[PATCH] posix-timers: Handle returned errors poperly in [i]timer_delete()

From: Anna-Maria Behnsen
Date: Mon Apr 15 2024 - 08:31:18 EST


timer_delete_hook() returns -EINVAL when the clock or the timer_del
callback of the clock does not exist. This return value is not handled by
the callsites timer_delete() and itimer_delete().

Therefore add proper error handling.

Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
When having a look at the posix timer code during reviewing the queue, I
stumbled over this inconsitency. Maybe you want to have it in your
cleanup queue. Patch applies on top of your queue.

kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(timer_delete, timer_t, t
{
struct k_itimer *timer;
unsigned long flags;
+ int ret;

timer = lock_timer(timer_id, &flags);

@@ -1019,7 +1020,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(timer_delete, timer_t, t
/* Prevent signal delivery and rearming. */
timer->it_signal_seq++;

- if (unlikely(timer_delete_hook(timer) == TIMER_RETRY)) {
+ ret = timer_delete_hook(timer);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (unlikely(ret == TIMER_RETRY)) {
/* Unlocks and relocks the timer if it still exists */
timer = timer_wait_running(timer, &flags);
goto retry_delete;
@@ -1047,6 +1052,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(timer_delete, timer_t, t
static void itimer_delete(struct k_itimer *timer)
{
unsigned long flags;
+ int ret;

/*
* irqsave is required to make timer_wait_running() work.
@@ -1054,13 +1060,17 @@ static void itimer_delete(struct k_itime
spin_lock_irqsave(&timer->it_lock, flags);

retry_delete:
+ ret = timer_delete_hook(timer);
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret < 0))
+ return;
+
/*
* Even if the timer is not longer accessible from other tasks
* it still might be armed and queued in the underlying timer
* mechanism. Worse, that timer mechanism might run the expiry
* function concurrently.
*/
- if (timer_delete_hook(timer) == TIMER_RETRY) {
+ if (ret == TIMER_RETRY) {
/*
* Timer is expired concurrently, prevent livelocks
* and pointless spinning on RT.