Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] rwsem fast-path write lock stealing

[Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>]

On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 03:54 -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> These patches extend Alex Shi's work (which added write lock stealing
> on the rwsem slow path) in order to provide rwsem write lock stealing
> on the fast path (that is, without taking the rwsem's wait_lock).

Since none of Alex's original code will be in here with these patches
applied, you might as well add this:

diff --git a/lib/rwsem.c b/lib/rwsem.c
index 4e4c889..61f91ca 100644
--- a/lib/rwsem.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Derived from arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c
  *
  * Writer lock-stealing by Alex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com>
+ * and Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
  */
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>


> Michel Lespinasse (13):
>   rwsem: make the waiter type an enumeration rather than a bitmask
>   rwsem: shorter spinlocked section in rwsem_down_failed_common()
>   rwsem: move rwsem_down_failed_common code into rwsem_down_{read,write}_failed
>   rwsem: simplify rwsem_down_read_failed
>   rwsem: simplify rwsem_down_write_failed
>   rwsem: more agressive lock stealing in rwsem_down_write_failed
>   rwsem: use cmpxchg for trying to steal write lock
>   rwsem: avoid taking wait_lock in rwsem_down_write_failed
>   rwsem: skip initial trylock in rwsem_down_write_failed
>   rwsem: simplify __rwsem_do_wake
>   rwsem: implement support for write lock stealing on the fastpath
>   rwsem: do not block readers at head of queue if other readers are active
>   x86 rwsem: avoid taking slow path when stealing write lock
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h |  28 +++--
>  lib/rwsem-spinlock.c         |  40 +++-----
>  lib/rwsem.c                  | 239 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  3 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 153 deletions(-)

Because Michel asked:

Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>