Re: [PATCHv3 6/6] tty/ldsem: Decrement wait_readers on timeouted down_read()

[Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>]

On Tue, 2018-09-11 at 15:50 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 02:33:22PM +0100, Dmitry Safonov wrote:
> > > > You might want to think about ditching that ldsem thing
> > > > entirely,
> > > > and use a regular rwsem ?
> > > 
> > > Yeah, but AFAICS, regular rwsem will need to have a timeout then
> > > (for
> > > write). So, I thought fixing this pile would be simpler than
> > > adding
> > > timeout and probably writer-priority to generic rwsem?
> > > 
> > > And I guess, we still will need fixes for stable for the bugs
> > > here..
> > > 
> > > I expect that timeouts are ABI, while the gain of adding priority
> > > may
> > > be measured. I'll give it a shot (adding timeout/priority for
> > > linux-
> > > next) to rwsem if you say it's acceptable.
> > 
> > Actually, priority looks quite simple: we can add writers in the
> > head
> > of wait_list and it probably may work.
> > Timeout looks also not a rocket science.
> > So, I can try to do that if you say it's acceptable (with the gain
> > measures).
> 
> So why do you need writer priority? The comment that goes with ldsems
> doesn't explain I think, it just says it has it.

Well, as far as I can fetch from the  commit 4898e640caf0, it describes
that you should halt and scrap pending i/o (reader side) to prevent the
loss or change of the current line dicipline (write lock).
So, AFAIU, line discipline is expected to change within 5 sec by ABI
and write-priority makes it more likely.

> In general I dislike unfair locks, they always cause trouble.
> 
> > After this can of worms that I need to fix regardless.
> 
> Sure.

-- 
Thanks,
             Dmitry