Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] seqlock: seqcount_LOCKNAME_t: Introduce PREEMPT_RT support

From: Ahmed S. Darwish
Date: Tue Sep 08 2020 - 13:44:20 EST


On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 01:45:20PM +0200, peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 05:32:30PM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> > @@ -406,13 +443,20 @@ static inline int read_seqcount_t_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start)
> > return __read_seqcount_t_retry(s, start);
> > }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Enforce non-preemptibility for all seqcount_LOCKNAME_t writers. Don't
> > + * do it for PREEMPT_RT, for the reasons outlined at __SEQ_LOCK().
> > + */
> > +#define __seq_enforce_writer_non_preemptibility(s) \
> > + (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && __seqcount_lock_preemptible(s))
> > +
> > /**
> > * raw_write_seqcount_begin() - start a seqcount_t write section w/o lockdep
> > * @s: Pointer to seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants
> > */
> > #define raw_write_seqcount_begin(s) \
> > do { \
> > - if (__seqcount_lock_preemptible(s)) \
> > + if (__seq_enforce_writer_non_preemptibility(s)) \
> > preempt_disable(); \
> > \
> > raw_write_seqcount_t_begin(__seqcount_ptr(s)); \
> > @@ -433,7 +477,7 @@ static inline void raw_write_seqcount_t_begin(seqcount_t *s)
> > do { \
> > raw_write_seqcount_t_end(__seqcount_ptr(s)); \
> > \
> > - if (__seqcount_lock_preemptible(s)) \
> > + if (__seq_enforce_writer_non_preemptibility(s)) \
> > preempt_enable(); \
> > } while (0)
> >
> > @@ -456,7 +500,7 @@ static inline void raw_write_seqcount_t_end(seqcount_t *s)
> > do { \
> > __seqcount_assert_lock_held(s); \
> > \
> > - if (__seqcount_lock_preemptible(s)) \
> > + if (__seq_enforce_writer_non_preemptibility(s)) \
> > preempt_disable(); \
> > \
> > write_seqcount_t_begin_nested(__seqcount_ptr(s), subclass); \
> > @@ -483,7 +527,7 @@ static inline void write_seqcount_t_begin_nested(seqcount_t *s, int subclass)
> > do { \
> > __seqcount_assert_lock_held(s); \
> > \
> > - if (__seqcount_lock_preemptible(s)) \
> > + if (__seq_enforce_writer_non_preemptibility(s)) \
> > preempt_disable(); \
> > \
> > write_seqcount_t_begin(__seqcount_ptr(s)); \
> > @@ -504,7 +548,7 @@ static inline void write_seqcount_t_begin(seqcount_t *s)
> > do { \
> > write_seqcount_t_end(__seqcount_ptr(s)); \
> > \
> > - if (__seqcount_lock_preemptible(s)) \
> > + if (__seq_enforce_writer_non_preemptibility(s)) \
> > preempt_enable(); \
> > } while (0)
>
> I've replaced the above with the below, afaict there were no users of
> __seqcount_lock_preemptible() left.
>
> --- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
> @@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ __seqprop_##lockname##_sequence(const se
> static __always_inline bool \
> __seqprop_##lockname##_preemptible(const seqcount_##lockname##_t *s) \
> { \
> - return preemptible; \
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)) \
> + return preemptible; \
> + \
> + /* PREEMPT_RT relies on the above LOCK+UNLOCK */ \
> + return false; \
> } \
> \

Sounds good.