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-rw-r--r--include/linux/osq_lock.h5
-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c44
2 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/osq_lock.h b/include/linux/osq_lock.h
index 3a6490e81b28..703ea5c30a33 100644
--- a/include/linux/osq_lock.h
+++ b/include/linux/osq_lock.h
@@ -32,4 +32,9 @@ static inline void osq_lock_init(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
extern bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock);
extern void osq_unlock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock);
+static inline bool osq_is_locked(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
+{
+ return atomic_read(&lock->tail) != OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL;
+}
+
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
index 3417d0172a5d..0f189714e457 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
@@ -409,11 +409,24 @@ done:
return taken;
}
+/*
+ * Return true if the rwsem has active spinner
+ */
+static inline bool rwsem_has_spinner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+ return osq_is_locked(&sem->osq);
+}
+
#else
static bool rwsem_optimistic_spin(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
return false;
}
+
+static inline bool rwsem_has_spinner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif
/*
@@ -496,7 +509,38 @@ struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
unsigned long flags;
+ /*
+ * If a spinner is present, it is not necessary to do the wakeup.
+ * Try to do wakeup only if the trylock succeeds to minimize
+ * spinlock contention which may introduce too much delay in the
+ * unlock operation.
+ *
+ * spinning writer up_write/up_read caller
+ * --------------- -----------------------
+ * [S] osq_unlock() [L] osq
+ * MB RMB
+ * [RmW] rwsem_try_write_lock() [RmW] spin_trylock(wait_lock)
+ *
+ * Here, it is important to make sure that there won't be a missed
+ * wakeup while the rwsem is free and the only spinning writer goes
+ * to sleep without taking the rwsem. Even when the spinning writer
+ * is just going to break out of the waiting loop, it will still do
+ * a trylock in rwsem_down_write_failed() before sleeping. IOW, if
+ * rwsem_has_spinner() is true, it will guarantee at least one
+ * trylock attempt on the rwsem later on.
+ */
+ if (rwsem_has_spinner(sem)) {
+ /*
+ * The smp_rmb() here is to make sure that the spinner
+ * state is consulted before reading the wait_lock.
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+ if (!raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags))
+ return sem;
+ goto locked;
+ }
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
+locked:
/* do nothing if list empty */
if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))