[PATCH 1/3] wait: Introduce non-irq variants of wait_event_lock_timeout

From: Nicolas Frattaroli

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 02:31:09 EST


For locks that are never acquired in an interrupt context, the non-irq
variants for spin_lock()/spin_unlock() are more efficient. However, so
far, wait.h only provided wait_event_lock_irq_timeout and
wait_event_interruptible_lock_irq_timeout, both of which use
spin_lock_irq()/spin_unlock_irq().

Rectify this by adding new non-irq variants of these two macros.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/wait.h | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 84 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index dce055e6add3..cd9b989c120e 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -1174,6 +1174,13 @@ do { \
__ret = schedule_timeout(__ret); \
spin_lock_irq(&lock));

+#define __wait_event_lock_timeout(wq_head, condition, lock, timeout, state) \
+ ___wait_event(wq_head, ___wait_cond_timeout(condition), \
+ state, 0, timeout, \
+ spin_unlock(&lock); \
+ __ret = schedule_timeout(__ret); \
+ spin_lock(&lock))
+
/**
* wait_event_interruptible_lock_irq_timeout - sleep until a condition gets
* true or a timeout elapses. The condition is checked under
@@ -1219,6 +1226,83 @@ do { \
__ret; \
})

+/**
+ * wait_event_interruptible_lock_timeout - sleep until a condition gets
+ * true or a timeout elapses. The condition is checked under
+ * the lock with IRQs enabled. This is expected to be called
+ * with the lock taken.
+ * @wq_head: the waitqueue to wait on
+ * @condition: a C expression for the event to wait for
+ * @lock: a spinlock_t that has been locked with spin_lock(), which will be
+ * released before schedule() and reacquired afterwards.
+ * @timeout: timeout, in jiffies
+ *
+ * The process is put to sleep (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) until the
+ * @condition evaluates to true or signal is received. The @condition is
+ * checked each time the waitqueue @wq_head is woken up.
+ *
+ * wake_up() has to be called after changing any variable that could
+ * change the result of the wait condition.
+ *
+ * This is supposed to be called while holding the lock. The lock is
+ * dropped before going to sleep using spin_unlock() and is reacquired
+ * using spin_lock() afterwards, but without globally disabling IRQs.
+ * This is in contrast to wait_event_interruptible_lock_irq_timeout(),
+ * which uses the spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq() functions instead.
+ *
+ * The function returns 0 if the @timeout elapsed, -ERESTARTSYS if it
+ * was interrupted by a signal, and the remaining jiffies otherwise
+ * if the condition evaluated to true before the timeout elapsed.
+ */
+#define wait_event_interruptible_lock_timeout(wq_head, condition, lock, \
+ timeout) \
+({ \
+ long __ret = timeout; \
+ if (!___wait_cond_timeout(condition)) \
+ __ret = __wait_event_lock_timeout( \
+ wq_head, condition, lock, timeout, \
+ TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); \
+ __ret; \
+})
+
+/**
+ * wait_event_lock_timeout - sleep until a condition gets true or a timeout
+ * elapses. The condition is checked under the lock with IRQs
+ * enabled. This is expected to be called with the lock taken.
+ * @wq_head: the waitqueue to wait on
+ * @condition: a C expression for the event to wait for
+ * @lock: a spinlock_t that has been locked with spin_lock(), which will be
+ * released before schedule() and reacquired afterwards.
+ * @timeout: timeout, in jiffies
+ *
+ * The process is put to sleep (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) until the
+ * @condition evaluates to true or signal is received. The @condition is
+ * checked each time the waitqueue @wq_head is woken up.
+ *
+ * wake_up() has to be called after changing any variable that could
+ * change the result of the wait condition.
+ *
+ * This is supposed to be called while holding the lock. The lock is
+ * dropped before going to sleep using spin_unlock() and is reacquired
+ * using spin_lock() afterwards, but without globally disabling IRQs.
+ * This is in contrast to wait_event_lock_irq_timeout(), which uses the
+ * spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq() functions instead. Compared to
+ * wait_event_interruptible_lock_timeout(), it uses the %TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
+ * instead of allowing the task to be interrupted.
+ *
+ * The function returns 0 if the @timeout elapsed, or the remaining jiffies
+ * otherwise if the condition evaluated to true before the timeout elapsed.
+ */
+#define wait_event_lock_timeout(wq_head, condition, lock, timeout) \
+({ \
+ long __ret = timeout; \
+ if (!___wait_cond_timeout(condition)) \
+ __ret = __wait_event_lock_timeout( \
+ wq_head, condition, lock, timeout, \
+ TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); \
+ __ret; \
+})
+
/*
* Waitqueues which are removed from the waitqueue_head at wakeup time
*/

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