Thread (5 messages) 5 messages, 1 author, 2009-08-07

Re: [PATCH 1/2] Update woken requeued futex_q lock_ptr

From: Darren Hart <hidden>
Date: 2009-08-06 05:15:09
Also in: lkml

Darren Hart wrote:
futex_requeue() can acquire the lock on behalf of a waiter during the 
requeue
loop in the event of a lock steal or owner died. futex_wait_requeue_pi() 
cleans
up the pi_state owner, using the lock_ptr to protect against concurrent 
access
to the pi_state.  The pi_state is found on the requeue target futex hash 
bucket
so the lock_ptr needs to be updated accordingly.  The problem manifested by
triggering the WARN_ON in lookup_pi_state() about the pid != 
pi_state->owner
pid.
The astute reviewer will note that still exists a race between the time
futex_requeue() releases hb2->lock() and the time when 
futex_wait_requeue_pi()
acquires it.  During this time the pi_state and the futex uaddr are not 
in sync
with the rt_mutex ownership.  This patch closes the window to the point 
where
my tests now pass, but we still need to address it.

Note: Please apply to mainline and rt
static inline
-void requeue_pi_wake_futex(struct futex_q *q, union futex_key *key)
+void requeue_pi_wake_futex(struct futex_q *q, union futex_key *key,
+               struct futex_hash_bucket *hb)
{
    drop_futex_key_refs(&q->key);
    get_futex_key_refs(key);
    q->key = *key;
+    q->lock_ptr = &hb->lock;
Hrm... turns out changing this breaks the 
handle_early_requeue_pi_wakeup() logic.  I'll have to respin this patch 
to account for that as well.  Please hold off on this patch.

-- 
Darren Hart
IBM Linux Technology Center
Real-Time Linux Team
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