From 34996e42f82bfd60bc2c191e5cae3c6ab233ec6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 15:11:27 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.9.7. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/scheduler/membarrier.rst | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/scheduler/membarrier.rst (limited to 'Documentation/scheduler/membarrier.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/membarrier.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/membarrier.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2387804b1c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/scheduler/membarrier.rst @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================== +membarrier() System Call +======================== + +MEMBARRIER_CMD_{PRIVATE,GLOBAL}_EXPEDITED - Architecture requirements +===================================================================== + +Memory barriers before updating rq->curr +---------------------------------------- + +The commands MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED and MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED +require each architecture to have a full memory barrier after coming from +user-space, before updating rq->curr. This barrier is implied by the sequence +rq_lock(); smp_mb__after_spinlock() in __schedule(). The barrier matches a full +barrier in the proximity of the membarrier system call exit, cf. +membarrier_{private,global}_expedited(). + +Memory barriers after updating rq->curr +--------------------------------------- + +The commands MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED and MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED +require each architecture to have a full memory barrier after updating rq->curr, +before returning to user-space. The schemes providing this barrier on the various +architectures are as follows. + + - alpha, arc, arm, hexagon, mips rely on the full barrier implied by + spin_unlock() in finish_lock_switch(). + + - arm64 relies on the full barrier implied by switch_to(). + + - powerpc, riscv, s390, sparc, x86 rely on the full barrier implied by + switch_mm(), if mm is not NULL; they rely on the full barrier implied + by mmdrop(), otherwise. On powerpc and riscv, switch_mm() relies on + membarrier_arch_switch_mm(). + +The barrier matches a full barrier in the proximity of the membarrier system call +entry, cf. membarrier_{private,global}_expedited(). -- cgit v1.2.3