Forwarded: [syz test] net/sched: taprio: reject too-small software schedule intervals
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Subject: [syz test] net/sched: taprio: reject too-small software schedule intervals
Author: junjie.cao@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git dd057113ac7ba5bdd2aed3d9405305911152f911
Signed-off-by: Junjie Cao <junjie.cao@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index 299234a5f0fe..f740918a3b17 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -259,6 +259,27 @@ static int length_to_duration(struct taprio_sched *q, int len)
return div_u64(len * atomic64_read(&q->picos_per_byte), PSEC_PER_NSEC);
}
+/* Software schedules service one hrtimer expiry per entry; an interval
+ * shorter than the expiry servicing cost rearms the timer in the past
+ * and storms the CPU. 100us stays above that cost across configurations
+ * (sub-us with lockdep, more under KASAN) and below any practical
+ * schedule.
+ */
+#define TAPRIO_MIN_SW_INTERVAL_NS (100 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
+
+static s64 taprio_min_interval(struct taprio_sched *q)
+{
+ s64 min_interval = length_to_duration(q, ETH_ZLEN);
+
+ /* Only pure software schedules arm the per-entry hrtimer. */
+ if (!FULL_OFFLOAD_IS_ENABLED(q->flags) &&
+ !TXTIME_ASSIST_IS_ENABLED(q->flags))
+ min_interval = max_t(s64, min_interval,
+ TAPRIO_MIN_SW_INTERVAL_NS);
+
+ return min_interval;
+}
+
static int duration_to_length(struct taprio_sched *q, u64 duration)
{
return div_u64(duration * PSEC_PER_NSEC, atomic64_read(&q->picos_per_byte));
@@ -1038,7 +1059,7 @@ static int fill_sched_entry(struct taprio_sched *q, struct nlattr **tb,
struct sched_entry *entry,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
- int min_duration = length_to_duration(q, ETH_ZLEN);
+ s64 min_duration = taprio_min_interval(q);
u32 interval = 0;
if (tb[TCA_TAPRIO_SCHED_ENTRY_CMD])
@@ -1166,7 +1187,7 @@ static int parse_taprio_schedule(struct taprio_sched *q, struct nlattr **tb,
new->cycle_time = cycle;
}
- if (new->cycle_time < new->num_entries * length_to_duration(q, ETH_ZLEN)) {
+ if (new->cycle_time < (s64)new->num_entries * taprio_min_interval(q)) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "'cycle_time' is too small");
return -EINVAL;
}