linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] locking/mutex: Use mutex flags macro instead of hard code value

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 18:02:36 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, will@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] locking/mutex: Use mutex flags macro instead of hard
 code value

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 06:10:49PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:

> To make it static , i have to export mutex_is_locked() after moving it
> inside mutex.c, so that other module can use it.

Yep, see below -- completely untested.

> Also are we thinking of removing
> static inline /* __deprecated */ __must_check enum
> mutex_trylock_recursive_enum
> mutex_trylock_recursive(struct mutex *lock)
> 
> inside linux/mutex.h in future ?
> 
> As i see it is used at one or two places and there is a check inside
> checkpatch guarding its further use .

That was the idea; recursive locking is evil, but we have these two
legacy sites.

---

diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index dcd03fee6e01..eb8c62aba263 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -65,29 +65,6 @@ struct mutex {
 #endif
 };
 
-/*
- * Internal helper function; C doesn't allow us to hide it :/
- *
- * DO NOT USE (outside of mutex code).
- */
-static inline struct task_struct *__mutex_owner(struct mutex *lock)
-{
-	return (struct task_struct *)(atomic_long_read(&lock->owner) & ~0x07);
-}
-
-/*
- * This is the control structure for tasks blocked on mutex,
- * which resides on the blocked task's kernel stack:
- */
-struct mutex_waiter {
-	struct list_head	list;
-	struct task_struct	*task;
-	struct ww_acquire_ctx	*ww_ctx;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
-	void			*magic;
-#endif
-};
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
 
 #define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname)				\
@@ -144,10 +121,7 @@ extern void __mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name,
  *
  * Returns true if the mutex is locked, false if unlocked.
  */
-static inline bool mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock)
-{
-	return __mutex_owner(lock) != NULL;
-}
+extern bool mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock);
 
 /*
  * See kernel/locking/mutex.c for detailed documentation of these APIs.
@@ -220,13 +194,7 @@ enum mutex_trylock_recursive_enum {
  *  - MUTEX_TRYLOCK_SUCCESS   - lock acquired,
  *  - MUTEX_TRYLOCK_RECURSIVE - we already owned the lock.
  */
-static inline /* __deprecated */ __must_check enum mutex_trylock_recursive_enum
-mutex_trylock_recursive(struct mutex *lock)
-{
-	if (unlikely(__mutex_owner(lock) == current))
-		return MUTEX_TRYLOCK_RECURSIVE;
-
-	return mutex_trylock(lock);
-}
+extern /* __deprecated */ __must_check enum mutex_trylock_recursive_enum
+mutex_trylock_recursive(struct mutex *lock);
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_MUTEX_H */
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 5e069734363c..2f73935a6053 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@
 # include "mutex.h"
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * This is the control structure for tasks blocked on mutex,
+ * which resides on the blocked task's kernel stack:
+ */
+struct mutex_waiter {
+	struct list_head	list;
+	struct task_struct	*task;
+	struct ww_acquire_ctx	*ww_ctx;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
+	void			*magic;
+#endif
+};
+
 void
 __mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
@@ -65,6 +78,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mutex_init);
 
 #define MUTEX_FLAGS		0x07
 
+/*
+ * Internal helper function; C doesn't allow us to hide it :/
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE (outside of mutex code).
+ */
+static inline struct task_struct *__mutex_owner(struct mutex *lock)
+{
+	return (struct task_struct *)(atomic_long_read(&lock->owner) & ~MUTEX_FLAGS);
+}
+
 static inline struct task_struct *__owner_task(unsigned long owner)
 {
 	return (struct task_struct *)(owner & ~MUTEX_FLAGS);
@@ -75,6 +98,22 @@ static inline unsigned long __owner_flags(unsigned long owner)
 	return owner & MUTEX_FLAGS;
 }
 
+bool mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock)
+{
+	return __mutex_owner(lock) != NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_is_locked);
+
+__must_check enum mutex_trylock_recursive_enum
+mutex_trylock_recursive(struct mutex *lock)
+{
+	if (unlikely(__mutex_owner(lock) == current))
+		return MUTEX_TRYLOCK_RECURSIVE;
+
+	return mutex_trylock(lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_trylock_recursive);
+
 /*
  * Trylock variant that retuns the owning task on failure.
  */