[PATCH v3 03/14] locking/mutex: Rework task_struct::blocked_on
From: John Stultz
Date: Tue Apr 11 2023 - 00:25:38 EST
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Track the blocked-on relation for mutexes, this allows following this
relation at schedule time.
task
| blocked-on
v
mutex
| owner
v
task
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[minor changes while rebasing]
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Connor O'Brien <connoro@xxxxxxxxxx>
[jstultz: Fix blocked_on tracking in __mutex_lock_common in error paths]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
* Fixed blocked_on tracking in error paths that was causing crashes
---
include/linux/sched.h | 5 +----
kernel/fork.c | 3 +--
kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c | 9 +++++----
kernel/locking/mutex.c | 7 +++++++
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 63d242164b1a..6053c7dfb40e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1139,10 +1139,7 @@ struct task_struct {
struct rt_mutex_waiter *pi_blocked_on;
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
- /* Mutex deadlock detection: */
- struct mutex_waiter *blocked_on;
-#endif
+ struct mutex *blocked_on; /* lock we're blocked on */
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
int non_block_count;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0c92f224c68c..933406f5596b 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2221,9 +2221,8 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
lockdep_init_task(p);
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
p->blocked_on = NULL; /* not blocked yet */
-#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BCACHE
p->sequential_io = 0;
p->sequential_io_avg = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
index bc8abb8549d2..7228909c3e62 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
@@ -52,17 +52,18 @@ void debug_mutex_add_waiter(struct mutex *lock, struct mutex_waiter *waiter,
{
lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);
- /* Mark the current thread as blocked on the lock: */
- task->blocked_on = waiter;
+ /* Current thread can't be already blocked (since it's executing!) */
+ DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(task->blocked_on);
}
void debug_mutex_remove_waiter(struct mutex *lock, struct mutex_waiter *waiter,
struct task_struct *task)
{
+ struct mutex *blocked_on = READ_ONCE(task->blocked_on);
+
DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(list_empty(&waiter->list));
DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(waiter->task != task);
- DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(task->blocked_on != waiter);
- task->blocked_on = NULL;
+ DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(blocked_on && blocked_on != lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&waiter->list);
waiter->task = NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index a528e7f42caa..d7a202c35ebe 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int state, unsigned int subclas
goto err_early_kill;
}
+ current->blocked_on = lock;
set_current_state(state);
trace_contention_begin(lock, LCB_F_MUTEX);
for (;;) {
@@ -683,6 +684,10 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int state, unsigned int subclas
first = __mutex_waiter_is_first(lock, &waiter);
+ /*
+ * Gets reset by ttwu_runnable().
+ */
+ current->blocked_on = lock;
set_current_state(state);
/*
* Here we order against unlock; we must either see it change
@@ -720,6 +725,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int state, unsigned int subclas
debug_mutex_free_waiter(&waiter);
skip_wait:
+ current->blocked_on = NULL;
/* got the lock - cleanup and rejoice! */
lock_acquired(&lock->dep_map, ip);
trace_contention_end(lock, 0);
@@ -734,6 +740,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int state, unsigned int subclas
return 0;
err:
+ current->blocked_on = NULL;
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
__mutex_remove_waiter(lock, &waiter);
err_early_kill:
--
2.40.0.577.gac1e443424-goog