Re: [patch V2 5/5] futex: Simplify futex_lock_pi_atomic() and make it more robust

[Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>]

On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 11:44 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Subject: futex: Simplify futex_lock_pi_atomic() and make it more robust
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:45:41 -0000
> 
> futex_lock_pi_atomic() is a maze of retry hoops and loops.
> 
> Reduce it to simple and understandable states:
> 
> First step is to lookup existing waiters (state) in the kernel.
> 
> If there is an existing waiter, validate it and attach to it.
> 
> If there is no existing waiter, check the user space value
> 
> If the TID encoded in the user space value is 0, take over the futex
> preserving the owner died bit.
> 
> If the TID encoded in the user space value is != 0, lookup the owner
> task, validate it and attach to it.
> 
> Reduces text size by 128 bytes on x8664.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Darren Hart <darren@dvhart.com>
> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net>
> Cc: wad@chromium.org
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140611204237.361836310@linutronix.de
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> ---
> 
> V2: Fixed the brown paperbag bug of V1

I confirm this v2 fixes the issue. Passes 5 hr pounding on my 80-core
system. Unsurprisingly, I didn't see any performance regressions either.

Thanks,
Davidlohr