Re: [RFC PATCH 01/11] locking/ww_mutex: Remove wakeups from under mutex::wait_lock

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Wed Oct 12 2022 - 19:55:05 EST


On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 12:01:13PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 10/3/22 17:44, Connor O'Brien wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h b/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
> > index 56f139201f24..dfc174cd96c6 100644
> > --- a/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
> > +++ b/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
> > @@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ static inline void lockdep_assert_wait_lock_held(struct rt_mutex *lock)
> > #endif /* WW_RT */
> > +void ww_ctx_wake(struct ww_acquire_ctx *ww_ctx)
> > +{
> > + wake_up_q(&ww_ctx->wake_q);
> > +}
> > +
> > /*
> > * Wait-Die:
> > * The newer transactions are killed when:
> > @@ -284,7 +289,7 @@ __ww_mutex_die(struct MUTEX *lock, struct MUTEX_WAITER *waiter,
> > #ifndef WW_RT
> > debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
> > #endif
> > - wake_up_process(waiter->task);
> > + wake_q_add(&ww_ctx->wake_q, waiter->task);
> > }
> > return true;
> > @@ -331,7 +336,7 @@ static bool __ww_mutex_wound(struct MUTEX *lock,
> > * wakeup pending to re-read the wounded state.
> > */
> > if (owner != current)
> > - wake_up_process(owner);
> > + wake_q_add(&ww_ctx->wake_q, owner);
> > return true;
> > }
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > index ee28253c9ac0..617e737392be 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > @@ -1013,6 +1013,13 @@ void wake_up_q(struct wake_q_head *head)
> > wake_up_process(task);
> > put_task_struct(task);
> > }
> > + /*
> > + * XXX connoro: seems this is needed now that ww_ctx_wake() passes in a
> > + * wake_q_head that is embedded in struct ww_acquire_ctx rather than
> > + * declared locally.
> > + */
> > + head->first = node;
> > + head->lastp = &head->first;
> > }
>
> You shouldn't do wake_q_init() here in wake_up_q(). Instead, you should do
> it in ww_ctx_wake() right after the wake_up_q() call.
> :

Exactly, it is also mentioned in the wake_q.h header:

* The DEFINE_WAKE_Q macro declares and initializes the list head.
* wake_up_q() does NOT reinitialize the list; it's expected to be
* called near the end of a function. Otherwise, the list can be
* re-initialized for later re-use by wake_q_init().
*

Thanks.