[PATCH v2 4/5] docs: ntsync: align ioctl names and struct layouts with uapi
From: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com>
Date: 2026-07-23 20:13:19
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From: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <redacted> The uAPI documentation used outdated or conceptual ioctl macro names and listed ntsync_event_args / ntsync_wait_args fields in the wrong order. Match include/uapi/linux/ntsync.h and note that absolute MONOTONIC timeouts are interpreted in the caller's time namespace. Signed-off-by: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <redacted> Reviewed-by: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com> Signed-off-by: Elizabeth Figura <zfigura@codeweavers.com> --- Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst | 33 +++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst
index 25e7c4aef968..a778016feb87 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst@@ -83,18 +83,18 @@ structures used in ioctl calls:: }; struct ntsync_event_args { - __u32 signaled; __u32 manual; + __u32 signaled; }; struct ntsync_wait_args { __u64 timeout; __u64 objs; __u32 count; - __u32 owner; __u32 index; - __u32 alert; __u32 flags; + __u32 owner; + __u32 alert; __u32 pad; };
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ The ioctls on the device file are as follows: The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_SEM_POST +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_SEM_RELEASE Post to a semaphore object. Takes a pointer to a 32-bit integer, which on input holds the count to be added to the semaphore, and on
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: unowned and signaled, and eligible threads waiting on it will be woken as appropriate. -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_SET_EVENT +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_EVENT_SET Signal an event object. Takes a pointer to a 32-bit integer, which on output contains the previous state of the event.
@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: Eligible threads will be woken, and auto-reset events will be designaled appropriately. -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_RESET_EVENT +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_EVENT_RESET Designal an event object. Takes a pointer to a 32-bit integer, which on output contains the previous state of the event. -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_PULSE_EVENT +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_EVENT_PULSE Wake threads waiting on an event object while leaving it in an unsignaled state. Takes a pointer to a 32-bit integer, which on
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: afterwards, and a simultaneous read operation will always report the event as unsignaled. -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_READ_SEM +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_SEM_READ Read the current state of a semaphore object. Takes a pointer to struct :c:type:`ntsync_sem_args`, which is used as follows:
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: * - ``max`` - On output, contains the maximum count of the semaphore. -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_READ_MUTEX +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_MUTEX_READ Read the current state of a mutex object. Takes a pointer to struct :c:type:`ntsync_mutex_args`, which is used as follows:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: ``EOWNERDEAD``. In this case, ``count`` and ``owner`` are set to zero. -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_READ_EVENT +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_EVENT_READ Read the current state of an event object. Takes a pointer to struct :c:type:`ntsync_event_args`, which is used as follows:
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: - On output, contains 1 if the event is a manual-reset event, and 0 otherwise. -.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_KILL_OWNER +.. c:macro:: NTSYNC_IOC_MUTEX_KILL Mark a mutex as unowned and abandoned if it is owned by the given owner. Takes an input-only pointer to a 32-bit integer denoting the
@@ -276,11 +276,12 @@ The ioctls on the individual objects are as follows: * - ``timeout`` - Absolute timeout in nanoseconds. If ``NTSYNC_WAIT_REALTIME`` is set, the timeout is measured against the REALTIME clock; - otherwise it is measured against the MONOTONIC clock. If the - timeout is equal to or earlier than the current time, the - function returns immediately without sleeping. If ``timeout`` - is U64_MAX, the function will sleep until an object is - signaled, and will not fail with ``ETIMEDOUT``. + otherwise it is measured against the MONOTONIC clock in the + caller's time namespace. If the timeout is equal to or earlier + than the current time, the function returns immediately + without sleeping. If ``timeout`` is U64_MAX, the function will + sleep until an object is signaled, and will not fail with + ``ETIMEDOUT``. * - ``objs`` - Pointer to an array of ``count`` file descriptors (specified as an integer so that the structure has the same
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