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authorThomas Gleixner2008-02-23 15:23:57 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds2008-02-23 17:12:15 -0800
commita0c1e9073ef7428a14309cba010633a6cd6719ea (patch)
tree05ce792ddcde92e73d1bae4c8e20f607a2e7db40 /kernel/futex.c
parent3e4ab747efa8e78562ec6782b08bbf21a00aba1b (diff)
futex: runtime enable pi and robust functionality
Not all architectures implement futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(). The default implementation returns -ENOSYS, which is currently not handled inside of the futex guts. Futex PI calls and robust list exits with a held futex result in an endless loop in the futex code on architectures which have no support. Fixing up every place where futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic() is called would add a fair amount of extra if/else constructs to the already complex code. It is also not possible to disable the robust feature before user space tries to register robust lists. Compile time disabling is not a good idea either, as there are already architectures with runtime detection of futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic support. Detect the functionality at runtime instead by calling cmpxchg_futex_value_locked() with a NULL pointer from the futex initialization code. This is guaranteed to fail, but the call of futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic() happens with pagefaults disabled. On architectures, which use the asm-generic implementation or have a runtime CPU feature detection, a -ENOSYS return value disables the PI/robust features. On architectures with a working implementation the call returns -EFAULT and the PI/robust features are enabled. The relevant syscalls return -ENOSYS and the robust list exit code is blocked, when the detection fails. Fixes http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/149 Originally reported by: Lennart Buytenhek Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> Cc: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@movial.fi> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/futex.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex.c38
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index c21f667c63f6..06968cd79200 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
#include "rtmutex_common.h"
+int __read_mostly futex_cmpxchg_enabled;
+
#define FUTEX_HASHBITS (CONFIG_BASE_SMALL ? 4 : 8)
/*
@@ -469,6 +471,8 @@ void exit_pi_state_list(struct task_struct *curr)
struct futex_hash_bucket *hb;
union futex_key key;
+ if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
+ return;
/*
* We are a ZOMBIE and nobody can enqueue itself on
* pi_state_list anymore, but we have to be careful
@@ -1870,6 +1874,8 @@ asmlinkage long
sys_set_robust_list(struct robust_list_head __user *head,
size_t len)
{
+ if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
+ return -ENOSYS;
/*
* The kernel knows only one size for now:
*/
@@ -1894,6 +1900,9 @@ sys_get_robust_list(int pid, struct robust_list_head __user * __user *head_ptr,
struct robust_list_head __user *head;
unsigned long ret;
+ if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
if (!pid)
head = current->robust_list;
else {
@@ -1997,6 +2006,9 @@ void exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr)
unsigned long futex_offset;
int rc;
+ if (!futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
+ return;
+
/*
* Fetch the list head (which was registered earlier, via
* sys_set_robust_list()):
@@ -2051,7 +2063,7 @@ void exit_robust_list(struct task_struct *curr)
long do_futex(u32 __user *uaddr, int op, u32 val, ktime_t *timeout,
u32 __user *uaddr2, u32 val2, u32 val3)
{
- int ret;
+ int ret = -ENOSYS;
int cmd = op & FUTEX_CMD_MASK;
struct rw_semaphore *fshared = NULL;
@@ -2083,13 +2095,16 @@ long do_futex(u32 __user *uaddr, int op, u32 val, ktime_t *timeout,
ret = futex_wake_op(uaddr, fshared, uaddr2, val, val2, val3);
break;
case FUTEX_LOCK_PI:
- ret = futex_lock_pi(uaddr, fshared, val, timeout, 0);
+ if (futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
+ ret = futex_lock_pi(uaddr, fshared, val, timeout, 0);
break;
case FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI:
- ret = futex_unlock_pi(uaddr, fshared);
+ if (futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
+ ret = futex_unlock_pi(uaddr, fshared);
break;
case FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI:
- ret = futex_lock_pi(uaddr, fshared, 0, timeout, 1);
+ if (futex_cmpxchg_enabled)
+ ret = futex_lock_pi(uaddr, fshared, 0, timeout, 1);
break;
default:
ret = -ENOSYS;
@@ -2145,8 +2160,23 @@ static struct file_system_type futex_fs_type = {
static int __init init(void)
{
+ u32 curval;
int i;
+ /*
+ * This will fail and we want it. Some arch implementations do
+ * runtime detection of the futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
+ * functionality. We want to know that before we call in any
+ * of the complex code paths. Also we want to prevent
+ * registration of robust lists in that case. NULL is
+ * guaranteed to fault and we get -EFAULT on functional
+ * implementation, the non functional ones will return
+ * -ENOSYS.
+ */
+ curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(NULL, 0, 0);
+ if (curval == -EFAULT)
+ futex_cmpxchg_enabled = 1;
+
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(futex_queues); i++) {
plist_head_init(&futex_queues[i].chain, &futex_queues[i].lock);
spin_lock_init(&futex_queues[i].lock);