Changes the rwlock to a spinlock, and drops the use-count variable.
Operations are always bound by the mutex now, so the use-count is
no more needed. For the same reason, the rwlock can become a simple
spinlock.
Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <[email protected]>
- Davide
Index: linux-2.6.21/fs/eventpoll.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21.orig/fs/eventpoll.c 2007-05-11 17:21:25.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.21/fs/eventpoll.c 2007-05-11 19:20:32.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/*
- * fs/eventpoll.c ( Efficent event polling implementation )
- * Copyright (C) 2001,...,2006 Davide Libenzi
+ * fs/eventpoll.c (Efficent event polling implementation)
+ * Copyright (C) 2001,...,2007 Davide Libenzi
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
* There are three level of locking required by epoll :
*
* 1) epmutex (mutex)
- * 2) ep->mtx (mutes)
- * 3) ep->lock (rw_lock)
+ * 2) ep->mtx (mutex)
+ * 3) ep->lock (spinlock)
*
* The acquire order is the one listed above, from 1 to 3.
* We need a spinlock (ep->lock) because we manipulate objects
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@
/* List header used to link this structure to the eventpoll ready list */
struct list_head rdllink;
+ /*
+ * Works together "struct eventpoll"->ovflist in keeping the
+ * single linked chain of items.
+ */
+ struct epitem *next;
+
/* The file descriptor information this item refers to */
struct epoll_filefd ffd;
@@ -152,23 +158,11 @@
/* The "container" of this item */
struct eventpoll *ep;
- /* The structure that describe the interested events and the source fd */
- struct epoll_event event;
-
- /*
- * Used to keep track of the usage count of the structure. This avoids
- * that the structure will desappear from underneath our processing.
- */
- atomic_t usecnt;
-
/* List header used to link this item to the "struct file" items list */
struct list_head fllink;
- /*
- * Works together "struct eventpoll"->ovflist in keeping the
- * single linked chain of items.
- */
- struct epitem *next;
+ /* The structure that describe the interested events and the source fd */
+ struct epoll_event event;
};
/*
@@ -178,7 +172,7 @@
*/
struct eventpoll {
/* Protect the this structure access */
- rwlock_t lock;
+ spinlock_t lock;
/*
* This mutex is used to ensure that files are not removed
@@ -394,78 +388,11 @@
}
/*
- * Unlink the "struct epitem" from all places it might have been hooked up.
- * This function must be called with write IRQ lock on "ep->lock".
- */
-static int ep_unlink(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
-{
- int error;
-
- /*
- * It can happen that this one is called for an item already unlinked.
- * The check protect us from doing a double unlink ( crash ).
- */
- error = -ENOENT;
- if (!ep_rb_linked(&epi->rbn))
- goto error_return;
-
- /*
- * Clear the event mask for the unlinked item. This will avoid item
- * notifications to be sent after the unlink operation from inside
- * the kernel->userspace event transfer loop.
- */
- epi->event.events = 0;
-
- /*
- * At this point is safe to do the job, unlink the item from our rb-tree.
- * This operation togheter with the above check closes the door to
- * double unlinks.
- */
- ep_rb_erase(&epi->rbn, &ep->rbr);
-
- /*
- * If the item we are going to remove is inside the ready file descriptors
- * we want to remove it from this list to avoid stale events.
- */
- if (ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
- list_del_init(&epi->rdllink);
-
- error = 0;
-error_return:
-
- DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: ep_unlink(%p, %p) = %d\n",
- current, ep, epi->ffd.file, error));
-
- return error;
-}
-
-/*
- * Increment the usage count of the "struct epitem" making it sure
- * that the user will have a valid pointer to reference.
- */
-static void ep_use_epitem(struct epitem *epi)
-{
- atomic_inc(&epi->usecnt);
-}
-
-/*
- * Decrement ( release ) the usage count by signaling that the user
- * has finished using the structure. It might lead to freeing the
- * structure itself if the count goes to zero.
- */
-static void ep_release_epitem(struct epitem *epi)
-{
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&epi->usecnt))
- kmem_cache_free(epi_cache, epi);
-}
-
-/*
* Removes a "struct epitem" from the eventpoll RB tree and deallocates
- * all the associated resources.
+ * all the associated resources. Must be called with "mtx" held.
*/
static int ep_remove(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
{
- int error;
unsigned long flags;
struct file *file = epi->ffd.file;
@@ -485,26 +412,21 @@
list_del_init(&epi->fllink);
spin_unlock(&file->f_ep_lock);
- /* We need to acquire the write IRQ lock before calling ep_unlink() */
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
-
- /* Really unlink the item from the RB tree */
- error = ep_unlink(ep, epi);
-
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ if (ep_rb_linked(&epi->rbn))
+ ep_rb_erase(&epi->rbn, &ep->rbr);
- if (error)
- goto error_return;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ if (ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
+ list_del_init(&epi->rdllink);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
/* At this point it is safe to free the eventpoll item */
- ep_release_epitem(epi);
+ kmem_cache_free(epi_cache, epi);
- error = 0;
-error_return:
- DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: ep_remove(%p, %p) = %d\n",
- current, ep, file, error));
+ DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: ep_remove(%p, %p)\n",
+ current, ep, file));
- return error;
+ return 0;
}
static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep)
@@ -574,10 +496,10 @@
poll_wait(file, &ep->poll_wait, wait);
/* Check our condition */
- read_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
if (!list_empty(&ep->rdllist))
pollflags = POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
- read_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
return pollflags;
}
@@ -636,7 +558,7 @@
if (!ep)
return -ENOMEM;
- rwlock_init(&ep->lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&ep->lock);
mutex_init(&ep->mtx);
init_waitqueue_head(&ep->wq);
init_waitqueue_head(&ep->poll_wait);
@@ -652,20 +574,18 @@
}
/*
- * Search the file inside the eventpoll tree. It add usage count to
- * the returned item, so the caller must call ep_release_epitem()
- * after finished using the "struct epitem".
+ * Search the file inside the eventpoll tree. The RB tree operations
+ * are protected by the "mtx" mutex, and ep_find() must be called with
+ * "mtx" held.
*/
static struct epitem *ep_find(struct eventpoll *ep, struct file *file, int fd)
{
int kcmp;
- unsigned long flags;
struct rb_node *rbp;
struct epitem *epi, *epir = NULL;
struct epoll_filefd ffd;
ep_set_ffd(&ffd, file, fd);
- read_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
for (rbp = ep->rbr.rb_node; rbp; ) {
epi = rb_entry(rbp, struct epitem, rbn);
kcmp = ep_cmp_ffd(&ffd, &epi->ffd);
@@ -674,12 +594,10 @@
else if (kcmp < 0)
rbp = rbp->rb_left;
else {
- ep_use_epitem(epi);
epir = epi;
break;
}
}
- read_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: ep_find(%p) -> %p\n",
current, file, epir));
@@ -702,7 +620,7 @@
DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: poll_callback(%p) epi=%p ep=%p\n",
current, epi->ffd.file, epi, ep));
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
/*
* If the event mask does not contain any poll(2) event, we consider the
@@ -745,7 +663,7 @@
pwake++;
out_unlock:
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
/* We have to call this outside the lock */
if (pwake)
@@ -796,6 +714,9 @@
rb_insert_color(&epi->rbn, &ep->rbr);
}
+/*
+ * Must be called with "mtx" held.
+ */
static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event *event,
struct file *tfile, int fd)
{
@@ -816,7 +737,6 @@
epi->ep = ep;
ep_set_ffd(&epi->ffd, tfile, fd);
epi->event = *event;
- atomic_set(&epi->usecnt, 1);
epi->nwait = 0;
epi->next = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;
@@ -827,7 +747,9 @@
/*
* Attach the item to the poll hooks and get current event bits.
* We can safely use the file* here because its usage count has
- * been increased by the caller of this function.
+ * been increased by the caller of this function. Note that after
+ * this operation completes, the poll callback can start hitting
+ * the new item.
*/
revents = tfile->f_op->poll(tfile, &epq.pt);
@@ -844,12 +766,15 @@
list_add_tail(&epi->fllink, &tfile->f_ep_links);
spin_unlock(&tfile->f_ep_lock);
- /* We have to drop the new item inside our item list to keep track of it */
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
-
- /* Add the current item to the rb-tree */
+ /*
+ * Add the current item to the RB tree. All RB tree operations are
+ * protected by "mtx", and ep_insert() is called with "mtx" held.
+ */
ep_rbtree_insert(ep, epi);
+ /* We have to drop the new item inside our item list to keep track of it */
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+
/* If the file is already "ready" we drop it inside the ready list */
if ((revents & event->events) && !ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink)) {
list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
@@ -861,7 +786,7 @@
pwake++;
}
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
/* We have to call this outside the lock */
if (pwake)
@@ -879,10 +804,10 @@
* We need to do this because an event could have been arrived on some
* allocated wait queue.
*/
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
if (ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
list_del_init(&epi->rdllink);
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
kmem_cache_free(epi_cache, epi);
error_return:
@@ -891,7 +816,7 @@
/*
* Modify the interest event mask by dropping an event if the new mask
- * has a match in the current file status.
+ * has a match in the current file status. Must be called with "mtx" held.
*/
static int ep_modify(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi, struct epoll_event *event)
{
@@ -913,36 +838,29 @@
*/
revents = epi->ffd.file->f_op->poll(epi->ffd.file, NULL);
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
/* Copy the data member from inside the lock */
epi->event.data = event->data;
/*
- * If the item is not linked to the RB tree it means that it's on its
- * way toward the removal. Do nothing in this case.
+ * If the item is "hot" and it is not registered inside the ready
+ * list, push it inside. If the item is not "hot" and it is currently
+ * registered inside the ready list, unlink it.
*/
- if (ep_rb_linked(&epi->rbn)) {
- /*
- * If the item is "hot" and it is not registered inside the ready
- * list, push it inside. If the item is not "hot" and it is currently
- * registered inside the ready list, unlink it.
- */
- if (revents & event->events) {
- if (!ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink)) {
- list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
-
- /* Notify waiting tasks that events are available */
- if (waitqueue_active(&ep->wq))
- __wake_up_locked(&ep->wq, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE |
- TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
- pwake++;
- }
+ if (revents & event->events) {
+ if (!ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink)) {
+ list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
+
+ /* Notify waiting tasks that events are available */
+ if (waitqueue_active(&ep->wq))
+ __wake_up_locked(&ep->wq, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE |
+ TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
+ pwake++;
}
}
-
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
/* We have to call this outside the lock */
if (pwake)
@@ -975,11 +893,11 @@
* have the poll callback to queue directly on ep->rdllist,
* because we are doing it in the loop below, in a lockless way.
*/
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
list_splice(&ep->rdllist, &txlist);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ep->rdllist);
ep->ovflist = NULL;
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
/*
* We can loop without lock because this is a task private list.
@@ -1028,7 +946,7 @@
errxit:
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
/*
* During the time we spent in the loop above, some other events
* might have been queued by the poll callback. We re-insert them
@@ -1064,7 +982,7 @@
if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
pwake++;
}
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
@@ -1092,7 +1010,7 @@
MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT : (timeout * HZ + 999) / 1000;
retry:
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
res = 0;
if (list_empty(&ep->rdllist)) {
@@ -1119,9 +1037,9 @@
break;
}
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
jtimeout = schedule_timeout(jtimeout);
- write_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
}
__remove_wait_queue(&ep->wq, &wait);
@@ -1131,7 +1049,7 @@
/* Is it worth to try to dig for events ? */
eavail = !list_empty(&ep->rdllist);
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
/*
* Try to transfer events to user space. In case we get 0 events and
@@ -1276,12 +1194,6 @@
error = -ENOENT;
break;
}
- /*
- * The function ep_find() increments the usage count of the structure
- * so, if this is not NULL, we need to release it.
- */
- if (epi)
- ep_release_epitem(epi);
mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
error_tgt_fput:
@@ -1388,7 +1300,7 @@
if (sigmask) {
if (error == -EINTR) {
memcpy(¤t->saved_sigmask, &sigsaved,
- sizeof(sigsaved));
+ sizeof(sigsaved));
set_thread_flag(TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK);
} else
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigsaved, NULL);
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