Convert the locking documents to ReST and add them to the
kernel development book where it belongs.
Most of the stuff here is just to make Sphinx to properly
parse the text file, as they're already in good shape,
not requiring massive changes in order to be parsed.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt | 41 ++--
Documentation/locking/lockstat.txt | 219 ++++++++++++----------
Documentation/locking/locktorture.txt | 105 +++++++----
Documentation/locking/mutex-design.txt | 26 ++-
Documentation/locking/rt-mutex-design.txt | 135 +++++++------
Documentation/locking/rt-mutex.txt | 30 +--
Documentation/locking/spinlocks.txt | 32 ++--
Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt | 82 ++++----
8 files changed, 385 insertions(+), 285 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt b/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt
index 39fae143c9cb..49707a5029c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Runtime locking correctness validator
=====================================
started by Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
+
additions by Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Lock-class
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ Where STATE can be either one of (kernel/locking/lockdep_states.h)
- 'ever used' [ == !unused ]
When locking rules are violated, these state bits are presented in the
-locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example:
+locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example::
modprobe/2287 is trying to acquire lock:
(&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-.}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
@@ -54,10 +55,12 @@ locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example:
The bit position indicates STATE, STATE-read, for each of the states listed
above, and the character displayed in each indicates:
+ === ===================================================
'.' acquired while irqs disabled and not in irq context
'-' acquired in irq context
'+' acquired with irqs enabled
'?' acquired in irq context with irqs enabled.
+ === ===================================================
Unused mutexes cannot be part of the cause of an error.
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ Single-lock state rules:
A softirq-unsafe lock-class is automatically hardirq-unsafe as well. The
following states are exclusive, and only one of them is allowed to be
-set for any lock-class:
+set for any lock-class::
<hardirq-safe> and <hardirq-unsafe>
<softirq-safe> and <softirq-unsafe>
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ Multi-lock dependency rules:
The same lock-class must not be acquired twice, because this could lead
to lock recursion deadlocks.
-Furthermore, two locks may not be taken in different order:
+Furthermore, two locks may not be taken in different order::
<L1> -> <L2>
<L2> -> <L1>
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ other locking sequence between the acquire-lock operations, the
validator will still track all dependencies between locks.)
Furthermore, the following usage based lock dependencies are not allowed
-between any two lock-classes:
+between any two lock-classes::
<hardirq-safe> -> <hardirq-unsafe>
<softirq-safe> -> <softirq-unsafe>
@@ -148,16 +151,16 @@ the ordering is not static.
In order to teach the validator about this correct usage model, new
versions of the various locking primitives were added that allow you to
specify a "nesting level". An example call, for the block device mutex,
-looks like this:
+looks like this::
-enum bdev_bd_mutex_lock_class
-{
+ enum bdev_bd_mutex_lock_class
+ {
BD_MUTEX_NORMAL,
BD_MUTEX_WHOLE,
BD_MUTEX_PARTITION
-};
+ };
- mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_contains->bd_mutex, BD_MUTEX_PARTITION);
+mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_contains->bd_mutex, BD_MUTEX_PARTITION);
In this case the locking is done on a bdev object that is known to be a
partition.
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ must be held: lockdep_assert_held*(&lock) and lockdep_*pin_lock(&lock).
As the name suggests, lockdep_assert_held* family of macros assert that a
particular lock is held at a certain time (and generate a WARN() otherwise).
This annotation is largely used all over the kernel, e.g. kernel/sched/
-core.c
+core.c::
void update_rq_clock(struct rq *rq)
{
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ out to be especially helpful to debug code with callbacks, where an upper
layer assumes a lock remains taken, but a lower layer thinks it can maybe drop
and reacquire the lock ("unwittingly" introducing races). lockdep_pin_lock()
returns a 'struct pin_cookie' that is then used by lockdep_unpin_lock() to check
-that nobody tampered with the lock, e.g. kernel/sched/sched.h
+that nobody tampered with the lock, e.g. kernel/sched/sched.h::
static inline void rq_pin_lock(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf)
{
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ correctness) in the sense that for every simple, standalone single-task
locking sequence that occurred at least once during the lifetime of the
kernel, the validator proves it with a 100% certainty that no
combination and timing of these locking sequences can cause any class of
-lock related deadlock. [*]
+lock related deadlock. [1]_
I.e. complex multi-CPU and multi-task locking scenarios do not have to
occur in practice to prove a deadlock: only the simple 'component'
@@ -243,7 +246,9 @@ possible combination of locking interaction between CPUs, combined with
every possible hardirq and softirq nesting scenario (which is impossible
to do in practice).
-[*] assuming that the validator itself is 100% correct, and no other
+.. [1]
+
+ assuming that the validator itself is 100% correct, and no other
part of the system corrupts the state of the validator in any way.
We also assume that all NMI/SMM paths [which could interrupt
even hardirq-disabled codepaths] are correct and do not interfere
@@ -254,7 +259,7 @@ to do in practice).
Performance:
------------
-The above rules require _massive_ amounts of runtime checking. If we did
+The above rules require **massive** amounts of runtime checking. If we did
that for every lock taken and for every irqs-enable event, it would
render the system practically unusably slow. The complexity of checking
is O(N^2), so even with just a few hundred lock-classes we'd have to do
@@ -313,17 +318,17 @@ be harder to do than to say.
Of course, if you do run out of lock classes, the next thing to do is
to find the offending lock classes. First, the following command gives
-you the number of lock classes currently in use along with the maximum:
+you the number of lock classes currently in use along with the maximum::
grep "lock-classes" /proc/lockdep_stats
-This command produces the following output on a modest system:
+This command produces the following output on a modest system::
- lock-classes: 748 [max: 8191]
+ lock-classes: 748 [max: 8191]
If the number allocated (748 above) increases continually over time,
then there is likely a leak. The following command can be used to
-identify the leaking lock classes:
+identify the leaking lock classes::
grep "BD" /proc/lockdep
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/lockstat.txt b/Documentation/locking/lockstat.txt
index fdbeb0c45ef3..d8c1b5858c25 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/lockstat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/lockstat.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
+===============
+Lock Statistics
+===============
-LOCK STATISTICS
-
-- WHAT
+What
+====
As the name suggests, it provides statistics on locks.
-- WHY
+
+Why
+===
Because things like lock contention can severely impact performance.
-- HOW
+How
+===
Lockdep already has hooks in the lock functions and maps lock instances to
lock classes. We build on that (see Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt).
The graph below shows the relation between the lock functions and the various
-hooks therein.
+hooks therein::
__acquire
|
@@ -36,24 +41,38 @@ hooks therein.
|
unlock
-lock, unlock - the regular lock functions
-__* - the hooks
-<> - states
+ lock, unlock - the regular lock functions
+ __* - the hooks
+ <> - states
With these hooks we provide the following statistics:
- con-bounces - number of lock contention that involved x-cpu data
- contentions - number of lock acquisitions that had to wait
- wait time min - shortest (non-0) time we ever had to wait for a lock
- max - longest time we ever had to wait for a lock
- total - total time we spend waiting on this lock
- avg - average time spent waiting on this lock
- acq-bounces - number of lock acquisitions that involved x-cpu data
- acquisitions - number of times we took the lock
- hold time min - shortest (non-0) time we ever held the lock
- max - longest time we ever held the lock
- total - total time this lock was held
- avg - average time this lock was held
+ con-bounces
+ - number of lock contention that involved x-cpu data
+ contentions
+ - number of lock acquisitions that had to wait
+ wait time
+ min
+ - shortest (non-0) time we ever had to wait for a lock
+ max
+ - longest time we ever had to wait for a lock
+ total
+ - total time we spend waiting on this lock
+ avg
+ - average time spent waiting on this lock
+ acq-bounces
+ - number of lock acquisitions that involved x-cpu data
+ acquisitions
+ - number of times we took the lock
+ hold time
+ min
+ - shortest (non-0) time we ever held the lock
+ max
+ - longest time we ever held the lock
+ total
+ - total time this lock was held
+ avg
+ - average time this lock was held
These numbers are gathered per lock class, per read/write state (when
applicable).
@@ -61,58 +80,60 @@ applicable).
It also tracks 4 contention points per class. A contention point is a call site
that had to wait on lock acquisition.
- - CONFIGURATION
+Configuration
+-------------
Lock statistics are enabled via CONFIG_LOCK_STAT.
- - USAGE
-
-Enable collection of statistics:
-
-# echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
-
-Disable collection of statistics:
-
-# echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
-
-Look at the current lock statistics:
-
-( line numbers not part of actual output, done for clarity in the explanation
- below )
-
-# less /proc/lock_stat
-
-01 lock_stat version 0.4
-02-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-03 class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg
-04-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-05
-06 &mm->mmap_sem-W: 46 84 0.26 939.10 16371.53 194.90 47291 2922365 0.16 2220301.69 17464026916.32 5975.99
-07 &mm->mmap_sem-R: 37 100 1.31 299502.61 325629.52 3256.30 212344 34316685 0.10 7744.91 95016910.20 2.77
-08 ---------------
-09 &mm->mmap_sem 1 [<ffffffff811502a7>] khugepaged_scan_mm_slot+0x57/0x280
-10 &mm->mmap_sem 96 [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510
-11 &mm->mmap_sem 34 [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0
-12 &mm->mmap_sem 17 [<ffffffff81127e71>] vm_munmap+0x41/0x80
-13 ---------------
-14 &mm->mmap_sem 1 [<ffffffff81046fda>] dup_mmap+0x2a/0x3f0
-15 &mm->mmap_sem 60 [<ffffffff81129e29>] SyS_mprotect+0xe9/0x250
-16 &mm->mmap_sem 41 [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510
-17 &mm->mmap_sem 68 [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0
-18
-19.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
-20
-21 unix_table_lock: 110 112 0.21 49.24 163.91 1.46 21094 66312 0.12 624.42 31589.81 0.48
-22 ---------------
-23 unix_table_lock 45 [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0
-24 unix_table_lock 47 [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250
-25 unix_table_lock 15 [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230
-26 unix_table_lock 5 [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0
-27 ---------------
-28 unix_table_lock 39 [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250
-29 unix_table_lock 49 [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0
-30 unix_table_lock 20 [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230
-31 unix_table_lock 4 [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0
+Usage
+-----
+
+Enable collection of statistics::
+
+ # echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
+
+Disable collection of statistics::
+
+ # echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
+
+Look at the current lock statistics::
+
+ ( line numbers not part of actual output, done for clarity in the explanation
+ below )
+
+ # less /proc/lock_stat
+
+ 01 lock_stat version 0.4
+ 02-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 03 class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg
+ 04-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 05
+ 06 &mm->mmap_sem-W: 46 84 0.26 939.10 16371.53 194.90 47291 2922365 0.16 2220301.69 17464026916.32 5975.99
+ 07 &mm->mmap_sem-R: 37 100 1.31 299502.61 325629.52 3256.30 212344 34316685 0.10 7744.91 95016910.20 2.77
+ 08 ---------------
+ 09 &mm->mmap_sem 1 [<ffffffff811502a7>] khugepaged_scan_mm_slot+0x57/0x280
+ 10 &mm->mmap_sem 96 [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510
+ 11 &mm->mmap_sem 34 [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0
+ 12 &mm->mmap_sem 17 [<ffffffff81127e71>] vm_munmap+0x41/0x80
+ 13 ---------------
+ 14 &mm->mmap_sem 1 [<ffffffff81046fda>] dup_mmap+0x2a/0x3f0
+ 15 &mm->mmap_sem 60 [<ffffffff81129e29>] SyS_mprotect+0xe9/0x250
+ 16 &mm->mmap_sem 41 [<ffffffff815351c4>] __do_page_fault+0x1d4/0x510
+ 17 &mm->mmap_sem 68 [<ffffffff81113d77>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x87/0xd0
+ 18
+ 19.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
+ 20
+ 21 unix_table_lock: 110 112 0.21 49.24 163.91 1.46 21094 66312 0.12 624.42 31589.81 0.48
+ 22 ---------------
+ 23 unix_table_lock 45 [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0
+ 24 unix_table_lock 47 [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250
+ 25 unix_table_lock 15 [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230
+ 26 unix_table_lock 5 [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0
+ 27 ---------------
+ 28 unix_table_lock 39 [<ffffffff8150b111>] unix_release_sock+0x31/0x250
+ 29 unix_table_lock 49 [<ffffffff8150ad8e>] unix_create1+0x16e/0x1b0
+ 30 unix_table_lock 20 [<ffffffff8150ca37>] unix_find_other+0x117/0x230
+ 31 unix_table_lock 4 [<ffffffff8150a09f>] unix_autobind+0x11f/0x1b0
This excerpt shows the first two lock class statistics. Line 01 shows the
@@ -133,40 +154,40 @@ points are the points we're contending with.
The integer part of the time values is in us.
-Dealing with nested locks, subclasses may appear:
+Dealing with nested locks, subclasses may appear::
-32...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
-33
-34 &rq->lock: 13128 13128 0.43 190.53 103881.26 7.91 97454 3453404 0.00 401.11 13224683.11 3.82
-35 ---------
-36 &rq->lock 645 [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75
-37 &rq->lock 297 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
-38 &rq->lock 360 [<ffffffff8103c4c5>] select_task_rq_fair+0x1f0/0x74a
-39 &rq->lock 428 [<ffffffff81045f98>] scheduler_tick+0x46/0x1fb
-40 ---------
-41 &rq->lock 77 [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75
-42 &rq->lock 174 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
-43 &rq->lock 4715 [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54
-44 &rq->lock 893 [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8
-45
-46...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
-47
-48 &rq->lock/1: 1526 11488 0.33 388.73 136294.31 11.86 21461 38404 0.00 37.93 109388.53 2.84
-49 -----------
-50 &rq->lock/1 11526 [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54
-51 -----------
-52 &rq->lock/1 5645 [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54
-53 &rq->lock/1 1224 [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8
-54 &rq->lock/1 4336 [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54
-55 &rq->lock/1 181 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
+ 32...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
+ 33
+ 34 &rq->lock: 13128 13128 0.43 190.53 103881.26 7.91 97454 3453404 0.00 401.11 13224683.11 3.82
+ 35 ---------
+ 36 &rq->lock 645 [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75
+ 37 &rq->lock 297 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
+ 38 &rq->lock 360 [<ffffffff8103c4c5>] select_task_rq_fair+0x1f0/0x74a
+ 39 &rq->lock 428 [<ffffffff81045f98>] scheduler_tick+0x46/0x1fb
+ 40 ---------
+ 41 &rq->lock 77 [<ffffffff8103bfc4>] task_rq_lock+0x43/0x75
+ 42 &rq->lock 174 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
+ 43 &rq->lock 4715 [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54
+ 44 &rq->lock 893 [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8
+ 45
+ 46...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
+ 47
+ 48 &rq->lock/1: 1526 11488 0.33 388.73 136294.31 11.86 21461 38404 0.00 37.93 109388.53 2.84
+ 49 -----------
+ 50 &rq->lock/1 11526 [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54
+ 51 -----------
+ 52 &rq->lock/1 5645 [<ffffffff8103ed4b>] double_rq_lock+0x42/0x54
+ 53 &rq->lock/1 1224 [<ffffffff81340524>] schedule+0x157/0x7b8
+ 54 &rq->lock/1 4336 [<ffffffff8103ed58>] double_rq_lock+0x4f/0x54
+ 55 &rq->lock/1 181 [<ffffffff8104ba65>] try_to_wake_up+0x127/0x25a
Line 48 shows statistics for the second subclass (/1) of &rq->lock class
(subclass starts from 0), since in this case, as line 50 suggests,
double_rq_lock actually acquires a nested lock of two spinlocks.
-View the top contending locks:
+View the top contending locks::
-# grep : /proc/lock_stat | head
+ # grep : /proc/lock_stat | head
clockevents_lock: 2926159 2947636 0.15 46882.81 1784540466.34 605.41 3381345 3879161 0.00 2260.97 53178395.68 13.71
tick_broadcast_lock: 346460 346717 0.18 2257.43 39364622.71 113.54 3642919 4242696 0.00 2263.79 49173646.60 11.59
&mapping->i_mmap_mutex: 203896 203899 3.36 645530.05 31767507988.39 155800.21 3361776 8893984 0.17 2254.15 14110121.02 1.59
@@ -178,6 +199,6 @@ View the top contending locks:
&(&dentry->d_lockref.lock)->rlock: 39791 40179 0.15 1302.08 88851.96 2.21 2790851 12527025 0.10 1910.75 3379714.27 0.27
rcu_node_0: 29203 30064 0.16 786.55 1555573.00 51.74 88963 244254 0.00 398.87 428872.51 1.76
-Clear the statistics:
+Clear the statistics::
-# echo 0 > /proc/lock_stat
+ # echo 0 > /proc/lock_stat
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/locktorture.txt b/Documentation/locking/locktorture.txt
index 6a8df4cd19bf..e79eeeca3ac6 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/locktorture.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/locktorture.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+==================================
Kernel Lock Torture Test Operation
+==================================
CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST
+========================
The CONFIG LOCK_TORTURE_TEST config option provides a kernel module
that runs torture tests on core kernel locking primitives. The kernel
@@ -18,61 +21,77 @@ can be simulated by either enlarging this critical region hold time and/or
creating more kthreads.
-MODULE PARAMETERS
+Module Parameters
+=================
This module has the following parameters:
- ** Locktorture-specific **
+Locktorture-specific
+--------------------
-nwriters_stress Number of kernel threads that will stress exclusive lock
+nwriters_stress
+ Number of kernel threads that will stress exclusive lock
ownership (writers). The default value is twice the number
of online CPUs.
-nreaders_stress Number of kernel threads that will stress shared lock
+nreaders_stress
+ Number of kernel threads that will stress shared lock
ownership (readers). The default is the same amount of writer
locks. If the user did not specify nwriters_stress, then
both readers and writers be the amount of online CPUs.
-torture_type Type of lock to torture. By default, only spinlocks will
+torture_type
+ Type of lock to torture. By default, only spinlocks will
be tortured. This module can torture the following locks,
with string values as follows:
- o "lock_busted": Simulates a buggy lock implementation.
+ - "lock_busted":
+ Simulates a buggy lock implementation.
- o "spin_lock": spin_lock() and spin_unlock() pairs.
+ - "spin_lock":
+ spin_lock() and spin_unlock() pairs.
- o "spin_lock_irq": spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq()
- pairs.
+ - "spin_lock_irq":
+ spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq() pairs.
- o "rw_lock": read/write lock() and unlock() rwlock pairs.
+ - "rw_lock":
+ read/write lock() and unlock() rwlock pairs.
- o "rw_lock_irq": read/write lock_irq() and unlock_irq()
- rwlock pairs.
+ - "rw_lock_irq":
+ read/write lock_irq() and unlock_irq()
+ rwlock pairs.
- o "mutex_lock": mutex_lock() and mutex_unlock() pairs.
+ - "mutex_lock":
+ mutex_lock() and mutex_unlock() pairs.
- o "rtmutex_lock": rtmutex_lock() and rtmutex_unlock()
- pairs. Kernel must have CONFIG_RT_MUTEX=y.
+ - "rtmutex_lock":
+ rtmutex_lock() and rtmutex_unlock() pairs.
+ Kernel must have CONFIG_RT_MUTEX=y.
- o "rwsem_lock": read/write down() and up() semaphore pairs.
+ - "rwsem_lock":
+ read/write down() and up() semaphore pairs.
- ** Torture-framework (RCU + locking) **
+Torture-framework (RCU + locking)
+---------------------------------
-shutdown_secs The number of seconds to run the test before terminating
+shutdown_secs
+ The number of seconds to run the test before terminating
the test and powering off the system. The default is
zero, which disables test termination and system shutdown.
This capability is useful for automated testing.
-onoff_interval The number of seconds between each attempt to execute a
+onoff_interval
+ The number of seconds between each attempt to execute a
randomly selected CPU-hotplug operation. Defaults
to zero, which disables CPU hotplugging. In
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=n kernels, locktorture will silently
refuse to do any CPU-hotplug operations regardless of
what value is specified for onoff_interval.
-onoff_holdoff The number of seconds to wait until starting CPU-hotplug
+onoff_holdoff
+ The number of seconds to wait until starting CPU-hotplug
operations. This would normally only be used when
locktorture was built into the kernel and started
automatically at boot time, in which case it is useful
@@ -80,53 +99,59 @@ onoff_holdoff The number of seconds to wait until starting CPU-hotplug
coming and going. This parameter is only useful if
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is enabled.
-stat_interval Number of seconds between statistics-related printk()s.
+stat_interval
+ Number of seconds between statistics-related printk()s.
By default, locktorture will report stats every 60 seconds.
Setting the interval to zero causes the statistics to
be printed -only- when the module is unloaded, and this
is the default.
-stutter The length of time to run the test before pausing for this
+stutter
+ The length of time to run the test before pausing for this
same period of time. Defaults to "stutter=5", so as
to run and pause for (roughly) five-second intervals.
Specifying "stutter=0" causes the test to run continuously
without pausing, which is the old default behavior.
-shuffle_interval The number of seconds to keep the test threads affinitied
+shuffle_interval
+ The number of seconds to keep the test threads affinitied
to a particular subset of the CPUs, defaults to 3 seconds.
Used in conjunction with test_no_idle_hz.
-verbose Enable verbose debugging printing, via printk(). Enabled
+verbose
+ Enable verbose debugging printing, via printk(). Enabled
by default. This extra information is mostly related to
high-level errors and reports from the main 'torture'
framework.
-STATISTICS
+Statistics
+==========
-Statistics are printed in the following format:
+Statistics are printed in the following format::
-spin_lock-torture: Writes: Total: 93746064 Max/Min: 0/0 Fail: 0
- (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
+ spin_lock-torture: Writes: Total: 93746064 Max/Min: 0/0 Fail: 0
+ (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
-(A): Lock type that is being tortured -- torture_type parameter.
+ (A): Lock type that is being tortured -- torture_type parameter.
-(B): Number of writer lock acquisitions. If dealing with a read/write primitive
- a second "Reads" statistics line is printed.
+ (B): Number of writer lock acquisitions. If dealing with a read/write
+ primitive a second "Reads" statistics line is printed.
-(C): Number of times the lock was acquired.
+ (C): Number of times the lock was acquired.
-(D): Min and max number of times threads failed to acquire the lock.
+ (D): Min and max number of times threads failed to acquire the lock.
-(E): true/false values if there were errors acquiring the lock. This should
- -only- be positive if there is a bug in the locking primitive's
- implementation. Otherwise a lock should never fail (i.e., spin_lock()).
- Of course, the same applies for (C), above. A dummy example of this is
- the "lock_busted" type.
+ (E): true/false values if there were errors acquiring the lock. This should
+ -only- be positive if there is a bug in the locking primitive's
+ implementation. Otherwise a lock should never fail (i.e., spin_lock()).
+ Of course, the same applies for (C), above. A dummy example of this is
+ the "lock_busted" type.
-USAGE
+Usage
+=====
-The following script may be used to torture locks:
+The following script may be used to torture locks::
#!/bin/sh
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.txt
index 818aca19612f..4d8236b81fa5 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+=======================
Generic Mutex Subsystem
+=======================
started by Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
+
updated by Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx>
What are mutexes?
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ Implementation
Mutexes are represented by 'struct mutex', defined in include/linux/mutex.h
and implemented in kernel/locking/mutex.c. These locks use an atomic variable
(->owner) to keep track of the lock state during its lifetime. Field owner
-actually contains 'struct task_struct *' to the current lock owner and it is
+actually contains `struct task_struct *` to the current lock owner and it is
therefore NULL if not currently owned. Since task_struct pointers are aligned
at at least L1_CACHE_BYTES, low bits (3) are used to store extra state (e.g.,
if waiter list is non-empty). In its most basic form it also includes a
@@ -101,29 +104,36 @@ features that make lock debugging easier and faster:
Interfaces
----------
-Statically define the mutex:
+Statically define the mutex::
+
DEFINE_MUTEX(name);
-Dynamically initialize the mutex:
+Dynamically initialize the mutex::
+
mutex_init(mutex);
-Acquire the mutex, uninterruptible:
+Acquire the mutex, uninterruptible::
+
void mutex_lock(struct mutex *lock);
void mutex_lock_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass);
int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);
-Acquire the mutex, interruptible:
+Acquire the mutex, interruptible::
+
int mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(struct mutex *lock,
unsigned int subclass);
int mutex_lock_interruptible(struct mutex *lock);
-Acquire the mutex, interruptible, if dec to 0:
+Acquire the mutex, interruptible, if dec to 0::
+
int atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(atomic_t *cnt, struct mutex *lock);
-Unlock the mutex:
+Unlock the mutex::
+
void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);
-Test if the mutex is taken:
+Test if the mutex is taken::
+
int mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock);
Disadvantages
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex-design.txt
index 3d7b865539cc..c8f8b97c87e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex-design.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2006 Steven Rostedt
-# Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
-#
-
+==============================
RT-mutex implementation design
-------------------------------
+==============================
+
+Copyright (c) 2006 Steven Rostedt
+
+Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
+
This document tries to describe the design of the rtmutex.c implementation.
It doesn't describe the reasons why rtmutex.c exists. For that please see
@@ -41,17 +42,17 @@ to release the lock, because for all we know, B is a CPU hog and will
never give C a chance to release the lock. This is called unbounded priority
inversion.
-Here's a little ASCII art to show the problem.
+Here's a little ASCII art to show the problem::
- grab lock L1 (owned by C)
- |
-A ---+
- C preempted by B
- |
-C +----+
+ grab lock L1 (owned by C)
+ |
+ A ---+
+ C preempted by B
+ |
+ C +----+
-B +-------->
- B now keeps A from running.
+ B +-------->
+ B now keeps A from running.
Priority Inheritance (PI)
@@ -75,24 +76,29 @@ Terminology
Here I explain some terminology that is used in this document to help describe
the design that is used to implement PI.
-PI chain - The PI chain is an ordered series of locks and processes that cause
+PI chain
+ - The PI chain is an ordered series of locks and processes that cause
processes to inherit priorities from a previous process that is
blocked on one of its locks. This is described in more detail
later in this document.
-mutex - In this document, to differentiate from locks that implement
+mutex
+ - In this document, to differentiate from locks that implement
PI and spin locks that are used in the PI code, from now on
the PI locks will be called a mutex.
-lock - In this document from now on, I will use the term lock when
+lock
+ - In this document from now on, I will use the term lock when
referring to spin locks that are used to protect parts of the PI
algorithm. These locks disable preemption for UP (when
CONFIG_PREEMPT is enabled) and on SMP prevents multiple CPUs from
entering critical sections simultaneously.
-spin lock - Same as lock above.
+spin lock
+ - Same as lock above.
-waiter - A waiter is a struct that is stored on the stack of a blocked
+waiter
+ - A waiter is a struct that is stored on the stack of a blocked
process. Since the scope of the waiter is within the code for
a process being blocked on the mutex, it is fine to allocate
the waiter on the process's stack (local variable). This
@@ -104,14 +110,18 @@ waiter - A waiter is a struct that is stored on the stack of a blocked
waiter is sometimes used in reference to the task that is waiting
on a mutex. This is the same as waiter->task.
-waiters - A list of processes that are blocked on a mutex.
+waiters
+ - A list of processes that are blocked on a mutex.
-top waiter - The highest priority process waiting on a specific mutex.
+top waiter
+ - The highest priority process waiting on a specific mutex.
-top pi waiter - The highest priority process waiting on one of the mutexes
+top pi waiter
+ - The highest priority process waiting on one of the mutexes
that a specific process owns.
-Note: task and process are used interchangeably in this document, mostly to
+Note:
+ task and process are used interchangeably in this document, mostly to
differentiate between two processes that are being described together.
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ inheritance to take place. Multiple chains may converge, but a chain
would never diverge, since a process can't be blocked on more than one
mutex at a time.
-Example:
+Example::
Process: A, B, C, D, E
Mutexes: L1, L2, L3, L4
@@ -137,21 +147,21 @@ Example:
D owns L4
E blocked on L4
-The chain would be:
+The chain would be::
E->L4->D->L3->C->L2->B->L1->A
To show where two chains merge, we could add another process F and
another mutex L5 where B owns L5 and F is blocked on mutex L5.
-The chain for F would be:
+The chain for F would be::
F->L5->B->L1->A
Since a process may own more than one mutex, but never be blocked on more than
one, the chains merge.
-Here we show both chains:
+Here we show both chains::
E->L4->D->L3->C->L2-+
|
@@ -165,12 +175,12 @@ than the processes to the left or below in the chain.
Also since a mutex may have more than one process blocked on it, we can
have multiple chains merge at mutexes. If we add another process G that is
-blocked on mutex L2:
+blocked on mutex L2::
G->L2->B->L1->A
And once again, to show how this can grow I will show the merging chains
-again.
+again::
E->L4->D->L3->C-+
+->L2-+
@@ -184,7 +194,7 @@ the chain (A and B in this example), must have their priorities increased
to that of G.
Mutex Waiters Tree
------------------
+------------------
Every mutex keeps track of all the waiters that are blocked on itself. The
mutex has a rbtree to store these waiters by priority. This tree is protected
@@ -219,19 +229,19 @@ defined. But is very complex to figure it out, since it depends on all
the nesting of mutexes. Let's look at the example where we have 3 mutexes,
L1, L2, and L3, and four separate functions func1, func2, func3 and func4.
The following shows a locking order of L1->L2->L3, but may not actually
-be directly nested that way.
+be directly nested that way::
-void func1(void)
-{
+ void func1(void)
+ {
mutex_lock(L1);
/* do anything */
mutex_unlock(L1);
-}
+ }
-void func2(void)
-{
+ void func2(void)
+ {
mutex_lock(L1);
mutex_lock(L2);
@@ -239,10 +249,10 @@ void func2(void)
mutex_unlock(L2);
mutex_unlock(L1);
-}
+ }
-void func3(void)
-{
+ void func3(void)
+ {
mutex_lock(L2);
mutex_lock(L3);
@@ -250,30 +260,30 @@ void func3(void)
mutex_unlock(L3);
mutex_unlock(L2);
-}
+ }
-void func4(void)
-{
+ void func4(void)
+ {
mutex_lock(L3);
/* do something again */
mutex_unlock(L3);
-}
+ }
Now we add 4 processes that run each of these functions separately.
Processes A, B, C, and D which run functions func1, func2, func3 and func4
respectively, and such that D runs first and A last. With D being preempted
-in func4 in the "do something again" area, we have a locking that follows:
+in func4 in the "do something again" area, we have a locking that follows::
-D owns L3
- C blocked on L3
- C owns L2
- B blocked on L2
- B owns L1
- A blocked on L1
+ D owns L3
+ C blocked on L3
+ C owns L2
+ B blocked on L2
+ B owns L1
+ A blocked on L1
-And thus we have the chain A->L1->B->L2->C->L3->D.
+ And thus we have the chain A->L1->B->L2->C->L3->D.
This gives us a PI depth of 4 (four processes), but looking at any of the
functions individually, it seems as though they only have at most a locking
@@ -307,17 +317,17 @@ Some architectures implement an atomic cmpxchg (Compare and Exchange). This
is used (when applicable) to keep the fast path of grabbing and releasing
mutexes short.
-cmpxchg is basically the following function performed atomically:
+cmpxchg is basically the following function performed atomically::
-unsigned long _cmpxchg(unsigned long *A, unsigned long *B, unsigned long *C)
-{
+ unsigned long _cmpxchg(unsigned long *A, unsigned long *B, unsigned long *C)
+ {
unsigned long T = *A;
if (*A == *B) {
*A = *C;
}
return T;
-}
-#define cmpxchg(a,b,c) _cmpxchg(&a,&b,&c)
+ }
+ #define cmpxchg(a,b,c) _cmpxchg(&a,&b,&c)
This is really nice to have, since it allows you to only update a variable
if the variable is what you expect it to be. You know if it succeeded if
@@ -352,9 +362,10 @@ Then rt_mutex_setprio is called to adjust the priority of the task to the
new priority. Note that rt_mutex_setprio is defined in kernel/sched/core.c
to implement the actual change in priority.
-(Note: For the "prio" field in task_struct, the lower the number, the
+Note:
+ For the "prio" field in task_struct, the lower the number, the
higher the priority. A "prio" of 5 is of higher priority than a
- "prio" of 10.)
+ "prio" of 10.
It is interesting to note that rt_mutex_adjust_prio can either increase
or decrease the priority of the task. In the case that a higher priority
@@ -439,6 +450,7 @@ wait_lock, which this code currently holds. So setting the "Has Waiters" flag
forces the current owner to synchronize with this code.
The lock is taken if the following are true:
+
1) The lock has no owner
2) The current task is the highest priority against all other
waiters of the lock
@@ -546,10 +558,13 @@ Credits
-------
Author: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
+
Updated: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxx> - 7/6/2017
-Original Reviewers: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, Thomas Duetsch, and
+Original Reviewers:
+ Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, Thomas Duetsch, and
Randy Dunlap
+
Update (7/6/2017) Reviewers: Steven Rostedt and Sebastian Siewior
Updates
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex.txt b/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex.txt
index 35793e003041..c365dc302081 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/rt-mutex.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+==================================
RT-mutex subsystem with PI support
-----------------------------------
+==================================
RT-mutexes with priority inheritance are used to support PI-futexes,
which enable pthread_mutex_t priority inheritance attributes
@@ -46,27 +47,30 @@ The state of the rt-mutex is tracked via the owner field of the rt-mutex
structure:
lock->owner holds the task_struct pointer of the owner. Bit 0 is used to
-keep track of the "lock has waiters" state.
+keep track of the "lock has waiters" state:
- owner bit0
+ ============ ======= ================================================
+ owner bit0 Notes
+ ============ ======= ================================================
NULL 0 lock is free (fast acquire possible)
NULL 1 lock is free and has waiters and the top waiter
- is going to take the lock*
+ is going to take the lock [1]_
taskpointer 0 lock is held (fast release possible)
- taskpointer 1 lock is held and has waiters**
+ taskpointer 1 lock is held and has waiters [2]_
+ ============ ======= ================================================
The fast atomic compare exchange based acquire and release is only
possible when bit 0 of lock->owner is 0.
-(*) It also can be a transitional state when grabbing the lock
-with ->wait_lock is held. To prevent any fast path cmpxchg to the lock,
-we need to set the bit0 before looking at the lock, and the owner may be
-NULL in this small time, hence this can be a transitional state.
+.. [1] It also can be a transitional state when grabbing the lock
+ with ->wait_lock is held. To prevent any fast path cmpxchg to the lock,
+ we need to set the bit0 before looking at the lock, and the owner may
+ be NULL in this small time, hence this can be a transitional state.
-(**) There is a small time when bit 0 is set but there are no
-waiters. This can happen when grabbing the lock in the slow path.
-To prevent a cmpxchg of the owner releasing the lock, we need to
-set this bit before looking at the lock.
+.. [2] There is a small time when bit 0 is set but there are no
+ waiters. This can happen when grabbing the lock in the slow path.
+ To prevent a cmpxchg of the owner releasing the lock, we need to
+ set this bit before looking at the lock.
BTW, there is still technically a "Pending Owner", it's just not called
that anymore. The pending owner happens to be the top_waiter of a lock
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/spinlocks.txt b/Documentation/locking/spinlocks.txt
index ff35e40bdf5b..098107fb7d86 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/spinlocks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/spinlocks.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+===============
+Locking lessons
+===============
+
Lesson 1: Spin locks
+====================
-The most basic primitive for locking is spinlock.
+The most basic primitive for locking is spinlock::
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xxx_lock);
+ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xxx_lock);
unsigned long flags;
@@ -19,23 +24,25 @@ worry about UP vs SMP issues: the spinlocks work correctly under both.
NOTE! Implications of spin_locks for memory are further described in:
Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+
(5) LOCK operations.
+
(6) UNLOCK operations.
The above is usually pretty simple (you usually need and want only one
spinlock for most things - using more than one spinlock can make things a
lot more complex and even slower and is usually worth it only for
-sequences that you _know_ need to be split up: avoid it at all cost if you
+sequences that you **know** need to be split up: avoid it at all cost if you
aren't sure).
This is really the only really hard part about spinlocks: once you start
using spinlocks they tend to expand to areas you might not have noticed
before, because you have to make sure the spinlocks correctly protect the
-shared data structures _everywhere_ they are used. The spinlocks are most
+shared data structures **everywhere** they are used. The spinlocks are most
easily added to places that are completely independent of other code (for
example, internal driver data structures that nobody else ever touches).
- NOTE! The spin-lock is safe only when you _also_ use the lock itself
+ NOTE! The spin-lock is safe only when you **also** use the lock itself
to do locking across CPU's, which implies that EVERYTHING that
touches a shared variable has to agree about the spinlock they want
to use.
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ example, internal driver data structures that nobody else ever touches).
----
Lesson 2: reader-writer spinlocks.
+==================================
If your data accesses have a very natural pattern where you usually tend
to mostly read from the shared variables, the reader-writer locks
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ to change the variables it has to get an exclusive write lock.
simple spinlocks. Unless the reader critical section is long, you
are better off just using spinlocks.
-The routines look the same as above:
+The routines look the same as above::
rwlock_t xxx_lock = __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(xxx_lock);
@@ -71,7 +79,7 @@ The routines look the same as above:
The above kind of lock may be useful for complex data structures like
linked lists, especially searching for entries without changing the list
itself. The read lock allows many concurrent readers. Anything that
-_changes_ the list will have to get the write lock.
+**changes** the list will have to get the write lock.
NOTE! RCU is better for list traversal, but requires careful
attention to design detail (see Documentation/RCU/listRCU.txt).
@@ -87,10 +95,11 @@ to get the write-lock at the very beginning.
----
Lesson 3: spinlocks revisited.
+==============================
The single spin-lock primitives above are by no means the only ones. They
are the most safe ones, and the ones that work under all circumstances,
-but partly _because_ they are safe they are also fairly slow. They are slower
+but partly **because** they are safe they are also fairly slow. They are slower
than they'd need to be, because they do have to disable interrupts
(which is just a single instruction on a x86, but it's an expensive one -
and on other architectures it can be worse).
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ and on other architectures it can be worse).
If you have a case where you have to protect a data structure across
several CPU's and you want to use spinlocks you can potentially use
cheaper versions of the spinlocks. IFF you know that the spinlocks are
-never used in interrupt handlers, you can use the non-irq versions:
+never used in interrupt handlers, you can use the non-irq versions::
spin_lock(&lock);
...
@@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ This is useful if you know that the data in question is only ever
manipulated from a "process context", ie no interrupts involved.
The reasons you mustn't use these versions if you have interrupts that
-play with the spinlock is that you can get deadlocks:
+play with the spinlock is that you can get deadlocks::
spin_lock(&lock);
...
@@ -147,9 +156,10 @@ indeed), while write-locks need to protect themselves against interrupts.
----
Reference information:
+======================
For dynamic initialization, use spin_lock_init() or rwlock_init() as
-appropriate:
+appropriate::
spinlock_t xxx_lock;
rwlock_t xxx_rw_lock;
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
index f0ed7c30e695..1846c199da23 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+======================================
Wound/Wait Deadlock-Proof Mutex Design
======================================
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ Furthermore there are three different class of w/w lock acquire functions:
no deadlock potential and hence the ww_mutex_lock call will block and not
prematurely return -EDEADLK. The advantage of the _slow functions is in
interface safety:
+
- ww_mutex_lock has a __must_check int return type, whereas ww_mutex_lock_slow
has a void return type. Note that since ww mutex code needs loops/retries
anyway the __must_check doesn't result in spurious warnings, even though the
@@ -115,36 +117,36 @@ expect the number of simultaneous competing transactions to be typically small,
and you want to reduce the number of rollbacks.
Three different ways to acquire locks within the same w/w class. Common
-definitions for methods #1 and #2:
+definitions for methods #1 and #2::
-static DEFINE_WW_CLASS(ww_class);
+ static DEFINE_WW_CLASS(ww_class);
-struct obj {
+ struct obj {
struct ww_mutex lock;
/* obj data */
-};
+ };
-struct obj_entry {
+ struct obj_entry {
struct list_head head;
struct obj *obj;
-};
+ };
Method 1, using a list in execbuf->buffers that's not allowed to be reordered.
This is useful if a list of required objects is already tracked somewhere.
Furthermore the lock helper can use propagate the -EALREADY return code back to
the caller as a signal that an object is twice on the list. This is useful if
the list is constructed from userspace input and the ABI requires userspace to
-not have duplicate entries (e.g. for a gpu commandbuffer submission ioctl).
+not have duplicate entries (e.g. for a gpu commandbuffer submission ioctl)::
-int lock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
-{
+ int lock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+ {
struct obj *res_obj = NULL;
struct obj_entry *contended_entry = NULL;
struct obj_entry *entry;
ww_acquire_init(ctx, &ww_class);
-retry:
+ retry:
list_for_each_entry (entry, list, head) {
if (entry->obj == res_obj) {
res_obj = NULL;
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ retry:
ww_acquire_done(ctx);
return 0;
-err:
+ err:
list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse (entry, list, head)
ww_mutex_unlock(&entry->obj->lock);
@@ -176,14 +178,14 @@ err:
ww_acquire_fini(ctx);
return ret;
-}
+ }
Method 2, using a list in execbuf->buffers that can be reordered. Same semantics
of duplicate entry detection using -EALREADY as method 1 above. But the
-list-reordering allows for a bit more idiomatic code.
+list-reordering allows for a bit more idiomatic code::
-int lock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
-{
+ int lock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+ {
struct obj_entry *entry, *entry2;
ww_acquire_init(ctx, &ww_class);
@@ -216,24 +218,25 @@ int lock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
ww_acquire_done(ctx);
return 0;
-}
+ }
-Unlocking works the same way for both methods #1 and #2:
+Unlocking works the same way for both methods #1 and #2::
-void unlock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
-{
+ void unlock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+ {
struct obj_entry *entry;
list_for_each_entry (entry, list, head)
ww_mutex_unlock(&entry->obj->lock);
ww_acquire_fini(ctx);
-}
+ }
Method 3 is useful if the list of objects is constructed ad-hoc and not upfront,
e.g. when adjusting edges in a graph where each node has its own ww_mutex lock,
and edges can only be changed when holding the locks of all involved nodes. w/w
mutexes are a natural fit for such a case for two reasons:
+
- They can handle lock-acquisition in any order which allows us to start walking
a graph from a starting point and then iteratively discovering new edges and
locking down the nodes those edges connect to.
@@ -243,6 +246,7 @@ mutexes are a natural fit for such a case for two reasons:
as a starting point).
Note that this approach differs in two important ways from the above methods:
+
- Since the list of objects is dynamically constructed (and might very well be
different when retrying due to hitting the -EDEADLK die condition) there's
no need to keep any object on a persistent list when it's not locked. We can
@@ -260,17 +264,17 @@ any interface misuse for these cases.
Also, method 3 can't fail the lock acquisition step since it doesn't return
-EALREADY. Of course this would be different when using the _interruptible
-variants, but that's outside of the scope of these examples here.
+variants, but that's outside of the scope of these examples here::
-struct obj {
+ struct obj {
struct ww_mutex ww_mutex;
struct list_head locked_list;
-};
+ };
-static DEFINE_WW_CLASS(ww_class);
+ static DEFINE_WW_CLASS(ww_class);
-void __unlock_objs(struct list_head *list)
-{
+ void __unlock_objs(struct list_head *list)
+ {
struct obj *entry, *temp;
list_for_each_entry_safe (entry, temp, list, locked_list) {
@@ -279,15 +283,15 @@ void __unlock_objs(struct list_head *list)
list_del(&entry->locked_list);
ww_mutex_unlock(entry->ww_mutex)
}
-}
+ }
-void lock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
-{
+ void lock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+ {
struct obj *obj;
ww_acquire_init(ctx, &ww_class);
-retry:
+ retry:
/* re-init loop start state */
loop {
/* magic code which walks over a graph and decides which objects
@@ -312,13 +316,13 @@ retry:
ww_acquire_done(ctx);
return 0;
-}
+ }
-void unlock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
-{
+ void unlock_objs(struct list_head *list, struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
+ {
__unlock_objs(list);
ww_acquire_fini(ctx);
-}
+ }
Method 4: Only lock one single objects. In that case deadlock detection and
prevention is obviously overkill, since with grabbing just one lock you can't
@@ -329,11 +333,14 @@ Implementation Details
----------------------
Design:
+^^^^^^^
+
ww_mutex currently encapsulates a struct mutex, this means no extra overhead for
normal mutex locks, which are far more common. As such there is only a small
increase in code size if wait/wound mutexes are not used.
We maintain the following invariants for the wait list:
+
(1) Waiters with an acquire context are sorted by stamp order; waiters
without an acquire context are interspersed in FIFO order.
(2) For Wait-Die, among waiters with contexts, only the first one can have
@@ -355,6 +362,8 @@ Design:
therefore be directed towards the uncontended cases.
Lockdep:
+^^^^^^^^
+
Special care has been taken to warn for as many cases of api abuse
as possible. Some common api abuses will be caught with
CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES, but CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is recommended.
@@ -379,5 +388,6 @@ Lockdep:
having called ww_acquire_fini on the first.
- 'normal' deadlocks that can occur.
-FIXME: Update this section once we have the TASK_DEADLOCK task state flag magic
-implemented.
+FIXME:
+ Update this section once we have the TASK_DEADLOCK task state flag magic
+ implemented.
--
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