linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-tip v2 02/12] locking/rwsem: Implement lock handoff to prevent lock starvation

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Date:   Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:16:32 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-tip v2 02/12] locking/rwsem: Implement lock handoff to
 prevent lock starvation

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:25:16PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 04/10/2019 02:44 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > However there is another site that fiddles with the HANDOFF bit, namely
> > __rwsem_down_write_failed_common(), and that does:
> >
> > +                               atomic_long_or(RWSEM_FLAG_HANDOFF, &sem->count);
> >
> > _OUTSIDE_ of ->wait_lock, which would yield:
> >
> >   CPU0					CPU1
> >
> >   oldcount = atomic_long_fetch_add(adjustment, &sem->count)
> >
> > 					atomic_long_or(HANDOFF)
> >
> >   if (!(oldcount & HANDOFF))
> >     adjustment -= HANDOFF;
> >
> >   atomic_long_sub(adjustment)
> >
> > *whoops*, incremented HANDOFF on HANDOFF.
> >
> >
> > And there's not a comment in sight that would elucidate if this is
> > possible or not.
> >
> 
> A writer can only set the handoff bit if it is the first waiter in the
> queue. If it is the first waiter, a racing __rwsem_mark_wake() will see
> that the first waiter is a writer and so won't go into the reader path.
> I know I something don't spell out all the conditions that may look
> obvious to me but not to others. I will elaborate more in comments.

Aah, indeed.