Re: [PATCH v9 00/11] futex: Add support task local hash maps.

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2025-03-10 17:01:02 [+0100], Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 10:02:37AM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > On 2025-03-04 15:58:39 [+0100], To Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > hash. That is why I had the `released' member.
> > 
> > The box was still alive this morning so it did survive >12h testing. I
> > would bring back the `released' member back unless you have other
> > preferences.
> 
> Like I just wrote in that other email; I'm a bit confused as to how this
> can happen. If rcuref_put() returns success, then the value is DEAD. It must
> then either be decremented below RELEASED or incremented past NOREF in
> order for rcuref_read() to no longer return 0.

We can't rely on 0 to be released as it might become active. We could
change rcuref_read() to return 0 if it could be obtained and -1 if it
can not.
We don't have many users atm so an audit should be quick.

> > Depending on those I could fold the fixes directly into the patches and
> > repost the whole thing or prepare you patches that can be folded back
> > and send those.
> 
> Please, it appears I don't have as much time as I would like :/

Sebastian