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futex_wake

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long futex_wake(void *uaddr, unsigned long mask, int nr, unsigned int flags);
Number (x86-64) 454
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_futex_wake

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

Wakes waiters on a futex, using the newer futex2 interface.

Name Type Meaning
uaddr (arg0) void * Address of a 32-bit futex word.
mask (arg1) unsigned long Bit mask.
nr (arg2) int Number of items.
flags (arg3) unsigned int Option flags that change the behavior of the call.

On success: the number of waiters woken.

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
-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
uaddr (arg0) Entry the pointer itself, as a raw word args.0, args.raw[0]
↳ pointee Entry the 32-bit futex word; “invalid extent” if the size flag is not 32 bits arg0.futex.observed always
mask (arg1) Entry raw scalar word args.1, args.mask
nr (arg2) Entry raw scalar word args.2, args.nr
flags (arg3) Entry raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (futex2 group), listing unknown bits separately args.3, args.flags
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.uaddr (arg0), args.mask (arg1), args.nr (arg2), args.flags (arg3); args.0 to args.5 by position.

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.