[PATCH v6 4/4] arm64: vdso32: Implement __vdso_futex_robust_try_unlock()

From: André Almeida

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 12:44:16 EST


Based on aarch64 implementation, provide a 32 bit entry point for
this vDSO.

In order to keep compatibility with arm64_futex_robust_unlock_get_pop(),
make sure to store the pop address at r2 and the compare result value
at r3.

Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile | 4 ++++
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vdso.lds.S | 9 +++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vfutex.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 61 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
index 1d1633e8339b..d9b86f9a0db6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@ enum aarch32_map {
static struct page *aarch32_vectors_page __ro_after_init;
static struct page *aarch32_sig_page __ro_after_init;

+static inline void aarch32_vdso_futex_update_ips(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+ unsigned long vdso = (unsigned long) mm->context.vdso;
+
+ __vdso_futex_update_ips(mm, true,
+ VDSO_SYMBOL(vdso, futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_start),
+ VDSO_SYMBOL(vdso, futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_end));
+}
+
static int aarch32_sigpage_mremap(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
struct vm_area_struct *new_vma)
{
@@ -195,6 +204,8 @@ static int aarch32_mremap(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
{
current->mm->context.vdso = (void *)new_vma->vm_start;

+ aarch32_vdso_futex_update_ips(current->mm);
+
return 0;
}

@@ -327,6 +338,7 @@ static int aarch32_sigreturn_setup(struct mm_struct *mm)
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ret);
}

+
int aarch32_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
@@ -347,6 +359,8 @@ int aarch32_setup_additional_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm, int uses_interp)
}

ret = aarch32_sigreturn_setup(mm);
+
+ aarch32_vdso_futex_update_ips(mm);
out:
mmap_write_unlock(mm);
return ret;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
index 4bd60f059f4a..f3190125c68b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ munge := ../../../arm/vdso/vdsomunge
hostprogs := $(munge)

c-obj-vdso := note.o
+ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX_ROBUST_UNLOCK
+ c-obj-vdso += vfutex.o
+endif
+
c-obj-vdso-gettimeofday := vgettimeofday.o

ifneq ($(c-gettimeofday-y),)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vdso.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vdso.lds.S
index c374fb0146f3..46c0123b2684 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vdso.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vdso.lds.S
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ VERSION
__vdso_clock_getres;
__vdso_clock_gettime64;
__vdso_clock_getres_time64;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX_ROBUST_UNLOCK
+ __vdso_futex_robust_list32_try_unlock;
+#endif
local: *;
};
}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FUTEX_ROBUST_UNLOCK
+VDSO_futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_success = __futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_success;
+VDSO_futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_start = __futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_start;
+VDSO_futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_end = __futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_end;
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vfutex.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vfutex.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..030eb767b8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/vfutex.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <vdso/futex.h>
+
+__u32 __vdso_futex_robust_list32_try_unlock(__u32 *lock, __u32 tid, __u32 *pop)
+{
+ register __u32 *pop_reg asm("r2") = pop, result_reg asm("r3") = 0;
+ __u32 val, zero = 0;
+
+ asm volatile (
+ ".globl "
+ "__futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_start, "
+ "__futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_success, "
+ "__futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_end \n"
+
+ "retry: \n"
+ " ldrex %[val], %[lock] \n"
+ " cmp %[tid], %[val] \n"
+ " bne __futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_end \n"
+ " strex %[result], %[zero], %[lock] \n"
+ "__futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_start: \n"
+ " cmp %[result], #0 \n"
+ " bne retry \n"
+ "__futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_success: \n"
+ " str %[zero], %[pop_reg] \n"
+ "__futex_list32_try_unlock_cs_end: \n"
+
+ : [val] "=&r" (val), [result] "=r" (result_reg)
+ : [tid] "r" (tid), [lock] "Q" (*lock), [pop_reg] "Q" (*pop_reg), [zero] "r" (zero)
+ : "cc", "memory"
+ );
+
+ return val;
+}

--
2.55.0