Re: [patch] threading fix, tid-2.5.47-A3

From: Ingo Molnar (mingo@elte.hu)
Date: Sun Nov 17 2002 - 08:36:49 EST


On 17 Nov 2002, Luca Barbieri wrote:

> > the attached patch
> -> The patch that was meant to be attached :)

yeah ...

--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S.orig 2002-11-17 11:22:18.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 2002-11-17 11:31:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -193,10 +193,8 @@
 
 
 ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
-#if CONFIG_SMP || CONFIG_PREEMPT
         # NOTE: this function takes a parameter but it's unused on x86.
         call schedule_tail
-#endif
         GET_THREAD_INFO(%ebx)
         jmp syscall_exit
 
@@ -767,6 +765,7 @@
         .long sys_epoll_ctl /* 255 */
         .long sys_epoll_wait
          .long sys_remap_file_pages
+ .long sys_set_tid_address
 
 
         .rept NR_syscalls-(.-sys_call_table)/4
--- linux/include/linux/sched.h.orig 2002-11-17 11:26:53.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/include/linux/sched.h 2002-11-17 12:58:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@
 #define CLONE_NEWNS 0x00020000 /* New namespace group? */
 #define CLONE_SYSVSEM 0x00040000 /* share system V SEM_UNDO semantics */
 #define CLONE_SETTLS 0x00080000 /* create a new TLS for the child */
-#define CLONE_SETTID 0x00100000 /* write the TID back to userspace */
-#define CLONE_CLEARTID 0x00200000 /* clear the userspace TID */
-#define CLONE_DETACHED 0x00400000 /* parent wants no child-exit signal */
-#define CLONE_UNTRACED 0x00800000 /* set if the tracing process can't force CLONE_PTRACE on this clone */
+#define CLONE_SETTID 0x00100000 /* set/clear the TID */
+#define CLONE_DETACHED 0x00200000 /* parent wants no child-exit signal */
+#define CLONE_UNTRACED 0x00400000 /* set if the tracing process can't force CLONE_PTRACE on this clone */
 
 /*
  * List of flags we want to share for kernel threads,
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@
 
         wait_queue_head_t wait_chldexit; /* for wait4() */
         struct completion *vfork_done; /* for vfork() */
- int *user_tid; /* for CLONE_CLEARTID */
+ int *user_tid; /* for CLONE_SETTID */
 
         unsigned long rt_priority;
         unsigned long it_real_value, it_prof_value, it_virt_value;
--- linux/kernel/sched.c.orig 2002-11-17 11:22:48.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/kernel/sched.c 2002-11-17 11:30:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -503,12 +503,16 @@
  * schedule_tail - first thing a freshly forked thread must call.
  * @prev: the thread we just switched away from.
  */
-#if CONFIG_SMP || CONFIG_PREEMPT
+asmlinkage void FASTCALL(schedule_tail(task_t *prev));
 asmlinkage void schedule_tail(task_t *prev)
 {
         finish_arch_switch(this_rq(), prev);
+ /*
+ * Does the child thread/process want to be notified of the TID/PID?
+ */
+ if (current->user_tid)
+ put_user(current->pid, current->user_tid);
 }
-#endif
 
 /*
  * context_switch - switch to the new MM and the new
--- linux/kernel/fork.c.orig 2002-11-17 11:25:35.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/kernel/fork.c 2002-11-17 12:40:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -676,6 +676,13 @@
         p->flags = new_flags;
 }
 
+asmlinkage int sys_set_tid_address(int *user_tid)
+{
+ current->user_tid = user_tid;
+
+ return current->pid;
+}
+
 /*
  * This creates a new process as a copy of the old one,
  * but does not actually start it yet.
@@ -813,18 +820,14 @@
         if (retval)
                 goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespace;
         /*
- * Notify the child of the TID?
+ * Does the userspace VM want the TID set in the child's
+ * address space and it cleared on mm_release()?
          */
- retval = -EFAULT;
- if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTID)
- if (put_user(p->pid, user_tid))
- goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespace;
-
- /*
- * Does the userspace VM want the TID cleared on mm_release()?
- */
- if (clone_flags & CLONE_CLEARTID)
+ if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTID) {
                 p->user_tid = user_tid;
+ if (clone_flags & CLONE_VM)
+ put_user(p->pid, user_tid);
+ }
 
         /*
          * Syscall tracing should be turned off in the child regardless

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