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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2014-09-06 12:18:07 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2014-09-06 12:58:18 +0200
commit849151dd5481bc8acb1d287a299b5d6a4ca9f1c3 (patch)
treee14c9ddf3bda4da1668d4c4c52a77d5e74aea293 /kernel/compat.c
parent40bea039593dfc7f3f9814dab844f6db43ae580b (diff)
downloadlinux-849151dd5481bc8acb1d287a299b5d6a4ca9f1c3.tar.bz2
compat: nanosleep: Clarify error handling
The error handling in compat_sys_nanosleep() is correct, but completely non obvious. Document it and restrict it to the -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK return value for clarity. Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/compat.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/compat.c24
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index 633394f442f8..ebb3c369d03d 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static long compat_nanosleep_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
ret = hrtimer_nanosleep_restart(restart);
set_fs(oldfs);
- if (ret) {
+ if (ret == -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK) {
rmtp = restart->nanosleep.compat_rmtp;
if (rmtp && compat_put_timespec(&rmt, rmtp))
@@ -256,7 +256,26 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(nanosleep, struct compat_timespec __user *, rqtp,
HRTIMER_MODE_REL, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
set_fs(oldfs);
- if (ret) {
+ /*
+ * hrtimer_nanosleep() can only return 0 or
+ * -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK here because:
+ *
+ * - we call it with HRTIMER_MODE_REL and therefor exclude the
+ * -ERESTARTNOHAND return path.
+ *
+ * - we supply the rmtp argument from the task stack (due to
+ * the necessary compat conversion. So the update cannot
+ * fail, which excludes the -EFAULT return path as well. If
+ * it fails nevertheless we have a bigger problem and wont
+ * reach this place anymore.
+ *
+ * - if the return value is 0, we do not have to update rmtp
+ * because there is no remaining time.
+ *
+ * We check for -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK nevertheless if the
+ * core implementation decides to return random nonsense.
+ */
+ if (ret == -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK) {
struct restart_block *restart
= &current_thread_info()->restart_block;
@@ -266,7 +285,6 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(nanosleep, struct compat_timespec __user *, rqtp,
if (rmtp && compat_put_timespec(&rmt, rmtp))
return -EFAULT;
}
-
return ret;
}