Re: [PATCH v2] locking/rtmutex: Fix incorrect spinning condition

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Fri Dec 17 2021 - 15:53:08 EST


Zqiang,

On Fri, Dec 17 2021 at 15:42, Zqiang wrote:
> When the lock owner is on CPU and not need resched, the current waiter
> need to be checked, if it not longer top the waiter, stop spinning.
>
> Fixes: c3123c431447 ("locking/rtmutex: Dont dereference waiter lockless")
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> Modify description information.
>
> kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
> index 0c1f2e3f019a..8555c4efe97c 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
> @@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ static bool rtmutex_spin_on_owner(struct rt_mutex_base *lock,
> * - the VCPU on which owner runs is preempted
> */
> if (!owner_on_cpu(owner) || need_resched() ||
> - rt_mutex_waiter_is_top_waiter(lock, waiter)) {
> + !rt_mutex_waiter_is_top_waiter(lock, waiter)) {
> res = false;
> break;

good catch!

Though this does not apply because the condition is incomplete. You
somehow dropped this from the condition:

vcpu_is_preempted(task_cpu(owner)))

Please make always sure that your patches apply against Linus tree
before sending them out.

Thanks,

tglx