[RFC PATCH 03/11] kernel/locking: Add p->blocked_on wrapper

From: Connor O'Brien
Date: Mon Oct 03 2022 - 17:45:25 EST


From: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>

This lets us assert p->blocked_lock is held whenever we access
p->blocked_on.

XXX: just make a pointer return, so we can also check at get's.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
[fix conflicts]
Signed-off-by: Connor O'Brien <connoro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 7 +++++++
kernel/locking/mutex.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index bd995e66d7d6..379e4c052644 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2201,6 +2201,13 @@ static inline int rwlock_needbreak(rwlock_t *lock)
#endif
}

+static inline void set_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&p->blocked_lock);
+
+ p->blocked_on = m;
+}
+
static __always_inline bool need_resched(void)
{
return unlikely(tif_need_resched());
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index f05cd2d216c7..7800380219db 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int state, unsigned int subclas
goto err_early_kill;
}

- current->blocked_on = lock;
+ set_task_blocked_on(current, lock);
set_current_state(state);
trace_contention_begin(lock, LCB_F_MUTEX);
for (;;) {
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int state, unsigned int subclas
/*
* Gets reset by ttwu_runnable().
*/
- current->blocked_on = lock;
+ set_task_blocked_on(current, lock);
set_current_state(state);
/*
* Here we order against unlock; we must either see it change
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int state, unsigned int subclas
}

__mutex_remove_waiter(lock, &waiter);
- current->blocked_on = NULL;
+ set_task_blocked_on(current, NULL);

debug_mutex_free_waiter(&waiter);

--
2.38.0.rc1.362.ged0d419d3c-goog