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Some futex() operations, including FUTEX_WAKE_OP, require the kernel to perform an atomic read-modify-write of the futex word via the userspace mapping. These operations are implemented by each architecture in arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser() and futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(), which are called in atomic context with the relevant hash bucket locks held. Although these routines may return -EFAULT in response to a page fault generated when accessing userspace, they are expected to succeed (i.e. return 0) in all other cases. This poses a problem for architectures that do not provide bounded forward progress guarantees or fairness of contended atomic operations and can lead to starvation in some cases. In these problematic scenarios, we must return back to the core futex code so that we can drop the hash bucket locks and reschedule if necessary, much like we do in the case of a page fault. Allow architectures to return -EAGAIN from their implementations of arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser() and futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(), which will cause the core futex code to reschedule if necessary and return back to the architecture code later on. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.