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Remove core system call implementations and documentation to lib/libsys and lib/libsys/<arch> from lib/libc/sys and lib/libc/<arch>/<sys>. Update paths to allow libc to find them in their new home. Reviewed by: kib, emaste, imp Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/908
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.\" Copyright (c) 2016 The FreeBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" This documentation was written by
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.\" Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> under sponsorship
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.\" from the FreeBSD Foundation.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd December 13, 2019
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.Dt SIGFASTBLOCK 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sigfastblock
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.Nd controls signals blocking with a simple memory write
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/signalvar.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn sigfastblock "int cmd" "void *ptr"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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This function is not intended for a direct usage by applications.
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The functionality is provided for implementing some optimizations in
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.Xr ld-elf.so.1 8
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and
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.Lb libthr .
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The function configures the kernel facility that allows a thread to
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block asynchronous signals delivery with a single write to userspace
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memory, avoiding overhead of system calls like
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.Xr sigprocmask 2
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for establishing critical sections.
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The C runtime uses it to optimize implementation of async-signal-safe
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functionality.
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.Pp
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A thread might register a
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.Dv sigblock
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variable of type
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.Vt int
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as a location which is consulted by kernel when calculating the
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blocked signal mask for delivery of asynchronous signals.
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If the variable indicates that blocking is requested, then the kernel
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effectively operates as if the mask containing all blockable signals was
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supplied to
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.Xr sigprocmask 2 .
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.Pp
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The variable is supposed to be modified only from the owning thread,
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there is no way to guarantee visibility of update from other thread
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to kernel when signals are delivered.
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.Pp
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Lower bits of the sigblock variable are reserved as flags,
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which might be set or cleared by kernel at arbitrary moments.
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Userspace code should use
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.Xr atomic 9
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operations of incrementing and decrementing by
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_INC
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quantity to recursively block or unblock signals delivery.
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.Pp
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If a signal would be delivered when unmasked, kernel might set the
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_PEND
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.Dq pending signal
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flag in the sigblock variable.
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Userspace should perform
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_UNBLOCK
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operation when clearing the variable if it notes the pending signal
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bit is set, which would deliver the pending signals immediately.
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Otherwise, signals delivery might be postponed.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa cmd
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argument specifies one of the following operations:
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.Bl -tag -width SIGFASTBLOCK_UNSETPTR
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.It Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_SETPTR
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Register the variable of type
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.Vt int
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at location pointed to by the
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.Fa ptr
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argument as sigblock variable for the calling thread.
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.It Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_UNSETPTR
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Unregister the currently registered sigblock location.
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Kernel stops inferring the blocked mask from non-zero value of its
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blocked count.
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New location can be registered after previous one is deregistered.
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.It Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_UNBLOCK
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If there are pending signals which should be delivered to the calling
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thread, they are delivered before returning from the call.
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The sigblock variable should have zero blocking count, and indicate
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that the pending signal exists.
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Effectively this means that the variable should have the value
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_PEND .
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.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Rv -std
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.Sh ERRORS
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The operation may fail with the following errors:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EBUSY
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The
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_SETPTR
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attempted while the sigblock address was already registered.
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The
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_UNBLOCK
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was called while sigblock variable value is not equal to
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_PEND .
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The variable address passed to
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_SETPTR
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is not aligned naturally.
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The
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_UNSETPTR
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operation was attempted without prior successful call to
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.Dv SIGFASTBLOCK_SETPTR .
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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Attempt to read or write to the sigblock variable failed.
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Note that kernel generates the
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.Dv SIGSEGV
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signal if an attempt to read from the sigblock variable faulted
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during implicit accesses from syscall entry.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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.Xr signal 2 ,
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.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
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.Xr libthr 3 ,
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.Xr ld-elf.so.1 8
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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function is non-standard, although a similar functionality is a common
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optimization provided by several other systems.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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function was introduced in
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.Fx 13.0 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Nm
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symbol is currently not exported by libc, on purpose.
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Consumers should either use the
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.Dv __sys_fast_sigblock
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symbol from the private libc namespace, or utilize
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.Xr syscall 2 .
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