[PATCH 3.2 51/94] locking/mutex: Disable optimistic spinning on some architectures

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Mon Aug 04 2014 - 12:51:32 EST


3.2.62-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 4badad352a6bb202ec68afa7a574c0bb961e5ebc upstream.

The optimistic spin code assumes regular stores and cmpxchg() play nice;
this is found to not be true for at least: parisc, sparc32, tile32,
metag-lock1, arc-!llsc and hexagon.

There is further wreckage, but this in particular seemed easy to
trigger, so blacklist this.

Opt in for known good archs.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Low <jason.low2@xxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <waiman.long@xxxxxx>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140606175316.GV13930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2:
- Adjust context
- Drop arm64 change]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
config ARM
bool
default y
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
select HAVE_IDE if PCI || ISA || PCMCIA
select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ config PPC
select HAVE_BPF_JIT if (PPC64 && NET)
select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW

config EARLY_PRINTK
bool
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ config SPARC64
select IRQ_PREFLOW_FASTEOI
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW

config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
string
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_BPF_JIT if (X86_64 && NET)
select CLKEVT_I8253
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW

config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.locks
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
@@ -198,5 +198,9 @@ config INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQ
config INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE
def_bool !DEBUG_SPINLOCK && ARCH_INLINE_WRITE_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE

+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
+ bool
+
config MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER
- def_bool SMP && !DEBUG_MUTEXES
+ def_bool y
+ depends on SMP && !DEBUG_MUTEXES && ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW

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