From 993b2ff221999066fcff231590593d0b98f45d32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:27:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] futex: Mention key referencing differences between shared and private futexes Update our documentation as of fix 76835b0ebf8 (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 Cc: Matteo Franchin Cc: Davidlohr Bueso Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Darren Hart Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: Catalin Marinas Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1414121220.817.0.camel@linux-t7sj.site Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- kernel/futex.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index f3a3a071283c..bbf071f325b8 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ * * 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. + * to futex and the waiters read -- this is done by the barriers for both + * shared and private futexes in get_futex_key_refs(). * * This yields the following case (where X:=waiters, Y:=futex): * @@ -344,13 +343,20 @@ static void get_futex_key_refs(union futex_key *key) futex_get_mm(key); /* implies MB (B) */ break; default: + /* + * Private futexes do not hold reference on an inode or + * mm, therefore the only purpose of calling get_futex_key_refs + * is because we need the barrier for the lockless waiter check. + */ smp_mb(); /* explicit MB (B) */ } } /* * Drop a reference to the resource addressed by a key. - * The hash bucket spinlock must not be held. + * The hash bucket spinlock must not be held. This is + * a no-op for private futexes, see comment in the get + * counterpart. */ static void drop_futex_key_refs(union futex_key *key) { -- 2.30.2