futex: Mention key referencing differences between shared and private futexes
Update our documentation as of fix 76835b0ebf
(futex: Ensure
get_futex_key_refs() always implies a barrier). Explicitly
state that we don't do key referencing for private futexes.
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Cc: Matteo Franchin <Matteo.Franchin@arm.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1414121220.817.0.camel@linux-t7sj.site
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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*
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* Where (A) orders the waiters increment and the futex value read through
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* atomic operations (see hb_waiters_inc) and where (B) orders the write
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* to futex and the waiters read -- this is done by the barriers in
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* get_futex_key_refs(), through either ihold or atomic_inc, depending on the
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* futex type.
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* to futex and the waiters read -- this is done by the barriers for both
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* shared and private futexes in get_futex_key_refs().
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*
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* This yields the following case (where X:=waiters, Y:=futex):
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*
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@ -344,13 +343,20 @@ static void get_futex_key_refs(union futex_key *key)
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futex_get_mm(key); /* implies MB (B) */
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break;
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default:
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/*
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* Private futexes do not hold reference on an inode or
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* mm, therefore the only purpose of calling get_futex_key_refs
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* is because we need the barrier for the lockless waiter check.
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*/
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smp_mb(); /* explicit MB (B) */
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}
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}
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/*
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* Drop a reference to the resource addressed by a key.
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* The hash bucket spinlock must not be held.
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* The hash bucket spinlock must not be held. This is
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* a no-op for private futexes, see comment in the get
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* counterpart.
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*/
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static void drop_futex_key_refs(union futex_key *key)
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{
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