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SubjectRe: [PATCH] hrtimer: prevent overrun DoS in hrtimer_forward()
Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 17:16 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>> Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>> I'd prefer this one: The maximum seconds value we can handle on 32bit is
>>> LONG_MAX.
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/ktime.h b/include/linux/ktime.h
>>> index c68c7ac..248305b 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/ktime.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/ktime.h
>>> @@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ typedef union {
>>> } ktime_t;
>>>
>>> #define KTIME_MAX ((s64)~((u64)1 << 63))
>>> -#define KTIME_SEC_MAX (KTIME_MAX / NSEC_PER_SEC)
>>> +#if (BITS_PER_LONG == 64)
>>> +# define KTIME_SEC_MAX (KTIME_MAX / NSEC_PER_SEC)
>>> +#else
>>> +# define KTIME_SEC_MAX LONG_MAX
>>> +#endif
>>>
>>> /*
>>> * ktime_t definitions when using the 64-bit scalar representation:
>>>
>> Just to be clear: this replaces the earlier patch, right?
>
> This replaces the fix Andrew did.
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117407812411997&w=2
>

Right, but is the original "Prevent DOS" patch from you still needed?
Or did Andrew's patch replace that one, and now this replaces his?

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