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| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/Kbuild | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/membarrier.c | 66 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sys_ni.c | 3 |
11 files changed, 151 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 310da4295c70..e77bc84dc580 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -6789,6 +6789,14 @@ W: http://www.mellanox.com Q: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/ F: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/ +MEMBARRIER SUPPORT +M: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> +M: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> +L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org +S: Supported +F: kernel/membarrier.c +F: include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h + MEMORY MANAGEMENT L: linux-mm@kvack.org W: http://www.linux-mm.org diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl index 477bfa6db370..7663c455b9f6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl @@ -381,3 +381,4 @@ 372 i386 recvmsg sys_recvmsg compat_sys_recvmsg 373 i386 shutdown sys_shutdown 374 i386 userfaultfd sys_userfaultfd +375 i386 membarrier sys_membarrier diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl index 81c490634db9..278842fdf1f6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl +++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl @@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ 321 common bpf sys_bpf 322 64 execveat stub_execveat 323 common userfaultfd sys_userfaultfd +324 common membarrier sys_membarrier # # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h index 08001317aee7..a460e2ef2843 100644 --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h @@ -885,4 +885,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_execveat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, const char __user *const __user *argv, const char __user *const __user *envp, int flags); +asmlinkage long sys_membarrier(int cmd, int flags); + #endif diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h index e016bd9b1a04..8da542a2874d 100644 --- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h +++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h @@ -709,9 +709,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_memfd_create, sys_memfd_create) __SYSCALL(__NR_bpf, sys_bpf) #define __NR_execveat 281 __SC_COMP(__NR_execveat, sys_execveat, compat_sys_execveat) +#define __NR_membarrier 282 +__SYSCALL(__NR_membarrier, sys_membarrier) #undef __NR_syscalls -#define __NR_syscalls 282 +#define __NR_syscalls 283 /* * All syscalls below here should go away really, diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild index 70ff1d9abf0d..f7b2db44eb4b 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild +++ b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild @@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ header-y += mdio.h header-y += media.h header-y += media-bus-format.h header-y += mei.h +header-y += membarrier.h header-y += memfd.h header-y += mempolicy.h header-y += meye.h diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e0b108bd2624 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H +#define _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H + +/* + * linux/membarrier.h + * + * membarrier system call API + * + * Copyright (c) 2010, 2015 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> + * + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy + * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal + * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights + * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell + * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is + * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + * + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in + * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + * + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE + * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, + * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE + * SOFTWARE. + */ + +/** + * enum membarrier_cmd - membarrier system call command + * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY: Query the set of supported commands. It returns + * a bitmask of valid commands. + * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED: Execute a memory barrier on all running threads. + * Upon return from system call, the caller thread + * is ensured that all running threads have passed + * through a state where all memory accesses to + * user-space addresses match program order between + * entry to and return from the system call + * (non-running threads are de facto in such a + * state). This covers threads from all processes + * running on the system. This command returns 0. + * + * Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to + * be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to + * the value 0. + */ +enum membarrier_cmd { + MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0, + MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0), +}; + +#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */ diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 02da9f1fd9df..c24b6f767bf0 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -1602,6 +1602,18 @@ config PCI_QUIRKS bugs/quirks. Disable this only if your target machine is unaffected by PCI quirks. +config MEMBARRIER + bool "Enable membarrier() system call" if EXPERT + default y + help + Enable the membarrier() system call that allows issuing memory + barriers across all running threads, which can be used to distribute + the cost of user-space memory barriers asymmetrically by transforming + pairs of memory barriers into pairs consisting of membarrier() and a + compiler barrier. + + If unsure, say Y. + config EMBEDDED bool "Embedded system" option allnoconfig_y diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile index d4988410b410..53abf008ecb3 100644 --- a/kernel/Makefile +++ b/kernel/Makefile @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) += crash_dump.o obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL) += jump_label.o obj-$(CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING) += context_tracking.o obj-$(CONFIG_TORTURE_TEST) += torture.o +obj-$(CONFIG_MEMBARRIER) += membarrier.o obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += memremap.o diff --git a/kernel/membarrier.c b/kernel/membarrier.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..536c727a56e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/membarrier.c @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +/* + * Copyright (C) 2010, 2015 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> + * + * membarrier system call + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + * (at your option) any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + */ + +#include <linux/syscalls.h> +#include <linux/membarrier.h> + +/* + * Bitmask made from a "or" of all commands within enum membarrier_cmd, + * except MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY. + */ +#define MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK (MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED) + +/** + * sys_membarrier - issue memory barriers on a set of threads + * @cmd: Takes command values defined in enum membarrier_cmd. + * @flags: Currently needs to be 0. For future extensions. + * + * If this system call is not implemented, -ENOSYS is returned. If the + * command specified does not exist, or if the command argument is invalid, + * this system call returns -EINVAL. For a given command, with flags argument + * set to 0, this system call is guaranteed to always return the same value + * until reboot. + * + * All memory accesses performed in program order from each targeted thread + * is guaranteed to be ordered with respect to sys_membarrier(). If we use + * the semantic "barrier()" to represent a compiler barrier forcing memory + * accesses to be performed in program order across the barrier, and + * smp_mb() to represent explicit memory barriers forcing full memory + * ordering across the barrier, we have the following ordering table for + * each pair of barrier(), sys_membarrier() and smp_mb(): + * + * The pair ordering is detailed as (O: ordered, X: not ordered): + * + * barrier() smp_mb() sys_membarrier() + * barrier() X X O + * smp_mb() X O O + * sys_membarrier() O O O + */ +SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags) +{ + if (unlikely(flags)) + return -EINVAL; + switch (cmd) { + case MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY: + return MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK; + case MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED: + if (num_online_cpus() > 1) + synchronize_sched(); + return 0; + default: + return -EINVAL; + } +} diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c index 03c3875d9958..a02decf15583 100644 --- a/kernel/sys_ni.c +++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c @@ -245,3 +245,6 @@ cond_syscall(sys_bpf); /* execveat */ cond_syscall(sys_execveat); + +/* membarrier */ +cond_syscall(sys_membarrier); |
