linux-sg2042/kernel
Mathieu Desnoyers a961e40917 membarrier: Provide register expedited private command
This introduces a "register private expedited" membarrier command which
allows eventual removal of important memory barrier constraints on the
scheduler fast-paths. It changes how the "private expedited" membarrier
command (new to 4.14) is used from user-space.

This new command allows processes to register their intent to use the
private expedited command.  This affects how the expedited private
command introduced in 4.14-rc is meant to be used, and should be merged
before 4.14 final.

Processes are now required to register before using
MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED, otherwise that command returns EPERM.

This fixes a problem that arose when designing requested extensions to
sys_membarrier() to allow JITs to efficiently flush old code from
instruction caches.  Several potential algorithms are much less painful
if the user register intent to use this functionality early on, for
example, before the process spawns the second thread.  Registering at
this time removes the need to interrupt each and every thread in that
process at the first expedited sys_membarrier() system call.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-10-19 22:13:40 -04:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf 2017-10-09 10:39:52 -07:00
cgroup cgroup: Reinit cgroup_taskset structure before cgroup_migrate_execute() returns 2017-09-22 08:14:45 -07:00
configs ANDROID: binder: add hwbinder,vndbinder to BINDER_DEVICES. 2017-08-22 18:43:23 -07:00
debug sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
events perf/core: Fix cgroup time when scheduling descendants 2017-10-10 10:06:55 +02:00
gcov gcov: support GCC 7.1 2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
irq genirq/cpuhotplug: Enforce affinity setting on startup of managed irqs 2017-10-09 13:26:48 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: unpatch all klp_objects if klp_module_coming fails 2017-10-11 15:38:46 +02:00
locking locking/lockdep: Fix stacktrace mess 2017-10-10 10:04:28 +02:00
power PM / s2idle: Invoke the ->wake() platform callback earlier 2017-09-29 01:26:13 +02:00
printk Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2017-09-07 21:00:52 -07:00
rcu Two updates. 2017-10-04 08:34:01 -07:00
sched membarrier: Provide register expedited private command 2017-10-19 22:13:40 -04:00
time drivers/pps: aesthetic tweaks to PPS-related content 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
trace Two updates. 2017-10-04 08:34:01 -07:00
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile kmod: move #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES wrapper to Makefile 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
acct.c fs: make the buf argument to __kernel_write a void pointer 2017-09-04 19:05:15 -04:00
async.c async: Adjust system_state checks 2017-05-23 10:01:37 +02:00
audit.c audit: update the function comments 2017-09-05 09:46:59 -04:00
audit.h ipc: mqueue: Replace timespec with timespec64 2017-09-03 20:21:24 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-05-03 11:05:15 -07:00
audit_watch.c audit/stable-4.13 PR 20170816 2017-08-16 16:48:34 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: kernel generated netlink traffic should have a portid of 0 2017-05-02 10:16:05 -04:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'work.ipc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-09-14 17:37:26 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c capability: export has_capability 2017-01-12 07:01:56 -07:00
compat.c semtimedop(): move compat to native 2017-07-15 20:46:47 -04:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c Merge branch 'core-watchdog-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-10-06 08:36:41 -07:00
cpu_pm.c PM / CPU: replace raw_notifier with atomic_notifier 2017-07-31 13:09:49 +02:00
crash_core.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c doc: ReSTify credentials.txt 2017-05-18 10:30:19 -06:00
delayacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c waitid(): Add missing access_ok() checks 2017-10-09 17:03:31 -07:00
extable.c extable: Enable RCU if it is not watching in kernel_text_address() 2017-09-23 16:50:20 -04:00
fork.c kmemleak: clear stale pointers from task stacks 2017-10-13 16:18:33 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: Fix pi_state->owner serialization 2017-09-25 16:37:11 +02:00
futex_compat.c
groups.c kernel/groups.c: use sort library function 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: defer showing held locks 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: Provide hotplug context variants 2017-08-10 12:28:59 +02:00
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: replace all_var with IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL) 2017-07-10 16:32:34 -07:00
kcmp.c kernel/kcmp.c: drop branch leftover typo 2017-10-03 17:54:25 -07:00
kcov.c kcov: support compat processes 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
kexec.c kdump: protect vmcoreinfo data under the crash memory 2017-07-12 16:26:00 -07:00
kexec_core.c x86/mm, kexec: Allow kexec to be used with SME 2017-07-18 11:38:04 +02:00
kexec_file.c kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec_file: adjust declaration of kexec_purgatory 2017-07-12 16:26:02 -07:00
kmod.c kmod: move #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES wrapper to Makefile 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Ensure that jprobe probepoints are at function entry 2017-07-08 11:05:35 +02:00
ksysfs.c kexec: move vmcoreinfo out of the kernel's .bss section 2017-07-12 16:25:59 -07:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c: kthread_worker: don't hog the cpu 2017-08-31 16:33:15 -07:00
latencytop.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
memremap.c memremap: add scheduling point to devm_memremap_pages 2017-10-03 17:54:25 -07:00
module-internal.h
module.c module: fix ddebug_remove_module() 2017-07-25 15:08:32 +02:00
module_signing.c
notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: simplify expression 2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
nsproxy.c perf: Add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info 2017-03-13 15:57:41 -03:00
padata.c padata: Avoid nested calls to cpus_read_lock() in pcrypt_init_padata() 2017-05-26 10:10:37 +02:00
panic.c locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Implement fast refcount overflow protection 2017-08-17 10:40:26 +02:00
params.c kernel/params.c: improve STANDARD_PARAM_DEF readability 2017-10-03 17:54:26 -07:00
pid.c pids: make task_tgid_nr_ns() safe 2017-08-21 12:47:31 -07:00
pid_namespace.c userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces 2017-07-20 07:43:58 -05:00
profile.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ptrace.c signal: Remove kernel interal si_code magic 2017-07-24 14:30:28 -05:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c Merge branch 'work.splice' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-02 11:38:06 -07:00
resource.c
seccomp.c seccomp: make function __get_seccomp_filter static 2017-10-10 11:45:29 -07:00
signal.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2017-09-11 18:34:47 -07:00
smp.c treewide: make "nr_cpu_ids" unsigned 2017-09-08 18:26:48 -07:00
smpboot.c watchdog/core, powerpc: Lock cpus across reconfiguration 2017-10-04 10:53:54 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c sched/core: Remove 'task' parameter and rename tsk_restore_flags() to current_restore_flags() 2017-04-11 09:06:32 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace/x86: add function for detecting reliable stack traces 2017-03-08 09:18:02 +01:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_cpuslocked() 2017-05-26 10:10:36 +02:00
sys.c prctl: Allow local CAP_SYS_ADMIN changing exe_file 2017-07-20 07:46:07 -05:00
sys_ni.c
sysctl.c Merge branch 'core-watchdog-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-10-06 08:36:41 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c fs: fix kernel_write prototype 2017-09-04 19:05:15 -04:00
task_work.c task_work: Replace spin_unlock_wait() with lock/unlock pair 2017-07-25 10:08:58 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: add e/u/stime for TGID command 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Fix typo suppressing CPU-hotplug statistics 2017-07-25 13:04:45 -07:00
tracepoint.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
tsacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Remove the atomicity from ucount->count 2017-03-06 15:26:37 -06:00
uid16.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
umh.c kmod: split out umh code into its own file 2017-09-08 18:26:50 -07:00
up.c smp: Avoid using two cache lines for struct call_single_data 2017-08-29 15:14:38 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/user.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
user_namespace.c userns,pidns: Verify the userns for new pid namespaces 2017-07-20 07:43:58 -05:00
utsname.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sched/headers: Remove <linux/rwsem.h> from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-03 01:45:36 +01:00
watchdog.c watchdog/core: Put softlockup_threads_initialized under ifdef guard 2017-10-04 11:30:50 +02:00
watchdog_hld.c watchdog/hardlockup/perf: Fix spelling mistake: "permanetely" -> "permanently" 2017-09-28 12:24:54 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2017-09-06 21:59:31 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h