Re: [PATCH v2] locking/rtmutex: Annotate API and implementation

From: Bart Van Assche

Date: Wed May 06 2026 - 05:57:01 EST


On 5/6/26 9:35 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
Hmm. This mostly reassembles __mutex_lock() from mutex.c which does the
same thing. Couldn't we get away doing the same thing meaning a
__cond_acquires() on those with a return value and a __acquire() in the
void case? I think it would make sense to keep those two close in terms
of annotations.

Please take a look at the rt_mutex_lock() changes in the diff below.

Thanks,

Bart.

diff --git a/include/linux/rtmutex.h b/include/linux/rtmutex.h
index 78e7e588817c..9e1f012f89db 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtmutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtmutex.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ static inline struct task_struct *rt_mutex_owner(struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
#endif
extern void rt_mutex_base_init(struct rt_mutex_base *rtb);

+context_lock_struct(rt_mutex);
+
/**
* The rt_mutex structure
*
@@ -108,8 +110,10 @@ do { \
extern void __rt_mutex_init(struct rt_mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key);

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
-extern void rt_mutex_lock_nested(struct rt_mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass);
-extern void _rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock, struct lockdep_map *nest_lock);
+extern void rt_mutex_lock_nested(struct rt_mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass)
+ __acquires(lock);
+extern void _rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock, struct lockdep_map *nest_lock)
+ __acquires(lock);
#define rt_mutex_lock(lock) rt_mutex_lock_nested(lock, 0)
#define rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock(lock, nest_lock) \
do { \
@@ -118,15 +122,19 @@ extern void _rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock, struct lockdep_map *
} while (0)

#else
-extern void rt_mutex_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock);
+extern void rt_mutex_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock) __acquires(lock);
#define rt_mutex_lock_nested(lock, subclass) rt_mutex_lock(lock)
#define rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock(lock, nest_lock) rt_mutex_lock(lock)
#endif

-extern int rt_mutex_lock_interruptible(struct rt_mutex *lock);
-extern int rt_mutex_lock_killable(struct rt_mutex *lock);
-extern int rt_mutex_trylock(struct rt_mutex *lock);
+extern int rt_mutex_lock_interruptible(struct rt_mutex *lock)
+ __cond_acquires(0, lock);
+extern int rt_mutex_lock_killable(struct rt_mutex *lock)
+ __cond_acquires(0, lock);
+extern int rt_mutex_trylock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
+ __cond_acquires(true, lock);

-extern void rt_mutex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock);
+extern void rt_mutex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
+ __releases(lock);

#endif
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 4f386ea6c792..69759fde7d10 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ static __always_inline bool __waiter_less(struct rb_node *a, const struct rb_nod

static __always_inline void
rt_mutex_enqueue(struct rt_mutex_base *lock, struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter)
+ __must_hold(&lock->wait_lock)
{
lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);

@@ -492,6 +493,7 @@ rt_mutex_enqueue(struct rt_mutex_base *lock, struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter)

static __always_inline void
rt_mutex_dequeue(struct rt_mutex_base *lock, struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter)
+ __must_hold(&lock->wait_lock)
{
lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);

@@ -1092,6 +1094,7 @@ static int __sched rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(struct task_struct *task,
static int __sched
try_to_take_rt_mutex(struct rt_mutex_base *lock, struct task_struct *task,
struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter)
+ __must_hold(&lock->wait_lock)
{
lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);

@@ -1319,6 +1322,7 @@ static int __sched task_blocks_on_rt_mutex(struct rt_mutex_base *lock,
*/
static void __sched mark_wakeup_next_waiter(struct rt_wake_q_head *wqh,
struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
+ __must_hold(&lock->wait_lock)
{
struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter;

@@ -1479,6 +1483,7 @@ static void __sched rt_mutex_slowunlock(struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
}

static __always_inline void __rt_mutex_unlock(struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
+ __no_context_analysis
{
if (likely(rt_mutex_cmpxchg_release(lock, current, NULL)))
return;
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c
index 124219aea46e..f9345fa22286 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static __always_inline int __rt_mutex_lock_common(struct rt_mutex *lock,
unsigned int state,
struct lockdep_map *nest_lock,
unsigned int subclass)
+ __cond_acquires(0, lock)
{
int ret;

@@ -67,13 +68,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rt_mutex_base_init);
*/
void __sched rt_mutex_lock_nested(struct rt_mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass)
{
- __rt_mutex_lock_common(lock, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, NULL, subclass);
+ if (__rt_mutex_lock_common(lock, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, NULL, subclass) == 0)
+ return;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
+ __acquire(lock); /* to keep the compiler happy */
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_lock_nested);

void __sched _rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock, struct lockdep_map *nest_lock)
{
- __rt_mutex_lock_common(lock, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, nest_lock, 0);
+ if (__rt_mutex_lock_common(lock, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, nest_lock, 0) == 0)
+ return;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
+ __acquire(lock); /* to keep the compiler happy */
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock);

@@ -86,7 +93,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_rt_mutex_lock_nest_lock);
*/
void __sched rt_mutex_lock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
{
- __rt_mutex_lock_common(lock, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, NULL, 0);
+ if (__rt_mutex_lock_common(lock, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, NULL, 0) == 0)
+ return;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
+ __acquire(lock); /* to keep the compiler happy */
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_lock);
#endif
@@ -157,6 +167,7 @@ void __sched rt_mutex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock)
{
mutex_release(&lock->dep_map, _RET_IP_);
__rt_mutex_unlock(&lock->rtmutex);
+ __release(lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_unlock);

@@ -182,6 +193,7 @@ int __sched __rt_mutex_futex_trylock(struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
*/
bool __sched __rt_mutex_futex_unlock(struct rt_mutex_base *lock,
struct rt_wake_q_head *wqh)
+ __must_hold(&lock->wait_lock)
{
lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);

@@ -312,6 +324,7 @@ int __sched __rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(struct rt_mutex_base *lock,
struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter,
struct task_struct *task,
struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
+ __must_hold(&lock->wait_lock)
{
int ret;