From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
tools@kernel.org, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC 02/19] eventpoll: add API specification for epoll_create1
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:48:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250614134858.790460-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250614134858.790460-1-sashal@kernel.org>
Add kernel API specification for the epoll_create1() system call.
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/eventpoll.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 86 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index d4dbffdedd08e..8f8a64ebbaef6 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <linux/hash.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/syscall_api_spec.h>
#include <linux/rbtree.h>
#include <linux/wait.h>
#include <linux/eventpoll.h>
@@ -2265,6 +2266,91 @@ static int do_epoll_create(int flags)
return error;
}
+
+/* Valid values for epoll_create1 flags parameter */
+static const s64 epoll_create1_valid_values[] = { 0, EPOLL_CLOEXEC };
+
+DEFINE_KERNEL_API_SPEC(sys_epoll_create1)
+ KAPI_DESCRIPTION("Create an epoll instance")
+ KAPI_LONG_DESC("Creates a new epoll instance and returns a file descriptor "
+ "referring to that instance. The file descriptor is used for all "
+ "subsequent calls to the epoll interface.")
+ KAPI_CONTEXT(KAPI_CTX_PROCESS | KAPI_CTX_SLEEPABLE)
+
+ KAPI_PARAM(0, "flags", "int", "Creation flags for the epoll instance")
+ KAPI_PARAM_FLAGS(KAPI_PARAM_IN)
+ .constraint_type = KAPI_CONSTRAINT_ENUM,
+ .enum_values = epoll_create1_valid_values,
+ .enum_count = ARRAY_SIZE(epoll_create1_valid_values),
+ .constraints = "Must be 0 or EPOLL_CLOEXEC",
+ KAPI_PARAM_END
+
+ KAPI_RETURN("long", "File descriptor on success, negative error code on failure")
+ .type = KAPI_TYPE_INT,
+ .check_type = KAPI_RETURN_FD,
+ KAPI_RETURN_END
+
+ KAPI_ERROR(0, -EINVAL, "EINVAL", "Invalid flags specified",
+ "The flags parameter contains invalid values. Only EPOLL_CLOEXEC is allowed.")
+ KAPI_ERROR(1, -EMFILE, "EMFILE", "Per-process file descriptor limit reached",
+ "The per-process limit on the number of open file descriptors has been reached.")
+ KAPI_ERROR(2, -ENFILE, "ENFILE", "System file table overflow",
+ "The system-wide limit on the total number of open files has been reached.")
+ KAPI_ERROR(3, -ENOMEM, "ENOMEM", "Insufficient kernel memory",
+ "There was insufficient kernel memory to create the epoll instance.")
+ KAPI_ERROR(4, -EINTR, "EINTR", "Interrupted by signal",
+ "The system call was interrupted by a signal before the epoll instance could be created.")
+
+ .error_count = 5,
+ .param_count = 1,
+ .since_version = "2.6.27",
+ .examples = "int epfd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);",
+ .notes = "EPOLL_CLOEXEC sets the close-on-exec (FD_CLOEXEC) flag on the new file descriptor. "
+ "When all file descriptors referring to an epoll instance are closed, the kernel "
+ "destroys the instance and releases associated resources.",
+
+ /* Side effects */
+ KAPI_SIDE_EFFECT(0, KAPI_EFFECT_RESOURCE_CREATE | KAPI_EFFECT_ALLOC_MEMORY,
+ "epoll instance",
+ "Creates a new epoll instance and allocates kernel memory for it")
+ KAPI_EFFECT_REVERSIBLE
+ KAPI_SIDE_EFFECT_END
+
+ KAPI_SIDE_EFFECT(1, KAPI_EFFECT_RESOURCE_CREATE,
+ "file descriptor",
+ "Allocates a new file descriptor in the process's file descriptor table")
+ KAPI_EFFECT_REVERSIBLE
+ KAPI_SIDE_EFFECT_END
+
+ KAPI_SIDE_EFFECT_COUNT(2)
+
+ /* State transitions */
+ KAPI_STATE_TRANS(0, "epoll instance", "non-existent", "created and empty",
+ "A new epoll instance is created with no monitored file descriptors")
+ KAPI_STATE_TRANS_END
+
+ KAPI_STATE_TRANS_COUNT(1)
+
+ /* Signal specifications */
+ KAPI_SIGNAL(0, SIGINT, "SIGINT", KAPI_SIGNAL_RECEIVE, KAPI_SIGNAL_ACTION_RETURN)
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_CONDITION("During creation if process receives SIGINT")
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_DESC("If interrupted during kernel memory allocation, returns -EINTR")
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_RESTARTABLE
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_END
+
+ KAPI_SIGNAL(1, SIGTERM, "SIGTERM", KAPI_SIGNAL_RECEIVE, KAPI_SIGNAL_ACTION_RETURN)
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_CONDITION("During creation if process receives SIGTERM")
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_DESC("If interrupted during kernel memory allocation, returns -EINTR")
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_RESTARTABLE
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_END
+
+ KAPI_SIGNAL(2, SIGKILL, "SIGKILL", KAPI_SIGNAL_RECEIVE, KAPI_SIGNAL_ACTION_TERMINATE)
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_CONDITION("At any point during the syscall")
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_DESC("Process is terminated immediately, epoll instance creation may be incomplete")
+ KAPI_SIGNAL_END
+
+ .signal_count = 3,
+KAPI_END_SPEC;
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(epoll_create1, int, flags)
{
return do_epoll_create(flags);
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-14 13:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-14 13:48 [RFC 00/19] Kernel API Specification Framework Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 01/19] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 03/19] eventpoll: add API specification for epoll_create Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 04/19] eventpoll: add API specification for epoll_ctl Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 05/19] eventpoll: add API specification for epoll_wait Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 06/19] eventpoll: add API specification for epoll_pwait Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 07/19] eventpoll: add API specification for epoll_pwait2 Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 08/19] exec: add API specification for execve Sasha Levin
2025-06-16 21:39 ` Florian Weimer
2025-06-17 1:51 ` Sasha Levin
2025-06-17 7:13 ` Florian Weimer
2025-06-17 22:58 ` Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 09/19] exec: add API specification for execveat Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 10/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 11/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlock2 Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 12/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for mlockall Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 13/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for munlock Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 14/19] mm/mlock: add API specification for munlockall Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 15/19] kernel/api: add debugfs interface for kernel API specifications Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 16/19] kernel/api: add IOCTL specification infrastructure Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 17/19] fwctl: add detailed IOCTL API specifications Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 18/19] binder: " Sasha Levin
2025-06-14 13:48 ` [RFC 19/19] tools/kapi: Add kernel API specification extraction tool Sasha Levin
2025-06-17 12:08 ` [RFC 00/19] Kernel API Specification Framework David Laight
2025-06-18 21:29 ` Kees Cook
2025-06-19 0:22 ` Sasha Levin
2025-06-23 13:28 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-24 14:06 ` Cyril Hrubis
2025-06-24 14:30 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-24 15:27 ` Cyril Hrubis
2025-06-24 20:04 ` Sasha Levin
2025-06-25 8:49 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-25 8:52 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-25 15:46 ` Cyril Hrubis
2025-06-25 15:55 ` Sasha Levin
2025-06-26 8:32 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-26 8:37 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-26 16:23 ` Sasha Levin
2025-06-27 6:23 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-30 14:27 ` Sasha Levin
2025-07-01 6:11 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-25 8:56 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2025-06-25 16:23 ` Sasha Levin
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