[LTP] [PATCH] syscalss/timer_settime03.c: Add kconfig requirement info in file header.

Cyril Hrubis chrubis@suse.cz
Thu Feb 25 10:36:00 CET 2021


Hi!
> Test will fail when CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is not set to y, because the return value of
> timer_getoverrun is equal to expiry_time_values/interval. When CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is set to y,
> interval is equal to 1.
> When CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS is not set to y, interval is equal to HZ*1000000, and the
> return value of timer_getoverrun will not be greater than or equal to {DELAYTIMER_MAX} in this
> testcase. See https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12896.

If the test causes false possitives without high resolution timers
enabled then the requirement should be added to the needs_kconfigs
arrary in the tst_test structure instead.

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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz


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