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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/futex.c | 32 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index 6801b3751a95..5f589279e462 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ #include "locking/rtmutex_common.h" /* - * Basic futex operation and ordering guarantees: + * READ this before attempting to hack on futexes! + * + * Basic futex operation and ordering guarantees + * ============================================= * * The waiter reads the futex value in user space and calls * futex_wait(). This function computes the hash bucket and acquires @@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ * sys_futex(WAIT, futex, val); * futex_wait(futex, val); * - * waiters++; + * waiters++; (a) * mb(); (A) <-- paired with -. * | * lock(hash_bucket(futex)); | @@ -135,14 +138,14 @@ * unlock(hash_bucket(futex)); * schedule(); if (waiters) * lock(hash_bucket(futex)); - * wake_waiters(futex); - * unlock(hash_bucket(futex)); + * else wake_waiters(futex); + * waiters--; (b) unlock(hash_bucket(futex)); * - * Where (A) orders the waiters increment and the futex value read -- this - * is guaranteed by the head counter in the hb spinlock; and where (B) - * orders the write to futex and the waiters read -- this is done by the - * barriers in get_futex_key_refs(), through either ihold or atomic_inc, - * depending on the futex type. + * Where (A) orders the waiters increment and the futex value read through + * atomic operations (see hb_waiters_inc) and where (B) orders the write + * to futex and the waiters read -- this is done by the barriers in + * get_futex_key_refs(), through either ihold or atomic_inc, depending on the + * futex type. * * This yields the following case (where X:=waiters, Y:=futex): * @@ -155,6 +158,17 @@ * Which guarantees that x==0 && y==0 is impossible; which translates back into * the guarantee that we cannot both miss the futex variable change and the * enqueue. + * + * Note that a new waiter is accounted for in (a) even when it is possible that + * the wait call can return error, in which case we backtrack from it in (b). + * Refer to the comment in queue_lock(). + * + * Similarly, in order to account for waiters being requeued on another + * address we always increment the waiters for the destination bucket before + * acquiring the lock. It then decrements them again after releasing it - + * the code that actually moves the futex(es) between hash buckets (requeue_futex) + * will do the additional required waiter count housekeeping. This is done for + * double_lock_hb() and double_unlock_hb(), respectively. */ #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG |