futex.2: Document FUTEX_LOCK_PI2

FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 is a new futex operation which was recently introduced into the
Linux kernel. It works exactly like FUTEX_LOCK_PI. However, it has support for
selectable clocks for timeouts. By default CLOCK_MONOTONIC is used. If
FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME is specified then the timeout is measured against
CLOCK_REALTIME.

This new operation addresses an inconsistency in the futex interface:
FUTEX_LOCK_PI only works with timeouts based on CLOCK_REALTIME in contrast to
all the other PI operations.

Document the FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 command.

Signed-off-by: Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Kurt Kanzenbach 2021-08-08 10:41:16 +02:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
parent 7fc5fc967d
commit e79977aeec
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@ -241,10 +241,13 @@ and so on.
This option bit can be employed only with the
.BR FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET ,
.BR FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI ,
and
(since Linux 4.5)
.\" commit 337f13046ff03717a9e99675284a817527440a49
.BR FUTEX_WAIT
.BR FUTEX_WAIT ,
and
(since Linux v5.14.0)
.\" commit bf22a6976897977b0a3f1aeba6823c959fc4fdae
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
operations.
.IP
If this option is set, the kernel measures the
@ -904,7 +907,9 @@ value to 0 if the previous value was the expected TID.
If a futex is already acquired (i.e., has a nonzero value),
waiters must employ the
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI
operation to acquire the lock.
or
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
operations to acquire the lock.
If other threads are waiting for the lock, then the
.B FUTEX_WAITERS
bit is set in the futex value;
@ -964,6 +969,8 @@ Note that the PI futex operations must be used as paired operations
and are subject to some additional requirements:
.IP * 3
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI
,
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
and
.B FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI
pair with
@ -1122,6 +1129,27 @@ arguments are ignored.
.\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
.\"
.TP
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 " (since Linux 5.14.0)"
.\" commit bf22a6976897977b0a3f1aeba6823c959fc4fdae
This operation works similar like
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI .
The only difference is the
timeout argument.
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
has support for selectable clocks.
.IP
If
.I timeout
is not NULL, the structure it points to specifies
an absolute timeout.
If
.I timeout
is NULL, the operation can block indefinitely.
.IP
.\"
.\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
.\"
.TP
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI " (since Linux 2.6.18)"
.\" commit c87e2837be82df479a6bae9f155c43516d2feebc
This operation tries to acquire the lock at
@ -1168,6 +1196,8 @@ arguments are ignored.
.\" commit c87e2837be82df479a6bae9f155c43516d2feebc
This operation wakes the top priority waiter that is waiting in
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI
or
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
on the futex address provided by the
.I uaddr
argument.
@ -1379,6 +1409,9 @@ Returns the number of waiters that were woken up.
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI
Returns 0 if the futex was successfully locked.
.TP
.B FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
Returns 0 if the futex was successfully locked.
.TP
.B FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI
Returns 0 if the futex was successfully locked.
.TP
@ -1435,6 +1468,7 @@ is not equal to the expected value
.TP
.BR EAGAIN
.RB ( FUTEX_LOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 ,
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI )
The futex owner thread ID of
@ -1448,6 +1482,7 @@ Try again.
.TP
.BR EDEADLK
.RB ( FUTEX_LOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 ,
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI )
The futex word at
@ -1536,11 +1571,14 @@ The kernel detected an inconsistency between the user-space state at
.I uaddr
and the kernel state\(emthat is, it detected a waiter which waits in
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI
or
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
on
.IR uaddr .
.TP
.B EINVAL
.RB ( FUTEX_LOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 ,
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI )
The kernel detected an inconsistency between the user-space state at
@ -1590,6 +1628,8 @@ that is, the kernel detected a waiter which waits on
.I uaddr
via
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI
or
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2
(instead of
.BR FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI ).
.TP
@ -1618,6 +1658,7 @@ The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
.TP
.BR ENOMEM
.RB ( FUTEX_LOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 ,
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI )
The kernel could not allocate memory to hold state information.
@ -1634,11 +1675,13 @@ option was specified in
but the accompanying operation was neither
.BR FUTEX_WAIT ,
.BR FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET ,
.BR FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI ,
nor
.BR FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI .
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 .
.TP
.BR ENOSYS
.RB ( FUTEX_LOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 ,
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI ,
@ -1649,6 +1692,7 @@ are not supported on some CPU variants.
.TP
.BR EPERM
.RB ( FUTEX_LOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 ,
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI )
The caller is not allowed to attach itself to the futex at
@ -1665,6 +1709,7 @@ The caller does not own the lock represented by the futex word.
.TP
.BR ESRCH
.RB ( FUTEX_LOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_LOCK_PI2 ,
.BR FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI ,
.BR FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI )
The thread ID in the futex word at