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author | Linus Torvalds | 2020-08-03 14:39:35 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2020-08-03 14:39:35 -0700 |
commit | 9ba19ccd2d283a79dd29e8130819c59beca80f62 (patch) | |
tree | 8dece4ee137bc9f7a3e5f31ce5613f9b82b7d260 /Documentation/locking | |
parent | 8f0cb6660acb0d4756df880a3e60e73daa9c244e (diff) | |
parent | 992414a18cd4de05fa3f8ff7e1c29af758bdee1a (diff) |
Merge tag 'locking-core-2020-08-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull locking updates from Ingo Molnar:
- LKMM updates: mostly documentation changes, but also some new litmus
tests for atomic ops.
- KCSAN updates: the most important change is that GCC 11 now has all
fixes in place to support KCSAN, so GCC support can be enabled again.
Also more annotations.
- futex updates: minor cleanups and simplifications
- seqlock updates: merge preparatory changes/cleanups for the
'associated locks' facilities.
- lockdep updates:
- simplify IRQ trace event handling
- add various new debug checks
- simplify header dependencies, split out <linux/lockdep_types.h>,
decouple lockdep from other low level headers some more
- fix NMI handling
- misc cleanups and smaller fixes
* tag 'locking-core-2020-08-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (60 commits)
kcsan: Improve IRQ state trace reporting
lockdep: Refactor IRQ trace events fields into struct
seqlock: lockdep assert non-preemptibility on seqcount_t write
lockdep: Add preemption enabled/disabled assertion APIs
seqlock: Implement raw_seqcount_begin() in terms of raw_read_seqcount()
seqlock: Add kernel-doc for seqcount_t and seqlock_t APIs
seqlock: Reorder seqcount_t and seqlock_t API definitions
seqlock: seqcount_t latch: End read sections with read_seqcount_retry()
seqlock: Properly format kernel-doc code samples
Documentation: locking: Describe seqlock design and usage
locking/qspinlock: Do not include atomic.h from qspinlock_types.h
locking/atomic: Move ATOMIC_INIT into linux/types.h
lockdep: Move list.h inclusion into lockdep.h
locking/lockdep: Fix TRACE_IRQFLAGS vs. NMIs
futex: Remove unused or redundant includes
futex: Consistently use fshared as boolean
futex: Remove needless goto's
futex: Remove put_futex_key()
rwsem: fix commas in initialisation
docs: locking: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/locking')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/locking/index.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/locking/mutex-design.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst | 170 |
3 files changed, 172 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/index.rst b/Documentation/locking/index.rst index d785878cad65..7003bd5aeff4 100644 --- a/Documentation/locking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/locking/index.rst @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ locking mutex-design rt-mutex-design rt-mutex + seqlock spinlocks ww-mutex-design preempt-locking diff --git a/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.rst b/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.rst index 4d8236b81fa5..8f3e9a5141f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.rst +++ b/Documentation/locking/mutex-design.rst @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ as an alternative to these. This new data structure provided a number of advantages, including simpler interfaces, and at that time smaller code (see Disadvantages). -[1] http://lwn.net/Articles/164802/ +[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/164802/ Implementation -------------- diff --git a/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst b/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..366dd368d90a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +====================================== +Sequence counters and sequential locks +====================================== + +Introduction +============ + +Sequence counters are a reader-writer consistency mechanism with +lockless readers (read-only retry loops), and no writer starvation. They +are used for data that's rarely written to (e.g. system time), where the +reader wants a consistent set of information and is willing to retry if +that information changes. + +A data set is consistent when the sequence count at the beginning of the +read side critical section is even and the same sequence count value is +read again at the end of the critical section. The data in the set must +be copied out inside the read side critical section. If the sequence +count has changed between the start and the end of the critical section, +the reader must retry. + +Writers increment the sequence count at the start and the end of their +critical section. After starting the critical section the sequence count +is odd and indicates to the readers that an update is in progress. At +the end of the write side critical section the sequence count becomes +even again which lets readers make progress. + +A sequence counter write side critical section must never be preempted +or interrupted by read side sections. Otherwise the reader will spin for +the entire scheduler tick due to the odd sequence count value and the +interrupted writer. If that reader belongs to a real-time scheduling +class, it can spin forever and the kernel will livelock. + +This mechanism cannot be used if the protected data contains pointers, +as the writer can invalidate a pointer that the reader is following. + + +.. _seqcount_t: + +Sequence counters (``seqcount_t``) +================================== + +This is the the raw counting mechanism, which does not protect against +multiple writers. Write side critical sections must thus be serialized +by an external lock. + +If the write serialization primitive is not implicitly disabling +preemption, preemption must be explicitly disabled before entering the +write side section. If the read section can be invoked from hardirq or +softirq contexts, interrupts or bottom halves must also be respectively +disabled before entering the write section. + +If it's desired to automatically handle the sequence counter +requirements of writer serialization and non-preemptibility, use +:ref:`seqlock_t` instead. + +Initialization:: + + /* dynamic */ + seqcount_t foo_seqcount; + seqcount_init(&foo_seqcount); + + /* static */ + static seqcount_t foo_seqcount = SEQCNT_ZERO(foo_seqcount); + + /* C99 struct init */ + struct { + .seq = SEQCNT_ZERO(foo.seq), + } foo; + +Write path:: + + /* Serialized context with disabled preemption */ + + write_seqcount_begin(&foo_seqcount); + + /* ... [[write-side critical section]] ... */ + + write_seqcount_end(&foo_seqcount); + +Read path:: + + do { + seq = read_seqcount_begin(&foo_seqcount); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + } while (read_seqcount_retry(&foo_seqcount, seq)); + + +.. _seqlock_t: + +Sequential locks (``seqlock_t``) +================================ + +This contains the :ref:`seqcount_t` mechanism earlier discussed, plus an +embedded spinlock for writer serialization and non-preemptibility. + +If the read side section can be invoked from hardirq or softirq context, +use the write side function variants which disable interrupts or bottom +halves respectively. + +Initialization:: + + /* dynamic */ + seqlock_t foo_seqlock; + seqlock_init(&foo_seqlock); + + /* static */ + static DEFINE_SEQLOCK(foo_seqlock); + + /* C99 struct init */ + struct { + .seql = __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(foo.seql) + } foo; + +Write path:: + + write_seqlock(&foo_seqlock); + + /* ... [[write-side critical section]] ... */ + + write_sequnlock(&foo_seqlock); + +Read path, three categories: + +1. Normal Sequence readers which never block a writer but they must + retry if a writer is in progress by detecting change in the sequence + number. Writers do not wait for a sequence reader:: + + do { + seq = read_seqbegin(&foo_seqlock); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + } while (read_seqretry(&foo_seqlock, seq)); + +2. Locking readers which will wait if a writer or another locking reader + is in progress. A locking reader in progress will also block a writer + from entering its critical section. This read lock is + exclusive. Unlike rwlock_t, only one locking reader can acquire it:: + + read_seqlock_excl(&foo_seqlock); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + read_sequnlock_excl(&foo_seqlock); + +3. Conditional lockless reader (as in 1), or locking reader (as in 2), + according to a passed marker. This is used to avoid lockless readers + starvation (too much retry loops) in case of a sharp spike in write + activity. First, a lockless read is tried (even marker passed). If + that trial fails (odd sequence counter is returned, which is used as + the next iteration marker), the lockless read is transformed to a + full locking read and no retry loop is necessary:: + + /* marker; even initialization */ + int seq = 0; + do { + read_seqbegin_or_lock(&foo_seqlock, &seq); + + /* ... [[read-side critical section]] ... */ + + } while (need_seqretry(&foo_seqlock, seq)); + done_seqretry(&foo_seqlock, seq); + + +API documentation +================= + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/seqlock.h |