From: Eric Wong <bofh@yhbt.net>
To: unicorn-public@yhbt.net
Subject: [PATCH] httpdate: favor gettimeofday(2) over time(2) for correctness
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 09:15:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230605091535.296006-1-bofh@yhbt.net> (raw)
While scanning the git@vger.kernel.org mailing list, I've
learned time(2) may return the wrong value in the first 1 to 2.5
ms of every second. While I'm not sure if the Date: response
header matters to anyone, returning the correct time seems
prudent.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20230320230507.3932018-1-gitster@pobox.com/
Link: https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/20230306160321.2942372-1-adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org/T/
Link: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30200
---
ext/unicorn_http/httpdate.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ext/unicorn_http/httpdate.c b/ext/unicorn_http/httpdate.c
index 3f512dd..27a8f51 100644
--- a/ext/unicorn_http/httpdate.c
+++ b/ext/unicorn_http/httpdate.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#include <ruby.h>
-#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
static const size_t buf_capa = sizeof("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT");
@@ -43,13 +43,24 @@ static struct tm * my_gmtime_r(time_t *now, struct tm *tm)
static VALUE httpdate(VALUE self)
{
static time_t last;
- time_t now = time(NULL); /* not a syscall on modern 64-bit systems */
+ struct timeval now;
struct tm tm;
- if (last == now)
+ /*
+ * Favor gettimeofday(2) over time(2), as the latter can return the
+ * wrong value in the first 1 .. 2.5 ms of every second(!)
+ *
+ * https://lore.kernel.org/git/20230320230507.3932018-1-gitster@pobox.com/
+ * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/20230306160321.2942372-1-adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org/T/
+ * https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30200
+ */
+ if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL))
+ rb_sys_fail("gettimeofday");
+
+ if (last == now.tv_sec)
return buf;
- last = now;
- gmtime_r(&now, &tm);
+ last = now.tv_sec;
+ gmtime_r(&now.tv_sec, &tm);
/* we can make this thread-safe later if our Ruby loses the GVL */
snprintf(buf_ptr, buf_capa,
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2023-06-05 9:15 Eric Wong [this message]
2023-06-05 9:28 ` [PATCH 2/1] httpdate: fix build with Ruby 2.7 (at least) Eric Wong
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