The patch titled
rtc: limit frequency
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
rtc-limit-frequency.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: rtc: limit frequency
From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Due to the hrtimer self rearming mode a user can DoS the machine simply
because it's starved by hrtimer events.
The RTC hrtimer is self rearming. We really need to limit the frequency
to something sensible.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: John Stultz <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
drivers/rtc/interface.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/rtc/interface.c~rtc-limit-frequency drivers/rtc/interface.c
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c~rtc-limit-frequency
+++ a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ int rtc_irq_set_freq(struct rtc_device *
int err = 0;
unsigned long flags;
- if (freq <= 0)
+ if (freq <= 0 || freq > 5000)
return -EINVAL;
spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc->irq_task_lock, flags);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long.patch
kernel-timec-change-jiffies_to_clock_t-input-parameters-type-to-unsigned-long-fix.patch
x86-fix-mmap-random-address-range.patch
leds-new-pcengines-alix-system-driver-enables-leds-via-gpio-interface.patch
arch-x86-kernel-e820c-eliminate-bubble-sort-from-sanitize_e820_map.patch
genirq-fix-missing-parenthesises-in-generic-chip.patch
cross-memory-attach-v3.patch
hpet-factor-timer-allocate-from-open.patch
memblock-add-input-size-checking-to-memblock_find_region.patch
memblock-add-input-size-checking-to-memblock_find_region-fix.patch
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