Re: [patch V2 2/7] futex: Hash private futexes per process

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2016-05-19 14:24:06 [+0200], Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 08:44:04PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > +static struct futex_hash_bucket *hash_futex(union futex_key *key)
> > +{
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX_PRIVATE_HASH
> > +	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
> > +	unsigned int slot;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Futexes which use the per process hash have the lower bits cleared
> > +	 */
> > +	if (key->both.offset & (FUT_OFF_INODE | FUT_OFF_MMSHARED))
> > +		return hash_global_futex(key);
> > +
> > +	slot = hash_long(key->private.address, mm->futex_hash.hash_bits);
> > +	return &mm->futex_hash.hash[slot];
> 
> Do we want the option to WARN if we get collisions in this per-process
> hash?
> 
> Because afaiu there is no guarantee what so ever this doesn't happen,
> and collisions here can create the very same priority inversions as are
> possible in the global hash.
> 
> Less likely etc.. more contained since its only the threads of the one
> process that get tangled up, but still possible.

Since the collision is contained the same process it is less dramatic.
But how do you want to warn the user? A trace-event would be handy to
dump the uaddr and slot. The user would have to check the trace and
figure out which slot was assigend to different uaddr. But due to ASLR
the same application might result in a different behaviour on each run.
However, it might be good for a indication about the size of the private
hashâ

Sebastian