Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754532AbbFKQZO (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:25:14 -0400 Received: from relay.parallels.com ([195.214.232.42]:51313 "EHLO relay.parallels.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752831AbbFKQZJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:25:09 -0400 Message-ID: <1434039901.1649.15.camel@odin.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/14] hrtimer: Allow hrtimer::function() to free the timer From: Kirill Tkhai To: Oleg Nesterov CC: Peter Zijlstra , , , , , , , , , Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:25:01 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20150610160444.GB3341@redhat.com> References: <20150605084836.364306429@infradead.org> <20150605085205.723058588@infradead.org> <20150607223317.GA5193@redhat.com> <20150608091417.GM19282@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20150608124234.GW18673@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20150609213318.GA12436@redhat.com> <1433922411.23588.132.camel@odin.com> <20150610160444.GB3341@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.11-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: [10.30.16.109] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2890 Lines: 123 В Ср, 10/06/2015 в 18:04 +0200, Oleg Nesterov пишет: > Hi Kirill, > > On 06/10, Kirill Tkhai wrote: > > > > В Вт, 09/06/2015 в 23:33 +0200, Oleg Nesterov пишет: > > > > > > hrtimer_active(timer) > > > { > > > > > > do { > > > base = READ_ONCE(timer->base->cpu_base); > > > seq = read_seqcount_begin(&cpu_base->seq); > > > > > > if (timer->state & ENQUEUED || > > > base->running == timer) > > > return true; > > > > > > } while (read_seqcount_retry(&cpu_base->seq, seq) || > > > base != READ_ONCE(timer->base->cpu_base)); > > > > > > return false; > > > } > > > > > > And we need to avoid the races with 2 transitions in __run_hrtimer(). > > > > > > The first race is trivial, we change __run_hrtimer() to do > > > > > > write_seqcount_begin(cpu_base->seq); > > > cpu_base->running = timer; > > > __remove_hrtimer(timer); // clears ENQUEUED > > > write_seqcount_end(cpu_base->seq); > > > > We use seqcount, because we are afraid that hrtimer_active() may miss > > timer->state or cpu_base->running, when we are clearing it. > > Yes, > > > If we use two pairs of write_seqcount_{begin,end} in __run_hrtimer(), > > we may protect only the places where we do that: > > > > cpu_base->running = timer; > > write_seqcount_begin(cpu_base->seq); > > __remove_hrtimer(timer); // clears ENQUEUED > > write_seqcount_end(cpu_base->seq); > > > > .... > > > > timer->state |= HRTIMER_STATE_ENQUEUED; > > write_seqcount_begin(cpu_base->seq); > > base->running = NULL; > > write_seqcount_end(cpu_base->seq); > > Afaics, no. Afaics, the following code is correct: > > seqcount_t LOCK; > bool X = true, Y = false; > > void read(void) > { > bool x, y; > > do { > seq = read_seqcount_begin(&LOCK); > > x = X; y = Y; > > } while (read_seqcount_retry(&LOCK, seq)); > > BUG_ON(!x && !y); > } > > void write(void) > { > Y = true; > > write_seqcount_begin(LOCK); > write_seqcount_end(LOCK); > > X = false; > } > > If we rely on the "locking" semantics of seqcount_t, this doesn't really > differ from > > spinlock_t LOCK; > bool X = true, Y = false; > > void read(void) > { > bool x, y; > > spin_lock(LOCK); > x = X; y = Y; > spin_unlock(LOCK); > > BUG_ON(!x && !y); > } > > void write(void) > { > Y = true; > > spin_lock(LOCK); > spin_unlock(LOCK); > > X = false; > } > > If "read" takes the lock before "write", it must see X == true. > > Otherwise "read" should see all memory changes done before or > inside the "write" critical section, so it must see Y == true. > > No? I'm agree with you. Thanks for the explanation. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/