Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] locking/rwsem: Add a new RWSEM_ANONYMOUSLY_OWNED flag

[Waiman Long]

On 05/15/2018 01:48 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 01:38:03PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
>> index 30465a2..b7208e1 100644
>> --- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
>> +++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
>> @@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ void up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
>>  void up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
>>  {
>>  	rwsem_release(&sem->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
>> -	DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(sem->owner != current);
>> +	DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON((sem->owner != current) &&
>> +			     !rwsem_has_anonymous_owner(sem->owner));
> Why? Don't we always do percpu_rwsem_acquire() before up?
>

This is to allow an unlock to happen in the unknown owner state. Yes, it
is not necessary to fix the percpu-rwsem problem. It is there just in
case a rwsem will be released in that state in the future.

Cheers,
Longman