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Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire()

From Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire()
Date 2015-11-03 18:10 +0100
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On 11/02, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> +#define smp_cond_acquire(cond)	do {		\
> +	while (!(cond))				\
> +		cpu_relax();			\
> +	smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* ctrl */	\
> +	smp_rmb(); /* ctrl + rmb := acquire */	\
> +} while (0)

...

> --- a/kernel/task_work.c
> +++ b/kernel/task_work.c
> @@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ void task_work_run(void)
>
>  		if (!work)
>  			break;
> +
>  		/*
>  		 * Synchronize with task_work_cancel(). It can't remove
>  		 * the first entry == work, cmpxchg(task_works) should
>  		 * fail, but it can play with *work and other entries.
>  		 */
> -		raw_spin_unlock_wait(&task->pi_lock);
> -		smp_mb();
> +		smp_cond_acquire(!raw_spin_is_locked(&task->pi_lock));

Unfortunately this doesn't look exactly right...

spin_unlock_wait() is not equal to "while (locked) relax", the latter
is live-lockable or at least sub-optimal: we do not really need to spin
until we observe !spin_is_locked(), we only need to synchronize with the
current owner of this lock. Once it drops the lock we can proceed, we
do not care if another thread takes the same lock right after that.

Oleg.

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[PATCH 0/4] scheduler ordering bits Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
  [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> - 2015-11-02 21:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 21:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> - 2015-11-02 23:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 23:20 +0100
  [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 18:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-03 02:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-03 02:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-02 19:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 19:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-02 20:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 21:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 21:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 23:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-03 03:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-03 20:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-04 05:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-04 05:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-04 14:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2015-11-02 21:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 21:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-02 22:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-03 18:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-03 19:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 10:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 11:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-11 20:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 15:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-11 13:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-11 19:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-11 22:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 08:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 11:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-12 15:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 15:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 16:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 23:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 15:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 16:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 22:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 16:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-12 18:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 19:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-12 19:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 20:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 22:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-13 00:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-12 19:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 23:10 +0100
  [PATCH 1/4] sched: Better document the try_to_wake_up() barriers Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
  [PATCH 3/4] sched: Fix a race in try_to_wake_up() vs schedule() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100

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