NAME

       get_robust_list, set_robust_list - get/set list of robust futexes

SYNOPSIS

       #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.

DESCRIPTION

       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.

       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).

RETURN VALUE

       The set_robust_list() and get_robust_list() system calls return zero when the operation is successful, an
       error code otherwise.

ERRORS

       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.

VERSIONS

       These system calls were added in Linux 2.6.17.

NOTES

       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.

SEE ALSO

       futex(2)

       Documentation/robust-futexes.txt and Documentation/robust-futex-ABI.txt in the Linux kernel source tree

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Linux                                              2015-12-28                                 GET_ROBUST_LIST(2)