Re: [PATCH] locking/rwsem: Add up_write_non_owner() for percpu_up_write()

[Waiman Long]

On 04/09/2018 10:22 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 04/09, Waiman Long wrote:
>> On 04/09/2018 07:20 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>> Hmm. Can you look at lockdep_sb_freeze_release() and lockdep_sb_freeze_acquire()?
>> These 2 functions are there to deal with the lockdep code.
> Plus they clearly document why sem->owner check is not right when it comes
> to super_block->s_writers[]. Not only freeze and thaw can be called by
> different processes, we need to return to user-space with rwsem held for
> writing.

Sorry for the late reply as I was busy on other work.

I have just sent out a v2 patch to hopefully address your concern.
Please let me know your thought on that.

Thanks,
Longman