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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/lowlevellock.c b/nptl/lowlevellock.c
index 4c093fc..e1a203b 100644
--- a/nptl/lowlevellock.c
+++ b/nptl/lowlevellock.c
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ void
__lll_lock_wait_private (int *futex)
{
if (*futex == 2)
- lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, LLL_PRIVATE);
+ lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, LLL_PRIVATE); /* Wait if *futex == 2. */
while (atomic_exchange_acq (futex, 2) != 0)
- lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, LLL_PRIVATE);
+ lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, LLL_PRIVATE); /* Wait if *futex == 2. */
}
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ void
__lll_lock_wait (int *futex, int private)
{
if (*futex == 2)
- lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, private);
+ lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, private); /* Wait if *futex == 2. */
while (atomic_exchange_acq (futex, 2) != 0)
- lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, private);
+ lll_futex_wait (futex, 2, private); /* Wait if *futex == 2. */
}
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ __lll_timedlock_wait (int *futex, const struct timespec *abstime, int private)
if (rt.tv_sec < 0)
return ETIMEDOUT;
- /* Wait. */
+ /* If *futex == 2, wait until woken or timeout. */
lll_futex_timed_wait (futex, 2, &rt, private);
}
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ __lll_timedlock_wait (int *futex, const struct timespec *abstime, int private)
}
+/* The kernel notifies a process which uses CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID via futex
+ wake-up when the clone terminates. The memory location contains the
+ thread ID while the clone is running and is reset to zero by the kernel
+ afterwards. The kernel up to version 3.16.3 does not use the private futex
+ operations for futex wake-up when the clone terminates. */
int
__lll_timedwait_tid (int *tidp, const struct timespec *abstime)
{
@@ -113,8 +118,10 @@ __lll_timedwait_tid (int *tidp, const struct timespec *abstime)
if (rt.tv_sec < 0)
return ETIMEDOUT;
- /* Wait until thread terminates. The kernel so far does not use
- the private futex operations for this. */
+ /* If *tidp == tid, wait until thread terminates or the wait times out.
+ The kernel up to version 3.16.3 does not use the private futex
+ operations for futex wake-up when the clone terminates.
+ */
if (lll_futex_timed_wait (tidp, tid, &rt, LLL_SHARED) == -ETIMEDOUT)
return ETIMEDOUT;
}