On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 08:25:21PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 08:01:30PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 06:53:55PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 07:51:50PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > > > Yeah, it does. Did you see the patch that is included in the series?
> > > > I've replaced the macro with always inline functions that select the
> > > > lock based on the flag:
> > > >
> > > > static __always_inline void mtree_lock(struct maple_tree *mt)
> > > > {
> > > > if (mt->ma_flags & MT_FLAGS_LOCK_IRQ)
> > > > spin_lock_irq(&mt->ma_lock);
> > > > else
> > > > spin_lock(&mt->ma_lock);
> > > > }
> > > > static __always_inline void mtree_unlock(struct maple_tree *mt)
> > > > {
> > > > if (mt->ma_flags & MT_FLAGS_LOCK_IRQ)
> > > > spin_unlock_irq(&mt->ma_lock);
> > > > else
> > > > spin_unlock(&mt->ma_lock);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > Does that work for you?
> > >
> > > See the way the XArray works; we're trying to keep the two APIs as
> > > close as possible.
> > >
> > > The caller should use mtree_lock_irq() or mtree_lock_irqsave()
> > > as appropriate.
> >
> > Say I need:
> >
> > spin_lock_irqsave(&mt->ma_lock, flags);
> > mas_erase(...);
> > -> mas_nomem()
> > -> mtree_unlock() // uses spin_unlock();
> > // allocate
> > -> mtree_lock() // uses spin_lock();
> > spin_lock_irqrestore(&mt->ma_lock, flags);
> >
> > So that doesn't work, right? IOW, the maple tree does internal drop and
> > retake locks and they need to match the locks of the outer context.
> >
> > So, I think I need a way to communicate to mas_*() what type of lock to
> > take, no? Any idea how you would like me to do this in case I'm not
> > wrong?
>
> My first inclination has been to do it via MA_STATE() and the mas_flag
> value but I'm open to any other ideas.
Braino on my part as free_pid() can be called with write_lock_irq() held.
