linux/kernel
David Woodhouse c4d51a52c6 sched/wait: Add add_wait_queue_priority()
This allows an exclusive wait_queue_entry to be added at the head of the
queue, instead of the tail as normal. Thus, it gets to consume events
first without allowing non-exclusive waiters to be woken at all.

The (first) intended use is for KVM IRQFD, which currently has
inconsistent behaviour depending on whether posted interrupts are
available or not. If they are, KVM will bypass the eventfd completely
and deliver interrupts directly to the appropriate vCPU. If not, events
are delivered through the eventfd and userspace will receive them when
polling on the eventfd.

By using add_wait_queue_priority(), KVM will be able to consistently
consume events within the kernel without accidentally exposing them
to userspace when they're supposed to be bypassed. This, in turn, means
that userspace doesn't have to jump through hoops to avoid listening
on the erroneously noisy eventfd and injecting duplicate interrupts.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Message-Id: <20201027143944.648769-2-dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2020-11-15 09:49:09 -05:00
..
bpf bpf: Update verification logic for LSM programs 2020-11-06 13:15:21 -08:00
cgroup
configs
debug
dma swiotlb: remove the tbl_dma_addr argument to swiotlb_tbl_map_single 2020-11-02 10:10:39 -05:00
entry entry: Fix the incorrect ordering of lockdep and RCU check 2020-11-04 18:06:14 +01:00
events perf/core: Fix a memory leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter() 2020-11-07 13:07:26 +01:00
gcov
irq A set of fixes for interrupt chip drivers: 2020-11-08 09:52:57 -08:00
kcsan
livepatch
locking A couple of locking fixes: 2020-11-01 11:08:17 -08:00
power PM: sleep: fix typo in kernel/power/process.c 2020-10-27 19:11:44 +01:00
printk printk: ringbuffer: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member 2020-10-30 16:57:42 -05:00
rcu stop_machine, rcu: Mark functions as notrace 2020-10-26 12:12:27 +01:00
sched sched/wait: Add add_wait_queue_priority() 2020-11-15 09:49:09 -05:00
time time: Prevent undefined behaviour in timespec64_to_ns() 2020-10-26 11:48:11 +01:00
trace tracing: Make -ENOMEM the default error for parse_synth_field() 2020-11-02 15:58:32 -05:00
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
Makefile
acct.c
async.c
audit.c
audit.h
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c don't dump the threads that had been already exiting when zapped. 2020-10-28 16:39:49 -04:00
extable.c
fail_function.c
fork.c fork: fix copy_process(CLONE_PARENT) race with the exiting ->real_parent 2020-11-08 11:18:39 -08:00
freezer.c
futex.c futex: Handle transient "ownerless" rtmutex state correctly 2020-11-07 22:07:04 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: make type annotations consistent 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") 2020-10-25 14:51:49 -07:00
kcmp.c
kcov.c
kexec.c
kexec_core.c
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c
kexec_internal.h
kheaders.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Tell lockdep about kprobe nesting 2020-11-04 09:46:06 -05:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread_worker: prevent queuing delayed work from timer_fn when it is being canceled 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
latencytop.c
module-internal.h
module.c
module_signature.c
module_signing.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c
params.c params: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member 2020-10-29 17:22:59 -05:00
pid.c
pid_namespace.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
regset.c
relay.c
resource.c
rseq.c
scftorture.c
scs.c
seccomp.c
signal.c ptrace: fix task_join_group_stop() for the case when current is traced 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
smp.c
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c
static_call.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine, rcu: Mark functions as notrace 2020-10-26 12:12:27 +01:00
sys.c
sys_ni.c
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member 2020-10-29 17:22:59 -05:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
user_namespace.c
usermode_driver.c
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c
watch_queue.c
watchdog.c
watchdog_hld.c
workqueue.c
workqueue_internal.h