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The only additional kernel intervention required for robust_futexes above and beyond what is required for futexes is:”…””}”(hjhžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h×hŸh¶h K hh£hžhubhŒ block_quote”“”)”}”(hŒÃ1) a one time call, per thread, to tell the kernel where its list of held robust_futexes begins, and 2) internal kernel code at exit, to handle any listed locks held by the exiting thread. ”h]”hŒenumerated_list”“”)”}”(hhh]”(hŒ list_item”“”)”}”(hŒaa one time call, per thread, to tell the kernel where its list of held robust_futexes begins, and”h]”hØ)”}”(hŒaa one time call, per thread, to tell the kernel where its list of held robust_futexes begins, and”h]”hŒaa one time call, per thread, to tell the kernel where its list of held robust_futexes begins, and”…””}”(hj<hžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h×hŸh¶h Khj8ubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1j6hj3ubj7)”}”(hŒUinternal kernel code at exit, to handle any listed locks held by the exiting thread. ”h]”hØ)”}”(hŒTinternal kernel code at exit, to handle any listed locks held by the exiting thread.”h]”hŒTinternal kernel code at exit, to handle any listed locks held by the exiting thread.”…””}”(hjThžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h×hŸh¶h KhjPubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1j6hj3ubeh}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”Œenumtype”Œarabic”Œprefix”hŒsuffix”Œ)”uh1j1hj-ubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1j+hŸh¶h Khh£hžhubhØ)”}”(hXmThe existing normal futexes already provide a "Fast Userspace Locking" mechanism, which handles uncontested locking without needing a system call, and handles contested locking by maintaining a list of waiting threads in the kernel. Options on the sys_futex(2) system call support waiting on a particular futex, and waking up the next waiter on a particular futex.”h]”hXqThe existing normal futexes already provide a “Fast Userspace Locking†mechanism, which handles uncontested locking without needing a system call, and handles contested locking by maintaining a list of waiting threads in the kernel. Options on the sys_futex(2) system call support waiting on a particular futex, and waking up the next waiter on a particular futex.”…””}”(hjyhžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h×hŸh¶h Khh£hžhubhØ)”}”(hXxFor robust_futexes to work, the user code (typically in a library such as glibc linked with the application) has to manage and place the necessary list elements exactly as the kernel expects them. 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Each thread should have its own thread private 'head'.”h]”hŒÿThe pointer ‘head’ points to a structure in the threads address space consisting of three words. Each word is 32 bits on 32 bit arch’s, or 64 bits on 64 bit arch’s, and local byte order. Each thread should have its own thread private ‘head’.”…””}”(hjµhžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h×hŸh¶h K*hh£hžhubhØ)”}”(hX¼If a thread is running in 32 bit compatibility mode on a 64 native arch kernel, then it can actually have two such structures - one using 32 bit words for 32 bit compatibility mode, and one using 64 bit words for 64 bit native mode. 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The second word, called 'offset', specifies the offset from the address of the associated 'lock entry', plus or minus, of what will be called the 'lock word', from that 'lock entry'. The 'lock word' is always a 32 bit word, unlike the other words above. The 'lock word' holds 2 flag bits in the upper 2 bits, and the thread id (TID) of the thread holding the lock in the bottom 30 bits. See further below for a description of the flag bits. The third word, called 'list_op_pending', contains transient copy of the address of the 'lock entry', during list insertion and removal, and is needed to correctly resolve races should a thread exit while in the middle of a locking or unlocking operation. ”h]”(hØ)”}”(hXThe first word in the memory structure at 'head' contains a pointer to a single linked list of 'lock entries', one per lock, as described below. If the list is empty, the pointer will point to itself, 'head'. The last 'lock entry' points back to the 'head'.”h]”hXThe first word in the memory structure at ‘head’ contains a pointer to a single linked list of ‘lock entries’, one per lock, as described below. If the list is empty, the pointer will point to itself, ‘head’. The last ‘lock entry’ points back to the ‘head’.”…””}”(hjÕhžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h×hŸh¶h K7hjÑubhØ)”}”(hX»The second word, called 'offset', specifies the offset from the address of the associated 'lock entry', plus or minus, of what will be called the 'lock word', from that 'lock entry'. The 'lock word' is always a 32 bit word, unlike the other words above. The 'lock word' holds 2 flag bits in the upper 2 bits, and the thread id (TID) of the thread holding the lock in the bottom 30 bits. See further below for a description of the flag bits.”h]”hXÓThe second word, called ‘offset’, specifies the offset from the address of the associated ‘lock entry’, plus or minus, of what will be called the ‘lock word’, from that ‘lock entry’. The ‘lock word’ is always a 32 bit word, unlike the other words above. The ‘lock word’ holds 2 flag bits in the upper 2 bits, and the thread id (TID) of the thread holding the lock in the bottom 30 bits. See further below for a description of the flag bits.”…””}”(hjãhžhhŸNh Nubah}”(h]”h ]”h"]”h$]”h&]”uh1h×hŸh¶h K