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+=====================
+Restartable Sequences
+=====================
+
+Restartable Sequences allow to register a per thread userspace memory area
+to be used as an ABI between kernel and userspace for three purposes:
+
+ * userspace restartable sequences
+
+ * quick access to read the current CPU number, node ID from userspace
+
+ * scheduler time slice extensions
+
+Restartable sequences (per-cpu atomics)
+---------------------------------------
+
+Restartable sequences allow userspace to perform update operations on
+per-cpu data without requiring heavyweight atomic operations. The actual
+ABI is unfortunately only available in the code and selftests.
+
+Quick access to CPU number, node ID
+-----------------------------------
+
+Allows to implement per CPU data efficiently. Documentation is in code and
+selftests. :(
+
+Scheduler time slice extensions
+-------------------------------
+
+This allows a thread to request a time slice extension when it enters a
+critical section to avoid contention on a resource when the thread is
+scheduled out inside of the critical section.
+
+The prerequisites for this functionality are:
+
+    * Enabled in Kconfig
+
+    * Enabled at boot time (default is enabled)
+
+    * A rseq userspace pointer has been registered for the thread
+
+The thread has to enable the functionality via prctl(2)::
+
+    prctl(PR_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION, PR_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION_SET,
+          PR_RSEQ_SLICE_EXT_ENABLE, 0, 0);
+
+prctl() returns 0 on success or otherwise with the following error codes:
+
+========= ==============================================================
+Errorcode Meaning
+========= ==============================================================
+EINVAL	  Functionality not available or invalid function arguments.
+          Note: arg4 and arg5 must be zero
+ENOTSUPP  Functionality was disabled on the kernel command line
+ENXIO	  Available, but no rseq user struct registered
+========= ==============================================================
+
+The state can be also queried via prctl(2)::
+
+  prctl(PR_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION, PR_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION_GET, 0, 0, 0);
+
+prctl() returns ``PR_RSEQ_SLICE_EXT_ENABLE`` when it is enabled or 0 if
+disabled. Otherwise it returns with the following error codes:
+
+========= ==============================================================
+Errorcode Meaning
+========= ==============================================================
+EINVAL	  Functionality not available or invalid function arguments.
+          Note: arg3 and arg4 and arg5 must be zero
+========= ==============================================================
+
+The availability and status is also exposed via the rseq ABI struct flags
+field via the ``RSEQ_CS_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_AVAILABLE_BIT`` and the
+``RSEQ_CS_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_ENABLED_BIT``. These bits are read-only for user
+space and only for informational purposes.
+
+If the mechanism was enabled via prctl(), the thread can request a time
+slice extension by setting rseq::slice_ctrl::request to 1. If the thread is
+interrupted and the interrupt results in a reschedule request in the
+kernel, then the kernel can grant a time slice extension and return to
+userspace instead of scheduling out. The length of the extension is
+determined by debugfs:rseq/slice_ext_nsec. The default value is 5 usec; which
+is the minimum value. It can be incremented to 50 usecs, however doing so
+can/will affect the minimum scheduling latency.
+
+Any proposed changes to this default will have to come with a selftest and
+rseq-slice-hist.py output that shows the new value has merrit.
+
+The kernel indicates the grant by clearing rseq::slice_ctrl::request and
+setting rseq::slice_ctrl::granted to 1. If there is a reschedule of the
+thread after granting the extension, the kernel clears the granted bit to
+indicate that to userspace.
+
+If the request bit is still set when the leaving the critical section,
+userspace can clear it and continue.
+
+If the granted bit is set, then userspace invokes rseq_slice_yield(2) when
+leaving the critical section to relinquish the CPU. The kernel enforces
+this by arming a timer to prevent misbehaving userspace from abusing this
+mechanism.
+
+If both the request bit and the granted bit are false when leaving the
+critical section, then this indicates that a grant was revoked and no
+further action is required by userspace.
+
+The required code flow is as follows::
+
+    rseq->slice_ctrl.request = 1;
+    barrier();  // Prevent compiler reordering
+    critical_section();
+    barrier();  // Prevent compiler reordering
+    rseq->slice_ctrl.request = 0;
+    if (rseq->slice_ctrl.granted)
+        rseq_slice_yield();
+
+As all of this is strictly CPU local, there are no atomicity requirements.
+Checking the granted state is racy, but that cannot be avoided at all::
+
+    if (rseq->slice_ctrl.granted)
+      -> Interrupt results in schedule and grant revocation
+        rseq_slice_yield();
+
+So there is no point in pretending that this might be solved by an atomic
+operation.
+
+If the thread issues a syscall other than rseq_slice_yield(2) within the
+granted timeslice extension, the grant is also revoked and the CPU is
+relinquished immediately when entering the kernel. This is required as
+syscalls might consume arbitrary CPU time until they reach a scheduling
+point when the preemption model is either NONE or VOLUNTARY and therefore
+might exceed the grant by far.
+
+The preferred solution for user space is to use rseq_slice_yield(2) which
+is side effect free. The support for arbitrary syscalls is required to
+support onion layer architectured applications, where the code handling the
+critical section and requesting the time slice extension has no control
+over the code within the critical section.
+
+The kernel enforces flag consistency and terminates the thread with SIGSEGV
+if it detects a violation.