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GET_ROBUST_LIST(2) Linux System Calls GET_ROBUST_LIST(2)
get_robust_list, set_robust_list - get/set list of robust futexes
#include <linux/futex.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <syscall.h>
long get_robust_list(int pid, struct robust_list_head **head_ptr,
size_t *len_ptr);
long set_robust_list(struct robust_list_head *head, size_t len);
Note: There are no glibc wrappers for these system calls; see NOTES.
The robust futex implementation needs to maintain per-thread lists of
the robust futexes which are to be unlocked when the thread exits.
These lists are managed in user space; the kernel is notified about
only the location of the head of the list.
The get_robust_list() system call returns the head of the robust
futex list of the thread whose thread ID is specified in pid. If pid
is 0, the head of the list for the calling thread is returned. The
list head is stored in the location pointed to by head_ptr. The size
of the object pointed to by **head_ptr is stored in len_ptr.
Permission to employ get_robust_list() is governed by a ptrace access
mode PTRACE_MODE_READ_REALCREDS check; see ptrace(2).
The set_robust_list() system call requests the kernel to record the
head of the list of robust futexes owned by the calling thread. The
head argument is the list head to record. The len argument should be
sizeof(*head).
The set_robust_list() and get_robust_list() system calls return zero
when the operation is successful, an error code otherwise.
The set_robust_list() system call can fail with the following error:
EINVAL len does not equal sizeof(struct robust_list_head).
The get_robust_list() system call can fail with the following errors:
EPERM The calling process does not have permission to see the robust
futex list of the thread with the thread ID pid, and does not
have the CAP_SYS_PTRACE capability.
ESRCH No thread with the thread ID pid could be found.
EFAULT The head of the robust futex list can't be stored at the
location head.
These system calls were added in Linux 2.6.17.
These system calls are not needed by normal applications. No support
for them is provided in glibc. In the unlikely event that you want
to call them directly, use syscall(2).
A thread can have only one robust futex list; therefore applications
that wish to use this functionality should use the robust mutexes
provided by glibc.
futex(2)
Documentation/robust-futexes.txt and Documentation/robust-futex-
ABI.txt in the Linux kernel source tree
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Linux 2016-07-17 GET_ROBUST_LIST(2)
Pages that refer to this page: futex(2), gettid(2), ptrace(2), syscalls(2), capabilities(7), futex(7)