linux/kernel
Thomas Gleixner a0c1e9073e 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>
2008-02-23 17:12:15 -08:00
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irq genirq: do not leave interupts enabled on free_irq 2008-02-19 10:43:58 +01:00
power PM: Introduce PM_EVENT_HIBERNATE callback state 2008-02-23 10:40:04 -08:00
time timer_list: print relative expiry time signed 2008-02-17 17:29:38 +01:00
.gitignore Update kernel/.gitignore with new auto-generated files 2008-02-09 23:27:01 -08:00
acct.c acct: real_parent ppid 2008-01-07 14:55:37 -08:00
audit_tree.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
audit.c d_path: Make d_path() use a struct path 2008-02-14 21:17:09 -08:00
audit.h [PATCH] audit: watching subtrees 2007-10-21 02:37:45 -04:00
auditfilter.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
auditsc.c Audit: use == not = in if statements 2008-02-18 18:46:28 -08:00
backtracetest.c x86: add a simple backtrace test module 2008-01-30 13:33:08 +01:00
capability.c Add 64-bit capability support to the kernel 2008-02-05 09:44:20 -08:00
cgroup_debug.c Task Control Groups: simple task cgroup debug info subsystem 2007-10-19 11:53:36 -07:00
cgroup.c Handle pid namespaces in cgroups code 2008-02-07 08:42:22 -08:00
compat.c hrtimer: don't modify restart_block->fn in restart functions 2008-02-10 10:48:03 +01:00
configs.c use simple_read_from_buffer in kernel/ 2007-05-09 12:30:49 -07:00
cpu.c cpu: fix section mismatch warnings for enable_nonboot_cpus 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
cpuset.c proc: seqfile convert proc_pid_status to properly handle pid namespaces 2008-02-08 09:22:24 -08:00
delayacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
dma.c whitespace fixes: DMA channel allocator 2007-10-18 14:37:24 -07:00
exec_domain.c whitespace fixes: execution domains 2007-10-18 14:37:26 -07:00
exit.c Use struct path in fs_struct 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
extable.c module: Don't report discarded init pages as kernel text. 2008-01-29 17:13:18 +11:00
fork.c Use struct path in fs_struct 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
futex_compat.c futex: runtime enable pi and robust functionality 2008-02-23 17:12:15 -08:00
futex.c futex: runtime enable pi and robust functionality 2008-02-23 17:12:15 -08:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: catch expired CLOCK_REALTIME timers early 2008-02-14 22:08:30 +01:00
itimer.c ITIMER_REAL: convert to use struct pid 2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
kallsyms.c remove support for un-needed _extratext section 2008-02-06 10:41:01 -08:00
Kconfig.hz sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt sched: remove the !PREEMPT_BKL code 2008-01-25 21:08:33 +01:00
kexec.c vmcoreinfo: add "VMCOREINFO_" to all the call for vmcoreinfo_append_str() 2008-02-07 08:42:25 -08:00
kfifo.c is_power_of_2: kernel/kfifo.c 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
kmod.c Dont touch fs_struct in usermodehelper 2008-02-14 21:13:32 -08:00
kprobes.c kprobes: kretprobe user entry-handler 2008-02-06 10:41:11 -08:00
ksysfs.c Kobject: convert remaining kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
kthread.c sched: fix, always create kernel threads with normal priority 2008-01-25 21:08:33 +01:00
latencytop.c sched: latencytop support 2008-01-25 21:08:34 +01:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c lockdep: Avoid /proc/lockdep & lock_stat infinite output 2007-10-11 22:11:11 +02:00
lockdep.c softlockup: automatically detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00
Makefile avoid overflows in kernel/time.c 2008-02-08 09:22:39 -08:00
marker.c markers: fix sparse warnings in markers.c 2008-02-23 17:12:14 -08:00
module.c modules: do not try to add sysfs attributes if !CONFIG_SYSFS 2008-02-21 15:27:08 -08:00
mutex-debug.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex.h
notifier.c kernel/notifier.c should #include <linux/reboot.h> 2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: implement namespace tracking subsystem 2007-10-19 11:53:37 -07:00
nsproxy.c namespaces: move the IPC namespace under IPC_NS option 2008-02-08 09:22:23 -08:00
panic.c ACPI: Taint kernel on ACPI table override (format corrected) 2008-02-06 22:07:51 -05:00
params.c Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
pid_namespace.c namespaces: cleanup the code managed with PID_NS option 2008-02-08 09:22:23 -08:00
pid.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
pm_qos_params.c pm qos infrastructure and interface 2008-02-05 09:44:22 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Use find_task_by_vpid in posix timers 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
posix-timers.c hrtimer: check relative timeouts for overflow 2008-02-14 22:08:30 +01:00
printk.c printk_ratelimit() functions should use CONFIG_PRINTK 2008-02-08 09:22:39 -08:00
profile.c Nuke a duplicate include from profile.c 2008-02-08 09:22:34 -08:00
ptrace.c ptrace_check_attach: remove unneeded ->signal != NULL check 2008-02-08 09:22:26 -08:00
rcuclassic.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupdate.c rcupdate: fix comment 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
rcupreempt_trace.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupreempt.c Preempt-RCU: CPU Hotplug handling 2008-01-25 21:08:25 +01:00
rcutorture.c cpu-hotplug: replace lock_cpu_hotplug() with get_online_cpus() 2008-01-25 21:08:02 +01:00
relay.c relay: nopage 2008-02-06 10:41:07 -08:00
res_counter.c Memory controller improve user interface 2008-02-07 08:42:18 -08:00
resource.c [POWERPC] Add arch-specific walk_memory_remove() for 64-bit powerpc 2008-02-08 19:52:48 +11:00
rtmutex_common.h Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.c Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c Driver core: change sysdev classes to use dynamic kobject names 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
rtmutex.c hrtimer: more hrtimer_init_sleeper() fallout. 2008-02-13 15:45:36 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c sched: mark rwsem functions as __sched for wchan/profiling 2007-12-18 15:21:13 +01:00
sched_debug.c sched: keep total / count stats in addition to the max for 2008-01-25 21:08:35 +01:00
sched_fair.c sched: let +nice tasks have smaller impact 2008-01-31 22:45:22 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
sched_rt.c sched: rt-group: make rt groups scheduling configurable 2008-02-13 15:45:40 +01:00
sched_stats.h sched: clean up kernel/sched_stat.h 2007-11-28 15:52:56 +01:00
sched.c sched: rt-group: refure unrunnable tasks 2008-02-13 15:45:40 +01:00
seccomp.c make seccomp zerocost in schedule 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
signal.c remove final fastcall users 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
softirq.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
softlockup.c debug: softlockup looping fix 2008-02-02 14:27:45 +11:00
spinlock.c spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
srcu.c make srcu_readers_active() static 2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stopmachine: semaphore to mutex 2008-02-06 10:41:08 -08:00
sys_ni.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
sys.c Pidns: make full use of xxx_vnr() calls 2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
sysctl_check.c constify tables in kernel/sysctl_check.c 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
sysctl.c hugetlb: fix overcommit locking 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
taskstats.c kernel/taskstats.c: fix bogus nlmsg_free() 2007-11-14 18:45:44 -08:00
test_kprobes.c kprobes: kretprobe user entry-handler 2008-02-06 10:41:11 -08:00
time.c avoid overflows in kernel/time.c 2008-02-08 09:22:39 -08:00
timeconst.pl timeconst.pl: correct reversal of USEC_TO_HZ and HZ_TO_USEC 2008-02-12 14:29:26 -08:00
timer.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
tsacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
uid16.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
user_namespace.c namespaces: cleanup the code managed with the USER_NS option 2008-02-08 09:22:23 -08:00
user.c sched: rt-group: make rt groups scheduling configurable 2008-02-13 15:45:40 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c Isolate the UTS namespace's domainname and hostname back 2007-11-29 09:24:53 -08:00
utsname.c Fix UTS corruption during clone(CLONE_NEWUTS) 2007-09-19 11:24:17 -07:00
wait.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
workqueue.c workqueue: make delayed_work_timer_fn() static 2008-02-08 09:22:37 -08:00