From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
"André 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: [patch v2 04/11] uaccess: Provide unsafe_atomic_store_release_user()
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:24:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260319231239.410326941@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260319225224.853416463@kernel.org
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_STORE_IMPLIES_RELEASE Kconfig option, which can be
selected by architectures where store implies release, so that the smp_mb()
in the generic implementation can be avoided.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
---
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 when plain stores have release semantics
+config ARCH_STORE_IMPLIES_RELEASE
+ 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_STORE_IMPLIES_RELEASE)) \
+ 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:[~2026-03-19 23:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-19 23:24 [patch v2 00/11] futex: Address the robust futex unlock race for real Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 01/11] futex: Move futex task related data into a struct Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 14:59 ` André Almeida
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 02/11] futex: Move futex related mm_struct " Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 15:00 ` André Almeida
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 03/11] futex: Provide UABI defines for robust list entry modifiers Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 15:01 ` André Almeida
2026-03-19 23:24 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2026-03-20 9:11 ` [patch v2 04/11] uaccess: Provide unsafe_atomic_store_release_user() Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-20 12:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 16:07 ` André Almeida
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 05/11] x86: Select ARCH_STORE_IMPLIES_RELEASE Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 16:08 ` André Almeida
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 06/11] futex: Cleanup UAPI defines Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 16:09 ` André Almeida
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 07/11] futex: Add support for unlocking robust futexes Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 17:14 ` André Almeida
2026-03-26 22:23 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-27 0:48 ` André Almeida
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 08/11] futex: Add robust futex unlock IP range Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 9:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-20 12:07 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-27 13:24 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-03-27 16:19 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 09/11] futex: Provide infrastructure to plug the non contended robust futex unlock race Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 13:35 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-19 23:24 ` [patch v2 10/11] x86/vdso: Prepare for robust futex unlock support Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-19 23:25 ` [patch v2 11/11] x86/vdso: Implement __vdso_futex_robust_try_unlock() Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 7:14 ` Uros Bizjak
2026-03-20 12:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-26 21:59 ` [patch v2 00/11] futex: Address the robust futex unlock race for real Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-26 22:08 ` Rich Felker
2026-03-27 3:42 ` André Almeida
2026-03-27 10:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-27 16:50 ` Rich Felker
2026-03-28 12:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
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