[patch V3 05/18] posix-timers: Remove a few paranoid warnings

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sat Mar 08 2025 - 11:49:33 EST


Warnings about a non-initialized timer or non-existing callbacks are just
useful for implementing new posix clocks, but there a NULL pointer
dereference is expected anyway. :)

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
V2: New patch
---
kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 37 ++++++++-----------------------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -682,7 +682,6 @@ void common_timer_get(struct k_itimer *t

static int do_timer_gettime(timer_t timer_id, struct itimerspec64 *setting)
{
- const struct k_clock *kc;
struct k_itimer *timr;
unsigned long flags;
int ret = 0;
@@ -692,11 +691,7 @@ static int do_timer_gettime(timer_t time
return -EINVAL;

memset(setting, 0, sizeof(*setting));
- kc = timr->kclock;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!kc || !kc->timer_get))
- ret = -EINVAL;
- else
- kc->timer_get(timr, setting);
+ timr->kclock->timer_get(timr, setting);

unlock_timer(timr, flags);
return ret;
@@ -824,7 +819,6 @@ static void common_timer_wait_running(st
static struct k_itimer *timer_wait_running(struct k_itimer *timer,
unsigned long *flags)
{
- const struct k_clock *kc = READ_ONCE(timer->kclock);
timer_t timer_id = READ_ONCE(timer->it_id);

/* Prevent kfree(timer) after dropping the lock */
@@ -835,8 +829,7 @@ static struct k_itimer *timer_wait_runni
* kc->timer_wait_running() might drop RCU lock. So @timer
* cannot be touched anymore after the function returns!
*/
- if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!kc->timer_wait_running))
- kc->timer_wait_running(timer);
+ timer->kclock->timer_wait_running(timer);

rcu_read_unlock();
/* Relock the timer. It might be not longer hashed. */
@@ -899,7 +892,6 @@ static int do_timer_settime(timer_t time
struct itimerspec64 *new_spec64,
struct itimerspec64 *old_spec64)
{
- const struct k_clock *kc;
struct k_itimer *timr;
unsigned long flags;
int error;
@@ -922,11 +914,7 @@ static int do_timer_settime(timer_t time
/* Prevent signal delivery and rearming. */
timr->it_signal_seq++;

- kc = timr->kclock;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!kc || !kc->timer_set))
- error = -EINVAL;
- else
- error = kc->timer_set(timr, tmr_flags, new_spec64, old_spec64);
+ error = timr->kclock->timer_set(timr, tmr_flags, new_spec64, old_spec64);

if (error == TIMER_RETRY) {
// We already got the old time...
@@ -1008,18 +996,6 @@ static inline void posix_timer_cleanup_i
}
}

-static inline int timer_delete_hook(struct k_itimer *timer)
-{
- const struct k_clock *kc = timer->kclock;
-
- /* Prevent signal delivery and rearming. */
- timer->it_signal_seq++;
-
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!kc || !kc->timer_del))
- return -EINVAL;
- return kc->timer_del(timer);
-}
-
/* Delete a POSIX.1b interval timer. */
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(timer_delete, timer_t, timer_id)
{
@@ -1032,7 +1008,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(timer_delete, timer_t, t
if (!timer)
return -EINVAL;

- if (unlikely(timer_delete_hook(timer) == TIMER_RETRY)) {
+ /* Prevent signal delivery and rearming. */
+ timer->it_signal_seq++;
+
+ if (unlikely(timer->kclock->timer_del(timer) == TIMER_RETRY)) {
/* Unlocks and relocks the timer if it still exists */
timer = timer_wait_running(timer, &flags);
goto retry_delete;
@@ -1078,7 +1057,7 @@ static void itimer_delete(struct k_itime
* mechanism. Worse, that timer mechanism might run the expiry
* function concurrently.
*/
- if (timer_delete_hook(timer) == TIMER_RETRY) {
+ if (timer->kclock->timer_del(timer) == TIMER_RETRY) {
/*
* Timer is expired concurrently, prevent livelocks
* and pointless spinning on RT.