[PATCH 5/6] locking/rtmutex: Use rt_mutex specific scheduler helpers

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Aug 15 2023 - 07:18:08 EST


From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Have rt_mutex use the rt_mutex specific scheduler helpers to avoid
recursion vs rtlock on the PI state.

[[ peterz: adapted to new names ]]

Reported-by: Crystal Wood <swood@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c | 2 ++
kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 8 +++++++-
kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ static int __sched rt_mutex_slowlock_blo
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&lock->wait_lock);

if (!owner || !rtmutex_spin_on_owner(lock, waiter, owner))
- schedule();
+ rt_mutex_schedule();

raw_spin_lock_irq(&lock->wait_lock);
set_current_state(state);
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ static void __sched rt_mutex_handle_dead
WARN(1, "rtmutex deadlock detected\n");
while (1) {
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- schedule();
+ rt_mutex_schedule();
}
}

@@ -1761,6 +1761,15 @@ static int __sched rt_mutex_slowlock(str
int ret;

/*
+ * Do all pre-schedule work here, before we queue a waiter and invoke
+ * PI -- any such work that trips on rtlock (PREEMPT_RT spinlock) would
+ * otherwise recurse back into task_blocks_on_rt_mutex() through
+ * rtlock_slowlock() and will then enqueue a second waiter for this
+ * same task and things get really confusing real fast.
+ */
+ rt_mutex_pre_schedule();
+
+ /*
* Technically we could use raw_spin_[un]lock_irq() here, but this can
* be called in early boot if the cmpxchg() fast path is disabled
* (debug, no architecture support). In this case we will acquire the
@@ -1771,6 +1780,7 @@ static int __sched rt_mutex_slowlock(str
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
ret = __rt_mutex_slowlock_locked(lock, ww_ctx, state);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
+ rt_mutex_post_schedule();

return ret;
}
--- a/kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static int __sched __rwbase_read_lock(st
struct rt_mutex_base *rtm = &rwb->rtmutex;
int ret;

+ rwbase_pre_schedule();
raw_spin_lock_irq(&rtm->wait_lock);

/*
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ static int __sched __rwbase_read_lock(st
rwbase_rtmutex_unlock(rtm);

trace_contention_end(rwb, ret);
+ rwbase_post_schedule();
return ret;
}

--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -1427,8 +1427,14 @@ static inline void __downgrade_write(str
#define rwbase_signal_pending_state(state, current) \
signal_pending_state(state, current)

+#define rwbase_pre_schedule() \
+ rt_mutex_pre_schedule()
+
#define rwbase_schedule() \
- schedule()
+ rt_mutex_schedule()
+
+#define rwbase_post_schedule() \
+ rt_mutex_post_schedule()

#include "rwbase_rt.c"

--- a/kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c
@@ -184,9 +184,13 @@ static __always_inline int rwbase_rtmut

#define rwbase_signal_pending_state(state, current) (0)

+#define rwbase_pre_schedule()
+
#define rwbase_schedule() \
schedule_rtlock()

+#define rwbase_post_schedule()
+
#include "rwbase_rt.c"
/*
* The common functions which get wrapped into the rwlock API.