new helper functions, convert all existing usage sites
     and mark the task member private after that so that future users
     which fail to use the helpers can be detected automatically.

   - Address similar benign KCSAN flagged issues in the hrtimer, timer
     and timer migration code.

   - Fixes for a few selftest issues"

* tag 'timers-core-2026-10-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (26 commits)
  selftests/timers: clocksource-switch: Fix unchecked open()/read()
  selftests: timers: Measure the CPU timers on the clock they count
  selftests: timers: Count what tick is worth in the drift estimate
  time/kunit: Add time64_to_tm() case beyond 32-bit day count
  time: Prevent time64_to_tm() day truncation on 32-bit
  timekeeping: Use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE() for ktime_sec to prevent tearing
  timers/migration: Mark racy updates to tmigr_event::ignore field
  timers: Mark racy updates to hlist_node::pprev field
  hrtimer: Apply READ_ONCE() to lockless base->running loads
  hrtimer: Mark the hrtimer_sleeper structure's ->task field __private
  hrtimer: Update hrtimer_resolution only if value changes
  futex: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field in requeue
  rtmutex: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field
  net: pktgen: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field
  timers: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field in sleep_timeout.c
  futex: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field in waitwake.c
  io-uring/rw: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field
  wait: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field
  aio: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field
  hrtimer: Mark data-racy accesses to hrtimer_sleeper ->task field
  ...
2026-10-21 11:20:38 -10:00
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bpf vfs-7.4-rc1.idmap 2026-10-19 17:57:49 -10:00
cgroup cgroup: Fixes for v7.3-rc6 2026-10-07 02:19:02 +02:00
configs slab: support for compiler-assisted type-based slab cache partitioning 2026-05-14 10:44:09 +02:00
debug kgdb: update outdated references to kgdb_wait() 2026-04-21 16:41:54 +01:00
dma dma-mapping fixes for Linux 7.3 2026-10-10 00:49:55 +02:00
entry Merge __{get,put}_user() removal branch 2026-10-21 07:19:30 -10:00
events Merge __{get,put}_user() removal branch 2026-10-21 07:19:30 -10:00
futex Updates for the core timekeeping and timers subsystem: 2026-10-21 11:20:38 -10:00
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq Updates for interrupt chip drivers: 2026-10-21 11:16:50 -10:00
kcsan kcsan: avoid unintended access checking in NMIs 2026-07-20 18:18:37 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Fix NULL pointer dereference in klp_find_func() 2026-07-07 12:54:37 +02:00
liveupdate kho: make boot time huge page allocation work nicely with KHO 2026-08-23 09:17:38 -07:00
locking rtmutex: Use accessor for hrtimer_sleeper ->task field 2026-09-29 21:02:52 +02:00
module module: fix lost error code from codetag_load_module() 2026-09-26 13:55:09 -07:00
power Core features: 2026-10-20 07:55:19 -10:00
printk printk: Postpone kthread startup 2026-10-16 17:07:29 +02:00
rcu Merge branches 'misc.2026.10.06a' and 'torture.2026.10.12a' into HEAD 2026-10-12 16:53:20 -07:00
sched Scheduler updates: 2026-10-20 12:35:35 -10:00
tests userns: rename insert_extent() and sort_idmaps() 2026-09-11 15:00:37 +02:00
time Updates for the core timekeeping and timers subsystem: 2026-10-21 11:20:38 -10:00
trace bpf: Use get_user() for kprobe_multi symbols and uprobe_multi arrays 2026-10-19 19:23:30 -10:00
unwind Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c fs: move SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE to FS_USERNS_MOUNT_RESTRICTED 2026-05-11 23:13:01 +02:00
async.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() 2026-05-27 19:15:34 -04:00
audit_tree.c Automated merge of 'audit/dev' into 'stable-7.4' 2026-10-16 09:36:00 -04:00
audit_watch.c audit: Fix filter rule accounting after automatic removal 2026-09-01 17:35:19 -04:00
audit.c audit: use copied skb length in kauditd_send_multicast_skb() 2026-08-31 13:52:41 -04:00
audit.h audit: separate file and process capability storage 2026-09-28 18:10:56 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: Fix filter rule accounting after automatic removal 2026-09-01 17:35:19 -04:00
auditsc.c lsm/stable-7.4 PR 20261016 2026-10-20 20:04:07 -10:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c x86/asm: Remove ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL usage 2025-12-03 16:53:19 +01:00
capability.c vfs-7.4-rc1.idmap 2026-10-19 17:57:49 -10:00
cfi.c
compat.c compat: use scoped user access in get_compat_sigevent() 2026-10-19 19:23:18 -10:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Remove rcu_task_trace_heavyweight_{enter,exit}() 2026-01-01 16:39:46 +08:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask 2026-09-28 08:44:41 +02:00
crash_core_test.c
crash_core.c crash: Update stale NR_CPUS_DEFAULT references in elfcorehdr sizing docs 2026-09-02 14:25:16 -07:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time 2026-07-13 10:04:47 +03:00
crash_reserve.c kernel/crash: remove inclusion of crypto/sha1.h 2026-03-27 21:19:46 -07:00
cred.c cred: prevent slab cache merging for cred_jar 2026-09-09 17:48:37 -04:00
delayacct.c sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL 2026-08-05 15:28:23 +02:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c
exec_domain.c
exec_state.c exec_state: relocate dumpable information 2026-05-26 11:02:01 +02:00
exit.c Updates for the core timekeeping and timers subsystem: 2026-10-21 11:20:38 -10:00
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
fork.c vfs-7.4-rc1.sync_close 2026-10-19 21:03:21 -10:00
freezer.c
gen_kheaders.sh
groups.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: explicitly report I/O wait state in log output 2026-03-27 21:19:40 -07:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work: Flush lazy work CPU down on PREEMPT_RT 2026-10-01 14:00:35 +02:00
jump_label.c treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base 2026-01-22 15:58:22 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kallsyms.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
kcmp.c fs: add real_fs to track task's actual fs_struct 2026-06-29 10:43:45 +02:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.kexec crash: Update stale NR_CPUS_DEFAULT references in elfcorehdr sizing docs 2026-09-02 14:25:16 -07:00
Kconfig.locks locking/qspinlock: Add contended_release tracepoint 2026-08-07 17:58:10 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt cpumask: Introduce cpu_preferred_mask 2026-09-28 08:44:41 +02:00
kcov.c mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
kexec_core.c liveupdate: skip serialization for context-preserving kexec 2026-06-01 09:19:38 +03:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: skip checksum verification when safe 2026-07-01 13:01:08 +03:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kheaders.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Skip disarmed probes when checking optkprobe overlap 2026-10-02 15:51:57 +09:00
kstack_erase.c sysctl: remove __user qualifier from stack_erasing_sysctl buffer argument 2025-11-27 15:44:53 +01:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kernel: ksysfs: initialize kernel_kobj earlier 2026-04-03 19:39:52 +02:00
kthread.c vfs-7.4-rc1.coredump 2026-10-19 17:21:24 -10:00
latencytop.c
Makefile Kbuild / Kconfig updates for 7.4 2026-10-21 10:45:44 -10:00
module_signature.c module: Give 'enum pkey_id_type' a more specific name 2026-03-24 21:42:37 +00:00
notifier.c
nscommon.c lsm: add LSM blob and hooks for namespaces 2026-08-31 16:14:10 -04:00
nsproxy.c lsm/stable-7.4 PR 20261016 2026-10-20 20:04:07 -10:00
nstree.c nstree: check listing permission before taking a namespace reference 2026-09-09 10:03:15 +02:00
padata.c padata: Put CPU offline callback in ONLINE section to allow failure 2026-03-22 11:17:59 +09:00
panic.c bug/kunit: Core support for suppressing warning backtraces 2026-05-14 10:50:00 -06:00
params.c mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
pid_namespace.c kernel-7.4-rc1.signal 2026-10-19 16:22:15 -10:00
pid_sysctl.h
pid.c pid: use READ_ONCE() in pid_alive() 2026-10-12 11:13:01 +02:00
profile.c
ptrace.c Merge __{get,put}_user() removal branch 2026-10-21 07:19:30 -10:00
range.c
reboot.c Merge branch 'for-7.3-hotfix' into for-linus 2026-10-16 17:38:25 +02:00
regset.c
relay.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource_kunit.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource.c resource: downgrade "resource sanity check" warning to debug level 2026-08-03 21:10:05 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Reenable performance optimizations conditionally 2026-05-06 17:40:27 +02:00
scftorture.c smp_call_function() torture-test updates: 2026-08-23 19:28:04 -07:00
scs.c
seccomp.c seccomp, treewide: Rename and convert __secure_computing() to return boolean 2026-07-12 12:38:02 +02:00
signal.c Merge __{get,put}_user() removal branch 2026-10-21 07:19:30 -10:00
smp.c Report CSD-lock stall recovery time 2026-10-21 11:03:28 -10:00
smpboot.c smpboot: Don't park the thread if work is pending 2026-10-01 14:00:36 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c softirq: Preserve interrupt context on return from interrupt 2026-10-15 10:38:13 +02:00
stacktrace.c
static_call_inline.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
static_call.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Make stop_one_cpu_nowait() return void 2026-07-31 12:35:26 +02:00
sys_ni.c time: Respect COMPAT_32BIT_TIME for old time type functions 2026-07-07 23:52:53 +02:00
sys.c prctl: fix PR_SET_MM_AUXV losing the forced AT_NULL terminator 2026-08-19 19:55:05 -07:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c sysctl: Negate before converting in the int read path 2026-09-29 09:25:14 +02:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c taskstats: fold the two cpumask handlers into one 2026-08-13 15:42:05 -07:00
torture.c torture: Don't leak shuffle_tmp_mask when shuffler kthread fails to start 2026-08-14 14:59:21 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func() 2026-04-14 05:17:02 -04:00
tsacct.c tsacct: skip all kernel threads 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
ucount.c binfmt_misc: correctly account pre-opened interpreters 2026-08-03 23:36:18 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c fs: add umh argument to struct kernel_clone_args 2026-06-29 10:54:41 +02:00
up.c smp: Refactor remote CPU selection in smp_call_function_any() 2026-07-16 09:24:55 +02:00
user_namespace.c vfs-7.4-rc1.idmap 2026-10-19 17:57:49 -10:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c binfmt_misc: use RCU for the handler lookup 2026-08-03 10:08:36 +02:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: remove CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL, it just mirrors CONFIG_SYSCTL 2026-08-05 15:28:23 +02:00
utsname.c uts: drop BUG_ON() in copy_utsname() 2026-09-04 12:46:45 +02:00
vhost_task.c vhost_task_create: kill unnecessary .exit_signal initialization 2026-06-10 02:17:00 -04:00
vmcore_info.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-04-16 20:11:56 -07:00
watch_queue.c watch_queue: Fix note pool publication race in watch_queue_set_size() 2026-10-14 22:08:02 +02:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog/hardlockup: improve buddy system detection timeliness 2026-03-27 21:19:47 -07:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/hardlockup: simplify perf event probe and remove per-cpu dependency 2026-02-08 00:13:35 -08:00
watchdog.c watchdog/softlockup: fix softlockup typos 2026-08-03 21:10:06 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics 2026-03-05 07:27:48 -10:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Fix NULL current_pwq deref in mem-reclaim helper 2026-10-07 07:57:17 -10:00