From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753457AbeDPQOW (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:14:22 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:44274 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753048AbeDPQLs (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:11:48 -0400 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, parri.andrea@gmail.com, will.deacon@arm.com, peterz@infradead.org, boqun.feng@gmail.com, npiggin@gmail.com, dhowells@redhat.com, j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk, luc.maranget@inria.fr, akiyks@gmail.com, Andrea Parri , "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tools/memory-model 04/17] locking: Document the semantics of spin_is_locked() Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:12:32 -0700 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.2 In-Reply-To: <20180416161209.GA6895@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20180416161209.GA6895@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 18041616-0044-0000-0000-00000404B80A X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00008863; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000257; SDB=6.01018801; UDB=6.00519703; IPR=6.00798043; MB=3.00020599; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2018-04-16 16:11:43 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 18041616-0045-0000-0000-00000836BB6F Message-Id: <1523895165-17576-4-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2018-04-16_08:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=3 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1709140000 definitions=main-1804160146 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andrea Parri There appeared to be a certain, recurrent uncertainty concerning the semantics of spin_is_locked(), likely a consequence of the fact that this semantics remains undocumented or that it has been historically linked to the (likewise unclear) semantics of spin_unlock_wait(). A recent auditing [1] of the callers of the primitive confirmed that none of them are relying on particular ordering guarantees; document this semantics by adding a docbook header to spin_is_locked(). Also, describe behaviors specific to certain CONFIG_SMP=n builds. [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=151981440005264&w=2 https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152042843808540&w=2 https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152043346110262&w=2 Co-Developed-by: Andrea Parri Co-Developed-by: Alan Stern Co-Developed-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri Signed-off-by: Alan Stern Signed-off-by: David Howells Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Boqun Feng Cc: Nicholas Piggin Cc: Jade Alglave Cc: Luc Maranget Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Akira Yokosawa Cc: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: Randy Dunlap --- include/linux/spinlock.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h index 4894d322d258..1e8a46435838 100644 --- a/include/linux/spinlock.h +++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h @@ -380,6 +380,24 @@ static __always_inline int spin_trylock_irq(spinlock_t *lock) raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(spinlock_check(lock), flags); \ }) +/** + * spin_is_locked() - Check whether a spinlock is locked. + * @lock: Pointer to the spinlock. + * + * This function is NOT required to provide any memory ordering + * guarantees; it could be used for debugging purposes or, when + * additional synchronization is needed, accompanied with other + * constructs (memory barriers) enforcing the synchronization. + * + * Returns: 1 if @lock is locked, 0 otherwise. + * + * Note that the function only tells you that the spinlock is + * seen to be locked, not that it is locked on your CPU. + * + * Further, on CONFIG_SMP=n builds with CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=n, + * the return value is always 0 (see include/linux/spinlock_up.h). + * Therefore you should not rely heavily on the return value. + */ static __always_inline int spin_is_locked(spinlock_t *lock) { return raw_spin_is_locked(&lock->rlock); -- 2.5.2