aha/fs/eventfd.c
Davide Libenzi bcd0b235bf eventfd: improve support for semaphore-like behavior
People started using eventfd in a semaphore-like way where before they
were using pipes.

That is, counter-based resource access.  Where a "wait()" returns
immediately by decrementing the counter by one, if counter is greater than
zero.  Otherwise will wait.  And where a "post(count)" will add count to
the counter releasing the appropriate amount of waiters.  If eventfd the
"post" (write) part is fine, while the "wait" (read) does not dequeue 1,
but the whole counter value.

The problem with eventfd is that a read() on the fd returns and wipes the
whole counter, making the use of it as semaphore a little bit more
cumbersome.  You can do a read() followed by a write() of COUNTER-1, but
IMO it's pretty easy and cheap to make this work w/out extra steps.  This
patch introduces a new eventfd flag that tells eventfd to only dequeue 1
from the counter, allowing simple read/write to make it behave like a
semaphore.  Simple test here:

http://www.xmailserver.org/eventfd-sem.c

To be back-compatible with earlier kernels, userspace applications should
probe for the availability of this feature via

#ifdef EFD_SEMAPHORE
	fd = eventfd2 (CNT, EFD_SEMAPHORE);
	if (fd == -1 && errno == EINVAL)
		<fallback>
#else
		<fallback>
#endif

Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Tested-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-04-01 08:59:20 -07:00

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/*
* fs/eventfd.c
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
*
*/
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
#include <linux/eventfd.h>
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
struct eventfd_ctx {
wait_queue_head_t wqh;
/*
* Every time that a write(2) is performed on an eventfd, the
* value of the __u64 being written is added to "count" and a
* wakeup is performed on "wqh". A read(2) will return the "count"
* value to userspace, and will reset "count" to zero. The kernel
* size eventfd_signal() also, adds to the "count" counter and
* issue a wakeup.
*/
__u64 count;
unsigned int flags;
};
/*
* Adds "n" to the eventfd counter "count". Returns "n" in case of
* success, or a value lower then "n" in case of coutner overflow.
* This function is supposed to be called by the kernel in paths
* that do not allow sleeping. In this function we allow the counter
* to reach the ULLONG_MAX value, and we signal this as overflow
* condition by returining a POLLERR to poll(2).
*/
int eventfd_signal(struct file *file, int n)
{
struct eventfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
unsigned long flags;
if (n < 0)
return -EINVAL;
spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
if (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count < n)
n = (int) (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count);
ctx->count += n;
if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wqh))
wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
return n;
}
static int eventfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
kfree(file->private_data);
return 0;
}
static unsigned int eventfd_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
{
struct eventfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
unsigned int events = 0;
unsigned long flags;
poll_wait(file, &ctx->wqh, wait);
spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
if (ctx->count > 0)
events |= POLLIN;
if (ctx->count == ULLONG_MAX)
events |= POLLERR;
if (ULLONG_MAX - 1 > ctx->count)
events |= POLLOUT;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
return events;
}
static ssize_t eventfd_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *ppos)
{
struct eventfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
ssize_t res;
__u64 ucnt = 0;
DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
if (count < sizeof(ucnt))
return -EINVAL;
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
res = -EAGAIN;
if (ctx->count > 0)
res = sizeof(ucnt);
else if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
__add_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
for (res = 0;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
if (ctx->count > 0) {
res = sizeof(ucnt);
break;
}
if (signal_pending(current)) {
res = -ERESTARTSYS;
break;
}
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
schedule();
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
}
__remove_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
}
if (likely(res > 0)) {
ucnt = (ctx->flags & EFD_SEMAPHORE) ? 1 : ctx->count;
ctx->count -= ucnt;
if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wqh))
wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
}
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
if (res > 0 && put_user(ucnt, (__u64 __user *) buf))
return -EFAULT;
return res;
}
static ssize_t eventfd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *ppos)
{
struct eventfd_ctx *ctx = file->private_data;
ssize_t res;
__u64 ucnt;
DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
if (count < sizeof(ucnt))
return -EINVAL;
if (copy_from_user(&ucnt, buf, sizeof(ucnt)))
return -EFAULT;
if (ucnt == ULLONG_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
res = -EAGAIN;
if (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count > ucnt)
res = sizeof(ucnt);
else if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
__add_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
for (res = 0;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
if (ULLONG_MAX - ctx->count > ucnt) {
res = sizeof(ucnt);
break;
}
if (signal_pending(current)) {
res = -ERESTARTSYS;
break;
}
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
schedule();
spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
}
__remove_wait_queue(&ctx->wqh, &wait);
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
}
if (likely(res > 0)) {
ctx->count += ucnt;
if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wqh))
wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
}
spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
return res;
}
static const struct file_operations eventfd_fops = {
.release = eventfd_release,
.poll = eventfd_poll,
.read = eventfd_read,
.write = eventfd_write,
};
struct file *eventfd_fget(int fd)
{
struct file *file;
file = fget(fd);
if (!file)
return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
if (file->f_op != &eventfd_fops) {
fput(file);
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
return file;
}
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(eventfd2, unsigned int, count, int, flags)
{
int fd;
struct eventfd_ctx *ctx;
/* Check the EFD_* constants for consistency. */
BUILD_BUG_ON(EFD_CLOEXEC != O_CLOEXEC);
BUILD_BUG_ON(EFD_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK);
if (flags & ~EFD_FLAGS_SET)
return -EINVAL;
ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ctx)
return -ENOMEM;
init_waitqueue_head(&ctx->wqh);
ctx->count = count;
ctx->flags = flags;
/*
* When we call this, the initialization must be complete, since
* anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
*/
fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventfd]", &eventfd_fops, ctx,
flags & EFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS);
if (fd < 0)
kfree(ctx);
return fd;
}
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(eventfd, unsigned int, count)
{
return sys_eventfd2(count, 0);
}