[tip:locking/core] locking/lockdep: Add a faster path in __lock_release()

From: tip-bot for Waiman Long
Date: Wed Oct 03 2018 - 03:32:33 EST


Commit-ID: ce52a18db45842f5b992851a552bd7f6acb2241b
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ce52a18db45842f5b992851a552bd7f6acb2241b
Author: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 16:19:18 -0400
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 08:46:03 +0200

locking/lockdep: Add a faster path in __lock_release()

When __lock_release() is called, the most likely unlock scenario is
on the innermost lock in the chain. In this case, we can skip some of
the checks and provide a faster path to completion.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1538511560-10090-4-git-send-email-longman@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index a5d7db558928..511d30f88bce 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -3626,6 +3626,13 @@ __lock_release(struct lockdep_map *lock, int nested, unsigned long ip)
curr->lockdep_depth = i;
curr->curr_chain_key = hlock->prev_chain_key;

+ /*
+ * The most likely case is when the unlock is on the innermost
+ * lock. In this case, we are done!
+ */
+ if (i == depth-1)
+ return 1;
+
if (reacquire_held_locks(curr, depth, i + 1))
return 0;

@@ -3633,10 +3640,14 @@ __lock_release(struct lockdep_map *lock, int nested, unsigned long ip)
* We had N bottles of beer on the wall, we drank one, but now
* there's not N-1 bottles of beer left on the wall...
*/
- if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(curr->lockdep_depth != depth - 1))
- return 0;
+ DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(curr->lockdep_depth != depth-1);

- return 1;
+ /*
+ * Since reacquire_held_locks() would have called check_chain_key()
+ * indirectly via __lock_acquire(), we don't need to do it again
+ * on return.
+ */
+ return 0;
}

static int __lock_is_held(const struct lockdep_map *lock, int read)