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Subject[patch 40/57] sched_clock: prevent scd->clock from moving backwards
2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

commit 5b7dba4ff834259a5623e03a565748704a8fe449 upstream

sched_clock: prevent scd->clock from moving backwards

When sched_clock_cpu() couples the clocks between two cpus, it may
increment scd->clock beyond the GTOD tick window that __update_sched_clock()
uses to clamp the clock. A later call to __update_sched_clock() may move
the clock back to scd->tick_gtod + TICK_NSEC, violating the clock's
monotonic property.

This patch ensures that scd->clock will not be set backward.

Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
kernel/sched_clock.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_clock.c
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ static u64 __update_sched_clock(struct s

/*
* scd->clock = clamp(scd->tick_gtod + delta,
- * max(scd->tick_gtod, scd->clock),
- * scd->tick_gtod + TICK_NSEC);
+ * max(scd->tick_gtod, scd->clock),
+ * max(scd->clock, scd->tick_gtod + TICK_NSEC));
*/

clock = scd->tick_gtod + delta;
min_clock = wrap_max(scd->tick_gtod, scd->clock);
- max_clock = scd->tick_gtod + TICK_NSEC;
+ max_clock = wrap_max(scd->clock, scd->tick_gtod + TICK_NSEC);

clock = wrap_max(clock, min_clock);
clock = wrap_min(clock, max_clock);
--


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