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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: "André Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>,
	kernel-dev@igalia.com,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
	linux-api@vger.kernel.org, "Darren Hart" <dvhart@infradead.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@kernel.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Torvald Riegel" <triegel@redhat.com>,
	"Davidlohr Bueso" <dave@stgolabs.net>,
	"Lorenzo Stoakes" <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
	"Rich Felker" <dalias@aerifal.cx>,
	"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com>,
	"Michal Hocko" <mhocko@suse.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] futex: how to solve the robust_list race condition?
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:31:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lhufr6ihelv.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <694424f4-20d1-4473-8955-859acbad466f@efficios.com> (Mathieu Desnoyers's message of "Sun, 1 Mar 2026 10:49:15 -0500")

* Mathieu Desnoyers:

> Of course, we'd have to implement the whole transaction in assembler
> for each architecture.

Could this be hidden ina vDSO call?  It would have to receive a pointer
to the rseq area in addition to other arguments that identify the unlock
operation to be performed.  The advantage is that the kernel would now
the addresses involved, so a single rseq flag should be sufficient.  It
could also vary the LL/SC sequence based on architecture capabilities.

The question is whether we can model the unlock operation so that it's
sufficiently generic.

Thanks,
Florian


  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-02  7:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-20 20:26 [RFC PATCH 0/2] futex: how to solve the robust_list race condition? André Almeida
2026-02-20 20:26 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] futex: Create reproducer for robust_list race condition André Almeida
2026-03-12  9:04   ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-03-12 13:36     ` André Almeida
2026-02-20 20:26 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] futex: hack: Add debug delays André Almeida
2026-02-20 20:51 ` [RFC PATCH 0/2] futex: how to solve the robust_list race condition? Liam R. Howlett
2026-02-27 19:15   ` André Almeida
2026-02-20 21:42 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-02-20 22:41   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-02-20 23:17     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-02-23 11:13       ` Florian Weimer
2026-02-23 13:37         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-02-23 13:47           ` Rich Felker
2026-02-27 19:16       ` André Almeida
2026-02-27 19:59         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-02-27 20:41           ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-03-01 15:49           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-03-02  7:31             ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2026-03-02 14:57               ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-03-02 15:32                 ` Florian Weimer
2026-03-02 16:32                   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-03-02 16:42                     ` Florian Weimer
2026-03-02 16:56                       ` Mathieu Desnoyers

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