[PATCH RFC 5/9] ratelimit: Convert the ->missed field to atomic_t

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Apr 03 2025 - 17:24:56 EST


The ratelimit_state structure's ->missed field is sometimes incremented
locklessly, and it would be good to avoid lost counts. This is also
needed to count the number of misses due to try-lock failure. Therefore,
convert the rratelimit_state structure's ->missed field to atomic_t.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ratelimit.h | 9 +++------
include/linux/ratelimit_types.h | 2 +-
lib/ratelimit.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ratelimit.h b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
index 8400c5356c187..c78b92b3e5cd8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ratelimit.h
+++ b/include/linux/ratelimit.h
@@ -24,20 +24,17 @@ static inline void ratelimit_default_init(struct ratelimit_state *rs)

static inline void ratelimit_state_inc_miss(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
{
- rs->missed++;
+ atomic_inc(&rs->missed);
}

static inline int ratelimit_state_get_miss(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
{
- return rs->missed;
+ return atomic_read(&rs->missed);
}

static inline int ratelimit_state_reset_miss(struct ratelimit_state *rs)
{
- int ret = rs->missed;
-
- rs->missed = 0;
- return ret;
+ return atomic_xchg_relaxed(&rs->missed, 0);
}

static inline void ratelimit_state_reset_interval(struct ratelimit_state *rs, int interval_init)
diff --git a/include/linux/ratelimit_types.h b/include/linux/ratelimit_types.h
index 765232ce0b5e9..d21fe82b67f67 100644
--- a/include/linux/ratelimit_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/ratelimit_types.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct ratelimit_state {
int interval;
int burst;
int printed;
- int missed;
+ atomic_t missed;
unsigned int flags;
unsigned long begin;
};
diff --git a/lib/ratelimit.c b/lib/ratelimit.c
index 85e22f00180c5..18703f92d73e7 100644
--- a/lib/ratelimit.c
+++ b/lib/ratelimit.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int ___ratelimit(struct ratelimit_state *rs, const char *func)
rs->printed++;
ret = 1;
} else {
- rs->missed++;
+ ratelimit_state_inc_miss(rs);
ret = 0;
}
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rs->lock, flags);
--
2.40.1