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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2006-03-27 01:16:22 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-27 08:44:49 -0800
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[PATCH] lightweight robust futexes: core
Add the core infrastructure for robust futexes: structure definitions, the new syscalls and the do_exit() based cleanup mechanism. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Acked-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/include/linux/futex.h b/include/linux/futex.h
index 10f96c31971e..20face6b798d 100644
--- a/include/linux/futex.h
+++ b/include/linux/futex.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_FUTEX_H
#define _LINUX_FUTEX_H
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
/* Second argument to futex syscall */
@@ -11,10 +13,103 @@
#define FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE 4
#define FUTEX_WAKE_OP 5
+/*
+ * Support for robust futexes: the kernel cleans up held futexes at
+ * thread exit time.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Per-lock list entry - embedded in user-space locks, somewhere close
+ * to the futex field. (Note: user-space uses a double-linked list to
+ * achieve O(1) list add and remove, but the kernel only needs to know
+ * about the forward link)
+ *
+ * NOTE: this structure is part of the syscall ABI, and must not be
+ * changed.
+ */
+struct robust_list {
+ struct robust_list __user *next;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Per-thread list head:
+ *
+ * NOTE: this structure is part of the syscall ABI, and must only be
+ * changed if the change is first communicated with the glibc folks.
+ * (When an incompatible change is done, we'll increase the structure
+ * size, which glibc will detect)
+ */
+struct robust_list_head {
+ /*
+ * The head of the list. Points back to itself if empty:
+ */
+ struct robust_list list;
+
+ /*
+ * This relative offset is set by user-space, it gives the kernel
+ * the relative position of the futex field to examine. This way
+ * we keep userspace flexible, to freely shape its data-structure,
+ * without hardcoding any particular offset into the kernel:
+ */
+ long futex_offset;
+
+ /*
+ * The death of the thread may race with userspace setting
+ * up a lock's links. So to handle this race, userspace first
+ * sets this field to the address of the to-be-taken lock,
+ * then does the lock acquire, and then adds itself to the
+ * list, and then clears this field. Hence the kernel will
+ * always have full knowledge of all locks that the thread
+ * _might_ have taken. We check the owner TID in any case,
+ * so only truly owned locks will be handled.
+ */
+ struct robust_list __user *list_op_pending;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Are there any waiters for this robust futex:
+ */
+#define FUTEX_WAITERS 0x80000000
+
+/*
+ * The kernel signals via this bit that a thread holding a futex
+ * has exited without unlocking the futex. The kernel also does
+ * a FUTEX_WAKE on such futexes, after setting the bit, to wake
+ * up any possible waiters:
+ */
+#define FUTEX_OWNER_DIED 0x40000000
+
+/*
+ * Reserved bit:
+ */
+#define FUTEX_OWNER_PENDING 0x20000000
+
+/*
+ * The rest of the robust-futex field is for the TID:
+ */
+#define FUTEX_TID_MASK 0x1fffffff
+
+/*
+ * A limit of one million locks held per thread (!) ought to be enough
+ * for some time. This also protects against a deliberately circular
+ * list. Not worth introducing an rlimit for this:
+ */
+#define ROBUST_LIST_LIMIT 1048576
+
long do_futex(unsigned long uaddr, int op, int val,
unsigned long timeout, unsigned long uaddr2, int val2,
int val3);
+extern int handle_futex_death(unsigned int *uaddr, struct task_struct *curr);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX
+extern void exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr);
+#else
+static inline void exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
#define FUTEX_OP_SET 0 /* *(int *)UADDR2 = OPARG; */
#define FUTEX_OP_ADD 1 /* *(int *)UADDR2 += OPARG; */
#define FUTEX_OP_OR 2 /* *(int *)UADDR2 |= OPARG; */