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posix-cpu-timers: Use u64 multiplication in update_rlimit_cpu()

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update_rlimit_cpu() converts the RLIMIT_CPU value to nanoseconds with

        u64 nsecs = rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;

On 32-bit kernels both rlim_new (unsigned long) and NSEC_PER_SEC
(1000000000L) are 32-bit, so the multiplication is performed in unsigned
long and truncated for rlim_new > 4 seconds before being widened to u64.

The same file already casts to u64 for the matching computation in
check_process_timers():

        u64 softns = (u64)soft * NSEC_PER_SEC;

As a result, the truncated value is installed into the CPUCLOCK_PROF
expiry cache (nextevt), causing the process CPU timer to be programmed
to fire prematurely for any RLIMIT_CPU soft limit >= 5 seconds. The
actual SIGXCPU/SIGKILL decision in check_process_timers() already casts
to u64 and is therefore correct, so limit enforcement is not broken;
only the expiry-cache programming is wrong. Apply the same cast here so
both paths convert rlim_cur identically.

64-bit kernels are unaffected.

Fixes: 858cf3a8c5 ("timers/itimer: Convert internal cputime_t units to nsec")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260616112017.1681372-1-zhanxusheng@xiaomi.com
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Zhan Xusheng
2026-06-16 19:20:17 +08:00
committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 8fa3082118
commit 26aff38fef
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void posix_cputimers_group_init(struct posix_cputimers *pct, u64 cpu_limit)
*/
int update_rlimit_cpu(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long rlim_new)
{
u64 nsecs = rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;
u64 nsecs = (u64)rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;
unsigned long irq_fl;
if (!lock_task_sighand(task, &irq_fl))