On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 04:49:00PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:17:32PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
>
> > +struct cross_lock {
> > + /*
> > + * When more than one acquisition of crosslocks are overlapped,
> > + * we do actual commit only when ref == 0.
> > + */
> > + atomic_t ref;
>
> That comment doesn't seem right, should that be: ref != 0 ?
> Also; would it not be much clearer to call this: nr_blocked, or waiters
> or something along those lines, because that is what it appears to be.
>
> > + /*
> > + * Seperate hlock instance. This will be used at commit step.
> > + *
> > + * TODO: Use a smaller data structure containing only necessary
> > + * data. However, we should make lockdep code able to handle the
> > + * smaller one first.
> > + */
> > + struct held_lock hlock;
> > +};
>
> > +static int add_xlock(struct held_lock *hlock)
> > +{
> > + struct cross_lock *xlock;
> > + unsigned int gen_id;
> > +
> > + if (!depend_after(hlock))
> > + return 1;
> > +
> > + if (!graph_lock())
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + xlock = &((struct lockdep_map_cross *)hlock->instance)->xlock;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * When acquisitions for a xlock are overlapped, we use
> > + * a reference counter to handle it.
>
> Handle what!? That comment is near empty.
I will add more comment so that it can fully descibe.
>
> > + */
> > + if (atomic_inc_return(&xlock->ref) > 1)
> > + goto unlock;
>
> So you set the xlock's generation only once, to the oldest blocking-on
> relation, which makes sense, you want to be able to related to all
> historical locks since.
>
> > +
> > + gen_id = (unsigned int)atomic_inc_return(&cross_gen_id);
> > + xlock->hlock = *hlock;
> > + xlock->hlock.gen_id = gen_id;
> > +unlock:
> > + graph_unlock();
> > + return 1;
> > +}
>
> > +void lock_commit_crosslock(struct lockdep_map *lock)
> > +{
> > + struct cross_lock *xlock;
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > + if (!current->xhlocks)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(current->lockdep_recursion))
> > + return;
> > +
> > + raw_local_irq_save(flags);
> > + check_flags(flags);
> > + current->lockdep_recursion = 1;
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
> > + return;
> > +
> > + if (!graph_lock())
> > + return;
> > +
> > + xlock = &((struct lockdep_map_cross *)lock)->xlock;
> > + if (atomic_read(&xlock->ref) > 0 && !commit_xhlocks(xlock))
>
> You terminate with graph_lock() held.
Oops. What did I do? I'll fix it.
>
> Also, I think you can do the atomic_read() outside of graph lock, to
> avoid taking graph_lock when its 0.
I'll do that if possible after thinking more.
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