Futex

Cargo.toml

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ ucontext = ["signal"]
 uio = []
 user = ["feature"]
 zerocopy = ["fs", "uio"]
+futex = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert-impl = "0.1"

changelog/1907.added.md

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+Added futex interface.

src/sys/futex.rs

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+//! Fast user-space locking.
+
+use crate::{Errno, Result};
+use libc::{syscall, SYS_futex};
+use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+fn timespec(duration: Duration) -> libc::timespec {
+    let tv_sec = duration.as_secs().try_into().unwrap();
+    let tv_nsec = duration.subsec_nanos().try_into().unwrap();
+    libc::timespec { tv_sec, tv_nsec }
+}
+
+fn unwrap_or_null<T>(option: Option<&T>) -> *const T {
+    match option {
+        Some(t) => t,
+        None => std::ptr::null(),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Fast user-space locking.
+///
+/// By default we presume the futex is not process-private, that is, it is used across processes. If
+/// you know it is process-private you can set `PRIVATE` to `true`  which allows some additional
+/// optimizations.
+/// ```
+/// # use nix::{
+/// #   sys::{futex::Futex, mman::{mmap_anonymous, MapFlags, ProtFlags}},
+/// #   errno::Errno,
+/// #   unistd::{fork,ForkResult},
+/// # };
+/// # use std::{
+/// #   time::{Instant, Duration},
+/// #   num::NonZeroUsize,
+/// #   mem::{ManuallyDrop, size_of},
+/// #   os::unix::io::OwnedFd,
+/// #   sync::Arc,
+/// #   thread::{spawn, sleep},
+/// # };
+/// const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(500);
+/// const DELTA: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);
+/// # fn main() -> nix::Result<()> {
+/// let futex: Futex = Futex::new(0);
+///
+/// // If the value of the futex is 0, wait for wake. Since the value is 0 and no wake occurs,
+/// // we expect the timeout will pass.
+///
+/// let instant = Instant::now();
+/// assert_eq!(futex.wait(0, Some(TIMEOUT)),Err(Errno::ETIMEDOUT));
+/// assert!(instant.elapsed() > TIMEOUT);
+///
+/// // If the value of the futex is 1, wait for wake. Since the value is 0, not 1, this will
+/// // return immediately.
+///
+/// let instant = Instant::now();
+/// assert_eq!(futex.wait(1, Some(TIMEOUT)),Err(Errno::EAGAIN));
+/// assert!(instant.elapsed() < DELTA);
+///
+/// // Test across threads
+/// // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+///
+/// let futex = Arc::new(futex);
+/// let futex_clone = futex.clone();    
+/// let instant = Instant::now();
+/// spawn(move || {
+///     sleep(TIMEOUT);
+///     assert_eq!(futex_clone.wake(1),Ok(1));
+/// });
+/// assert_eq!(futex.wait(0, Some(2 * TIMEOUT)), Ok(()));
+/// assert!(instant.elapsed() > TIMEOUT && instant.elapsed() < TIMEOUT + DELTA);
+///
+/// // Test across processes
+/// // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+///
+/// let shared_memory = unsafe { mmap_anonymous(
+///     None,
+///     NonZeroUsize::new_unchecked(size_of::<Futex<false>>()),
+///     ProtFlags::PROT_WRITE | ProtFlags::PROT_READ,
+///     MapFlags::MAP_SHARED | MapFlags::MAP_ANONYMOUS,
+/// )? };
+/// let futex_ptr = shared_memory.cast::<Futex<false>>();
+/// let futex = unsafe { futex_ptr.as_ref() };
+/// match unsafe { fork()? } {
+///     ForkResult::Parent { child } => {
+///         sleep(TIMEOUT);
+///         assert_eq!(futex.wake(1),Ok(1));
+///         // Wait for child process to exit
+///         unsafe {
+///             assert_eq!(libc::waitpid(child.as_raw(), std::ptr::null_mut(), 0), child.as_raw());
+///         }
+///     },
+///     ForkResult::Child => {
+///         let now = Instant::now();
+///         assert_eq!(futex.wait(0, Some(2 * TIMEOUT)),Ok(()));
+///         assert!(now.elapsed() > TIMEOUT && now.elapsed() < TIMEOUT + DELTA);
+///     }
+/// }
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Futex<const PRIVATE: bool = false>(pub UnsafeCell<u32>);
+
+impl<const PRIVATE: bool> Futex<PRIVATE> {
+    const MASK: i32 = if PRIVATE { libc::FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG } else { 0 };
+
+    /// Constructs new futex with a given `val`.
+    pub fn new(val: u32) -> Self {
+        Self(UnsafeCell::new(val))
+    }
+
+    /// If the value of the futex:
+    /// - `== val`, the thread sleeps waiting for a [`Futex::wake`] call, in this case this thread
+    ///   is considered a waiter on this futex.
+    /// - `!= val`, then `Err` with [`Errno::EAGAIN`] is immediately returned.
+    ///
+    /// If the timeout is:
+    /// - `Some(_)` it specifies a timeout for the wait.
+    /// - `None` it will block indefinitely.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAIT`].
+    pub fn wait(&self, val: u32, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAIT,
+                val,
+                timespec_ptr,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// Wakes at most `val` waiters.
+    ///
+    /// - `val == 1` wakes a single waiter.
+    /// - `val == u32::MAX` wakes all waiters.
+    ///
+    /// No guarantee is provided about which waiters are awoken. A waiter with a higher scheduling
+    /// priority is not guaranteed to be awoken in preference to a waiter with a lower priority.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAKE`].
+    pub fn wake(&self, val: u32) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, self.0.get(), Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAKE, val)
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a file descriptor associated with the futex.
+    ///
+    /// When [`Futex::wake`] is performed on the futex this file indicates being readable with
+    /// `select`, `poll` and `epoll`.
+    ///
+    /// The file descriptor can be used to obtain asynchronous notifications: if val is nonzero,
+    /// then, when another process or thread executes a FUTEX_WAKE, the caller will receive the
+    /// signal number that was passed in val.
+    ///
+    /// **Because it was inherently racy, this is unsupported from Linux 2.6.26 onward.**
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_FD`].
+    pub fn fd(&self, val: u32) -> Result<OwnedFd> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, self.0.get(), Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAKE, val)
+        };
+
+        // On a 32 bit arch `x` will be an `i32` and will trigger this lint.
+        #[allow(clippy::useless_conversion)]
+        Errno::result(res)
+            .map(|x| unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(i32::try_from(x).unwrap()) })
+    }
+
+    /// [`Futex::cmp_requeue`] without the check being made using `val3`.
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_REQUEUE`].
+    pub fn requeue(&self, val: u32, val2: u32, uaddr2: &Self) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    /// Wakes `val` waiters, moving remaining (up to `val2`) waiters to `uaddr2`.
+    ///
+    /// If the value of this futex `== val3` returns `Err` with [`Errno::EAGAIN`].
+    ///
+    /// Typical values to specify for `val` are `0` or `1` (Specifying `u32::MAX` makes the
+    /// [`Futex::cmp_requeue`] equivalent to [`Futex::wake`]).
+    ///
+    /// Typical values to specify for `val2` are `1` or `u32::MAX` (Specifying `0` makes
+    /// [`Futex::cmp_requeue`] equivalent to [`Futex::wait`]).
+    ///
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE`].
+    pub fn cmp_requeue(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        val2: u32,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAKE_OP`].
+    pub fn wake_op(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        val2: u32,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAKE_OP,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET`].
+    pub fn wait_bitset(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET,
+                val,
+                timespec_ptr,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET`].
+    pub fn wake_bitset(&self, val: u32, val3: u32) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, self.0.get(), libc::FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET, val, val3)
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI`].
+    pub fn lock_pi(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI,
+                timespec_ptr,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI2`].
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    pub fn lock_pi2(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_LOCK_PI2,
+                timespec_ptr,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI`].
+    pub fn trylock_pi(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_TRYLOCK_PI,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// `libc::FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI`
+    pub fn unlock_pi(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(SYS_futex, self.0.get(), Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_UNLOCK_PI)
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI`].
+    pub fn cmp_requeue_pi(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        val2: u32,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+        val3: u32,
+    ) -> Result<u32> {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI,
+                val,
+                val2,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+                val3,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(|x| u32::try_from(x).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    /// Wraps [`libc::FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI`].
+    pub fn wait_requeue_pi(
+        &self,
+        val: u32,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
+        uaddr2: &Self,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let timespec = timeout.map(timespec);
+        let timespec_ptr = unwrap_or_null(timespec.as_ref());
+
+        let res = unsafe {
+            syscall(
+                SYS_futex,
+                self.0.get(),
+                Self::MASK | libc::FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI,
+                val,
+                timespec_ptr,
+                &uaddr2.0,
+            )
+        };
+        Errno::result(res).map(drop)
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl Sync for Futex {}