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diff --git a/lib/rwsem.c b/lib/rwsem.c
index ad5e0df16ab4..cf0ad2ad19f5 100644
--- a/lib/rwsem.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
* Derived from arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c
*
* Writer lock-stealing by Alex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com>
+ * and Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
*/
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -30,21 +31,22 @@ void __init_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem, const char *name,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__init_rwsem);
+enum rwsem_waiter_type {
+ RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE,
+ RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ
+};
+
struct rwsem_waiter {
struct list_head list;
struct task_struct *task;
- unsigned int flags;
-#define RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ 0x00000001
-#define RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE 0x00000002
+ enum rwsem_waiter_type type;
};
-/* Wake types for __rwsem_do_wake(). Note that RWSEM_WAKE_NO_ACTIVE and
- * RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED imply that the spinlock must have been kept held
- * since the rwsem value was observed.
- */
-#define RWSEM_WAKE_ANY 0 /* Wake whatever's at head of wait list */
-#define RWSEM_WAKE_NO_ACTIVE 1 /* rwsem was observed with no active thread */
-#define RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED 2 /* rwsem was observed to be read owned */
+enum rwsem_wake_type {
+ RWSEM_WAKE_ANY, /* Wake whatever's at head of wait list */
+ RWSEM_WAKE_READERS, /* Wake readers only */
+ RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED /* Waker thread holds the read lock */
+};
/*
* handle the lock release when processes blocked on it that can now run
@@ -57,46 +59,43 @@ struct rwsem_waiter {
* - writers are only woken if downgrading is false
*/
static struct rw_semaphore *
-__rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int wake_type)
+__rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, enum rwsem_wake_type wake_type)
{
struct rwsem_waiter *waiter;
struct task_struct *tsk;
struct list_head *next;
- signed long woken, loop, adjustment;
+ long oldcount, woken, loop, adjustment;
waiter = list_entry(sem->wait_list.next, struct rwsem_waiter, list);
- if (!(waiter->flags & RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE))
- goto readers_only;
-
- if (wake_type == RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED)
- /* Another active reader was observed, so wakeup is not
- * likely to succeed. Save the atomic op.
- */
+ if (waiter->type == RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE) {
+ if (wake_type == RWSEM_WAKE_ANY)
+ /* Wake writer at the front of the queue, but do not
+ * grant it the lock yet as we want other writers
+ * to be able to steal it. Readers, on the other hand,
+ * will block as they will notice the queued writer.
+ */
+ wake_up_process(waiter->task);
goto out;
+ }
- /* Wake up the writing waiter and let the task grab the sem: */
- wake_up_process(waiter->task);
- goto out;
-
- readers_only:
- /* If we come here from up_xxxx(), another thread might have reached
- * rwsem_down_failed_common() before we acquired the spinlock and
- * woken up a waiter, making it now active. We prefer to check for
- * this first in order to not spend too much time with the spinlock
- * held if we're not going to be able to wake up readers in the end.
- *
- * Note that we do not need to update the rwsem count: any writer
- * trying to acquire rwsem will run rwsem_down_write_failed() due
- * to the waiting threads and block trying to acquire the spinlock.
- *
- * We use a dummy atomic update in order to acquire the cache line
- * exclusively since we expect to succeed and run the final rwsem
- * count adjustment pretty soon.
+ /* Writers might steal the lock before we grant it to the next reader.
+ * We prefer to do the first reader grant before counting readers
+ * so we can bail out early if a writer stole the lock.
*/
- if (wake_type == RWSEM_WAKE_ANY &&
- rwsem_atomic_update(0, sem) < RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
- /* Someone grabbed the sem for write already */
- goto out;
+ adjustment = 0;
+ if (wake_type != RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED) {
+ adjustment = RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
+ try_reader_grant:
+ oldcount = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem) - adjustment;
+ if (unlikely(oldcount < RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)) {
+ /* A writer stole the lock. Undo our reader grant. */
+ if (rwsem_atomic_update(-adjustment, sem) &
+ RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK)
+ goto out;
+ /* Last active locker left. Retry waking readers. */
+ goto try_reader_grant;
+ }
+ }
/* Grant an infinite number of read locks to the readers at the front
* of the queue. Note we increment the 'active part' of the count by
@@ -112,17 +111,19 @@ __rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int wake_type)
waiter = list_entry(waiter->list.next,
struct rwsem_waiter, list);
- } while (waiter->flags & RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ);
+ } while (waiter->type != RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE);
- adjustment = woken * RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
- if (waiter->flags & RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ)
+ adjustment = woken * RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS - adjustment;
+ if (waiter->type != RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE)
/* hit end of list above */
adjustment -= RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
- rwsem_atomic_add(adjustment, sem);
+ if (adjustment)
+ rwsem_atomic_add(adjustment, sem);
next = sem->wait_list.next;
- for (loop = woken; loop > 0; loop--) {
+ loop = woken;
+ do {
waiter = list_entry(next, struct rwsem_waiter, list);
next = waiter->list.next;
tsk = waiter->task;
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ __rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int wake_type)
waiter->task = NULL;
wake_up_process(tsk);
put_task_struct(tsk);
- }
+ } while (--loop);
sem->wait_list.next = next;
next->prev = &sem->wait_list;
@@ -139,60 +140,21 @@ __rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int wake_type)
return sem;
}
-/* Try to get write sem, caller holds sem->wait_lock: */
-static int try_get_writer_sem(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
- struct rwsem_waiter *waiter)
-{
- struct rwsem_waiter *fwaiter;
- long oldcount, adjustment;
-
- /* only steal when first waiter is writing */
- fwaiter = list_entry(sem->wait_list.next, struct rwsem_waiter, list);
- if (!(fwaiter->flags & RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE))
- return 0;
-
- adjustment = RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS;
- /* Only one waiter in the queue: */
- if (fwaiter == waiter && waiter->list.next == &sem->wait_list)
- adjustment -= RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
-
-try_again_write:
- oldcount = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem) - adjustment;
- if (!(oldcount & RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK)) {
- /* No active lock: */
- struct task_struct *tsk = waiter->task;
-
- list_del(&waiter->list);
- smp_mb();
- put_task_struct(tsk);
- tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING;
- return 1;
- }
- /* some one grabbed the sem already */
- if (rwsem_atomic_update(-adjustment, sem) & RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK)
- return 0;
- goto try_again_write;
-}
-
/*
- * wait for a lock to be granted
+ * wait for the read lock to be granted
*/
-static struct rw_semaphore __sched *
-rwsem_down_failed_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
- unsigned int flags, signed long adjustment)
+struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
+ long count, adjustment = -RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
struct rwsem_waiter waiter;
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
- signed long count;
-
- set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
/* set up my own style of waitqueue */
- raw_spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
waiter.task = tsk;
- waiter.flags = flags;
+ waiter.type = RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ;
get_task_struct(tsk);
+ raw_spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
if (list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
adjustment += RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
list_add_tail(&waiter.list, &sem->wait_list);
@@ -200,35 +162,24 @@ rwsem_down_failed_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
/* we're now waiting on the lock, but no longer actively locking */
count = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem);
- /* If there are no active locks, wake the front queued process(es) up.
+ /* If there are no active locks, wake the front queued process(es).
*
- * Alternatively, if we're called from a failed down_write(), there
- * were already threads queued before us and there are no active
- * writers, the lock must be read owned; so we try to wake any read
- * locks that were queued ahead of us. */
- if (count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
- sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_NO_ACTIVE);
- else if (count > RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS &&
- adjustment == -RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS)
- sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED);
+ * If there are no writers and we are first in the queue,
+ * wake our own waiter to join the existing active readers !
+ */
+ if (count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS ||
+ (count > RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS &&
+ adjustment != -RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS))
+ sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_ANY);
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
/* wait to be given the lock */
- for (;;) {
+ while (true) {
+ set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
if (!waiter.task)
break;
-
- raw_spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
- /* Try to get the writer sem, may steal from the head writer: */
- if (flags == RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE)
- if (try_get_writer_sem(sem, &waiter)) {
- raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
- return sem;
- }
- raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
schedule();
- set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
}
tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING;
@@ -237,21 +188,62 @@ rwsem_down_failed_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem,
}
/*
- * wait for the read lock to be granted
- */
-struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_read_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
- return rwsem_down_failed_common(sem, RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ,
- -RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS);
-}
-
-/*
- * wait for the write lock to be granted
+ * wait until we successfully acquire the write lock
*/
struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_write_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
- return rwsem_down_failed_common(sem, RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE,
- -RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS);
+ long count, adjustment = -RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS;
+ struct rwsem_waiter waiter;
+ struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+ /* set up my own style of waitqueue */
+ waiter.task = tsk;
+ waiter.type = RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_WRITE;
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+ if (list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
+ adjustment += RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
+ list_add_tail(&waiter.list, &sem->wait_list);
+
+ /* we're now waiting on the lock, but no longer actively locking */
+ count = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem);
+
+ /* If there were already threads queued before us and there are no
+ * active writers, the lock must be read owned; so we try to wake
+ * any read locks that were queued ahead of us. */
+ if (count > RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS &&
+ adjustment == -RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS)
+ sem = __rwsem_do_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READERS);
+
+ /* wait until we successfully acquire the lock */
+ set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ while (true) {
+ if (!(count & RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK)) {
+ /* Try acquiring the write lock. */
+ count = RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS;
+ if (!list_is_singular(&sem->wait_list))
+ count += RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
+ if (cmpxchg(&sem->count, RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS, count) ==
+ RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+
+ /* Block until there are no active lockers. */
+ do {
+ schedule();
+ set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ } while ((count = sem->count) & RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK);
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+ }
+
+ list_del(&waiter.list);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
+ tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+
+ return sem;
}
/*