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 10/11] x86/vdso: Prepare for robust futex unlock support
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:24:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260319231239.816157361@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260319225224.853416463@kernel.org
There will be a VDSO function to unlock non-contended robust futexes in
user space. The unlock sequence is racy vs. clearing the list_pending_op
pointer in the task's robust list head. To plug this race the kernel needs
to know the critical section window so it can clear the pointer when the
task is interrupted within that race window. The window is determined by
labels in the inline assembly.
Add these symbols to the vdso2c generator and use them in the VDSO VMA code
to update the critical section addresses in mm_struct::futex on (re)map().
The symbols are not exported to user space, but available in the debug
version of the vDSO.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
---
V2: Rename the symbols
---
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/tools/vdso2c.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
@@ -73,6 +73,38 @@ static void vdso_fix_landing(const struc
regs->ip = new_vma->vm_start + ipoffset;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX_ROBUST_UNLOCK
+static void vdso_futex_robust_unlock_update_ips(void)
+{
+ const struct vdso_image *image = current->mm->context.vdso_image;
+ unsigned long vdso = (unsigned long) current->mm->context.vdso;
+ struct futex_mm_data *fd = ¤t->mm->futex;
+ struct futex_unlock_cs_range *csr = fd->unlock_cs_ranges;
+
+ fd->unlock_cs_num_ranges = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ if (image->sym_x86_64_futex_try_unlock_cs_start) {
+ csr->start_ip = vdso + image->sym_x86_64_futex_try_unlock_cs_start;
+ csr->end_ip = vdso + image->sym_x86_64_futex_try_unlock_cs_end;
+ csr->pop_size32 = 0;
+ csr++;
+ fd->unlock_cs_num_ranges++;
+ }
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) || defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
+ if (image->sym_x86_32_futex_try_unlock_cs_start) {
+ csr->start_ip = vdso + image->sym_x86_32_futex_try_unlock_cs_start;
+ csr->end_ip = vdso + image->sym_x86_32_futex_try_unlock_cs_end;
+ csr->pop_size32 = 1;
+ fd->unlock_cs_num_ranges++;
+ }
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 || CONFIG_COMPAT */
+}
+#else
+static inline void vdso_futex_robust_unlock_update_ips(void) { }
+#endif
+
static int vdso_mremap(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
struct vm_area_struct *new_vma)
{
@@ -80,6 +112,7 @@ static int vdso_mremap(const struct vm_s
vdso_fix_landing(image, new_vma);
current->mm->context.vdso = (void __user *)new_vma->vm_start;
+ vdso_futex_robust_unlock_update_ips();
return 0;
}
@@ -189,6 +222,8 @@ static int map_vdso(const struct vdso_im
current->mm->context.vdso = (void __user *)text_start;
current->mm->context.vdso_image = image;
+ vdso_futex_robust_unlock_update_ips();
+
up_fail:
mmap_write_unlock(mm);
return ret;
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ struct vdso_image {
long sym_int80_landing_pad;
long sym_vdso32_sigreturn_landing_pad;
long sym_vdso32_rt_sigreturn_landing_pad;
+ long sym_x86_64_futex_try_unlock_cs_start;
+ long sym_x86_64_futex_try_unlock_cs_end;
+ long sym_x86_64_compat_futex_try_unlock_cs_start;
+ long sym_x86_64_compat_futex_try_unlock_cs_end;
+ long sym_x86_32_futex_try_unlock_cs_start;
+ long sym_x86_32_futex_try_unlock_cs_end;
};
extern const struct vdso_image vdso64_image;
--- a/arch/x86/tools/vdso2c.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/vdso2c.c
@@ -75,13 +75,19 @@ struct vdso_sym {
};
struct vdso_sym required_syms[] = {
- {"VDSO32_NOTE_MASK", true},
- {"__kernel_vsyscall", true},
- {"__kernel_sigreturn", true},
- {"__kernel_rt_sigreturn", true},
- {"int80_landing_pad", true},
- {"vdso32_rt_sigreturn_landing_pad", true},
- {"vdso32_sigreturn_landing_pad", true},
+ {"VDSO32_NOTE_MASK", true},
+ {"__kernel_vsyscall", true},
+ {"__kernel_sigreturn", true},
+ {"__kernel_rt_sigreturn", true},
+ {"int80_landing_pad", true},
+ {"vdso32_rt_sigreturn_landing_pad", true},
+ {"vdso32_sigreturn_landing_pad", true},
+ {"x86_64_futex_try_unlock_cs_start", true},
+ {"x86_64_futex_try_unlock_cs_end", true},
+ {"x86_64_compat_futex_try_unlock_cs_start", true},
+ {"x86_64_compat_futex_try_unlock_cs_end", true},
+ {"x86_32_futex_try_unlock_cs_start", true},
+ {"x86_32_futex_try_unlock_cs_end", true},
};
__attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2))) __attribute__((noreturn))
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-19 23:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ 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 ` [patch v2 04/11] uaccess: Provide unsafe_atomic_store_release_user() Thomas Gleixner
2026-03-20 9:11 ` 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 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
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
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