From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/16] locking/rwsem: Ensure an RT task will not spin on reader
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:52:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190418085227.GV12232@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1c37b8f2-232e-7ced-0483-31c8c6a4ffd1@redhat.com>
On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 02:47:07PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >> @@ -566,13 +573,28 @@ static bool rwsem_optimistic_spin(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> >> }
> >>
> >> /*
> >> - * When there's no owner, we might have preempted between the
> >> - * owner acquiring the lock and setting the owner field. If
> >> - * we're an RT task that will live-lock because we won't let
> >> - * the owner complete.
> >> + * An RT task cannot do optimistic spinning if it cannot
> >> + * be sure the lock holder is running or live-lock may
> >> + * happen if the current task and the lock holder happen
> >> + * to run in the same CPU.
> >> + *
> >> + * When there's no owner or is reader-owned, an RT task
> >> + * will stop spinning if the owner state is not a writer
> >> + * at the previous iteration of the loop. This allows the
> >> + * RT task to recheck if the task that steals the lock is
> >> + * a spinnable writer. If so, it can keeps on spinning.
> >> + *
> >> + * If the owner is a writer, the need_resched() check is
> >> + * done inside rwsem_spin_on_owner(). If the owner is not
> >> + * a writer, need_resched() check needs to be done here.
> >> */
> >> - if (!sem->owner && (need_resched() || rt_task(current)))
> >> - break;
> >> + if (owner_state != OWNER_WRITER) {
> >> + if (need_resched())
> >> + break;
> >> + if (is_rt_task && (prev_owner_state != OWNER_WRITER))
> >> + break;
> >> + }
> >> + prev_owner_state = owner_state;
> >>
> >> /*
> >> * The cpu_relax() call is a compiler barrier which forces
> > This patch confuses me mightily. I mean, I see what it does, but I can't
> > figure out why. The Changelog is just one big source of confusion.
>
> Sorry for confusing you. If count and owner are separate, there is a
> time lag where the owner is NULL, but the lock is not free yet.
Right.
> Similarly, the lock could be free but another task may have stolen the
> lock if the waiter bit isn't set.
> In the former case,
(free)
> an extra iteration gives it more time for the lock holder to release
> the lock.
> In the latter case,
(stolen)
> if the new lock owner is a writer and set owner in time,
> the RT task can keep on spinning. Will clarify that in the commit log
> and the comment.
Blergh.. so by going around once extra, you hope ->owner will be set
again and we keep spinning. And this is actually measurable.
Yuck yuck yuck. I much prefer getting rid of that hole, as you do later
on in the series, that would avoid this complecity. Let me continue
reading...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-18 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 112+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-13 17:22 [PATCH v4 00/16] locking/rwsem: Rwsem rearchitecture part 2 Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 01/16] locking/rwsem: Prevent unneeded warning during locking selftest Waiman Long
2019-04-18 8:04 ` [tip:locking/core] " tip-bot for Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 02/16] locking/rwsem: Make owner available even if !CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 03/16] locking/rwsem: Remove rwsem_wake() wakeup optimization Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 04/16] locking/rwsem: Implement a new locking scheme Waiman Long
2019-04-16 13:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-16 13:32 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-16 14:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-16 14:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 05/16] locking/rwsem: Merge rwsem.h and rwsem-xadd.c into rwsem.c Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 06/16] locking/rwsem: Code cleanup after files merging Waiman Long
2019-04-16 16:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-16 16:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-16 19:45 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 07/16] locking/rwsem: Implement lock handoff to prevent lock starvation Waiman Long
2019-04-16 14:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-16 20:26 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-16 21:07 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-17 7:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 16:22 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-16 15:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-16 16:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-16 18:41 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-16 18:16 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-16 18:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 7:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 16:35 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-17 8:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 16:39 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-18 8:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 8:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 08/16] locking/rwsem: Make rwsem_spin_on_owner() return owner state Waiman Long
2019-04-17 9:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 16:42 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-17 10:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 16:53 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-17 12:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 12:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 18:29 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-18 8:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 13:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 18:50 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 09/16] locking/rwsem: Ensure an RT task will not spin on reader Waiman Long
2019-04-17 13:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 18:47 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-18 8:52 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-04-18 13:27 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 10/16] locking/rwsem: Wake up almost all readers in wait queue Waiman Long
2019-04-16 16:50 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2019-04-16 17:37 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-17 13:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 17:16 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 11/16] locking/rwsem: Enable readers spinning on writer Waiman Long
2019-04-17 13:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 17:34 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-18 8:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 14:35 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-17 13:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 17:45 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-18 9:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 13:40 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-17 14:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-17 17:51 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-18 9:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 14:37 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 12/16] locking/rwsem: Enable time-based spinning on reader-owned rwsem Waiman Long
2019-04-18 13:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 15:15 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-19 7:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-19 14:33 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-19 15:36 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 13/16] locking/rwsem: Add more rwsem owner access helpers Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 14/16] locking/rwsem: Guard against making count negative Waiman Long
2019-04-18 13:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 14:08 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-18 14:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 14:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 14:54 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-19 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-19 12:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-19 13:03 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-19 13:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-19 19:39 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-21 21:07 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-23 14:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-23 14:31 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-23 16:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-04-23 19:12 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-23 19:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-23 19:41 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-23 19:55 ` [PATCH] bpf: Fix preempt_enable_no_resched() abuse Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-23 20:03 ` [PATCH] trace: " Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-23 23:58 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-29 6:39 ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-29 13:31 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-04-29 14:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-04-23 20:27 ` [PATCH] bpf: " Linus Torvalds
2019-04-23 20:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-23 20:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-04-24 13:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-25 21:23 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-04-26 7:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-24 7:09 ` [PATCH v4 14/16] locking/rwsem: Guard against making count negative Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-24 16:49 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-24 17:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-24 17:10 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-24 17:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 15/16] locking/rwsem: Merge owner into count on x86-64 Waiman Long
2019-04-18 14:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-04-18 14:40 ` Waiman Long
2019-04-13 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 16/16] locking/rwsem: Remove redundant computation of writer lock word Waiman Long
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