Re: [PATCH] zram: Replace bit spinlocks with spinlock_t for PREEMPT_RT.

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2024-06-19 11:34:23 [-0600], Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 6/19/24 9:08 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > From: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The bit spinlock disables preemption. The spinlock_t lock becomes a sleeping
> > lock on PREEMPT_RT and it can not be acquired in this context. In this locked
> > section, zs_free() acquires a zs_pool::lock, and there is access to
> > zram::wb_limit_lock.
> > 
> > Use a spinlock_t on PREEMPT_RT for locking and set/ clear ZRAM_LOCK bit after
> > the lock has been acquired/ dropped.
> 
> The conditional code depending on CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is nasty. Why not
> just get rid of that and use the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT variants for
> everything? They are either good enough to work well in general, or it
> should be redone such that it is.

That would increase the struct size with lockdep for !RT. But it is
probably not a concern. Also other bits (besides ZRAM_LOCK) can not be
added but that wasn't needed in the last few years.
Okay, let me redo it.

Sebastian