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From: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Suleiman Souhlal" <suleiman@google.com>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@kernel.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Darren Hart" <dvhart@infradead.org>,
	"Davidlohr Bueso" <dave@stgolabs.net>,
	"André Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>,
	"Juri Lelli" <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
	"Vincent Guittot" <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
	"Dietmar Eggemann" <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	"Ben Segall" <bsegall@google.com>, "Mel Gorman" <mgorman@suse.de>,
	"Valentin Schneider" <vschneid@redhat.com>,
	"K Prateek Nayak" <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
	"zhidao su" <soolaugust@gmail.com>,
	"John Stultz" <jstultz@google.com>,
	"Qais Yousef" <qyousef@google.com>,
	ssouhlal@FreeBSD.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 08/12] futex: Implement PING futex handoff.
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:33:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917043339.2093426-9-suleiman@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917043339.2093426-1-suleiman@google.com>

Implement handoff for PING futexes, to prevent starvation in case of
a waiter being repeatedly stolen from.

Currently engages after being stolen from once, after which the next
unlocker hands off the futex such that it can't be stolen.

Signed-off-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
---
 kernel/futex/futex.h |  2 ++
 kernel/futex/ping.c  | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex/futex.h b/kernel/futex/futex.h
index c0560d30aaaa..113289779dd1 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/futex.h
+++ b/kernel/futex/futex.h
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ struct futex_pi_state {
 
 	struct task_struct *owner;
 	refcount_t refcount;
+	bool handoff;
+	bool pickup;
 
 	union futex_key key;
 } __randomize_layout;
diff --git a/kernel/futex/ping.c b/kernel/futex/ping.c
index 689f149f7150..5bf2293bf582 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/ping.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/ping.c
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #include "futex.h"
 
 static int futex_trylock_ping_state(u32 __user *uaddr,
-				    struct futex_pi_state *ping_state);
+				    struct futex_pi_state *ping_state,
+				    bool handoff);
 
 static void ping_state_update_owner(struct futex_pi_state *ping_state,
 				    struct task_struct *new_owner)
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ static void give_ping_state_to_next_waiter(struct futex_hash_bucket *hb,
 
 /* Returns >0 if lock acquired, <0 on error */
 static int futex_trylock_ping_state(u32 __user *uaddr,
-				    struct futex_pi_state *ping_state)
+				    struct futex_pi_state *ping_state,
+				    bool handoff)
 {
 	struct task_struct *owner;
 	u32 uval, new, newtid;
@@ -152,13 +154,15 @@ static int futex_trylock_ping_state(u32 __user *uaddr,
 
 	ret = 0;
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ping_state->ping_mutex.wait_lock);
+	ret = futex_get_value_locked(&uval, uaddr);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
 	owner = ping_mutex_owner(&ping_state->ping_mutex);
 	if (owner == NULL) {
 		newtid = task_pid_vnr(current);
 
-		ret = futex_get_value_locked(&uval, uaddr);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err;
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(ping_state->handoff || ping_state->pickup);
+
 		if (uval & FUTEX_TID_MASK) {
 			ret = -EAGAIN;
 			goto err;
@@ -171,7 +175,19 @@ static int futex_trylock_ping_state(u32 __user *uaddr,
 			ping_state_update_owner(ping_state, current);
 		WRITE_ONCE(ping_state->ping_mutex.owner, current);
 		ret = 1;
-	}
+	} else if (ping_state->pickup) {
+		if (owner != current) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto err;
+		}
+		if ((uval & FUTEX_TID_MASK) != task_pid_vnr(current)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err;
+		}
+		ping_state->pickup = 0;
+		ret = 1;
+	} else if (handoff && !ping_state->handoff)
+		ping_state->handoff = 1;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ping_state->ping_mutex.wait_lock);
 	return ret;
 
@@ -233,7 +249,7 @@ static int futex_lock_ping_atomic(u32 __user *uaddr,
 		_ps = top_waiter->ping_state;
 		if (_ps == NULL)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		ret = futex_trylock_ping_state(uaddr, _ps);
+		ret = futex_trylock_ping_state(uaddr, _ps, false);
 		if (ret > 0) {
 			/* We stole the lock from the top waiter. */
 			raw_spin_lock_irq(&_ps->ping_mutex.wait_lock);
@@ -297,7 +313,7 @@ int futex_lock_ping(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags, ktime_t *time,
 	struct hrtimer_sleeper timeout, *to;
 	struct task_struct *exiting;
 	struct futex_q q = futex_q_init;
-	bool queued;
+	bool queued, should_handoff;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (refill_pi_state_cache())
@@ -369,6 +385,7 @@ int futex_lock_ping(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags, ktime_t *time,
 		}
 
 		queued = false;
+		should_handoff = false;
 		while (1) {
 			set_task_blocked_on(current, &q.ping_state->ping_mutex,
 					    BO_T_PING_FUTEX);
@@ -398,13 +415,15 @@ int futex_lock_ping(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags, ktime_t *time,
 				goto out_unqueue;
 			}
 
-			ret = futex_trylock_ping_state(uaddr, q.ping_state);
+			ret = futex_trylock_ping_state(uaddr, q.ping_state,
+						       should_handoff);
 			if (ret > 0) {
 				/* Got the futex */
 				ret = 0;
 				goto out_unqueue;
 			} else if (ret < 0)
 				goto out_unqueue;
+			should_handoff = true;
 		}
 
 out_unqueue:
@@ -526,6 +545,13 @@ int futex_unlock_ping(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags)
 	 * no top_waiter.
 	 */
 	new = FUTEX_WAITERS;
+	if (ping_state->handoff) {
+		new |= task_pid_vnr(top_waiter->task);
+		ping_state->handoff = 0;
+		ping_state->pickup = 1;
+		WRITE_ONCE(ping_state->ping_mutex.owner, top_waiter->task);
+	} else
+		WRITE_ONCE(ping_state->ping_mutex.owner, NULL);
 	ret = lock_pi_update_atomic(uaddr, uval, new);
 	if (ret) {
 		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ping_state->ping_mutex.wait_lock);
@@ -543,7 +569,6 @@ int futex_unlock_ping(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags)
 	}
 
 	ping_state_update_owner(ping_state, top_waiter->task);
-	WRITE_ONCE(ping_state->ping_mutex.owner, NULL);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq_wake(&ping_state->ping_mutex.wait_lock, &wake_q);
 	put_ping_state(ping_state);
 	return 0;
-- 
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-17  4:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-17  4:33 [RFC PATCH 00/12] FUTEX_PING: A stealable futex using Proxy Execution Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 01/12] sched: Abstract task_struct->blocked_on by locking primitive Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 02/12] futex: Switch PI futex to use p->pi_futex_lock instead of p->pi_lock Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17 15:38   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 03/12] futex: Add "ping" parameter to pi_state management functions and export them Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 04/12] futex: Introduce stealable PI futex, FUTEX_*_PING Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 05/12] futex: Implement exit_ping_state_list() Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 06/12] futex: Address aborting from futex_lock_ping() while owning ping_state Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 07/12] futex: Make FUTEX_*_PING use Proxy Execution Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17 13:18   ` Jihan LIN
2026-09-17 14:39     ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-17 15:36       ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-17  4:33 ` Suleiman Souhlal [this message]
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 09/12] futex: Wake up donor in PING futex unlock Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 10/12] futex: Optimistic spinning for PING futexes Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 11/12] futex: Allow userspace stealing " Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  4:33 ` [RFC PATCH 12/12] tools/testing/futex: Add ping_bench, a tool for benchmarking futexes Suleiman Souhlal
2026-09-17  8:58 ` [RFC PATCH 00/12] FUTEX_PING: A stealable futex using Proxy Execution Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-17 17:53   ` John Stultz
2026-09-17 18:51     ` Steven Rostedt

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