kernel/linux.git/arch/um/include/shared/os.h, branch v6.19.11

um: Add initial SMP support

2025-10-27T15:41:15+00:00

Add initial symmetric multi-processing (SMP) support to UML. With this support enabled, users can tell UML to start multiple virtual processors, each represented as a separate host thread. In UML, kthreads and normal threads (when running in kernel mode) can be scheduled and executed simultaneously on different virtual processors. However, the userspace code of normal threads still runs within their respective single-threaded stubs. That is, SMP support is currently available both within the kernel and across different processes, but still remains limited within threads of the same process in userspace. Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251027001815.1666872-6-tiwei.bie@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: Define timers on a per-CPU basis

2025-10-27T15:41:15+00:00

Define timers on a per-CPU basis to enable each CPU to have its own timer. This is a preparation for adding SMP support. Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251027001815.1666872-5-tiwei.bie@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: Turn signals_* into thread-local variables

2025-10-27T15:41:15+00:00

Turn signals_enabled, signals_pending and signals_active into thread-local variables. This enables us to control and track signals independently on each CPU thread. This is a preparation for adding SMP support. Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251027001815.1666872-3-tiwei.bie@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: Implement kernel side of SECCOMP based process handling

2025-06-02T13:17:19+00:00

This adds the kernel side of the seccomp based process handling. Co-authored-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250602130052.545733-6-benjamin@sipsolutions.net Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: Track userspace children dying in SECCOMP mode

2025-06-02T13:17:19+00:00

When in seccomp mode, we would hang forever on the futex if a child has died unexpectedly. In contrast, ptrace mode will notice it and kill the corresponding thread when it fails to run it. Fix this issue using a new IRQ that is fired after a SIGCHLD and keeping an (internal) list of all MMs. In the IRQ handler, find the affected MM and set its PID to -1 as well as the futex variable to FUTEX_IN_KERN. This, together with futex returning -EINTR after the signal is sufficient to implement a race-free detection of a child dying. Note that this also enables IRQ handling while starting a userspace process. This should be safe and SECCOMP requires the IRQ in case the process does not come up properly. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250602130052.545733-5-benjamin@sipsolutions.net Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: Remove obsolete legacy network transports

2025-05-05T08:26:59+00:00

These legacy network transports were marked as obsolete in commit 40814b98a570 ("um: Mark non-vector net transports as obsolete"). More than five years have passed since then. Remove these network transports to reduce the maintenance burden. Suggested-by: Anton Ivanov Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie Acked-By: Anton Ivanov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250503051710.3286595-2-tiwei.btw@antgroup.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: Rewrite the sigio workaround based on epoll and tgkill

2025-03-20T08:28:44+00:00

The existing sigio workaround implementation removes FDs from the poll when events are triggered, requiring users to re-add them via add_sigio_fd() after processing. This introduces a potential race condition between FD removal in write_sigio_thread() and next_poll update in __add_sigio_fd(), and is inefficient due to frequent FD removal and re-addition. Rewrite the implementation based on epoll and tgkill for improved efficiency and reliability. Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250315161910.4082396-2-tiwei.btw@antgroup.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: Add pthread-based helper support

2025-03-20T08:26:38+00:00

Introduce a new set of utility functions that can be used to create pthread-based helpers. Helper threads created in this way will ensure thread safety for errno while sharing the same memory space. Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250319135523.97050-2-tiwei.btw@antgroup.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: remove copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed

2025-03-18T10:03:29+00:00

There is no need to override the default version of this function anymore as UML now has proper _nofault memory access functions. Doing this also fixes the fact that the implementation was incorrect as using mincore() will incorrectly flag pages as inaccessible if they were swapped out by the host. Fixes: f75b1b1bedfb ("um: Implement probe_kernel_read()") Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250210160926.420133-3-benjamin@sipsolutions.net Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

um: remove broken double fault detection

2024-11-07T16:36:31+00:00

The show_stack function had some code to detect double faults. However, the logic is wrong and it would e.g. trigger if a WARNING happened inside an IRQ. Remove it without trying to add a new logic. The current behaviour, which will just fault repeatedly until the IRQ stack is used up and the host kills UML, seems to be good enough. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241103150506.1367695-5-benjamin@sipsolutions.net Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg