From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755353AbbFQMLe (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:11:34 -0400 Received: from mail.efficios.com ([78.47.125.74]:37804 "EHLO mail.efficios.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755176AbbFQMLX convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:11:23 -0400 From: Mathieu Desnoyers To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mathieu Desnoyers Subject: [PATCH 0/3 for 4.2] sys_membarrier (x86, generic) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:10:44 -0400 Message-Id: <1434543047-7015-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I am submitting the membarrier system call for the upcoming Linux 4.2 merge window. It would be nice if it could sit a few days in Andrew Morton's tree before that. A major addition to sys_membarrier changelog is the inclusion of the list of users which would benefit from having this system call today. Thanks, Mathieu Mathieu Desnoyers (2): sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) (v19) selftests: enhance membarrier syscall test Pranith Kumar (1): selftests: add membarrier syscall test MAINTAINERS | 8 ++ arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 + arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 + include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 + include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 4 +- include/uapi/linux/Kbuild | 1 + include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | 53 +++++++++ init/Kconfig | 12 ++ kernel/Makefile | 1 + kernel/membarrier.c | 66 +++++++++++ kernel/sys_ni.c | 3 + tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/.gitignore | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile | 11 ++ .../testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++ 15 files changed, 285 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h create mode 100644 kernel/membarrier.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/.gitignore create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/membarrier_test.c -- 2.1.4