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futex_requeue

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long futex_requeue(struct futex_waitv *waiters, unsigned int flags, int nr_wake, int nr_requeue);
Number (x86-64) 456
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_futex_requeue

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Wakes some waiters of one futex and requeues others onto another futex.

Name Type Meaning
waiters (arg0) struct futex_waitv * Pointer to an array of futex_waitv entries.
flags (arg1) unsigned int Option flags that change the behavior of the call.
nr_wake (arg2) int Number of waiters to wake.
nr_requeue (arg3) int Number of waiters to requeue.

On success: the number of waiters woken or requeued.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Raw return Name Meaning
-11 EAGAIN The call would block, or a resource is temporarily unavailable.
-22 EINVAL An argument is invalid.

futex(2) on man7.org

Coverage mark: Implemented. Every pointer argument has a capture rule in the pinned kernel patch and none of them records a “no decoder”, “address only” or “not observed” gap on any code path. Individual values can still be incomplete on a particular call; see the capture statuses.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
waiters (arg0) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.0, args.raw[0]
↳ pointee Entry array of two futex_waitv arg0.waiters always
↳ pointee Entry the 32-bit word each entry points to arg0.waiters.i.futex.observed always
flags (arg1) Entry raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (futex_requeue group), listing unknown bits separately args.1, args.flags
nr_wake (arg2) Entry raw scalar word args.2, args.nr_wake
nr_requeue (arg3) Entry raw scalar word args.3, args.nr_requeue
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.waiters (arg0), args.flags (arg1), args.nr_wake (arg2), args.nr_requeue (arg3); args.0 to args.5 by position.
  • Structure futex_waitv[] behind waiters (arg0): args.waiters.<member> for flags, uaddr, val.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.