rtc: limit frequency
Due to the hrtimer self rearming mode a user can DoS the machine simply because it's starved by hrtimer events. The RTC hrtimer is self rearming. We really need to limit the frequency to something sensible. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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