[PATCH V2 03/19] vdso: Add CONFIG_GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT
    Adrian Hunter 
    adrian.hunter at intel.com
       
    Mon Mar 25 17:40:07 AEDT 2024
    
    
  
Add CONFIG_GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT in preparation to add
multiplication overflow protection to the VDSO time getter functions.
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter at intel.com>
---
 lib/vdso/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/vdso/Kconfig b/lib/vdso/Kconfig
index d883ac299508..c46c2300517c 100644
--- a/lib/vdso/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/vdso/Kconfig
@@ -30,4 +30,11 @@ config GENERIC_VDSO_TIME_NS
 	  Selected by architectures which support time namespaces in the
 	  VDSO
 
+config GENERIC_VDSO_OVERFLOW_PROTECT
+	bool
+	help
+	  Select to add multiplication overflow protection to the VDSO
+	  time getter functions for the price of an extra conditional
+	  in the hotpath.
+
 endif
-- 
2.34.1
    
    
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