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Re: PI mutex support for pthread_cond_* now in nptl


On 2013-02-18 02:56, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
Hi arch-maintainers!

The x86 assembly code for pthread_cond_* functions has, since some
time now, been capable of utilizing PI mutexes (using
PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT when initializing a mutex) optimally by using the
FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI and its companion FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI to
requeue waiters woken on pthread_cond_broadcast to the PI mutex while
waking just one child, hence avoiding the thundering herd effect.
This code is now available on the default C implementation in master,
which is used by most non-x86 architectures in glibc.

To allow your architecture to use this, you need to define the
following:

- lll_futex_wait_requeue_pi macro to call the FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI
   operation in a futex syscall.

- lll_futex_timed_wait_requeue_pi, which is the timed equivalent of
   the above.

- lll_futex_cmp_requeue_pi to call FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI.

I have committed implementations for s390 and powerpc, which can be
used as examples for implementation on other architectures.

Any chance we can move these macros into a generic linux header?
Given that we're using INTERNAL_SYSCALL macros, the definitions ought to be the same for all targets.



r~



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