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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] locking/pvqspinlock: restore/set vcpu_hashed state after failing adaptive locking spinning
2016-07-15 15:09 GMT+08:00 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 05:26:40AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> 2016-07-14 22:52 GMT+08:00 Waiman Long <waiman.long@hpe.com>:
>> [...]
>> > As pv_kick_node() is called immediately after designating the next node as
>> > the queue head, the chance of this racing is possible, but is not likely
>> > unless the lock holder vCPU gets preempted for a long time at that right
>> > moment. This change does not do any harm though, so I am OK with that.
>> > However, I do want you to add a comment about the possible race in the code
>> > as it isn't that obvious or likely.
>>
>> How about something like:
>>
>> /*
>> * If the lock holder vCPU gets preempted for a long time, pv_kick_node will
>> * advance its state and hash the lock, restore/set the vcpu_hashed state to
>> * avoid the race.
>> */
>
> So I'm not sure. Yes it was a bug, but its fairly 'obvious' it should be

I believe Waiman can give a better comments. :)

> vcpu_hashed, we did after all hash the thing.
>
>> Btw, do you think patch title should be improved, what do you like?
>
> I changed it to: "locking/pvqspinlock: Fix double hash race"

Thanks. :)

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

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