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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Remove __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI
- From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 16:07:13 -0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Remove __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI
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Ping.
On 18/05/2016 18:57, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> This patch removes __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI usage and assumes that
> kernel will correctly return if it supports or not
> futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic.
>
> Current PI mutex code already has runtime support by calling
> prio_inherit_missing and returns ENOTSUP if the futex operation fails
> at initialization (it issues a FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI futex operation).
>
> Also, current minimum supported kernel (v3.2) will return ENOSYS if
> futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic is not supported in the system:
>
> kernel/futex.c:
>
> 2628 long do_futex(u32 __user *uaddr, int op, u32 val, ktime_t *timeout,
> 2629 u32 __user *uaddr2, u32 val2, u32 val3)
> 2630 {
> 2631 int ret = -ENOSYS, cmd = op & FUTEX_CMD_MASK;
> [...]
> 2667 case FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI:
> 2668 if (futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
> 2669 ret = futex_unlock_pi(uaddr, flags);
> [...]
> 2686 return ret;
> 2687 }
>
> The futex_cmpxchg_enabled is initialized by calling cmpxchg_futex_value_locked,
> which calls futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic.
>
> For ARM futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic will be either defined (if both
> CONFIG_CPU_USE_DOMAINS and CONFIG_SMP are not defined) or use the
> default generic implementation that returns ENOSYS.
>
> For m68k is uses the default generic implementation.
>
> For mips futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic will return ENOSYS if cpu has no
> 'cpu_has_llsc' support (defined by each chip supporte inside kernel).
>
> For sparc, 32-bit kernel will just use default generic implementation,
> while 64-bit kernel has support.
>
> Tested on ARM (v3.8 kernel) and x86_64.
>
> * nptl/pthread_mutex_init.c [__ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI]
> (prio_inherit_missing): Remove define.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h
> (__ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI): Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h (__ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI):
> Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h
> (__ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI): Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h
> (__ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI): Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/kernel-features.h
> (__ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI): Likewise.
> ---
> ChangeLog | 15 +++++++++++++++
> nptl/pthread_mutex_init.c | 3 ---
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h | 1 -
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h | 4 ----
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h | 1 -
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h | 1 -
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/kernel-features.h | 1 -
> 7 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/nptl/pthread_mutex_init.c b/nptl/pthread_mutex_init.c
> index 71ac7bc..6e5acb6 100644
> --- a/nptl/pthread_mutex_init.c
> +++ b/nptl/pthread_mutex_init.c
> @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static bool
> prio_inherit_missing (void)
> {
> #ifdef __NR_futex
> -# ifndef __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI
> static int tpi_supported;
> if (__glibc_unlikely (tpi_supported == 0))
> {
> @@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ prio_inherit_missing (void)
> tpi_supported = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (ret, err) == ENOSYS ? -1 : 1;
> }
> return __glibc_unlikely (tpi_supported < 0);
> -# endif
> - return false;
> #endif
> return true;
> }
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h
> index 0a9ed77..6ca607e 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/kernel-features.h
> @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
> futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic, depending on kernel
> configuration. */
> #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x030E03
> -# undef __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_REQUEUE_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST
> #endif
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
> index 5a1b204..43b72b1 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
> @@ -64,10 +64,6 @@
> configurations). */
> #define __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST 1
>
> -/* Support for PI futexes was added in 2.6.18 (but some architectures
> - lack futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic in some configurations). */
> -#define __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI 1
> -
> /* Support for private futexes was added in 2.6.22. */
> #define __ASSUME_PRIVATE_FUTEX 1
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h
> index 646bc4b..9e7f0e1 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/kernel-features.h
> @@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
>
> /* No support for PI futexes or robust mutexes before 3.10 for m68k. */
> #if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x030a00
> -# undef __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_REQUEUE_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST
> #endif
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h
> index e831645..09d5ece 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/kernel-features.h
> @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
> /* The MIPS kernel does not support futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic if
> emulating LL/SC. */
> #if __mips == 1 || defined _MIPS_ARCH_R5900
> -# undef __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_REQUEUE_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST
> #endif
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/kernel-features.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/kernel-features.h
> index 386f230..69c9c7c 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/kernel-features.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/kernel-features.h
> @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
> /* 32-bit SPARC kernels do not support
> futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic. */
> #if !defined __arch64__ && !defined __sparc_v9__
> -# undef __ASSUME_FUTEX_LOCK_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_REQUEUE_PI
> # undef __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST
> #endif
>