Subject: [merged] ipc-semc-make-semctlgetncntgetzcnt-standard-compliant.patch removed from -mm tree To: manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx,mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx,mm-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:38:13 -0700 The patch titled Subject: ipc/sem.c: make semctl(,,{GETNCNT,GETZCNT}) standard compliant has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was ipc-semc-make-semctlgetncntgetzcnt-standard-compliant.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc/sem.c: make semctl(,,{GETNCNT,GETZCNT}) standard compliant SUSv4 clearly defines how semncnt and semzcnt must be calculated: A task waits on exactly one semaphore: The semaphore from the first operation in the sop array that cannot proceed. The Linux implementation never followed the standard, it tried to count all semaphores that might be the reason why a task sleeps. This patch fixes that. Note: a) The implementation assumes that GETNCNT and GETZCNT are rare operations, therefore the code counts them only on demand. (If they wouldn't be rare, then the non-compliance would have been found earlier) b) compared to the initial version of the patch, the BUG_ONs were removed and it was clarified that the new behavior conforms to SUS. Back-compatibility concerns: Manfred: : - there is no application in Fedora that uses GETNCNT or GETZCNT. : : - application that use only single-sop semop() are also safe, the : difference only affects complex apps. : : - portable application are also safe, the new behavior is standard : compliant. : : But that's it. The old behavior existed in Linux from 0.99.something : until now. Michael: : * These operations seem to be very little used. Grepping the public : source that is contained Fedora 20 source DVD, there appear to be no : uses. Of course, this says nothing about uses in private / : non-mainstream FOSS code, but it seems likely that the same pattern : is followed there. : : * The existing behavior is hard enough to understand that I suspect : that no one understood it well enough to rely on it anyway : (especially as that behavior contradicted both man page and POSIX). : : So, there's a chance of breakage, but I estimate that it's minute. Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/sem.c | 34 +++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/sem.c~ipc-semc-make-semctlgetncntgetzcnt-standard-compliant ipc/sem.c --- a/ipc/sem.c~ipc-semc-make-semctlgetncntgetzcnt-standard-compliant +++ a/ipc/sem.c @@ -993,38 +993,30 @@ static void do_smart_update(struct sem_a } /* - * check_qop: Test how often a queued operation sleeps on the semaphore semnum + * check_qop: Test if a queued operation sleeps on the semaphore semnum */ static int check_qop(struct sem_array *sma, int semnum, struct sem_queue *q, bool count_zero) { - struct sembuf *sops = q->sops; - int nsops = q->nsops; - int i, semcnt; + struct sembuf *sop = q->blocking; - semcnt = 0; + if (sop->sem_num != semnum) + return 0; - for (i = 0; i < nsops; i++) { - if (sops[i].sem_num != semnum) - continue; - if (sops[i].sem_flg & IPC_NOWAIT) - continue; - if (count_zero && sops[i].sem_op == 0) - semcnt++; - if (!count_zero && sops[i].sem_op < 0) - semcnt++; - } - return semcnt; + if (count_zero && sop->sem_op == 0) + return 1; + if (!count_zero && sop->sem_op < 0) + return 1; + + return 0; } /* The following counts are associated to each semaphore: * semncnt number of tasks waiting on semval being nonzero * semzcnt number of tasks waiting on semval being zero - * This model assumes that a task waits on exactly one semaphore. - * Since semaphore operations are to be performed atomically, tasks actually - * wait on a whole sequence of semaphores simultaneously. - * The counts we return here are a rough approximation, but still - * warrant that semncnt+semzcnt>0 if the task is on the pending queue. + * + * Per definition, a task waits only on the semaphore of the first semop + * that cannot proceed, even if additional operation would block, too. */ static int count_semcnt(struct sem_array *sma, ushort semnum, bool count_zero) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html