include/uapi/linux/futex.h
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/futex.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 7865 bytes
- Lines
- 243
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/compiler.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct futex_waitvstruct robust_liststruct robust_list_head
Annotated Snippet
struct futex_waitv {
__u64 val;
__u64 uaddr;
__u32 flags;
__u32 __reserved;
};
/*
* Support for robust futexes: the kernel cleans up held futexes at
* thread exit time.
*/
/*
* Per-lock list entry - embedded in user-space locks, somewhere close
* to the futex field. (Note: user-space uses a double-linked list to
* achieve O(1) list add and remove, but the kernel only needs to know
* about the forward link)
*
* NOTE: this structure is part of the syscall ABI, and must not be
* changed.
*/
struct robust_list {
struct robust_list __user *next;
};
/*
* Per-thread list head:
*
* NOTE: this structure is part of the syscall ABI, and must only be
* changed if the change is first communicated with the glibc folks.
* (When an incompatible change is done, we'll increase the structure
* size, which glibc will detect)
*/
struct robust_list_head {
/*
* The head of the list. Points back to itself if empty:
*/
struct robust_list list;
/*
* This relative offset is set by user-space, it gives the kernel
* the relative position of the futex field to examine. This way
* we keep userspace flexible, to freely shape its data-structure,
* without hardcoding any particular offset into the kernel:
*/
long futex_offset;
/*
* The death of the thread may race with userspace setting
* up a lock's links. So to handle this race, userspace first
* sets this field to the address of the to-be-taken lock,
* then does the lock acquire, and then adds itself to the
* list, and then clears this field. Hence the kernel will
* always have full knowledge of all locks that the thread
* _might_ have taken. We check the owner TID in any case,
* so only truly owned locks will be handled.
*/
struct robust_list __user *list_op_pending;
};
/*
* Are there any waiters for this robust futex:
*/
#define FUTEX_WAITERS 0x80000000
/*
* The kernel signals via this bit that a thread holding a futex
* has exited without unlocking the futex. The kernel also does
* a FUTEX_WAKE on such futexes, after setting the bit, to wake
* up any possible waiters:
*/
#define FUTEX_OWNER_DIED 0x40000000
/*
* The rest of the robust-futex field is for the TID:
*/
#define FUTEX_TID_MASK 0x3fffffff
/*
* This limit protects against a deliberately circular list.
* (Not worth introducing an rlimit for it)
*/
#define ROBUST_LIST_LIMIT 2048
/* Modifiers for robust_list_head::list_op_pending */
#define FUTEX_ROBUST_MOD_PI (0x1UL)
#define FUTEX_ROBUST_MOD_MASK (FUTEX_ROBUST_MOD_PI)
/*
* bitset with all bits set for the FUTEX_xxx_BITSET OPs to request a
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/compiler.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct futex_waitv`, `struct robust_list`, `struct robust_list_head`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.