linux-kernel - [tip:locking/core] futex: Futex_unlock

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Message-ID: <tip-bebe5b514345f09be2c15e414d076b02ecb9cce8@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:24:57 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip:locking/core] futex: Futex_unlock_pi() determinism

Commit-ID:  bebe5b514345f09be2c15e414d076b02ecb9cce8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/bebe5b514345f09be2c15e414d076b02ecb9cce8
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:35:59 +0100
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:10:10 +0100

futex: Futex_unlock_pi() determinism

The problem with returning -EAGAIN when the waiter state mismatches is that
it becomes very hard to proof a bounded execution time on the
operation. And seeing that this is a RT operation, this is somewhat
important.

While in practise; given the previous patch; it will be very unlikely to
ever really take more than one or two rounds, proving so becomes rather
hard.

However, now that modifying wait_list is done while holding both hb->lock
and wait_lock, the scenario can be avoided entirely by acquiring wait_lock
while still holding hb-lock. Doing a hand-over, without leaving a hole.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: juri.lelli@....com
Cc: bigeasy@...utronix.de
Cc: xlpang@...hat.com
Cc: rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com
Cc: jdesfossez@...icios.com
Cc: dvhart@...radead.org
Cc: bristot@...hat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170322104152.112378812@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

---
 kernel/futex.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index eecce7b..4cdc603 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1398,15 +1398,10 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_pi_state *pi_
 	DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 	new_owner = rt_mutex_next_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
-	if (!new_owner) {
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!new_owner)) {
 		/*
-		 * Since we held neither hb->lock nor wait_lock when coming
-		 * into this function, we could have raced with futex_lock_pi()
-		 * such that we might observe @this futex_q waiter, but the
-		 * rt_mutex's wait_list can be empty (either still, or again,
-		 * depending on which side we land).
+		 * As per the comment in futex_unlock_pi() this should not happen.
 		 *
 		 * When this happens, give up our locks and try again, giving
 		 * the futex_lock_pi() instance time to complete, either by
@@ -2794,15 +2789,18 @@ retry:
 		if (pi_state->owner != current)
 			goto out_unlock;
 
+		get_pi_state(pi_state);
 		/*
-		 * Grab a reference on the pi_state and drop hb->lock.
+		 * Since modifying the wait_list is done while holding both
+		 * hb->lock and wait_lock, holding either is sufficient to
+		 * observe it.
 		 *
-		 * The reference ensures pi_state lives, dropping the hb->lock
-		 * is tricky.. wake_futex_pi() will take rt_mutex::wait_lock to
-		 * close the races against futex_lock_pi(), but in case of
-		 * _any_ fail we'll abort and retry the whole deal.
+		 * By taking wait_lock while still holding hb->lock, we ensure
+		 * there is no point where we hold neither; and therefore
+		 * wake_futex_pi() must observe a state consistent with what we
+		 * observed.
 		 */
-		get_pi_state(pi_state);
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
 
 		ret = wake_futex_pi(uaddr, uval, pi_state);