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Subject[PATCH-tip v7 09/15] locking/rwsem: Make rwsem_spin_on_owner() return a tri-state value
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This patch modifies rwsem_spin_on_owner() to return a tri-state value
to better reflect the state of lock holder which enables us to make a
better decision of what to do next.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
index 15cdb28..7597736 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
@@ -298,9 +298,13 @@ static inline bool rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
}

/*
- * Return true only if we can still spin on the owner field of the rwsem.
+ * Return the folowing three values depending on the lock owner state.
+ * 1 when owner has changed and no reader is detected yet.
+ * 0 when owner has change and/or owner is a reader.
+ * -1 when optimistic spinning has to stop because either the owner stops
+ * running or its timeslice has been used up.
*/
-static noinline bool rwsem_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+static noinline int rwsem_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
struct task_struct *owner = READ_ONCE(sem->owner);

@@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ static noinline bool rwsem_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
if (!owner->on_cpu || need_resched() ||
vcpu_is_preempted(task_cpu(owner))) {
rcu_read_unlock();
- return false;
+ return -1;
}

cpu_relax();
@@ -335,7 +339,7 @@ static noinline bool rwsem_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
* If there is a new owner or the owner is not set, we continue
* spinning.
*/
- return !rwsem_owner_is_reader(READ_ONCE(sem->owner));
+ return rwsem_owner_is_reader(READ_ONCE(sem->owner)) ? 0 : 1;
}

static bool rwsem_optimistic_spin(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
@@ -356,7 +360,7 @@ static bool rwsem_optimistic_spin(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
* 2) readers own the lock as we can't determine if they are
* actively running or not.
*/
- while (rwsem_spin_on_owner(sem)) {
+ while (rwsem_spin_on_owner(sem) > 0) {
/*
* Try to acquire the lock
*/
--
1.8.3.1
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