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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2017-10-23 15:29:43 +0300 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2017-10-23 15:29:43 +0300 |
commit | 7706abf5a0eb4c082897fd2a17a0ac0898e39666 (patch) | |
tree | 982d22365f1aeedc43a796ef816cf1b1fa8480a7 /include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | |
parent | ca3c5858834f75543a4e2e115b1578c01558b2ce (diff) | |
parent | bb176f67090ca54869fc1262c913aa69d2ede070 (diff) | |
download | linux-7706abf5a0eb4c082897fd2a17a0ac0898e39666.tar.xz |
Merge 4.14-rc6 into staging-next
We want the IIO and staging driver fixes in here as well.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h index 6d47b3249d8a..4e01ad7ffe98 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h @@ -52,21 +52,30 @@ * (non-running threads are de facto in such a * state). This only covers threads from the * same processes as the caller thread. This - * command returns 0. The "expedited" commands - * complete faster than the non-expedited ones, - * they never block, but have the downside of - * causing extra overhead. + * command returns 0 on success. The + * "expedited" commands complete faster than + * the non-expedited ones, they never block, + * but have the downside of causing extra + * overhead. A process needs to register its + * intent to use the private expedited command + * prior to using it, otherwise this command + * returns -EPERM. + * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED: + * Register the process intent to use + * MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED. Always + * returns 0. * * Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to * be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to * the value 0. */ enum membarrier_cmd { - MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0, - MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0), + MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0, + MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0), /* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED_EXPEDITED (1 << 1) */ /* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE (1 << 2) */ - MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 3), + MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 3), + MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 4), }; #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */ |