[PATCH] alarmtimer: Access timerqueue node under lock in suspend
From: Zhan Xusheng
Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 10:41:36 EST
In alarmtimer_suspend(), timerqueue_getnext() is called under
base->lock, but next->expires is read after the lock is released.
This is safe because suspend freezes all relevant task contexts,
but reading the node while holding the lock makes the code easier
to reason about.
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/alarmtimer.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index b64db405ba5c..6e173d70d825 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -234,19 +234,23 @@ static int alarmtimer_suspend(struct device *dev)
if (!rtc)
return 0;
- /* Find the soonest timer to expire*/
+ /* Find the soonest timer to expire */
for (i = 0; i < ALARM_NUMTYPE; i++) {
struct alarm_base *base = &alarm_bases[i];
struct timerqueue_node *next;
+ ktime_t next_expires;
ktime_t delta;
- scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &base->lock)
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &base->lock) {
next = timerqueue_getnext(&base->timerqueue);
+ if (next)
+ next_expires = next->expires;
+ }
if (!next)
continue;
- delta = ktime_sub(next->expires, base->get_ktime());
+ delta = ktime_sub(next_expires, base->get_ktime());
if (!min || (delta < min)) {
- expires = next->expires;
+ expires = next_expires;
min = delta;
type = i;
}
--
2.43.0