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* [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3)
@ 2018-11-02 11:52 Mathieu Desnoyers
  2018-11-02 11:52 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] glibc: sched_getcpu(): use rseq cpu_id TLS on Linux Mathieu Desnoyers
  2018-11-02 15:20 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3) Andy Lutomirski
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mathieu Desnoyers @ 2018-11-02 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: libc-alpha
  Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers, Carlos O'Donell, Florian Weimer,
	Joseph Myers, Szabolcs Nagy, Thomas Gleixner, Ben Maurer,
	Peter Zijlstra, Paul E. McKenney, Boqun Feng, Will Deacon,
	Dave Watson, Paul Turner, linux-kernel, linux-api

Here is a third round of prototype registering rseq(2) TLS for each
thread (including main), and unregistering for each thread (excluding
main). "rseq" stands for Restartable Sequences.

Remaining open questions:

- How early do we want to register rseq and how late do we want to
  unregister it ? It's important to consider if we expect rseq to
  be used by the memory allocator and within destructor callbacks.
  However, we want to be sure the TLS (__thread) area is properly
  allocated across its entire use by rseq.

- We do not need an atomic increment/decrement for the refcount per
  se. Just being atomic with respect to the current thread (and nested
  signals) would be enough. What is the proper API to use there ?

See the rseq(2) man page proposed here:
  https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/19/647

This patch is based on glibc 2.28.

To try it out, refer to the following kernel and librseq development
branches:

* rseq and cpu_opv:
  https://github.com/compudj/linux-percpu-dev branch: rseq/dev-local

* librseq:
  https://github.com/compudj/librseq branch: master

TODO:

- Add documentation, tests and a NEWS entry.
- Update ABI test baselines.
- Update abilist for non-x86-64 architectures.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
CC: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
CC: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
CC: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
CC: Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@fb.com>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>
CC: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
CC: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
---
Changes since v1:
- Move __rseq_refcount to an extra field at the end of __rseq_abi to
  eliminate one symbol.

  All libraries/programs which try to register rseq (glibc,
  early-adopter applications, early-adopter libraries) should use the
  rseq refcount. It becomes part of the ABI within a user-space
  process, but it's not part of the ABI shared with the kernel per se.

- Restructure how this code is organized so glibc keeps building on
  non-Linux targets.

- Use non-weak symbol for __rseq_abi.

- Move rseq registration/unregistration implementation into its own
  nptl/rseq.c compile unit.

- Move __rseq_abi symbol under GLIBC_2.29.

Changes since v2:
- Move __rseq_refcount to its own symbol, which is less ugly than
  trying to play tricks with the rseq uapi.
- Move __rseq_abi from nptl to csu (C start up), so it can be used
  across glibc, including memory allocator and sched_getcpu(). The
  __rseq_refcount symbol is kept in nptl, because there is no reason
  to use it elsewhere in glibc.
---
 csu/Makefile                                  |  2 +-
 csu/Versions                                  |  3 +
 csu/rseq.c                                    | 38 ++++++++++
 nptl/Makefile                                 |  2 +-
 nptl/Versions                                 |  4 ++
 nptl/nptl-init.c                              |  3 +
 nptl/pthreadP.h                               |  3 +
 nptl/pthread_create.c                         |  8 +++
 nptl/rseq.c                                   | 42 +++++++++++
 sysdeps/nptl/rseq-internal.h                  | 34 +++++++++
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h       | 72 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist    |  1 +
 .../sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libpthread.abilist   |  1 +
 13 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 csu/rseq.c
 create mode 100644 nptl/rseq.c
 create mode 100644 sysdeps/nptl/rseq-internal.h
 create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h

diff --git a/csu/Makefile b/csu/Makefile
index 88fc77662e..81d471587f 100644
--- a/csu/Makefile
+++ b/csu/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ include ../Makeconfig
 
 routines = init-first libc-start $(libc-init) sysdep version check_fds \
 	   libc-tls elf-init dso_handle
-aux	 = errno
+aux	 = errno rseq
 elide-routines.os = libc-tls
 static-only-routines = elf-init
 csu-dummies = $(filter-out $(start-installed-name),crt1.o Mcrt1.o)
diff --git a/csu/Versions b/csu/Versions
index 43010c3443..0f44ebf991 100644
--- a/csu/Versions
+++ b/csu/Versions
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ libc {
     # New special glibc functions.
     gnu_get_libc_release; gnu_get_libc_version;
   }
+  GLIBC_2.29 {
+    __rseq_abi;
+  }
   GLIBC_PRIVATE {
     errno;
   }
diff --git a/csu/rseq.c b/csu/rseq.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17d553324d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/csu/rseq.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>, 2018.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+enum libc_rseq_cpu_id_state {
+  LIBC_RSEQ_CPU_ID_UNINITIALIZED = -1,
+  LIBC_RSEQ_CPU_ID_REGISTRATION_FAILED = -2,
+};
+
+/* linux/rseq.h defines struct rseq as aligned on 32 bytes. The kernel ABI
+   size is 20 bytes.  */
+struct libc_rseq {
+  uint32_t cpu_id_start;
+  uint32_t cpu_id;
+  uint64_t rseq_cs;
+  uint32_t flags;
+} __attribute__((aligned(4 * sizeof(uint64_t))));
+
+__attribute__((weak))
+__thread volatile struct libc_rseq __rseq_abi = {
+  .cpu_id = LIBC_RSEQ_CPU_ID_UNINITIALIZED,
+};
diff --git a/nptl/Makefile b/nptl/Makefile
index be8066524c..9def8b3f13 100644
--- a/nptl/Makefile
+++ b/nptl/Makefile
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ libpthread-routines = nptl-init nptlfreeres vars events version pt-interp \
 		      mtx_destroy mtx_init mtx_lock mtx_timedlock \
 		      mtx_trylock mtx_unlock call_once cnd_broadcast \
 		      cnd_destroy cnd_init cnd_signal cnd_timedwait cnd_wait \
-		      tss_create tss_delete tss_get tss_set
+		      tss_create tss_delete tss_get tss_set rseq
 #		      pthread_setuid pthread_seteuid pthread_setreuid \
 #		      pthread_setresuid \
 #		      pthread_setgid pthread_setegid pthread_setregid \
diff --git a/nptl/Versions b/nptl/Versions
index e7f691da7a..f7890f73fc 100644
--- a/nptl/Versions
+++ b/nptl/Versions
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ libpthread {
     cnd_timedwait; cnd_wait; tss_create; tss_delete; tss_get; tss_set;
   }
 
+  GLIBC_2.29 {
+    __rseq_refcount;
+  }
+
   GLIBC_PRIVATE {
     __pthread_initialize_minimal;
     __pthread_clock_gettime; __pthread_clock_settime;
diff --git a/nptl/nptl-init.c b/nptl/nptl-init.c
index 907411d5bc..ab17bbb6e4 100644
--- a/nptl/nptl-init.c
+++ b/nptl/nptl-init.c
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ __pthread_initialize_minimal_internal (void)
   THREAD_SETMEM (pd, cpuclock_offset, GL(dl_cpuclock_offset));
 #endif
 
+  /* Register rseq ABI to the kernel. */
+  (void) __rseq_register_current_thread ();
+
   /* Initialize the robust mutex data.  */
   {
 #if __PTHREAD_MUTEX_HAVE_PREV
diff --git a/nptl/pthreadP.h b/nptl/pthreadP.h
index 13bdb11133..aba641c170 100644
--- a/nptl/pthreadP.h
+++ b/nptl/pthreadP.h
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ extern void __shm_directory_freeres (void) attribute_hidden;
 
 extern void __wait_lookup_done (void) attribute_hidden;
 
+extern int __rseq_register_current_thread (void) attribute_hidden;
+extern int __rseq_unregister_current_thread (void) attribute_hidden;
+
 #ifdef SHARED
 # define PTHREAD_STATIC_FN_REQUIRE(name)
 #else
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_create.c b/nptl/pthread_create.c
index fe75d04113..a5233cdf2f 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_create.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_create.c
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ __free_tcb (struct pthread *pd)
 START_THREAD_DEFN
 {
   struct pthread *pd = START_THREAD_SELF;
+  bool has_rseq = false;
 
 #if HP_TIMING_AVAIL
   /* Remember the time when the thread was started.  */
@@ -396,6 +397,9 @@ START_THREAD_DEFN
   if (__glibc_unlikely (atomic_exchange_acq (&pd->setxid_futex, 0) == -2))
     futex_wake (&pd->setxid_futex, 1, FUTEX_PRIVATE);
 
+  /* Register rseq TLS to the kernel. */
+  has_rseq = !__rseq_register_current_thread ();
+
 #ifdef __NR_set_robust_list
 # ifndef __ASSUME_SET_ROBUST_LIST
   if (__set_robust_list_avail >= 0)
@@ -573,6 +577,10 @@ START_THREAD_DEFN
     }
 #endif
 
+  /* Unregister rseq TLS from kernel. */
+  if (has_rseq && __rseq_unregister_current_thread ())
+    abort();
+
   advise_stack_range (pd->stackblock, pd->stackblock_size, (uintptr_t) pd,
 		      pd->guardsize);
 
diff --git a/nptl/rseq.c b/nptl/rseq.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..415674964f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nptl/rseq.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>, 2018.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include "pthreadP.h"
+
+__attribute__((weak))
+__thread volatile uint32_t __rseq_refcount;
+
+#ifdef __NR_rseq
+#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h>
+#else
+#include <sysdeps/nptl/rseq-internal.h>
+#endif  /* __NR_rseq.  */
+
+int
+attribute_hidden
+__rseq_register_current_thread (void)
+{
+  return sysdep_rseq_register_current_thread ();
+}
+
+int
+attribute_hidden
+__rseq_unregister_current_thread (void)
+{
+  return sysdep_rseq_register_current_thread ();
+}
diff --git a/sysdeps/nptl/rseq-internal.h b/sysdeps/nptl/rseq-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96422ebd57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/nptl/rseq-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>, 2018.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef RSEQ_INTERNAL_H
+#define RSEQ_INTERNAL_H
+
+static inline int
+sysdep_rseq_register_current_thread (void)
+{
+  return -1;
+}
+
+static inline int
+sysdep_rseq_unregister_current_thread (void)
+{
+  return -1;
+}
+
+#endif	/* rseq-internal.h */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7d59c8a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/rseq-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>, 2018.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef RSEQ_INTERNAL_H
+#define RSEQ_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <linux/rseq.h>
+
+#define RSEQ_SIG 0x53053053
+
+extern __thread volatile struct rseq __rseq_abi
+__attribute__ ((tls_model ("initial-exec")));
+
+extern __thread volatile uint32_t __rseq_refcount
+__attribute__ ((tls_model ("initial-exec")));
+
+static inline int
+sysdep_rseq_register_current_thread (void)
+{
+  int rc, ret = 0;
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
+
+  if (__rseq_abi.cpu_id == RSEQ_CPU_ID_REGISTRATION_FAILED)
+    return -1;
+  if (atomic_increment_val (&__rseq_refcount) - 1)
+    goto end;
+  rc = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (rseq, err, &__rseq_abi, sizeof (struct rseq),
+                              0, RSEQ_SIG);
+  if (!rc)
+    goto end;
+  if (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (rc, err) != EBUSY)
+    __rseq_abi.cpu_id = RSEQ_CPU_ID_REGISTRATION_FAILED;
+  ret = -1;
+  atomic_decrement (&__rseq_refcount);
+end:
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int
+sysdep_rseq_unregister_current_thread (void)
+{
+  int rc, ret = 0;
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
+
+  if (atomic_decrement_val (&__rseq_refcount))
+    goto end;
+  rc = INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (rseq, err, &__rseq_abi, sizeof (struct rseq),
+                              RSEQ_FLAG_UNREGISTER, RSEQ_SIG);
+  if (!rc)
+    goto end;
+  ret = -1;
+end:
+  return ret;
+}
+
+#endif	/* rseq-internal.h */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist
index 816e4a7426..6ef92778fc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libc.abilist
@@ -1895,6 +1895,7 @@ GLIBC_2.28 thrd_current F
 GLIBC_2.28 thrd_equal F
 GLIBC_2.28 thrd_sleep F
 GLIBC_2.28 thrd_yield F
+GLIBC_2.29 __rseq_abi D
 GLIBC_2.3 __ctype_b_loc F
 GLIBC_2.3 __ctype_tolower_loc F
 GLIBC_2.3 __ctype_toupper_loc F
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libpthread.abilist b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libpthread.abilist
index 931c8277a8..2cbb8882eb 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libpthread.abilist
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/libpthread.abilist
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ GLIBC_2.28 tss_create F
 GLIBC_2.28 tss_delete F
 GLIBC_2.28 tss_get F
 GLIBC_2.28 tss_set F
+GLIBC_2.29 __rseq_refcount D
 GLIBC_2.3.2 pthread_cond_broadcast F
 GLIBC_2.3.2 pthread_cond_destroy F
 GLIBC_2.3.2 pthread_cond_init F
-- 
2.17.1


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* [RFC PATCH 2/2] glibc: sched_getcpu(): use rseq cpu_id TLS on Linux
  2018-11-02 11:52 [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3) Mathieu Desnoyers
@ 2018-11-02 11:52 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
  2018-11-02 15:20 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3) Andy Lutomirski
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mathieu Desnoyers @ 2018-11-02 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: libc-alpha
  Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers, Carlos O'Donell, Florian Weimer,
	Joseph Myers, Szabolcs Nagy, Thomas Gleixner, Ben Maurer,
	Peter Zijlstra, Paul E. McKenney, Boqun Feng, Will Deacon,
	Dave Watson, Paul Turner, linux-kernel, linux-api

When available, use the cpu_id field from __rseq_abi on Linux to
implement sched_getcpu(). Fall-back on the vgetcpu vDSO if unavailable.

Benchmarks:

x86-64: Intel E5-2630 v3@2.40GHz, 16-core, hyperthreading

glibc sched_getcpu():                     13.7 ns (baseline)
glibc sched_getcpu() using rseq:           2.5 ns (speedup:  5.5x)
inline load cpuid from __rseq_abi TLS:     0.8 ns (speedup: 17.1x)

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
CC: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
CC: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
CC: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
CC: Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@fb.com>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>
CC: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
CC: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c
index b69eeda15c..e1a206075c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #endif
 #include <sysdep-vdso.h>
 
-int
-sched_getcpu (void)
+static int
+vsyscall_sched_getcpu (void)
 {
 #ifdef __NR_getcpu
   unsigned int cpu;
@@ -37,3 +37,24 @@ sched_getcpu (void)
   return -1;
 #endif
 }
+
+#ifdef __NR_rseq
+#include <linux/rseq.h>
+
+extern __attribute__ ((tls_model ("initial-exec")))
+__thread volatile struct rseq __rseq_abi;
+
+int
+sched_getcpu (void)
+{
+	int cpu_id = __rseq_abi.cpu_id;
+
+	return cpu_id >= 0 ? cpu_id : vsyscall_sched_getcpu ();
+}
+#else
+int
+sched_getcpu (void)
+{
+	return vsyscall_sched_getcpu ();
+}
+#endif
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3)
  2018-11-02 11:52 [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3) Mathieu Desnoyers
  2018-11-02 11:52 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] glibc: sched_getcpu(): use rseq cpu_id TLS on Linux Mathieu Desnoyers
@ 2018-11-02 15:20 ` Andy Lutomirski
  2018-11-02 15:33   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andy Lutomirski @ 2018-11-02 15:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mathieu Desnoyers
  Cc: libc-alpha, Carlos O'Donell, Florian Weimer, Joseph S. Myers,
	szabolcs.nagy, Thomas Gleixner, Ben Maurer, Peter Zijlstra,
	Paul E. McKenney, Boqun Feng, Will Deacon, Dave Watson,
	Paul Turner, LKML, Linux API

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:53 AM Mathieu Desnoyers
<mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:
>
> Here is a third round of prototype registering rseq(2) TLS for each
> thread (including main), and unregistering for each thread (excluding
> main). "rseq" stands for Restartable Sequences.
>
> Remaining open questions:
>
> - How early do we want to register rseq and how late do we want to
>   unregister it ? It's important to consider if we expect rseq to
>   be used by the memory allocator and within destructor callbacks.
>   However, we want to be sure the TLS (__thread) area is properly
>   allocated across its entire use by rseq.
>
> - We do not need an atomic increment/decrement for the refcount per
>   se. Just being atomic with respect to the current thread (and nested
>   signals) would be enough. What is the proper API to use there ?
>
> See the rseq(2) man page proposed here:
>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/19/647
>

Merely having rseq registered carries some small but nonzero overhead,
right?  Should this perhaps live in a librseq.so or similar (possibly
built as part of libc) to avoid the overhead for programs that don't
use it?

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* Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3)
  2018-11-02 15:20 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] glibc: Perform rseq(2) registration at nptl init and thread creation (v3) Andy Lutomirski
@ 2018-11-02 15:33   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mathieu Desnoyers @ 2018-11-02 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andy Lutomirski
  Cc: libc-alpha, carlos, Florian Weimer, Joseph Myers, Szabolcs Nagy,
	Thomas Gleixner, Ben Maurer, Peter Zijlstra, Paul E. McKenney,
	Boqun Feng, Will Deacon, Dave Watson, Paul Turner, linux-kernel,
	linux-api

----- On Nov 2, 2018, at 4:20 PM, Andy Lutomirski luto@amacapital.net wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:53 AM Mathieu Desnoyers
> <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:
>>
>> Here is a third round of prototype registering rseq(2) TLS for each
>> thread (including main), and unregistering for each thread (excluding
>> main). "rseq" stands for Restartable Sequences.
>>
>> Remaining open questions:
>>
>> - How early do we want to register rseq and how late do we want to
>>   unregister it ? It's important to consider if we expect rseq to
>>   be used by the memory allocator and within destructor callbacks.
>>   However, we want to be sure the TLS (__thread) area is properly
>>   allocated across its entire use by rseq.
>>
>> - We do not need an atomic increment/decrement for the refcount per
>>   se. Just being atomic with respect to the current thread (and nested
>>   signals) would be enough. What is the proper API to use there ?
>>
>> See the rseq(2) man page proposed here:
>>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/19/647
>>
> 
> Merely having rseq registered carries some small but nonzero overhead,
> right?

There is indeed a small overhead at thread creation/exit (total of 2
system calls) and one system call in nptl init. Once registered, there
is very small, infrequent, a hard to measure overhead at thread preemption
and signal delivery.

> Should this perhaps live in a librseq.so or similar (possibly
> built as part of libc) to avoid the overhead for programs that don't
> use it?

My second patch modifies sched_getcpu() to use rseq. Another use-case
glibc guys want is to use rseq for malloc(). Once that is done, there
will be pretty much no program left using glibc facilities that won't
use rseq when available.

Thanks,

Mathieu

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com

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