The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     07574b8ebaac7927e2355b4f343b03b50e04494c
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/07574b8ebaac7927e2355b4f343b03b50e04494c
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:40:30 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:06:52 +01:00

compiler-context-analysys: Add __cond_releases()

Useful for things like unlock fastpaths, which on success release the
lock.

Suggested-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121111213.634625032@infradead.org
---
 include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h b/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h
index 00c074a..a931757 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-context-analysis.h
@@ -320,6 +320,38 @@ static inline void _context_unsafe_alias(void **p) { }
  */
 #define __releases(...)		__releases_ctx_lock(__VA_ARGS__)
 
+/*
+ * Clang's analysis does not care precisely about the value, only that it is
+ * either zero or non-zero. So the __cond_acquires() interface might be
+ * misleading if we say that @ret is the value returned if acquired. Instead,
+ * provide symbolic variants which we translate.
+ */
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_not_true(x, ...)     __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(0, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_not_false(x, ...)    __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(1, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_not_nonzero(x, ...)  __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(0, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_not_0(x, ...)        __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(1, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_not_nonnull(x, ...)  __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(0, x)
+#define __cond_acquires_impl_not_NULL(x, ...)     __try_acquires##__VA_ARGS__##_ctx_lock(1, x)
+
+/**
+ * __cond_releases() - function attribute, function conditionally
+ *                     releases a context lock exclusively
+ * @ret: abstract value returned by function if context lock releases
+ * @x: context lock instance pointer
+ *
+ * Function attribute declaring that the function conditionally releases the
+ * given context lock instance @x exclusively. The associated context(s) must
+ * be active on entry. The function return value @ret denotes when the context
+ * lock is released.
+ *
+ * @ret may be one of: true, false, nonzero, 0, nonnull, NULL.
+ *
+ * NOTE: clang does not have a native attribute for this; instead implement
+ *       it as an unconditional release and a conditional acquire for the
+ *       inverted condition -- which is semantically equivalent.
+ */
+#define __cond_releases(ret, x) __releases(x) __cond_acquires_impl_not_##ret(x)
+
 /**
  * __acquire() - function to acquire context lock exclusively
  * @x: context lock instance pointer