Re: [PATCH v4 11/16] locking/rwsem: Enable readers spinning on writer

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 01:22:54PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> @@ -650,6 +686,33 @@ __rwsem_down_read_failed_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int state)
>  	struct rwsem_waiter waiter;
>  	DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
>  
> +	if (!rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(sem))
> +		goto queue;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Undo read bias from down_read() and do optimistic spinning.
> +	 */
> +	atomic_long_add(-RWSEM_READER_BIAS, &sem->count);
> +	adjustment = 0;
> +	if (rwsem_optimistic_spin(sem, false)) {
> +		unsigned long flags;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Opportunistically wake up other readers in the wait queue.
> +		 * It has another chance of wakeup at unlock time.
> +		 */
> +		if ((atomic_long_read(&sem->count) & RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS) &&
> +		    raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags)) {

why trylock? Also the rest of this function uses _irq(). Having had to
define @flags should've been a clue.

You simply cnanot do down_*() with IRQs disabled.

> +			if (!list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
> +				__rwsem_mark_wake(sem, RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED,
> +						  &wake_q);
> +			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
> +			wake_up_q(&wake_q);
> +		}
> +		return sem;
> +	}
> +
> +queue:
>  	waiter.task = current;
>  	waiter.type = RWSEM_WAITING_FOR_READ;
>  	waiter.timeout = jiffies + RWSEM_WAIT_TIMEOUT;