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

zhaogongyi zhaogongyi@huawei.com
Thu Feb 25 12:40:13 CET 2021


Hi Cyril,

I have resubmit the patch.

Thanks very much!


> 
> 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.
> 
> --
> Cyril Hrubis
> chrubis@suse.cz


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