Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2019-01-02

Re: [PATCH] dax: Use non-exclusive wait in wait_entry_unlocked()

From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: 2019-01-02 15:35:11
Also in: nvdimm

On Fri 21-12-18 11:38:04, Dan Williams wrote:
get_unlocked_entry() uses an exclusive wait because it is guaranteed to
eventually obtain the lock and follow on with an unlock+wakeup cycle.
The wait_entry_unlocked() path does not have the same guarantee. Rather
than open-code an extra wakeup, just switch to a non-exclusive wait.

Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <redacted>
---
 fs/dax.c |   16 +++++++---------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
Thanks for cleaning this up! The patch looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

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diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 48132eca3761..042d3b31b413 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -246,18 +246,16 @@ static void wait_entry_unlocked(struct xa_state *xas, void *entry)
 	ewait.wait.func = wake_exceptional_entry_func;
 
 	wq = dax_entry_waitqueue(xas, entry, &ewait.key);
-	prepare_to_wait_exclusive(wq, &ewait.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	/*
+	 * Unlike get_unlocked_entry() there is no guarantee that this
+	 * path ever successfully retrieves an unlocked entry before an
+	 * inode dies. Perform a non-exclusive wait in case this path
+	 * never successfully performs its own wake up.
+	 */
+	prepare_to_wait(wq, &ewait.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 	xas_unlock_irq(xas);
 	schedule();
 	finish_wait(wq, &ewait.wait);
-
-	/*
-	 * Entry lock waits are exclusive. Wake up the next waiter since
-	 * we aren't sure we will acquire the entry lock and thus wake
-	 * the next waiter up on unlock.
-	 */
-	if (waitqueue_active(wq))
-		__wake_up(wq, TASK_NORMAL, 1, &ewait.key);
 }
 
 static void put_unlocked_entry(struct xa_state *xas, void *entry)
-- 
Jan Kara [off-list ref]
SUSE Labs, CR
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