Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v9 19/31] powerpc: Avoid using larx/stcx. in spinlocks when only one CPU is running

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On 04/05/2024 14.28, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
The test harness uses spinlocks if they are implemented with larx/stcx.
it can prevent some test scenarios such as testing migration of a
reservation.

I'm having a hard time to understand that patch description. Maybe you could rephrase it / elaborate what's the exact problem here?

 Thanks,
  Thomas


Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  lib/powerpc/asm/smp.h    |  1 +
  lib/powerpc/smp.c        |  5 +++++
  lib/powerpc/spinlock.c   | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  lib/ppc64/asm/spinlock.h |  7 ++++++-
  powerpc/Makefile.common  |  1 +
  5 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  create mode 100644 lib/powerpc/spinlock.c

diff --git a/lib/powerpc/asm/smp.h b/lib/powerpc/asm/smp.h
index c45988bfa..66188b9dd 100644
--- a/lib/powerpc/asm/smp.h
+++ b/lib/powerpc/asm/smp.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct cpu {
extern int nr_cpus_present;
  extern int nr_cpus_online;
+extern bool multithreaded;
  extern struct cpu cpus[];
register struct cpu *__current_cpu asm("r13");
diff --git a/lib/powerpc/smp.c b/lib/powerpc/smp.c
index 27b169841..73c0ef214 100644
--- a/lib/powerpc/smp.c
+++ b/lib/powerpc/smp.c
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ static void start_each_secondary(int fdtnode, u64 regval __unused, void *info)
  	start_core(fdtnode, datap->entry);
  }
+bool multithreaded = false;
+
  /*
   * Start all stopped cpus on the guest at entry with register 3 set to r3
   * We expect that we come in with only one thread currently started
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ bool start_all_cpus(secondary_entry_fn entry)
assert(nr_cpus_online == 1);
  	assert(nr_started == 1);
+	multithreaded = true;
  	ret = dt_for_each_cpu_node(start_each_secondary, &data);
  	assert(ret == 0);
  	assert(nr_started == nr_cpus_present);
@@ -361,10 +364,12 @@ static void wait_each_secondary(int fdtnode, u64 regval __unused, void *info)
void stop_all_cpus(void)
  {
+	assert(multithreaded);
  	while (nr_cpus_online > 1)
  		cpu_relax();
dt_for_each_cpu_node(wait_each_secondary, NULL);
  	mb();
  	nr_started = 1;
+	multithreaded = false;
  }
diff --git a/lib/powerpc/spinlock.c b/lib/powerpc/spinlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..623a1f2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/powerpc/spinlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0 */
+#include <asm/spinlock.h>
+#include <asm/smp.h>
+
+/*
+ * Skip the atomic when single-threaded, which helps avoid larx/stcx. in
+ * the harness when testing tricky larx/stcx. sequences (e.g., migration
+ * vs reservation).
+ */
+void spin_lock(struct spinlock *lock)
+{
+	if (!multithreaded) {
+		assert(lock->v == 0);
+		lock->v = 1;
+	} else {
+		while (__sync_lock_test_and_set(&lock->v, 1))
+			;
+	}
+}
+
+void spin_unlock(struct spinlock *lock)
+{
+	assert(lock->v == 1);
+	if (!multithreaded) {
+		lock->v = 0;
+	} else {
+		__sync_lock_release(&lock->v);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/ppc64/asm/spinlock.h b/lib/ppc64/asm/spinlock.h
index f59eed191..b952386da 100644
--- a/lib/ppc64/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/lib/ppc64/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
  #ifndef _ASMPPC64_SPINLOCK_H_
  #define _ASMPPC64_SPINLOCK_H_
-#include <asm-generic/spinlock.h>
+struct spinlock {
+	unsigned int v;
+};
+
+void spin_lock(struct spinlock *lock);
+void spin_unlock(struct spinlock *lock);
#endif /* _ASMPPC64_SPINLOCK_H_ */
diff --git a/powerpc/Makefile.common b/powerpc/Makefile.common
index b98f71c2f..1ee9c25d6 100644
--- a/powerpc/Makefile.common
+++ b/powerpc/Makefile.common
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ cflatobjs += lib/powerpc/rtas.o
  cflatobjs += lib/powerpc/processor.o
  cflatobjs += lib/powerpc/handlers.o
  cflatobjs += lib/powerpc/smp.o
+cflatobjs += lib/powerpc/spinlock.o
OBJDIRS += lib/powerpc





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