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authorDarren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com>2009-04-04 00:40:49 +0400
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-04-06 13:14:03 +0400
commit52400ba946759af28442dee6265c5c0180ac7122 (patch)
tree4c9abe885b3cae3cb47b33826b3c5838fc9761b7 /include/linux/futex.h
parentf801073f87aa22ddf0e9146355fec3993163790f (diff)
downloadlinux-52400ba946759af28442dee6265c5c0180ac7122.tar.xz
futex: add requeue_pi functionality
PI Futexes and their underlying rt_mutex cannot be left ownerless if there are pending waiters as this will break the PI boosting logic, so the standard requeue commands aren't sufficient. The new commands properly manage pi futex ownership by ensuring a futex with waiters has an owner at all times. This will allow glibc to properly handle pi mutexes with pthread_condvars. The approach taken here is to create two new futex op codes: FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI: Tasks will use this op code to wait on a futex (such as a non-pi waitqueue) and wake after they have been requeued to a pi futex. Prior to returning to userspace, they will acquire this pi futex (and the underlying rt_mutex). futex_wait_requeue_pi() is the result of a high speed collision between futex_wait() and futex_lock_pi() (with the first part of futex_lock_pi() being done by futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() on behalf of the top_waiter). FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI (and FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI): This call must be used to wake tasks waiting with FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI, regardless of how many tasks the caller intends to wake or requeue. pthread_cond_broadcast() should call this with nr_wake=1 and nr_requeue=INT_MAX. pthread_cond_signal() should call this with nr_wake=1 and nr_requeue=0. The reason being we need both callers to get the benefit of the futex_proxy_trylock_atomic() routine. futex_requeue() also enqueues the top_waiter on the rt_mutex via rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(). Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/futex.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/futex.h8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/futex.h b/include/linux/futex.h
index 3bf5bb5a34f9..b05519ca9e57 100644
--- a/include/linux/futex.h
+++ b/include/linux/futex.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ union ktime;
#define FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI 8
#define FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET 9
#define FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET 10
+#define FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI 11
+#define FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI 12
+#define FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI 13
#define FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG 128
#define FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME 256
@@ -38,6 +41,11 @@ union ktime;
#define FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI_PRIVATE (FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
#define FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET_PRIVATE (FUTEX_WAIT_BITS | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
#define FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET_PRIVATE (FUTEX_WAKE_BITS | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
+#define FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE (FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI | \
+ FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
+#define FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE (FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI | FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
+#define FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE (FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI | \
+ FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
/*
* Support for robust futexes: the kernel cleans up held futexes at