Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq

[Lyude Paul]

On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 10:29 +0000, Benno Lossin wrote:
> On 01.08.24 00:35, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > +unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockIrqBackend {
> > +    type State = bindings::spinlock_t;
> > +    type GuardState = ();
> > +    type Context<'a> = IrqDisabled<'a>;
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn init(
> > +        ptr: *mut Self::State,
> > +        name: *const core::ffi::c_char,
> > +        key: *mut bindings::lock_class_key,
> > +    ) {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements ensure that `ptr` is valid for writes, and `name` and
> > +        // `key` are valid for read indefinitely.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::__spin_lock_init(ptr, name, key) }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn lock(ptr: *mut Self::State) -> Self::GuardState {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` points to valid
> > +        // memory, and that it has been initialised before.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::spin_lock(ptr) }
> 
> Should this really be the same function as `SpinLock`? (ie is there not
> a special version that expects IRQ to already be disabled? eg this could
> add additional debug calls)

Yes, unless there's some spinlock API function I missed (I checked right
before sending this response) we don't really have a variant of spin_lock*()
that assumes IRQs are disabled. You really just have:

spin_lock() - Grab lock, no IRQ changes

spin_lock_irq() - Grab lock, unconditionally disable IRQs (regardless of
current flags) until spin_unlock_irq()

spin_lock_irqsave() - Grab lock, save IRQ flags and restore upon
spin_unlock_irqrestore()

Usually lockdep is the one to actually warn about the interrupt state being
incorrect, as it will throw up a warning if you grab a spinlock in both an
interrupt enabled and disabled context (which means you are forgetting to
disable interrupts before lock acquisition somewhere).

As well, I think having further debug calls would be unneeded? As of right now
there's only really two entrypoints for getting IrqDisabled:
with_irqs_disabled(), and IrqDisabled::new(). And since IrqDisabled::new() now
has a debug assertion for disabled interrupts, that means all paths to
creating IrqDisabled are either already guaranteed to disable interrupts - or
would be making use of the debug assertion for verifying interrupt state.

> 
> If there is such a function and you decide to use it, you need to adjust
> the safety comment, since you need to justify that IRQs are disabled.
> For that you need additional safety requirements on `lock` namely that
> when `lock` is called there exists a object of type `Context<'a>` and
> that object is alive at least until `unlock` is called.
> 
> ---
> Cheers,
> Benno
> 
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    unsafe fn unlock(ptr: *mut Self::State, _guard_state: &Self::GuardState) {
> > +        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` is valid and that the
> > +        // caller is the owner of the spinlock.
> > +        unsafe { bindings::spin_unlock(ptr) }
> > +    }
> > +}
> > --
> > 2.45.2
> > 
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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