linux-kernel - [tip: locking/core] locking/mutex: Fix HANDOFF condition

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Date:   Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:42:35 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: locking/core] locking/mutex: Fix HANDOFF condition

The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     048661a1f963e9517630f080687d48af79ed784c
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/048661a1f963e9517630f080687d48af79ed784c
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:35:18 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 13:53:24 +02:00

locking/mutex: Fix HANDOFF condition

Yanfei reported that setting HANDOFF should not depend on recomputing
@first, only on @first state. Which would then give:

  if (ww_ctx || !first)
    first = __mutex_waiter_is_first(lock, &waiter);
  if (first)
    __mutex_set_flag(lock, MUTEX_FLAG_HANDOFF);

But because 'ww_ctx || !first' is basically 'always' and the test for
first is relatively cheap, omit that first branch entirely.

Reported-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210630154114.896786297@infradead.org
---
 kernel/locking/mutex.c | 15 +++++----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index cab7163..8c3d499 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -909,7 +909,6 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass,
 		    struct ww_acquire_ctx *ww_ctx, const bool use_ww_ctx)
 {
 	struct mutex_waiter waiter;
-	bool first = false;
 	struct ww_mutex *ww;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -988,6 +987,8 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass,
 
 	set_current_state(state);
 	for (;;) {
+		bool first;
+
 		/*
 		 * Once we hold wait_lock, we're serialized against
 		 * mutex_unlock() handing the lock off to us, do a trylock
@@ -1016,15 +1017,9 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass,
 		spin_unlock(&lock->wait_lock);
 		schedule_preempt_disabled();
 
-		/*
-		 * ww_mutex needs to always recheck its position since its waiter
-		 * list is not FIFO ordered.
-		 */
-		if (ww_ctx || !first) {
-			first = __mutex_waiter_is_first(lock, &waiter);
-			if (first)
-				__mutex_set_flag(lock, MUTEX_FLAG_HANDOFF);
-		}
+		first = __mutex_waiter_is_first(lock, &waiter);
+		if (first)
+			__mutex_set_flag(lock, MUTEX_FLAG_HANDOFF);
 
 		set_current_state(state);
 		/*