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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-09-11 19:34:09 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-09-11 19:34:09 -0700 |
commit | 01b0c014eeb0bb857a5dc572cd108be7becddfe7 (patch) | |
tree | d6f1a089081aadb09e66add27f7c5137d076ac80 /include/uapi/linux | |
parent | 3ebb0540c20d6670396ccee9ff6794c095fa9311 (diff) | |
parent | e527b22c3f63c02832ac4cb8ed0ec3a9b638bbdf (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge fourth patch-bomb from Andrew Morton:
- sys_membarier syscall
- seq_file interface changes
- a few misc fixups
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>:
revert "ocfs2/dlm: use list_for_each_entry instead of list_for_each"
mm/early_ioremap: add explicit #include of asm/early_ioremap.h
fs/seq_file: convert int seq_vprint/seq_printf/etc... returns to void
selftests: enhance membarrier syscall test
selftests: add membarrier syscall test
sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86)
MODSIGN: fix a compilation warning in extract-cert
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux')
-rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/Kbuild | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | 53 |
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild index 70ff1d9abf0d..f7b2db44eb4b 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild +++ b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild @@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ header-y += mdio.h header-y += media.h header-y += media-bus-format.h header-y += mei.h +header-y += membarrier.h header-y += memfd.h header-y += mempolicy.h header-y += meye.h diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e0b108bd2624 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H +#define _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H + +/* + * linux/membarrier.h + * + * membarrier system call API + * + * Copyright (c) 2010, 2015 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> + * + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy + * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal + * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights + * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell + * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is + * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + * + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in + * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + * + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE + * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, + * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE + * SOFTWARE. + */ + +/** + * enum membarrier_cmd - membarrier system call command + * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY: Query the set of supported commands. It returns + * a bitmask of valid commands. + * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED: Execute a memory barrier on all running threads. + * Upon return from system call, the caller thread + * is ensured that all running threads have passed + * through a state where all memory accesses to + * user-space addresses match program order between + * entry to and return from the system call + * (non-running threads are de facto in such a + * state). This covers threads from all processes + * running on the system. This command returns 0. + * + * Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to + * be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to + * the value 0. + */ +enum membarrier_cmd { + MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0, + MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0), +}; + +#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */ |