Re: [PATCH 1/2] scalable rw_mutex

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>]

On 05/11, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> +static inline int __rw_mutex_read_trylock(struct rw_mutex *rw_mutex)
> +{
> +	preempt_disable();
> +	if (likely(!__rw_mutex_reader_slow(rw_mutex))) {

	--- WINDOW ---

> +		percpu_counter_mod(&rw_mutex->readers, 1);
> +		preempt_enable();
> +		return 1;
> +	}
> +	preempt_enable();
> +	return 0;
> +}
>
> [...snip...]
>
> +void rw_mutex_write_lock_nested(struct rw_mutex *rw_mutex, int subclass)
> +{
> [...snip...]
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * block new readers
> +	 */
> +	__rw_mutex_status_set(rw_mutex, RW_MUTEX_READER_SLOW);
> +	/*
> +	 * wait for all readers to go away
> +	 */
> +	wait_event(rw_mutex->wait_queue,
> +			(percpu_counter_sum(&rw_mutex->readers) == 0));
> +}

This look a bit suspicious, can't mutex_write_lock() set RW_MUTEX_READER_SLOW
and find percpu_counter_sum() == 0 in that WINDOW above?


> +void rw_mutex_read_unlock(struct rw_mutex *rw_mutex)
> +{
> +     rwsem_release(&rw_mutex->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
> +
> +     percpu_counter_mod(&rw_mutex->readers, -1);
> +     if (unlikely(__rw_mutex_reader_slow(rw_mutex)) &&
> +                     percpu_counter_sum(&rw_mutex->readers) == 0)
> +             wake_up_all(&rw_mutex->wait_queue);
> +}

The same. __rw_mutex_status_set()->wmb() in rw_mutex_write_lock below
is not enough. percpu_counter_mod() doesn't take fbc->lock if < FBC_BATCH,
so we don't have a proper serialization.

write_lock() sets RW_MUTEX_READER_SLOW, finds percpu_counter_sum() != 0,
and sleeps. rw_mutex_read_unlock() decrements cpu-local var, does not
see RW_MUTEX_READER_SLOW and skips wake_up_all().


> +void rw_mutex_write_lock_nested(struct rw_mutex *rw_mutex, int subclass)
> +{
> +	might_sleep();
> +	rwsem_acquire(&rw_mutex->dep_map, subclass, 0, _RET_IP_);
> +
> +	mutex_lock_nested(&rw_mutex->write_mutex, subclass);
> +	mutex_lock_nested(&rw_mutex->read_mutex, subclass);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * block new readers
> +	 */
> +	__rw_mutex_status_set(rw_mutex, RW_MUTEX_READER_SLOW);
> +	/*
> +	 * wait for all readers to go away
> +	 */
> +	wait_event(rw_mutex->wait_queue,
> +			(percpu_counter_sum(&rw_mutex->readers) == 0));
> +}
> +
> +void rw_mutex_write_unlock(struct rw_mutex *rw_mutex)
> +{
> +	int waiters;
> +
> +	rwsem_release(&rw_mutex->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * let the readers rip
> +	 */
> +	__rw_mutex_status_set(rw_mutex, RW_MUTEX_READER_FAST);
> +	waiters = atomic_read(&rw_mutex->read_waiters);
> +	mutex_unlock(&rw_mutex->read_mutex);
> +	/*
> +	 * wait for at least 1 reader to get through
> +	 */
> +	if (waiters) {
> +		wait_event(rw_mutex->wait_queue,
> +			(atomic_read(&rw_mutex->read_waiters) < waiters));
> +	}
> +	/*
> +	 * before we let the writers rip
> +	 */
> +	mutex_unlock(&rw_mutex->write_mutex);
> +}

Looks like we can have only one task on rw_mutex->wait_queue, and it holds
->write_mutex. Can't we use just a "task_struct *write_waiter" instead of
->wait_queue ? This makes rw_mutex smaller.

Oleg.

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