netdev - [PATCH RFC 02/26] task_work: Replace spin_unlock

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:01:10 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oleg@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        dave@...olabs.net, manfred@...orfullife.com, tj@...nel.org,
        arnd@...db.de, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, will.deacon@....com,
        peterz@...radead.org, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
        parri.andrea@...il.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 02/26] task_work: Replace spin_unlock_wait() with lock/unlock pair

There is no agreed-upon definition of spin_unlock_wait()'s semantics,
and it appears that all callers could do just as well with a lock/unlock
pair.  This commit therefore replaces the spin_unlock_wait() call in
task_work_run() with spin_lock() followed immediately by spin_unlock().
This should be safe from a performance perspective because calls to the
other side of the race, task_work_cancel(), should be rare.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 kernel/task_work.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/task_work.c b/kernel/task_work.c
index d513051fcca2..b9b428832229 100644
--- a/kernel/task_work.c
+++ b/kernel/task_work.c
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ void task_work_run(void)
 		 * 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);
+		raw_spin_lock(&task->pi_lock);
+		raw_spin_unlock(&task->pi_lock);
 
 		do {
 			next = work->next;
-- 
2.5.2