Re: [PATCH] locking/rwsem: Prevent non-first waiter from spinning in down_write() slowpath

[Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>]

On 10/12/22 00:04, Hillf Danton wrote:
>> you mean, you want to check and change waiter->handoff_set on every run
>> rwsem_try_write_lock().
>>
> Yes, with RWSEM_FLAG_HANDOFF set, it is too late for non first waiters to
> spin, and with both RWSEM_LOCK_MASK and RWSEM_FLAG_HANDOFF set, the rivals
> in the RWSEM_LOCK_MASK have an uphand over the first waiter wrt acquiring
> the lock, and it is not a bad option for the first waiter to take a step
> back off.
>
> 		if (count & RWSEM_LOCK_MASK) {
> 			if (has_handoff || (!rt_task(waiter->task) &&
> 					    !time_after(jiffies, waiter->timeout)))
> 				return false;
>
> 			new |= RWSEM_FLAG_HANDOFF;
> 		} else {
>
>> But does it break optimistic spinning ? @waiman ?
> Waiters spin for acquiring lock instead of lockup and your report shows
> spinning too much makes trouble. The key is stop spinning neither too
> late nor too early. My proposal is a simple one with as few heuristics
> added as possible.

Yes, too much spinning is bad if we have RT tasks in the mix, otherwise 
it should be fine.

Cheers,
Longman