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futexes: Document multiprocessor ordering guarantees

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Reviewed-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Scott Norton <scott.norton@hp.com>
Cc: Tom Vaden <tom.vaden@hp.com>
Cc: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran <aswin@hp.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Cc: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389569486-25487-4-git-send-email-davidlohr@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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#include "locking/rtmutex_common.h"
/*
* Basic futex operation and ordering guarantees:
*
* The waiter reads the futex value in user space and calls
* futex_wait(). This function computes the hash bucket and acquires
* the hash bucket lock. After that it reads the futex user space value
* again and verifies that the data has not changed. If it has not
* changed it enqueues itself into the hash bucket, releases the hash
* bucket lock and schedules.
*
* The waker side modifies the user space value of the futex and calls
* futex_wake(). This functions computes the hash bucket and acquires
* the hash bucket lock. Then it looks for waiters on that futex in the
* hash bucket and wakes them.
*
* Note that the spin_lock serializes waiters and wakers, so that the
* following scenario is avoided:
*
* CPU 0 CPU 1
* val = *futex;
* sys_futex(WAIT, futex, val);
* futex_wait(futex, val);
* uval = *futex;
* *futex = newval;
* sys_futex(WAKE, futex);
* futex_wake(futex);
* if (queue_empty())
* return;
* if (uval == val)
* lock(hash_bucket(futex));
* queue();
* unlock(hash_bucket(futex));
* schedule();
*
* This would cause the waiter on CPU 0 to wait forever because it
* missed the transition of the user space value from val to newval
* and the waker did not find the waiter in the hash bucket queue.
* The spinlock serializes that:
*
* CPU 0 CPU 1
* val = *futex;
* sys_futex(WAIT, futex, val);
* futex_wait(futex, val);
* lock(hash_bucket(futex));
* uval = *futex;
* *futex = newval;
* sys_futex(WAKE, futex);
* futex_wake(futex);
* lock(hash_bucket(futex));
* if (uval == val)
* queue();
* unlock(hash_bucket(futex));
* schedule(); if (!queue_empty())
* wake_waiters(futex);
* unlock(hash_bucket(futex));
*/
int __read_mostly futex_cmpxchg_enabled;
/*