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-rw-r--r--fs/timerfd.c10
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/hrtimer.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timer.c8
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index 053818dd6c18..9ae4abb4110b 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(timerfd_create, int, clockid, int, flags)
clockid != CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM))
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!capable(CAP_WAKE_ALARM) &&
+ (clockid == CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM ||
+ clockid == CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM))
+ return -EPERM;
+
ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ctx)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -433,6 +438,11 @@ static int do_timerfd_settime(int ufd, int flags,
return ret;
ctx = f.file->private_data;
+ if (!capable(CAP_WAKE_ALARM) && isalarm(ctx)) {
+ fdput(f);
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+
timerfd_setup_cancel(ctx, flags);
/*
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index e99df0ff1d42..d13c9aebf7a3 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ hrtimer_check_target(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *new_base)
#endif
}
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON)
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
static inline
struct hrtimer_cpu_base *get_target_base(struct hrtimer_cpu_base *base,
int pinned)
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 3a95f9728778..67dd6103003a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1702,9 +1702,15 @@ static void __sched do_usleep_range(unsigned long min, unsigned long max)
}
/**
- * usleep_range - Drop in replacement for udelay where wakeup is flexible
+ * usleep_range - Sleep for an approximate time
* @min: Minimum time in usecs to sleep
* @max: Maximum time in usecs to sleep
+ *
+ * In non-atomic context where the exact wakeup time is flexible, use
+ * usleep_range() instead of udelay(). The sleep improves responsiveness
+ * by avoiding the CPU-hogging busy-wait of udelay(), and the range reduces
+ * power usage by allowing hrtimers to take advantage of an already-
+ * scheduled interrupt instead of scheduling a new one just for this sleep.
*/
void __sched usleep_range(unsigned long min, unsigned long max)
{