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futex2: Implement wait and wake functions
Create a new set of futex syscalls known as futex2. This new interface
is aimed to implement a more maintainable code, while removing obsolete
features and expanding it with new functionalities.

Implements wait and wake semantics for futexes, along with the base
infrastructure for future operations. The whole wait path is designed to
be used by N waiters, thus making easier to implement vectorized wait.

* Syscalls implemented by this patch:

- futex_wait(void *uaddr, unsigned int val, unsigned int flags,
	     struct timespec *timo)

   The user thread is put to sleep, waiting for a futex_wake() at uaddr,
   if the value at *uaddr is the same as val (otherwise, the syscall
   returns immediately with -EAGAIN). timo is an optional timeout value
   for the operation.

   Return 0 on success, error code otherwise.

 - futex_wake(void *uaddr, unsigned long nr_wake, unsigned int flags)

   Wake `nr_wake` threads waiting at uaddr.

   Return the number of woken threads on success, error code otherwise.

** The `flag` argument

 The flag is used to specify the size of the futex word
 (FUTEX_[8, 16, 32, 64]). It's mandatory to define one.

 By default, the timeout uses a monotonic clock, but can be used as a
 realtime one by using the FUTEX_REALTIME_CLOCK flag.

 By default, futexes are of the private type, that means that this user
 address will be accessed by threads that shares the same memory region.
 This allows for some internal optimizations, so they are faster.
 However, if the address needs to be shared with different processes
 (like using `mmap()` or `shm()`), they need to be defined as shared and
 the flag FUTEX_SHARED_FLAG is used to set that.

 By default, the operation has no NUMA-awareness, meaning that the user
 can't choose the memory node where the kernel side futex data will be
 stored. The user can choose the node where it wants to operate by
 setting the FUTEX_NUMA_FLAG and using the following structure (where X
 can be 8, 16, or 32, 64):

  struct futexX_numa {
          __uX value;
          __sX hint;
  };

 This structure should be passed at the `void *uaddr` of futex
 functions. The address of the structure will be used to be waited/waken
 on, and the `value` will be compared to `val` as usual. The `hint`
 member is used to defined which node the futex will use. When waiting,
 the futex will be registered on a kernel-side table stored on that
 node; when waking, the futex will be searched for on that given table.
 That means that there's no redundancy between tables, and the wrong
 `hint` value will led to undesired behavior.  Userspace is responsible
 for dealing with node migrations issues that may occur. `hint` can
 range from [0, MAX_NUMA_NODES], for specifying a node, or -1, to use
 the same node the current process is using.

 When not using FUTEX_NUMA_FLAG on a NUMA system, the futex will be
 stored on a global table on some node, defined at compilation time.

** The `timo` argument

As per the Y2038 work done in the kernel, new interfaces shouldn't add
timeout options known to be buggy. Given that, `timo` should be a 64bit
timeout at all platforms, using an absolute timeout value.

Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com>
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andrealmeid authored and damentz committed Jul 17, 2021
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@@ -7521,7 +7521,7 @@ F: Documentation/locking/*futex*
F: include/asm-generic/futex.h
F: include/linux/futex.h
F: include/uapi/linux/futex.h
F: kernel/futex.c
F: kernel/futex*
F: tools/perf/bench/futex*
F: tools/testing/selftests/futex/

@@ -460,3 +460,5 @@
444 common landlock_create_ruleset sys_landlock_create_ruleset
445 common landlock_add_rule sys_landlock_add_rule
446 common landlock_restrict_self sys_landlock_restrict_self
447 common futex_wait sys_futex_wait
448 common futex_wake sys_futex_wake
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
#define __ARM_NR_compat_set_tls (__ARM_NR_COMPAT_BASE + 5)
#define __ARM_NR_COMPAT_END (__ARM_NR_COMPAT_BASE + 0x800)

#define __NR_compat_syscalls 447
#define __NR_compat_syscalls 449
#endif

#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
@@ -900,6 +900,10 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_landlock_create_ruleset, sys_landlock_create_ruleset)
__SYSCALL(__NR_landlock_add_rule, sys_landlock_add_rule)
#define __NR_landlock_restrict_self 446
__SYSCALL(__NR_landlock_restrict_self, sys_landlock_restrict_self)
#define __NR_futex_wait 447
__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_wait, compat_sys_futex_wait)
#define __NR_futex_wake 448
__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_wake, sys_futex_wake)

/*
* Please add new compat syscalls above this comment and update
@@ -451,3 +451,5 @@
444 i386 landlock_create_ruleset sys_landlock_create_ruleset
445 i386 landlock_add_rule sys_landlock_add_rule
446 i386 landlock_restrict_self sys_landlock_restrict_self
447 i386 futex_wait sys_futex_wait compat_sys_futex_wait
448 i386 futex_wake sys_futex_wake
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@
444 common landlock_create_ruleset sys_landlock_create_ruleset
445 common landlock_add_rule sys_landlock_add_rule
446 common landlock_restrict_self sys_landlock_restrict_self
447 common futex_wait sys_futex_wait
448 common futex_wake sys_futex_wake

#
# Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
@@ -692,6 +692,11 @@ asmlinkage long
compat_sys_get_robust_list(int pid, compat_uptr_t __user *head_ptr,
compat_size_t __user *len_ptr);

/* kernel/futex2.c */
asmlinkage long
compat_sys_futex_wait(void __user *uaddr, compat_u64 val, unsigned int flags,
struct __kernel_timespec __user *timo);

/* kernel/itimer.c */
asmlinkage long compat_sys_getitimer(int which,
struct old_itimerval32 __user *it);
@@ -623,6 +623,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_get_robust_list(int pid,
asmlinkage long sys_set_robust_list(struct robust_list_head __user *head,
size_t len);

/* kernel/futex2.c */
asmlinkage long sys_futex_wait(void __user *uaddr, u64 val, unsigned int flags,
struct __kernel_timespec __user *timo);
asmlinkage long sys_futex_wake(void __user *uaddr, unsigned int nr_wake,
unsigned int flags);

/* kernel/hrtimer.c */
asmlinkage long sys_nanosleep(struct __kernel_timespec __user *rqtp,
struct __kernel_timespec __user *rmtp);
@@ -872,8 +872,14 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_landlock_add_rule, sys_landlock_add_rule)
#define __NR_landlock_restrict_self 446
__SYSCALL(__NR_landlock_restrict_self, sys_landlock_restrict_self)

#define __NR_futex_wait 447
__SC_COMP(__NR_futex_wait, sys_futex_wait, compat_sys_futex_wait)

#define __NR_futex_wake 448
__SYSCALL(__NR_futex_wake, sys_futex_wake)

#undef __NR_syscalls
#define __NR_syscalls 447
#define __NR_syscalls 449

/*
* 32 bit systems traditionally used different
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
#define FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE (FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI | \
FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)

/* Size argument to futex2 syscall */
#define FUTEX_32 2

#define FUTEX_SIZE_MASK 0x3

/*
* Support for robust futexes: the kernel cleans up held futexes at
* thread exit time.
@@ -1555,6 +1555,13 @@ config FUTEX
support for "fast userspace mutexes". The resulting kernel may not
run glibc-based applications correctly.

config FUTEX2
bool "Enable futex2 support" if EXPERT
depends on FUTEX
default y
help
Support for futex2 interface.

config FUTEX_PI
bool
depends on FUTEX && RT_MUTEXES
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PROFILING) += profile.o
obj-$(CONFIG_STACKTRACE) += stacktrace.o
obj-y += time/
obj-$(CONFIG_FUTEX) += futex.o
obj-$(CONFIG_FUTEX2) += futex2.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA) += dma.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += smp.o
ifneq ($(CONFIG_SMP),y)

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