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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-08-21 09:45:19 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-08-21 09:45:19 +0200
commit94edf6f3c20c9c8ee301bde04150a91bab4bf32c (patch)
tree4a2af658258cf42fde24c1224e44c3e6a18c2792 /include/uapi
parentMerge branch 'for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu (diff)
parentMerge branches 'doc.2017.08.17a', 'fixes.2017.08.17a', 'hotplug.2017.07.25b', 'misc.2017.08.17a', 'spin_unlock_wait_no.2017.08.17a', 'srcu.2017.07.27c' and 'torture.2017.07.24c' into HEAD (diff)
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Merge branch 'for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu
Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney: - Removal of spin_unlock_wait() - SRCU updates - Torture-test updates - Documentation updates - Miscellaneous fixes - CPU-hotplug fixes - Miscellaneous non-RCU fixes Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h23
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
index e0b108bd2624..6d47b3249d8a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
@@ -40,14 +40,33 @@
* (non-running threads are de facto in such a
* state). This covers threads from all processes
* running on the system. This command returns 0.
+ * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED:
+ * Execute a memory barrier on each running
+ * thread belonging to the same process as the current
+ * thread. Upon return from system call, the
+ * caller thread is ensured that all its running
+ * threads siblings have passed through a state
+ * where all memory accesses to user-space
+ * addresses match program order between entry
+ * to and return from the system call
+ * (non-running threads are de facto in such a
+ * state). This only covers threads from the
+ * same processes as the caller thread. This
+ * command returns 0. The "expedited" commands
+ * complete faster than the non-expedited ones,
+ * they never block, but have the downside of
+ * causing extra overhead.
*
* Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to
* be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to
* the value 0.
*/
enum membarrier_cmd {
- MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
- MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
+ MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
+ MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
+ /* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED_EXPEDITED (1 << 1) */
+ /* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE (1 << 2) */
+ MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 3),
};
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */