From: "André Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: "Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
"Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@kernel.org>,
"Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
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"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@kernel.org>,
"Davidlohr Bueso" <dave@stgolabs.net>,
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"Uros Bizjak" <ubizjak@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/4] arm64: vdso32: Implement __vdso_futex_robust_try_unlock()
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:41:15 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23596300-b89e-4cff-a6ce-e7bf54e90c05@igalia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aqvGEiZEtZFEWvjL@J2N7QTR9R3>
Em 17/09/2026 07:50, Mark Rutland escreveu:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 10:11:01PM -0300, André Almeida wrote:
>> Em 16/09/2026 11:28, Mark Rutland escreveu:
>>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 06:50:45PM -0300, André Almeida wrote:
>>>> Based on aarch64 implementation, provide a 32 bit entry point for
>>>> this vDSO.
>>>>
>>>> In order to keep compatibility with arm64_futex_robust_unlock_get_pop(),
>>>> make sure to store the pop address at r2 and the compare result value
>>>> at r3.
>>>
>>> Before we add this to the compat vdso, we'll need to implement this on
>>> arch/arm/.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, my comments on the patch for the native vdso functions apply
>>> here too.
>>
>> Right, and the compat entry point at arch/arm64/ would point to the
>> __vdso_futex_robust_list32_try_unlock implementation at arch/arm/?
>
> So far we've had arm64 provide its own copy (which e.g. might use
> sequences relying on ARMv8+ instructions), so I think we'd do the same
> here.
>
> The key thing is that 32-bit tasks on arm64 should see the same ABI as
> native tasks on 32-bit arm. As there's a risk that 32-bit arm might have
> some ABI quirks (e.g. due to older processors), we don't want to enable
> features for compat tasks on arm64 before that's been implemented on
> 32-bit arm.
Gotcha, makes perfect sense.
Thanks!
André
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 14:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-21 21:50 [PATCH v8 0/4] arm64: vdso: " André Almeida
2026-08-21 21:50 ` [PATCH v8 1/4] arm64: vdso: Prepare for robust futex unlock support André Almeida
2026-09-16 14:24 ` Mark Rutland
2026-09-17 1:05 ` André Almeida
2026-09-17 10:01 ` Mark Rutland
2026-09-17 14:40 ` André Almeida
2026-08-21 21:50 ` [PATCH v8 2/4] arm64: vdso: Implement __vdso_futex_robust_try_unlock() André Almeida
2026-09-16 14:27 ` Mark Rutland
2026-09-17 1:06 ` André Almeida
2026-09-17 10:45 ` Mark Rutland
2026-08-21 21:50 ` [PATCH v8 3/4] arm64: vdso32: Bring vdso32-offsets.h back André Almeida
2026-08-21 21:50 ` [PATCH v8 4/4] arm64: vdso32: Implement __vdso_futex_robust_try_unlock() André Almeida
2026-09-16 14:28 ` Mark Rutland
2026-09-17 1:11 ` André Almeida
2026-09-17 10:50 ` Mark Rutland
2026-09-17 14:41 ` André Almeida [this message]
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