[PATCH 3/3] nptl: Only initialize robust list at mutex usage
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Tue Jul 29 20:28:21 GMT 2025
* Adhemerval Zanella:
> The robust mutex kernel initialization is always performed at process
> startup and thread creation, even when the process does not use any
> robust mutexes. This patch moves the set_robust_issue syscall to
> either when a robust process is initialized or used, saving the
> syscall issue for processes that do not use robust mutexes.
>
> The field futex_offset is used as a sentinel to indicate whether the
> struct pthread list is already initialized. This also allows to move
> the __nptl_set_robust_list_avail from ld.so to libc.so, since there is
> no need to initialize it at pthread startup.
Why is this in optimization? It adds a function call to the robust
mutex locking path.
Thanks,
Florian
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