Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:46:01 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [REGRESSION][PATCH] mqueue: Ignore the validity of abs_timeout parameter when message can be performed immediately |
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:42:35 +0900 Akira Takeuchi <takeuchi.akr@jp.panasonic.com> wrote:
> This patch fixes up the regression problem of mq_timed{send,receive} syscall. > > When a message of mqueue can be performed immediately, > the validity of abs_timeout parameter should not be checked. > > According to the manpage of mq_timedreceive: > Under no circumstance shall the operation fail with a timeout > if a message can be removed from the message queue immediately. > The validity of the abstime parameter need not be checked > if a message can be removed from the message queue immediately. > > On 2.6.35+ kernel, mq_timed{send,receive} returns EINVAL incorrectly, > in this situation. > > I found this problem during the OPTS testcase > "conformance/interfaces/mq_timedreceive/10-2": > > # ./10-2.test > FAIL: the validity of abs_timeout is checked > Test FAILED
Are you able to identify the commit which caused this regression? I'm guessing
commit 9ca7d8e6834c40a99622bbe4a88aaf64313ae43c Author: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org> AuthorDate: Fri Apr 2 22:40:20 2010 +0200 Commit: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CommitDate: Tue Apr 6 21:50:03 2010 +0200
mqueue: Convert message queue timeout to use hrtimers
> Signed-off-by: Akira Takeuchi <takeuchi.akr@jp.panasonic.com> > Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Owada <owada.kiyoshi@jp.panasonic.com> > --- > ipc/mqueue.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c > index 86ee272..7cd4411 100644 > --- a/ipc/mqueue.c > +++ b/ipc/mqueue.c > @@ -861,14 +861,22 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedsend, mqd_t, mqdes, const char __user *, u_msg_ptr, > struct msg_msg *msg_ptr; > struct mqueue_inode_info *info; > ktime_t expires, *timeout = NULL; > + int timeout_param_error = 0; > struct timespec ts; > int ret; > > if (u_abs_timeout) { > int res = prepare_timeout(u_abs_timeout, &expires, &ts); > if (res) > - return res; > - timeout = &expires; > + /* > + * The validity of the abs_timeout parameter need not be > + * checked when there is sufficient room in the queue. > + * So, do not return here, even if the parameter is > + * invalid. > + */ > + timeout_param_error = res; > + else > + timeout = &expires; > } > > if (unlikely(msg_prio >= (unsigned long) MQ_PRIO_MAX)) > @@ -916,6 +924,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedsend, mqd_t, mqdes, const char __user *, u_msg_ptr, > if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) { > spin_unlock(&info->lock); > ret = -EAGAIN; > + } else if (unlikely(timeout_param_error)) { > + spin_unlock(&info->lock); > + ret = timeout_param_error; > } else { > wait.task = current; > wait.msg = (void *) msg_ptr; > @@ -955,13 +966,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedreceive, mqd_t, mqdes, char __user *, u_msg_ptr, > struct mqueue_inode_info *info; > struct ext_wait_queue wait; > ktime_t expires, *timeout = NULL; > + int timeout_param_error = 0; > struct timespec ts; > > if (u_abs_timeout) { > int res = prepare_timeout(u_abs_timeout, &expires, &ts); > if (res) > - return res; > - timeout = &expires; > + /* > + * The validity of the abs_timeout parameter need not be > + * checked if a message can be removed from the message > + * queue immediately. So, do not return here, even if > + * the parameter is invalid. > + */ > + timeout_param_error = res; > + else > + timeout = &expires; > } > > audit_mq_sendrecv(mqdes, msg_len, 0, timeout ? &ts : NULL); > @@ -996,6 +1015,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mq_timedreceive, mqd_t, mqdes, char __user *, u_msg_ptr, > if (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) { > spin_unlock(&info->lock); > ret = -EAGAIN; > + } else if (unlikely(timeout_param_error)) { > + spin_unlock(&info->lock); > + ret = timeout_param_error; > + msg_ptr = NULL; /* just for shutting up warning */ > } else { > wait.task = current; > wait.state = STATE_NONE; > -- > 1.7.4.1 > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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