[PATCH] hrtimers: prevent possible itimer DoS
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:28:12 +0000 (01:28 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:13:59 +0000 (08:13 -0800)
commit8bfd9a7a229b5f3d3eda5d7d45c2eebec5b4ba16
tree01c910a659f387b921493cab9bd4decd8fa66a4e
parent54cdfdb47f73b5af3d1ebb0f1e383efbe70fde9e
[PATCH] hrtimers: prevent possible itimer DoS

Fix potential setitimer DoS with high-res timers by pushing itimer rearm
processing to process context.

[Fixes from: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/itimer.c
kernel/signal.c