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<title>Merge tag 'timers-urgent-2024-04-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-04-14T17:32:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-14T17:32:22+00:00</published>
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Pull timer fixes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Address a (valid) W=1 build warning

 - Fix timer self-tests

 - Annotate a KCSAN warning wrt. accesses to the tick_do_timer_cpu
   global variable

 - Address a !CONFIG_BUG build warning

* tag 'timers-urgent-2024-04-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  selftests: kselftest: Fix build failure with NOLIBC
  selftests: timers: Fix abs() warning in posix_timers test
  selftests: kselftest: Mark functions that unconditionally call exit() as __noreturn
  selftests: timers: Fix posix_timers ksft_print_msg() warning
  selftests: timers: Fix valid-adjtimex signed left-shift undefined behavior
  bug: Fix no-return-statement warning with !CONFIG_BUG
  timekeeping: Use READ/WRITE_ONCE() for tick_do_timer_cpu
  selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()
  irqflags: Explicitly ignore lockdep_hrtimer_exit() argument
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Pull timer fixes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Address a (valid) W=1 build warning

 - Fix timer self-tests

 - Annotate a KCSAN warning wrt. accesses to the tick_do_timer_cpu
   global variable

 - Address a !CONFIG_BUG build warning

* tag 'timers-urgent-2024-04-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  selftests: kselftest: Fix build failure with NOLIBC
  selftests: timers: Fix abs() warning in posix_timers test
  selftests: kselftest: Mark functions that unconditionally call exit() as __noreturn
  selftests: timers: Fix posix_timers ksft_print_msg() warning
  selftests: timers: Fix valid-adjtimex signed left-shift undefined behavior
  bug: Fix no-return-statement warning with !CONFIG_BUG
  timekeeping: Use READ/WRITE_ONCE() for tick_do_timer_cpu
  selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()
  irqflags: Explicitly ignore lockdep_hrtimer_exit() argument
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<entry>
<title>selftests: kselftest: Fix build failure with NOLIBC</title>
<updated>2024-04-12T14:55:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oleg Nesterov</name>
<email>oleg@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-12T12:35:36+00:00</published>
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As Mark explains ksft_min_kernel_version() can't be compiled with nolibc,
it doesn't implement uname().

Fixes: 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()")
Reported-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240412123536.GA32444@redhat.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f0523b3a-ea08-4615-b0fb-5b504a2d39df@sirena.org.uk/
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As Mark explains ksft_min_kernel_version() can't be compiled with nolibc,
it doesn't implement uname().

Fixes: 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()")
Reported-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240412123536.GA32444@redhat.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f0523b3a-ea08-4615-b0fb-5b504a2d39df@sirena.org.uk/
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<entry>
<title>selftests: timers: Fix abs() warning in posix_timers test</title>
<updated>2024-04-12T12:11:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>John Stultz</name>
<email>jstultz@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-10T23:26:30+00:00</published>
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Building with clang results in the following warning:

  posix_timers.c:69:6: warning: absolute value function 'abs' given an
      argument of type 'long long' but has parameter of type 'int' which may
      cause truncation of value [-Wabsolute-value]
        if (abs(diff - DELAY * USECS_PER_SEC) &gt; USECS_PER_SEC / 2) {
            ^
So switch to using llabs() instead.

Fixes: 0bc4b0cf1570 ("selftests: add basic posix timers selftests")
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240410232637.4135564-3-jstultz@google.com

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Building with clang results in the following warning:

  posix_timers.c:69:6: warning: absolute value function 'abs' given an
      argument of type 'long long' but has parameter of type 'int' which may
      cause truncation of value [-Wabsolute-value]
        if (abs(diff - DELAY * USECS_PER_SEC) &gt; USECS_PER_SEC / 2) {
            ^
So switch to using llabs() instead.

Fixes: 0bc4b0cf1570 ("selftests: add basic posix timers selftests")
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240410232637.4135564-3-jstultz@google.com

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<entry>
<title>selftests: kselftest: Mark functions that unconditionally call exit() as __noreturn</title>
<updated>2024-04-12T12:11:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nathan Chancellor</name>
<email>nathan@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-11T18:45:40+00:00</published>
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After commit 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement
check_timer_distribution()"), clang warns:

  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:398:6: warning: variable 'major' is used uninitialized whenever '||' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
    398 |         if (uname(&amp;info) || sscanf(info.release, "%u.%u.", &amp;major, &amp;minor) != 2)
        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~
  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:401:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
    401 |         return major &gt; min_major || (major == min_major &amp;&amp; minor &gt;= min_minor);
        |                ^~~~~
  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:398:6: note: remove the '||' if its condition is always false
    398 |         if (uname(&amp;info) || sscanf(info.release, "%u.%u.", &amp;major, &amp;minor) != 2)
        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:395:20: note: initialize the variable 'major' to silence this warning
    395 |         unsigned int major, minor;
        |                           ^
        |                            = 0

This is a false positive because if uname() fails, ksft_exit_fail_msg()
will be called, which unconditionally calls exit(), a noreturn function.
However, clang does not know that ksft_exit_fail_msg() will call exit() at
the point in the pipeline that the warning is emitted because inlining has
not occurred, so it assumes control flow will resume normally after
ksft_exit_fail_msg() is called.

Make it clear to clang that all of the functions that call exit()
unconditionally in kselftest.h are noreturn transitively by marking them
explicitly with '__attribute__((__noreturn__))', which clears up the
warning above and any future warnings that may appear for the same reason.

Fixes: 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()")
Reported-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240411-mark-kselftest-exit-funcs-noreturn-v1-1-b027c948f586@kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240410232637.4135564-2-jstultz@google.com/
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After commit 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement
check_timer_distribution()"), clang warns:

  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:398:6: warning: variable 'major' is used uninitialized whenever '||' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
    398 |         if (uname(&amp;info) || sscanf(info.release, "%u.%u.", &amp;major, &amp;minor) != 2)
        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~
  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:401:9: note: uninitialized use occurs here
    401 |         return major &gt; min_major || (major == min_major &amp;&amp; minor &gt;= min_minor);
        |                ^~~~~
  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:398:6: note: remove the '||' if its condition is always false
    398 |         if (uname(&amp;info) || sscanf(info.release, "%u.%u.", &amp;major, &amp;minor) != 2)
        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  tools/testing/selftests/timers/../kselftest.h:395:20: note: initialize the variable 'major' to silence this warning
    395 |         unsigned int major, minor;
        |                           ^
        |                            = 0

This is a false positive because if uname() fails, ksft_exit_fail_msg()
will be called, which unconditionally calls exit(), a noreturn function.
However, clang does not know that ksft_exit_fail_msg() will call exit() at
the point in the pipeline that the warning is emitted because inlining has
not occurred, so it assumes control flow will resume normally after
ksft_exit_fail_msg() is called.

Make it clear to clang that all of the functions that call exit()
unconditionally in kselftest.h are noreturn transitively by marking them
explicitly with '__attribute__((__noreturn__))', which clears up the
warning above and any future warnings that may appear for the same reason.

Fixes: 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()")
Reported-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor &lt;nathan@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240411-mark-kselftest-exit-funcs-noreturn-v1-1-b027c948f586@kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240410232637.4135564-2-jstultz@google.com/
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<entry>
<title>selftests: timers: Fix posix_timers ksft_print_msg() warning</title>
<updated>2024-04-12T12:11:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>John Stultz</name>
<email>jstultz@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-10T23:26:28+00:00</published>
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After commit 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement
check_timer_distribution()") the following warning occurs when building
with an older gcc:

posix_timers.c:250:2: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Wformat-security]
  250 |  ksft_print_msg(errmsg);
      |  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fix this up by changing it to ksft_print_msg("%s", errmsg)

Fixes: 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()")
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Justin Stitt &lt;justinstitt@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240410232637.4135564-1-jstultz@google.com
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After commit 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement
check_timer_distribution()") the following warning occurs when building
with an older gcc:

posix_timers.c:250:2: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Wformat-security]
  250 |  ksft_print_msg(errmsg);
      |  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fix this up by changing it to ksft_print_msg("%s", errmsg)

Fixes: 6d029c25b71f ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()")
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Justin Stitt &lt;justinstitt@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240410232637.4135564-1-jstultz@google.com
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'turbostat-2024.04.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux</title>
<updated>2024-04-10T20:13:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-10T20:13:27+00:00</published>
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Pull turbostat updates from Len Brown:

 - Use of the CPU MSR driver is now optional

 - Perf is now preferred for many counters

 - Non-root users can now execute turbostat, though with limited
   functionality

 - Add counters for some new GFX hardware

 - Minor fixes

* tag 'turbostat-2024.04.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (26 commits)
  tools/power turbostat: v2024.04.10
  tools/power/turbostat: Add support for Xe sysfs knobs
  tools/power/turbostat: Add support for new i915 sysfs knobs
  tools/power/turbostat: Introduce BIC_SAM_mc6/BIC_SAMMHz/BIC_SAMACTMHz
  tools/power/turbostat: Fix uncore frequency file string
  tools/power/turbostat: Unify graphics sysfs snapshots
  tools/power/turbostat: Cache graphics sysfs path
  tools/power/turbostat: Enable MSR_CORE_C1_RES support for ICX
  tools/power turbostat: Add selftests
  tools/power turbostat: read RAPL counters via perf
  tools/power turbostat: Add proper re-initialization for perf file descriptors
  tools/power turbostat: Clear added counters when in no-msr mode
  tools/power turbostat: add early exits for permission checks
  tools/power turbostat: detect and disable unavailable BICs at runtime
  tools/power turbostat: Add reading aperf and mperf via perf API
  tools/power turbostat: Add --no-perf option
  tools/power turbostat: Add --no-msr option
  tools/power turbostat: enhance -D (debug counter dump) output
  tools/power turbostat: Fix warning upon failed /dev/cpu_dma_latency read
  tools/power turbostat: Read base_hz and bclk from CPUID.16H if available
  ...
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Pull turbostat updates from Len Brown:

 - Use of the CPU MSR driver is now optional

 - Perf is now preferred for many counters

 - Non-root users can now execute turbostat, though with limited
   functionality

 - Add counters for some new GFX hardware

 - Minor fixes

* tag 'turbostat-2024.04.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux: (26 commits)
  tools/power turbostat: v2024.04.10
  tools/power/turbostat: Add support for Xe sysfs knobs
  tools/power/turbostat: Add support for new i915 sysfs knobs
  tools/power/turbostat: Introduce BIC_SAM_mc6/BIC_SAMMHz/BIC_SAMACTMHz
  tools/power/turbostat: Fix uncore frequency file string
  tools/power/turbostat: Unify graphics sysfs snapshots
  tools/power/turbostat: Cache graphics sysfs path
  tools/power/turbostat: Enable MSR_CORE_C1_RES support for ICX
  tools/power turbostat: Add selftests
  tools/power turbostat: read RAPL counters via perf
  tools/power turbostat: Add proper re-initialization for perf file descriptors
  tools/power turbostat: Clear added counters when in no-msr mode
  tools/power turbostat: add early exits for permission checks
  tools/power turbostat: detect and disable unavailable BICs at runtime
  tools/power turbostat: Add reading aperf and mperf via perf API
  tools/power turbostat: Add --no-perf option
  tools/power turbostat: Add --no-msr option
  tools/power turbostat: enhance -D (debug counter dump) output
  tools/power turbostat: Fix warning upon failed /dev/cpu_dma_latency read
  tools/power turbostat: Read base_hz and bclk from CPUID.16H if available
  ...
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<entry>
<title>selftests: timers: Fix valid-adjtimex signed left-shift undefined behavior</title>
<updated>2024-04-10T20:07:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>John Stultz</name>
<email>jstultz@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-09T20:22:12+00:00</published>
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The struct adjtimex freq field takes a signed value who's units are in
shifted (&lt;&lt;16) parts-per-million.

Unfortunately for negative adjustments, the straightforward use of:

  freq = ppm &lt;&lt; 16 trips undefined behavior warnings with clang:

valid-adjtimex.c:66:6: warning: shifting a negative signed value is undefined [-Wshift-negative-value]
        -499&lt;&lt;16,
        ~~~~^
valid-adjtimex.c:67:6: warning: shifting a negative signed value is undefined [-Wshift-negative-value]
        -450&lt;&lt;16,
        ~~~~^
..

Fix it by using a multiply by (1 &lt;&lt; 16) instead of shifting negative values
in the valid-adjtimex test case. Align the values for better readability.

Reported-by: Lee Jones &lt;joneslee@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum &lt;usama.anjum@collabora.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum &lt;usama.anjum@collabora.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240409202222.2830476-1-jstultz@google.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0c6d4f0d-2064-4444-986b-1d1ed782135f@collabora.com/
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The struct adjtimex freq field takes a signed value who's units are in
shifted (&lt;&lt;16) parts-per-million.

Unfortunately for negative adjustments, the straightforward use of:

  freq = ppm &lt;&lt; 16 trips undefined behavior warnings with clang:

valid-adjtimex.c:66:6: warning: shifting a negative signed value is undefined [-Wshift-negative-value]
        -499&lt;&lt;16,
        ~~~~^
valid-adjtimex.c:67:6: warning: shifting a negative signed value is undefined [-Wshift-negative-value]
        -450&lt;&lt;16,
        ~~~~^
..

Fix it by using a multiply by (1 &lt;&lt; 16) instead of shifting negative values
in the valid-adjtimex test case. Align the values for better readability.

Reported-by: Lee Jones &lt;joneslee@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum &lt;usama.anjum@collabora.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum &lt;usama.anjum@collabora.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240409202222.2830476-1-jstultz@google.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0c6d4f0d-2064-4444-986b-1d1ed782135f@collabora.com/
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<entry>
<title>tools/power turbostat: v2024.04.10</title>
<updated>2024-04-10T13:07:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Len Brown</name>
<email>len.brown@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-08T23:32:58+00:00</published>
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Much of turbostat can now run with perf, rather than using the MSR driver

Some of turbostat can now run as a regular non-root user.

Add some new output columns for some new GFX hardware.

[This patch updates the version, but otherwise changes no function;
 it touches up some checkpatch issues from previous patches]

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Much of turbostat can now run with perf, rather than using the MSR driver

Some of turbostat can now run as a regular non-root user.

Add some new output columns for some new GFX hardware.

[This patch updates the version, but otherwise changes no function;
 it touches up some checkpatch issues from previous patches]

Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<title>tools/power turbostat: Add selftests</title>
<updated>2024-04-09T18:04:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Patryk Wlazlyn</name>
<email>patryk.wlazlyn@linux.intel.com</email>
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<published>2024-03-07T16:00:35+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Patryk Wlazlyn &lt;patryk.wlazlyn@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Patryk Wlazlyn &lt;patryk.wlazlyn@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Len Brown &lt;len.brown@intel.com&gt;
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<title>selftests/timers/posix_timers: Reimplement check_timer_distribution()</title>
<updated>2024-04-09T15:48:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oleg Nesterov</name>
<email>oleg@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-09T13:38:03+00:00</published>
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check_timer_distribution() runs ten threads in a busy loop and tries to
test that the kernel distributes a process posix CPU timer signal to every
thread over time.

There is not guarantee that this is true even after commit bcb7ee79029d
("posix-timers: Prefer delivery of signals to the current thread") because
that commit only avoids waking up the sleeping process leader thread, but
that has nothing to do with the actual signal delivery.

As the signal is process wide the first thread which observes sigpending
and wins the race to lock sighand will deliver the signal. Testing shows
that this hangs on a regular base because some threads never win the race.

The comment "This primarily tests that the kernel does not favour any one."
is wrong. The kernel does favour a thread which hits the timer interrupt
when CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID expires.

Rewrite the test so it only checks that the group leader sleeping in join()
never receives SIGALRM and the thread which burns CPU cycles receives all
signals.

In older kernels which do not have commit bcb7ee79029d ("posix-timers:
Prefer delivery of signals to the current thread") the test-case fails
immediately, the very 1st tick wakes the leader up. Otherwise it quickly
succeeds after 100 ticks.

CI testing wants to use newer selftest versions on stable kernels. In this
case the test is guaranteed to fail.

So check in the failure case whether the kernel version is less than v6.3
and skip the test result in that case.

[ tglx: Massaged change log, renamed the version check helper ]

Fixes: e797203fb3ba ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Test delivery of signals across threads")
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240409133802.GD29396@redhat.com
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check_timer_distribution() runs ten threads in a busy loop and tries to
test that the kernel distributes a process posix CPU timer signal to every
thread over time.

There is not guarantee that this is true even after commit bcb7ee79029d
("posix-timers: Prefer delivery of signals to the current thread") because
that commit only avoids waking up the sleeping process leader thread, but
that has nothing to do with the actual signal delivery.

As the signal is process wide the first thread which observes sigpending
and wins the race to lock sighand will deliver the signal. Testing shows
that this hangs on a regular base because some threads never win the race.

The comment "This primarily tests that the kernel does not favour any one."
is wrong. The kernel does favour a thread which hits the timer interrupt
when CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID expires.

Rewrite the test so it only checks that the group leader sleeping in join()
never receives SIGALRM and the thread which burns CPU cycles receives all
signals.

In older kernels which do not have commit bcb7ee79029d ("posix-timers:
Prefer delivery of signals to the current thread") the test-case fails
immediately, the very 1st tick wakes the leader up. Otherwise it quickly
succeeds after 100 ticks.

CI testing wants to use newer selftest versions on stable kernels. In this
case the test is guaranteed to fail.

So check in the failure case whether the kernel version is less than v6.3
and skip the test result in that case.

[ tglx: Massaged change log, renamed the version check helper ]

Fixes: e797203fb3ba ("selftests/timers/posix_timers: Test delivery of signals across threads")
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240409133802.GD29396@redhat.com
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