From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vineet Gupta Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: slub: Ensure that slab_unlock() is atomic Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 17:23:26 +0530 Message-ID: <56E00EB6.4000201@synopsys.com> References: <1457447457-25878-1-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> <56DEF3D3.6080008@synopsys.com> <56DFC604.6070407@synopsys.com> <20160309101349.GJ6344@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <56E0024F.4070401@synopsys.com> <20160309114054.GJ6356@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtprelay.synopsys.com ([198.182.60.111]:48017 "EHLO smtprelay.synopsys.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752678AbcCILxv (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2016 06:53:51 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20160309114054.GJ6356@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Peter Zijlstra Cc: "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , linux-parisc@vger.kernel, Helge Deller , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, "James E.J. Bottomley" , Pekka Enberg , linux-mm@kvack.org, Noam Camus , David Rientjes , Joonsoo Kim , Andrew Morton , linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, Christoph Lameter On Wednesday 09 March 2016 05:10 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 04:30:31PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote: >> FWIW, could we add some background to commit log, specifically what prompted this. >> Something like below... > > Sure.. find below. > >>> +++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h >>> @@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ do { \ >>> * @nr: the bit to set >>> * @addr: the address to start counting from >>> * >>> + * A weaker form of clear_bit_unlock() as used by __bit_lock_unlock(). If all >>> + * the bits in the word are protected by this lock some archs can use weaker >>> + * ops to safely unlock. >>> + * >>> + * See for example x86's implementation. >>> */ >> >> To be able to override/use-generic don't we need #ifndef .... > > I did not follow through the maze, I think the few archs implementing > this simply do not include this file at all. > > I'll let the first person that cares about this worry about that :-) Ok - that's be me :-) although I really don't see much gains in case of ARC LLSC. For us, LD + BCLR + ST is very similar to LLOCK + BCLR + SCOND atleast in terms of cache coherency transactions ! > > --- > Subject: bitops: Do not default to __clear_bit() for __clear_bit_unlock() > > __clear_bit_unlock() is a special little snowflake. While it carries the > non-atomic '__' prefix, it is specifically documented to pair with > test_and_set_bit() and therefore should be 'somewhat' atomic. > > Therefore the generic implementation of __clear_bit_unlock() cannot use > the fully non-atomic __clear_bit() as a default. > > If an arch is able to do better; is must provide an implementation of > __clear_bit_unlock() itself. > > Specifically, this came up as a result of hackbench livelock'ing in > slab_lock() on ARC with SMP + SLUB + !LLSC. > > The issue was incorrect pairing of atomic ops. > > slab_lock() -> bit_spin_lock() -> test_and_set_bit() > slab_unlock() -> __bit_spin_unlock() -> __clear_bit() > > The non serializing __clear_bit() was getting "lost" > > 80543b8e: ld_s r2,[r13,0] <--- (A) Finds PG_locked is set > 80543b90: or r3,r2,1 <--- (B) other core unlocks right here > 80543b94: st_s r3,[r13,0] <--- (C) sets PG_locked (overwrites unlock) > > Fixes ARC STAR 9000817404 (and probably more). > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Reported-by: Vineet Gupta > Tested-by: Vineet Gupta > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) LGTM. Thx a bunch Peter ! -Vineet > --- > include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h | 14 +++++++------- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h > index c30266e94806..8ef0ccbf8167 100644 > --- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h > +++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h > @@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ do { \ > * @nr: the bit to set > * @addr: the address to start counting from > * > - * This operation is like clear_bit_unlock, however it is not atomic. > - * It does provide release barrier semantics so it can be used to unlock > - * a bit lock, however it would only be used if no other CPU can modify > - * any bits in the memory until the lock is released (a good example is > - * if the bit lock itself protects access to the other bits in the word). > + * A weaker form of clear_bit_unlock() as used by __bit_lock_unlock(). If all > + * the bits in the word are protected by this lock some archs can use weaker > + * ops to safely unlock. > + * > + * See for example x86's implementation. > */ > #define __clear_bit_unlock(nr, addr) \ > do { \ > - smp_mb(); \ > - __clear_bit(nr, addr); \ > + smp_mb__before_atomic(); \ > + clear_bit(nr, addr); \ > } while (0) > > #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_LOCK_H_ */ >