[PATCH 1/2] locking: Provide a low overhead do_arch_spin_lock() API

From: Waiman Long
Date: Wed Sep 21 2022 - 09:23:31 EST


There are some code paths in the kernel like tracing or rcu where they
want to use a spinlock without the lock debugging overhead (lockdep,
etc). Provide a do_arch_spin_lock() API with proper preemption disabling
and enabling without any debugging or tracing overhead.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/spinlock.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 5c0c5174155d..535ef0d5bb80 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -119,6 +119,33 @@ do { \
#define raw_spin_is_contended(lock) (((void)(lock), 0))
#endif /*arch_spin_is_contended*/

+/*
+ * Provide a set of do_arch_spin*() APIs to make use of the arch_spinlock_t
+ * with proper preemption disabling & enabling without any debugging and
+ * tracing overhead. Any users of arch_spinlock_t should use this set of
+ * APIs unless it is sure that either preemption or irqs has been disabled.
+ */
+static __always_inline void do_arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+ preempt_disable_notrace();
+ arch_spin_lock(lock);
+}
+
+static __always_inline int do_arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+ preempt_disable_notrace();
+ if (arch_spin_trylock(lock))
+ return 1;
+ preempt_enable_notrace();
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static __always_inline void do_arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+ arch_spin_unlock(lock);
+ preempt_enable_notrace();
+}
+
/*
* smp_mb__after_spinlock() provides the equivalent of a full memory barrier
* between program-order earlier lock acquisitions and program-order later
--
2.31.1