[RFC][PATCH 1/4] time: Fix clock->read(clock) race around clocksource changes

[John Stultz]

In some testing on arm64 platforms, I was seeing null ptr
crashes in the kselftest/timers clocksource-switch test.

This was happening in a read function like:
u64 clocksource_mmio_readl_down(struct clocksource *c)
{
    return ~(u64)readl_relaxed(to_mmio_clksrc(c)->reg) & c->mask;
}

Where the callers enter the seqlock, and then call something
like:
    cycle_now = tkr->read(tkr->clock);

The problem seeming to be that since the read and clock
references are happening separately, its possible the
clocksource change happens in between and we end up calling the
old read with the new clocksource, (or vice-versa) which causes
the to_mmio_clksrc() in the read function to run off into space.

This patch tries to address the issue by providing a helper
function that atomically reads the clock value and then calls
the clock->read(clock) call so that we always call the read
funciton with the appropriate clocksource and don't accidentally
mix them.

The one exception where this helper isn't necessary is for the
fast-timekepers which use their own locking and update logic
to the tkr structures.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Mentz <danielmentz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 9652bc5..abc1968 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -118,6 +118,26 @@ static inline void tk_update_sleep_time(struct timekeeper *tk, ktime_t delta)
 	tk->offs_boot = ktime_add(tk->offs_boot, delta);
 }
 
+/*
+ * tk_clock_read - atomic clocksource read() helper
+ *
+ * This helper is necessary to use in the read paths as, while the seqlock
+ * ensures we don't return a bad value while structures are updated, it
+ * doesn't protect from potential crashes. There is the possibility that
+ * the tkr's clocksource may change between the read reference, and the
+ * clock refernce passed to the read function.  This can cause crashes if
+ * the wrong clocksource is passed to the wrong read function.
+ * This isn't necessary to use when holding the timekeeper_lock or doing
+ * a read of the fast-timekeeper tkrs (which is protected by its own locking
+ * and update logic).
+ */
+static inline u64 tk_clock_read(struct tk_read_base *tkr)
+{
+	struct clocksource *clock = READ_ONCE(tkr->clock);
+
+	return clock->read(clock);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
 #define WARNING_FREQ (HZ*300) /* 5 minute rate-limiting */
 
@@ -175,7 +195,7 @@ static inline u64 timekeeping_get_delta(struct tk_read_base *tkr)
 	 */
 	do {
 		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&tk_core.seq);
-		now = tkr->read(tkr->clock);
+		now = tk_clock_read(tkr);
 		last = tkr->cycle_last;
 		mask = tkr->mask;
 		max = tkr->clock->max_cycles;
@@ -209,7 +229,7 @@ static inline u64 timekeeping_get_delta(struct tk_read_base *tkr)
 	u64 cycle_now, delta;
 
 	/* read clocksource */
-	cycle_now = tkr->read(tkr->clock);
+	cycle_now = tk_clock_read(tkr);
 
 	/* calculate the delta since the last update_wall_time */
 	delta = clocksource_delta(cycle_now, tkr->cycle_last, tkr->mask);
@@ -240,7 +260,7 @@ static void tk_setup_internals(struct timekeeper *tk, struct clocksource *clock)
 	tk->tkr_mono.clock = clock;
 	tk->tkr_mono.read = clock->read;
 	tk->tkr_mono.mask = clock->mask;
-	tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last = tk->tkr_mono.read(clock);
+	tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last = tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono);
 
 	tk->tkr_raw.clock = clock;
 	tk->tkr_raw.read = clock->read;
@@ -477,7 +497,7 @@ static void halt_fast_timekeeper(struct timekeeper *tk)
 	struct tk_read_base *tkr = &tk->tkr_mono;
 
 	memcpy(&tkr_dummy, tkr, sizeof(tkr_dummy));
-	cycles_at_suspend = tkr->read(tkr->clock);
+	cycles_at_suspend = tk_clock_read(tkr);
 	tkr_dummy.read = dummy_clock_read;
 	update_fast_timekeeper(&tkr_dummy, &tk_fast_mono);
 
@@ -649,11 +669,10 @@ static void timekeeping_update(struct timekeeper *tk, unsigned int action)
  */
 static void timekeeping_forward_now(struct timekeeper *tk)
 {
-	struct clocksource *clock = tk->tkr_mono.clock;
 	u64 cycle_now, delta;
 	u64 nsec;
 
-	cycle_now = tk->tkr_mono.read(clock);
+	cycle_now = tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono);
 	delta = clocksource_delta(cycle_now, tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last, tk->tkr_mono.mask);
 	tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last = cycle_now;
 	tk->tkr_raw.cycle_last  = cycle_now;
@@ -929,8 +948,7 @@ void ktime_get_snapshot(struct system_time_snapshot *systime_snapshot)
 
 	do {
 		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&tk_core.seq);
-
-		now = tk->tkr_mono.read(tk->tkr_mono.clock);
+		now = tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono);
 		systime_snapshot->cs_was_changed_seq = tk->cs_was_changed_seq;
 		systime_snapshot->clock_was_set_seq = tk->clock_was_set_seq;
 		base_real = ktime_add(tk->tkr_mono.base,
@@ -1108,7 +1126,7 @@ int get_device_system_crosststamp(int (*get_time_fn)
 		 * Check whether the system counter value provided by the
 		 * device driver is on the current timekeeping interval.
 		 */
-		now = tk->tkr_mono.read(tk->tkr_mono.clock);
+		now = tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono);
 		interval_start = tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last;
 		if (!cycle_between(interval_start, cycles, now)) {
 			clock_was_set_seq = tk->clock_was_set_seq;
@@ -1629,7 +1647,7 @@ void timekeeping_resume(void)
 	 * The less preferred source will only be tried if there is no better
 	 * usable source. The rtc part is handled separately in rtc core code.
 	 */
-	cycle_now = tk->tkr_mono.read(clock);
+	cycle_now = tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono);
 	if ((clock->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_SUSPEND_NONSTOP) &&
 		cycle_now > tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last) {
 		u64 nsec, cyc_delta;
@@ -2030,7 +2048,7 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
 	offset = real_tk->cycle_interval;
 #else
-	offset = clocksource_delta(tk->tkr_mono.read(tk->tkr_mono.clock),
+	offset = clocksource_delta(tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono),
 				   tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last, tk->tkr_mono.mask);
 #endif
 
-- 
2.7.4