linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] seqcount: Add lockdep functionality to seqcount/seqlock structures

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Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:55:45 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] seqcount: Add lockdep functionality to
 seqcount/seqlock structures

On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 09:42:46PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> @@ -38,10 +39,58 @@
>   */
>  typedef struct seqcount {
>  	unsigned sequence;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
> +	struct lockdep_map dep_map;
> +#endif
>  } seqcount_t;
>  
> -#define SEQCNT_ZERO { 0 }
> -#define seqcount_init(x)	do { *(x) = (seqcount_t) SEQCNT_ZERO; } while (0)
> +
> +
> +
> +static inline void __seqcount_init(seqcount_t *s, const char *name,
> +					  struct lock_class_key *key)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
> +	/*
> +	 * Make sure we are not reinitializing a held lock:
> +	 */
> +	lockdep_init_map(&s->dep_map, name, key, 0);
> +#endif
> +	s->sequence = 0;
> +}
> +
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
> +# define SEQCOUNT_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname) \
> +		.dep_map = { .name = #lockname } \
> +
> +# define seqcount_init(s)				\
> +	do {						\
> +		static struct lock_class_key __key;	\
> +		__seqcount_init((s), #s, &__key);	\
> +	} while (0)
> +
> +static inline void seqcount_reader_access(const seqcount_t *s)
> +{
> +	seqcount_t *l = (seqcount_t *)s;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	preempt_disable();
> +	local_irq_save(flags);
> +	seqcount_acquire_read(&l->dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
> +	seqcount_release(&l->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
> +	local_irq_restore(flags);
> +	preempt_enable();
> +}

Why the preempt and local_irq thing? Also preempt_disable is quite
superfluous if you do local_irq_disable().

> +
> +#else
> +# define SEQCOUNT_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname)
> +# define seqcount_init(s) __seqcount_init(s, NULL, NULL)
> +# define seqcount_reader_access(x)
> +#endif
> +
> +#define SEQCNT_ZERO(lockname) { .sequence = 0, SEQCOUNT_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname)}
> +
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