The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 1909760f5fc3f123e47b4e24e0ccdc0fc8f3f106 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/1909760f5fc3f123e47b4e24e0ccdc0fc8f3f106 Author: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:32:31 +02:00 Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:19:31 +02:00 seqlock: PREEMPT_RT: Do not starve seqlock_t writers On PREEMPT_RT, seqlock_t is transformed to a sleeping lock that do not disable preemption. A seqlock_t reader can thus preempt its write side section and spin for the enter scheduler tick. If that reader belongs to a real-time scheduling class, it can spin forever and the kernel will livelock. To break this livelock possibility on PREEMPT_RT, implement seqlock_t in terms of "seqcount_spinlock_t" instead of plain "seqcount_t". Beside its pure annotational value, this will leverage the existing seqcount_LOCKNAME_T PREEMPT_RT anti-livelock mechanisms, without adding any extra code. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200904153231.11994-6-a.darwish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- include/linux/seqlock.h | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h index 2bc9510..f73c7eb 100644 --- a/include/linux/seqlock.h +++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h @@ -790,13 +790,17 @@ static inline void raw_write_seqcount_latch(seqcount_latch_t *s) * - Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst */ typedef struct { - struct seqcount seqcount; + /* + * Make sure that readers don't starve writers on PREEMPT_RT: use + * seqcount_spinlock_t instead of seqcount_t. Check __SEQ_LOCK(). + */ + seqcount_spinlock_t seqcount; spinlock_t lock; } seqlock_t; #define __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(lockname) \ { \ - .seqcount = SEQCNT_ZERO(lockname), \ + .seqcount = SEQCNT_SPINLOCK_ZERO(lockname, &(lockname).lock), \ .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(lockname) \ } @@ -806,8 +810,8 @@ typedef struct { */ #define seqlock_init(sl) \ do { \ - seqcount_init(&(sl)->seqcount); \ spin_lock_init(&(sl)->lock); \ + seqcount_spinlock_init(&(sl)->seqcount, &(sl)->lock); \ } while (0) /** @@ -854,6 +858,12 @@ static inline unsigned read_seqretry(const seqlock_t *sl, unsigned start) return read_seqcount_retry(&sl->seqcount, start); } +/* + * For all seqlock_t write side functions, use write_seqcount_*t*_begin() + * instead of the generic write_seqcount_begin(). This way, no redundant + * lockdep_assert_held() checks are added. + */ + /** * write_seqlock() - start a seqlock_t write side critical section * @sl: Pointer to seqlock_t @@ -870,7 +880,7 @@ static inline unsigned read_seqretry(const seqlock_t *sl, unsigned start) static inline void write_seqlock(seqlock_t *sl) { spin_lock(&sl->lock); - write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); } /** @@ -882,7 +892,7 @@ static inline void write_seqlock(seqlock_t *sl) */ static inline void write_sequnlock(seqlock_t *sl) { - write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); spin_unlock(&sl->lock); } @@ -896,7 +906,7 @@ static inline void write_sequnlock(seqlock_t *sl) static inline void write_seqlock_bh(seqlock_t *sl) { spin_lock_bh(&sl->lock); - write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); } /** @@ -909,7 +919,7 @@ static inline void write_seqlock_bh(seqlock_t *sl) */ static inline void write_sequnlock_bh(seqlock_t *sl) { - write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); spin_unlock_bh(&sl->lock); } @@ -923,7 +933,7 @@ static inline void write_sequnlock_bh(seqlock_t *sl) static inline void write_seqlock_irq(seqlock_t *sl) { spin_lock_irq(&sl->lock); - write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); } /** @@ -935,7 +945,7 @@ static inline void write_seqlock_irq(seqlock_t *sl) */ static inline void write_sequnlock_irq(seqlock_t *sl) { - write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); spin_unlock_irq(&sl->lock); } @@ -944,7 +954,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __write_seqlock_irqsave(seqlock_t *sl) unsigned long flags; spin_lock_irqsave(&sl->lock, flags); - write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_begin(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); return flags; } @@ -973,7 +983,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __write_seqlock_irqsave(seqlock_t *sl) static inline void write_sequnlock_irqrestore(seqlock_t *sl, unsigned long flags) { - write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount); + write_seqcount_t_end(&sl->seqcount.seqcount); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sl->lock, flags); }
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