[PATCH v5 7/7] locking: Add contended_release tracepoint to qrwlock
From: Dmitry Ilvokhin
Date: Thu Apr 16 2026 - 11:07:59 EST
Extend the contended_release tracepoint to queued rwlocks, using the
same out-of-line traced unlock approach as queued spinlocks.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/locking/qrwlock.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h
index 4b627bafba8b..274c19006125 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#define __ASM_GENERIC_QRWLOCK_H
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/tracepoint-defs.h>
#include <asm/barrier.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@
*/
extern void queued_read_lock_slowpath(struct qrwlock *lock);
extern void queued_write_lock_slowpath(struct qrwlock *lock);
+extern void queued_read_unlock_traced(struct qrwlock *lock);
+extern void queued_write_unlock_traced(struct qrwlock *lock);
+
+DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(contended_release);
/**
* queued_read_trylock - try to acquire read lock of a queued rwlock
@@ -115,6 +120,17 @@ static __always_inline void __queued_read_unlock(struct qrwlock *lock)
*/
static inline void queued_read_unlock(struct qrwlock *lock)
{
+ /*
+ * Trace and unlock are combined in the traced unlock variant so
+ * the compiler does not need to preserve the lock pointer across
+ * the function call, avoiding callee-saved register save/restore
+ * on the hot path.
+ */
+ if (tracepoint_enabled(contended_release)) {
+ queued_read_unlock_traced(lock);
+ return;
+ }
+
__queued_read_unlock(lock);
}
@@ -129,6 +145,12 @@ static __always_inline void __queued_write_unlock(struct qrwlock *lock)
*/
static inline void queued_write_unlock(struct qrwlock *lock)
{
+ /* See comment in queued_read_unlock(). */
+ if (tracepoint_enabled(contended_release)) {
+ queued_write_unlock_traced(lock);
+ return;
+ }
+
__queued_write_unlock(lock);
}
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c b/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c
index d2ef312a8611..5f7a0fc2b27a 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qrwlock.c
@@ -90,3 +90,19 @@ void __lockfunc queued_write_lock_slowpath(struct qrwlock *lock)
trace_contention_end(lock, 0);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_write_lock_slowpath);
+
+void __lockfunc queued_read_unlock_traced(struct qrwlock *lock)
+{
+ if (queued_rwlock_is_contended(lock))
+ trace_contended_release(lock);
+ __queued_read_unlock(lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_read_unlock_traced);
+
+void __lockfunc queued_write_unlock_traced(struct qrwlock *lock)
+{
+ if (queued_rwlock_is_contended(lock))
+ trace_contended_release(lock);
+ __queued_write_unlock(lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_write_unlock_traced);
--
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