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Date:	Thu, 5 Jun 2014 13:11:10 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] locking tree changes for v3.16


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 02:50:51PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2014-06-03 at 13:48 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > Linus,
> > > > 
> > > > Please pull the latest locking-core-for-linus git tree from:
> > > > 
> > > >    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking-core-for-linus
> > > > 
> > > >    # HEAD: 3cf2f34e1a3d4d5ff209d087925cf950e52f4805 rwsem: Add comments to explain the meaning of the rwsem's count field
> > > > 
> > > > The main changes in this cycle were:
> > > > 
> > > >  - reduced/streamlined smp_mb__*() interface that allows more usecases 
> > > >    and makes the existing ones less buggy, especially in rarer 
> > > >    architectures
> > > > 
> > > >  - add rwsem implementation comments
> > > > 
> > > >  - bump up lockdep limits
> > > 
> > > So I guess the rwsem optimistic spinning stuff will be routed through
> > > akpm then (which is already in -next for a while, through -mm).
> > > 
> > > Also curious about why Peter's rewrite of the qrwlock_t was 
> > > removed from -tip... I noticed it was there for a few days then 
> > > disappeared. What am I missing?
> 
> I merged it, but then it broke and I reported the breakage - and 
> zapped the bits to not create dependencies on broken bits.

Unfortunately even with the latest bits from you the breakage I 
reported weeks ago is not resolved:

In file included from include/linux/spinlock_types.h:15:0,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:14:
include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h:19:3: error: conflicting types for ‘arch_spinlock_t’
In file included from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:329:0,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:64,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h:8,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:16,
                 from include/linux/bitops.h:33,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:10,
                 from include/asm-generic/bug.h:13,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:35,
                 from include/linux/bug.h:4,
                 from include/linux/page-flags.h:9,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:9:
/home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h:33:3: note: previous declaration of ‘arch_spinlock_t’ was here
In file included from include/linux/spinlock_types.h:15:0,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:14:
include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h:21:0: warning: "__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED" redefined [enabled by default]
In file included from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:329:0,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:64,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h:8,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:16,
                 from include/linux/bitops.h:33,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:10,
                 from include/asm-generic/bug.h:13,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:35,
                 from include/linux/bug.h:4,
                 from include/linux/page-flags.h:9,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:9:
/home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h:35:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from include/linux/spinlock_types.h:15:0,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:14:
include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h:33:3: error: conflicting types for ‘arch_rwlock_t’
In file included from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h:40:0,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:329,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:64,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h:8,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:16,
                 from include/linux/bitops.h:33,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:10,
                 from include/asm-generic/bug.h:13,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:35,
                 from include/linux/bug.h:4,
                 from include/linux/page-flags.h:9,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:9:
/home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/rwlock.h:12:3: note: previous declaration of ‘arch_rwlock_t’ was here
In file included from include/linux/spinlock_types.h:15:0,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:14:
include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h:35:0: warning: "__ARCH_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED" redefined [enabled by default]
In file included from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h:40:0,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h:329,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h:64,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h:8,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:16,
                 from include/linux/bitops.h:33,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:10,
                 from include/asm-generic/bug.h:13,
                 from /home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h:35,
                 from include/linux/bug.h:4,
                 from include/linux/page-flags.h:9,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:9:
/home/mingo/linux/linux2/arch/x86/include/asm/rwlock.h:45:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

config attached - I think the key aspect is !CONFIG_SMP.

Not unexpected the breakage comes from:

 5627b9d439cc4dfaab738b8c21eef10fb40733f8 is the first bad commit
 commit 5627b9d439cc4dfaab738b8c21eef10fb40733f8
 Author: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>
 Date:   Mon Feb 3 13:18:57 2014 +0100

    x86, locking: Switch x86 to qrwlock-style rwlocks and optimize it
    
    Make x86 use the fair rwlock_t.

Please also split the feature-enabling and the optimization into two 
separate patches.

Thanks,

	Ingo

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