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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] ipc/sem.c: convert sem_array.sem_pending to struct list_head
Manfred Spraul wrote:
> sem_array.sem_pending is a double linked list, the attached
> patch converts it to struct list_head.
>
> Signed-Off-By: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>

Reviewed-By: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net>

2 small comments embedded.

> ---
> include/linux/sem.h | 12 +++----
> ipc/sem.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------
> 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sem.h b/include/linux/sem.h
> index 87756ef..d425993 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sem.h
> @@ -93,21 +93,19 @@ struct sem_array {
> time_t sem_otime; /* last semop time */
> time_t sem_ctime; /* last change time */
> struct sem *sem_base; /* ptr to first semaphore in array */
> - struct sem_queue *sem_pending; /* pending operations to be processed */
> - struct sem_queue **sem_pending_last; /* last pending operation */
> + struct list_head sem_pending; /* pending operations to be processed */
> struct list_head list_id; /* undo requests on this array */
> unsigned long sem_nsems; /* no. of semaphores in array */
> };
>
> /* One queue for each sleeping process in the system. */
> struct sem_queue {
> - struct sem_queue * next; /* next entry in the queue */
> - struct sem_queue ** prev; /* previous entry in the queue, *(q->prev) == q */
> - struct task_struct* sleeper; /* this process */
> - struct sem_undo * undo; /* undo structure */
> + struct list_head list; /* queue of pending operations */
> + struct task_struct *sleeper; /* this process */
> + struct sem_undo *undo; /* undo structure */
> int pid; /* process id of requesting process */
> int status; /* completion status of operation */
> - struct sembuf * sops; /* array of pending operations */
> + struct sembuf *sops; /* array of pending operations */
> int nsops; /* number of operations */
> int alter; /* does the operation alter the array? */
> };
> diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
> index 8cd96f1..38996c0 100644
> --- a/ipc/sem.c
> +++ b/ipc/sem.c
> @@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
> ns->used_sems += nsems;
>
> sma->sem_base = (struct sem *) &sma[1];
> - /* sma->sem_pending = NULL; */
> - sma->sem_pending_last = &sma->sem_pending;
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->sem_pending);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->list_id);
> sma->sem_nsems = nsems;
> sma->sem_ctime = get_seconds();
> @@ -331,38 +330,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_semget(key_t key, int nsems, int semflg)
> return ipcget(ns, &sem_ids(ns), &sem_ops, &sem_params);
> }
>
> -/* Manage the doubly linked list sma->sem_pending as a FIFO:
> - * insert new queue elements at the tail sma->sem_pending_last.
> - */
> -static inline void append_to_queue (struct sem_array * sma,
> - struct sem_queue * q)
> -{
> - *(q->prev = sma->sem_pending_last) = q;
> - *(sma->sem_pending_last = &q->next) = NULL;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void prepend_to_queue (struct sem_array * sma,
> - struct sem_queue * q)
> -{
> - q->next = sma->sem_pending;
> - *(q->prev = &sma->sem_pending) = q;
> - if (q->next)
> - q->next->prev = &q->next;
> - else /* sma->sem_pending_last == &sma->sem_pending */
> - sma->sem_pending_last = &q->next;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void remove_from_queue (struct sem_array * sma,
> - struct sem_queue * q)
> -{
> - *(q->prev) = q->next;
> - if (q->next)
> - q->next->prev = q->prev;
> - else /* sma->sem_pending_last == &q->next */
> - sma->sem_pending_last = q->prev;
> - q->prev = NULL; /* mark as removed */
> -}
> -
> /*
> * Determine whether a sequence of semaphore operations would succeed
> * all at once. Return 0 if yes, 1 if need to sleep, else return error code.
> @@ -438,16 +405,15 @@ static void update_queue (struct sem_array * sma)
> int error;
> struct sem_queue * q;
>
> - q = sma->sem_pending;
> - while(q) {
> + q = list_entry(sma->sem_pending.next, struct sem_queue, list);
> + while(&q->list != &sma->sem_pending) {

I guess here you are not using list_first_entry() because the pending
requests might be empty?

> error = try_atomic_semop(sma, q->sops, q->nsops,
> q->undo, q->pid);
>
> /* Does q->sleeper still need to sleep? */
> if (error <= 0) {
> struct sem_queue *n;
> - remove_from_queue(sma,q);
> - q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
> +
> /*
> * Continue scanning. The next operation
> * that must be checked depends on the type of the
> @@ -458,11 +424,24 @@ static void update_queue (struct sem_array * sma)
> * for semaphore values to become 0.
> * - if the operation didn't modify the array,
> * then just continue.
> + * The order of list_del() and reading ->next
> + * is crucial: In the former case, the list_del()
> + * must be done first [because we might be the
> + * first entry in ->sem_pending], in the latter
> + * case the list_del() must be done last
> + * [because the list is invalid after the list_del()]
> */
> - if (q->alter)
> - n = sma->sem_pending;
> - else
> - n = q->next;
> + if (q->alter) {
> + list_del(&q->list);
> + n = list_entry(sma->sem_pending.next, struct sem_queue, list);
> + } else {
> + n = list_entry(q->list.next, struct sem_queue, list);
> + list_del(&q->list);
> + }
> +
> + /* wake up the waiting thread */
> + q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
> +
> wake_up_process(q->sleeper);
> /* hands-off: q will disappear immediately after
> * writing q->status.
> @@ -471,7 +450,7 @@ static void update_queue (struct sem_array * sma)
> q->status = error;
> q = n;
> } else {
> - q = q->next;
> + q = list_entry(q->list.next, struct sem_queue, list);
> }
> }
> }
> @@ -491,7 +470,7 @@ static int count_semncnt (struct sem_array * sma, ushort semnum)
> struct sem_queue * q;
>
> semncnt = 0;
> - for (q = sma->sem_pending; q; q = q->next) {
> + list_for_each_entry(q, &sma->sem_pending, list) {
> struct sembuf * sops = q->sops;
> int nsops = q->nsops;
> int i;
> @@ -503,13 +482,14 @@ static int count_semncnt (struct sem_array * sma, ushort semnum)
> }
> return semncnt;
> }
> +
> static int count_semzcnt (struct sem_array * sma, ushort semnum)
> {
> int semzcnt;
> struct sem_queue * q;
>
> semzcnt = 0;
> - for (q = sma->sem_pending; q; q = q->next) {
> + list_for_each_entry(q, &sma->sem_pending, list) {
> struct sembuf * sops = q->sops;
> int nsops = q->nsops;
> int i;
> @@ -529,7 +509,7 @@ static int count_semzcnt (struct sem_array * sma, ushort semnum)
> static void freeary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
> {
> struct sem_undo *un;
> - struct sem_queue *q;
> + struct sem_queue *q, *t;
> struct sem_array *sma = container_of(ipcp, struct sem_array, sem_perm);
>
> /* Invalidate the existing undo structures for this semaphore set.
> @@ -541,17 +521,14 @@ static void freeary(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
> un->semid = -1;
>
> /* Wake up all pending processes and let them fail with EIDRM. */
> - q = sma->sem_pending;
> - while(q) {
> - struct sem_queue *n;
> - /* lazy remove_from_queue: we are killing the whole queue */
> - q->prev = NULL;
> - n = q->next;
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(q, t, &sma->sem_pending, list) {
> + list_del(&q->list);
> +
> q->status = IN_WAKEUP;
> wake_up_process(q->sleeper); /* doesn't sleep */
> smp_wmb();
> q->status = -EIDRM; /* hands-off q */
> - q = n;
> }
>
> /* Remove the semaphore set from the IDR */
> @@ -1166,9 +1143,9 @@ asmlinkage long sys_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsops,
> queue.pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
> queue.alter = alter;
> if (alter)
> - append_to_queue(sma ,&queue);
> + list_add_tail(&queue.list, &sma->sem_pending);
> else
> - prepend_to_queue(sma ,&queue);
> + list_add(&queue.list, &sma->sem_pending);
>
> queue.status = -EINTR;
> queue.sleeper = current;
> @@ -1194,7 +1171,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsops,
>
> sma = sem_lock(ns, semid);
> if (IS_ERR(sma)) {
> - BUG_ON(queue.prev != NULL);

Instead of removing it why not replacing the bug_ON() by a check on the
queue still being linked?

> error = -EIDRM;
> goto out_free;
> }
> @@ -1212,7 +1188,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsops,
> */
> if (timeout && jiffies_left == 0)
> error = -EAGAIN;
> - remove_from_queue(sma,&queue);
> + list_del(&queue.list);
> goto out_unlock_free;
>
> out_unlock_free:

Will have a look at the last patch + do some tests tomorrow.

Regards,
Nadia



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