Re: [PATCH] PM: sleep: Replace read_lock/unlock(tasklist_lock) with rcu_read_lock/unlock()

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 8:57 AM <qiang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Using rcu_read_lock/unlock() instead of read_lock/unlock(tasklist_lock),
> the task list can be traversed in parallel to any list additions or
> removals, improve concurrency.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This changes the reader side only AFAICS, but what about the writer side?

What exactly is there to ensure that the updates of the list will
remain safe after this change?

> ---
>  kernel/power/process.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
> index 50cc63534486..0f8dee9ee097 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/process.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/process.c
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool user_only)
>
>         while (true) {
>                 todo = 0;
> -               read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> +               rcu_read_lock();
>                 for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
>                         if (p == current || !freeze_task(p))
>                                 continue;
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool user_only)
>                         if (!freezer_should_skip(p))
>                                 todo++;
>                 }
> -               read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> +               rcu_read_unlock();
>
>                 if (!user_only) {
>                         wq_busy = freeze_workqueues_busy();
> @@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ static int try_to_freeze_tasks(bool user_only)
>                         show_workqueue_state();
>
>                 if (!wakeup || pm_debug_messages_on) {
> -                       read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> +                       rcu_read_lock();
>                         for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
>                                 if (p != current && !freezer_should_skip(p)
>                                     && freezing(p) && !frozen(p))
>                                         sched_show_task(p);
>                         }
> -                       read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> +                       rcu_read_unlock();
>                 }
>         } else {
>                 pr_cont("(elapsed %d.%03d seconds) ", elapsed_msecs / 1000,
> @@ -206,13 +206,13 @@ void thaw_processes(void)
>
>         cpuset_wait_for_hotplug();
>
> -       read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> +       rcu_read_lock();
>         for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
>                 /* No other threads should have PF_SUSPEND_TASK set */
>                 WARN_ON((p != curr) && (p->flags & PF_SUSPEND_TASK));
>                 __thaw_task(p);
>         }
> -       read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> +       rcu_read_unlock();
>
>         WARN_ON(!(curr->flags & PF_SUSPEND_TASK));
>         curr->flags &= ~PF_SUSPEND_TASK;
> @@ -233,12 +233,12 @@ void thaw_kernel_threads(void)
>
>         thaw_workqueues();
>
> -       read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
> +       rcu_read_lock();
>         for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
>                 if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
>                         __thaw_task(p);
>         }
> -       read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> +       rcu_read_unlock();
>
>         schedule();
>         pr_cont("done.\n");
> --
> 2.17.1
>