linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 21/28] lkl tools: host lib: posix host operations

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Date:	Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:35:46 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
Cc:	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hajime Tazaki <thehajime@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 21/28] lkl tools: host lib: posix host operations

On Sunday 08 November 2015 06:01:08 Octavian Purdila wrote:
> >> +static void *sem_alloc(int count)
> >> +{
> >> +     struct pthread_sem *sem;
> >> +
> >> +     sem = malloc(sizeof(*sem));
> >> +     if (!sem)
> >> +             return NULL;
> >> +
> >> +     pthread_mutex_init(&sem->lock, NULL);
> >> +     sem->count = count;
> >> +     pthread_cond_init(&sem->cond, NULL);
> >> +
> >> +     return sem;
> >> +}
> >
> > What is the reason to have generalized semaphores in the
> > host API rather than a simple mutex?
> >
> 
> Currently waking up from idle after an IRQ event requires a semaphore.
> I'll see if we can use a simple mutex for this.

According to the pthread_mutex_unlock() man page, you are not allowed
to unlock a mutex from any thread other than the one that owns the
mutex through pthread_mutex_lock(), so if the IRQ event is sent to
another thread, that would not be safe even if it happens to work
on linux+glibc.

Another option would be to use futexes as the basic primitive, which
might make the implementation for Linux hosts a bit more efficient,
but complicates the implementation for hosts that do not implement
those.

	Arnd
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