From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
"Andrè Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>,
"Sebastian Andrzej Siewior" <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com>,
"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Florian Weimer" <fweimer@redhat.com>,
"Rich Felker" <dalias@aerifal.cx>,
"Torvald Riegel" <triegel@redhat.com>,
"Darren Hart" <dvhart@infradead.org>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@kernel.org>,
"Davidlohr Bueso" <dave@stgolabs.net>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
"Uros Bizjak" <ubizjak@gmail.com>,
"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>
Subject: Re: [patch V3 05/14] uaccess: Provide unsafe_atomic_store_release_user()
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:33:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acp7q6u2oqQ2omgm@J2N7QTR9R3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260330120117.398431176@kernel.org>
On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 02:02:25PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The upcoming support for unlocking robust futexes in the kernel requires
> store release semantics. Syscalls do not imply memory ordering on all
> architectures so the unlock operation requires a barrier.
>
> This barrier can be avoided when stores imply release like on x86.
>
> Provide a generic version with a smp_mb() before the unsafe_put_user(),
> which can be overridden by architectures.
>
> Provide also a ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TOS Kconfig option, which can be selected
> by architectures with Total Store Order (TSO), where store implies release,
> so that the smp_mb() in the generic implementation can be avoided.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
> ---
> V3: Rename to CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TSO - Peter
Looks like this was missed, or applied incompletely? There are a number
of uses of "TOS" rather than "TSO", above, below, and in subsequent
patches.
Mark.
> V2: New patch
> ---
> arch/Kconfig | 4 ++++
> include/linux/uaccess.h | 9 +++++++++
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ config ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
> config ARCH_32BIT_USTAT_F_TINODE
> bool
>
> +# Selected by architectures with Total Store Order (TOS)
> +config ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TOS
> + bool
> +
> config HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
> bool
> help
> --- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
> +++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
> @@ -644,6 +644,15 @@ static inline void user_access_restore(u
> #define user_read_access_end user_access_end
> #endif
>
> +#ifndef unsafe_atomic_store_release_user
> +# define unsafe_atomic_store_release_user(val, uptr, elbl) \
> + do { \
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TOS)) \
> + smp_mb(); \
> + unsafe_put_user(val, uptr, elbl); \
> + } while (0)
> +#endif
> +
> /* Define RW variant so the below _mode macro expansion works */
> #define masked_user_rw_access_begin(u) masked_user_access_begin(u)
> #define user_rw_access_begin(u, s) user_access_begin(u, s)
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-30 12:01 [patch V3 00/14] futex: Address the robust futex unlock race for real Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 01/14] futex: Move futex task related data into a struct Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 02/14] futex: Make futex_mm_init() void Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 03/14] futex: Move futex related mm_struct data into a struct Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 15:23 ` Alexander Kuleshov
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 04/14] futex: Provide UABI defines for robust list entry modifiers Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 05/14] uaccess: Provide unsafe_atomic_store_release_user() Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 13:33 ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 06/14] x86: Select ARCH_MEMORY_ORDER_TOS Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 13:34 ` Mark Rutland
2026-03-30 19:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 07/14] futex: Cleanup UAPI defines Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 08/14] futex: Add support for unlocking robust futexes Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 09/14] futex: Add robust futex unlock IP range Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 10/14] futex: Provide infrastructure to plug the non contended robust futex unlock race Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:02 ` [patch V3 11/14] x86/vdso: Prepare for robust futex unlock support Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:03 ` [patch V3 12/14] x86/vdso: Implement __vdso_futex_robust_try_unlock() Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:03 ` [patch V3 13/14] Documentation: futex: Add a note about robust list race condition Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 12:03 ` [patch V3 14/14] selftests: futex: Add tests for robust release operations Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-30 13:45 ` [patch V3 00/14] futex: Address the robust futex unlock race for real Mark Rutland
2026-03-30 13:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-30 19:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-31 14:12 ` Mark Rutland
2026-03-31 12:59 ` André Almeida
2026-03-31 13:03 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-03-31 14:13 ` Mark Rutland
2026-03-31 15:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
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