Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:03:53 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: How is Code in do_sys_settimeofday() safe in case of SMP and Nest Kernel Path? |
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On Sat 30-09-06 17:03:45, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > Did you get to the bottom of this yet? It looks like you're right, > > and I suggest a seqlock might be a good option. > > It basically doesn't matter because nobody changes the time zone after boot.
Attacker might; in a tight loop, to confuse time-of-day subsystem, or maybe oops the kernel. Pavel
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