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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | 32 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h index d252506e1b5e..5891d7614c8c 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ * to and return from the system call * (non-running threads are de facto in such a * state). This only covers threads from the - * same processes as the caller thread. This + * same process as the caller thread. This * command returns 0 on success. The * "expedited" commands complete faster than * the non-expedited ones, they never block, @@ -86,6 +86,34 @@ * Register the process intent to use * MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED. Always * returns 0. + * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE: + * In addition to provide memory ordering + * guarantees described in + * MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED, ensure + * the caller thread, upon return from system + * call, that all its running threads siblings + * have executed a core serializing + * instruction. (architectures are required to + * guarantee that non-running threads issue + * core serializing instructions before they + * resume user-space execution). This only + * covers threads from the same process as the + * caller thread. This command returns 0 on + * success. The "expedited" commands complete + * faster than the non-expedited ones, they + * never block, but have the downside of + * causing extra overhead. If this command is + * not implemented by an architecture, -EINVAL + * is returned. A process needs to register its + * intent to use the private expedited sync + * core command prior to using it, otherwise + * this command returns -EPERM. + * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE: + * Register the process intent to use + * MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE. + * If this command is not implemented by an + * architecture, -EINVAL is returned. + * Returns 0 on success. * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED: * Alias to MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL. Provided for * header backward compatibility. @@ -101,6 +129,8 @@ enum membarrier_cmd { MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED = (1 << 2), MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 3), MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 4), + MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE = (1 << 5), + MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE = (1 << 6), /* Alias for header backward compatibility. */ MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL, |