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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/locking/rwsem.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/rwsem.h | 41 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.h b/kernel/locking/rwsem.h index 870ed9a5b426..8f43ba234787 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.h +++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.h @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@ +/* + * The owner field of the rw_semaphore structure will be set to + * RWSEM_READ_OWNED when a reader grabs the lock. A writer will clear + * the owner field when it unlocks. A reader, on the other hand, will + * not touch the owner field when it unlocks. + * + * In essence, the owner field now has the following 3 states: + * 1) 0 + * - lock is free or the owner hasn't set the field yet + * 2) RWSEM_READER_OWNED + * - lock is currently or previously owned by readers (lock is free + * or not set by owner yet) + * 3) Other non-zero value + * - a writer owns the lock + */ +#define RWSEM_READER_OWNED ((struct task_struct *)1UL) + #ifdef CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER static inline void rwsem_set_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem) { @@ -9,6 +26,26 @@ static inline void rwsem_clear_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem) sem->owner = NULL; } +static inline void rwsem_set_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem) +{ + /* + * We check the owner value first to make sure that we will only + * do a write to the rwsem cacheline when it is really necessary + * to minimize cacheline contention. + */ + if (sem->owner != RWSEM_READER_OWNED) + sem->owner = RWSEM_READER_OWNED; +} + +static inline bool rwsem_owner_is_writer(struct task_struct *owner) +{ + return owner && owner != RWSEM_READER_OWNED; +} + +static inline bool rwsem_owner_is_reader(struct task_struct *owner) +{ + return owner == RWSEM_READER_OWNED; +} #else static inline void rwsem_set_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem) { @@ -17,4 +54,8 @@ static inline void rwsem_set_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem) static inline void rwsem_clear_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem) { } + +static inline void rwsem_set_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem) +{ +} #endif |