[PATCH v2] locking/rwsem: Add __always_inline annotation to __down_write_common() and inlined callers

John Stultz posted 1 patch 1 year, 5 months ago
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kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
[PATCH v2] locking/rwsem: Add __always_inline annotation to __down_write_common() and inlined callers
Posted by John Stultz 1 year, 5 months ago
Apparently despite it being marked inline, the compiler
may not inline __down_write_common() which makes it difficult
to identify the cause of lock contention, as the wchan of the
blocked function will always be listed as __down_write_common().

So add __always_inline annotation to the common function (as
well as the inlined helper callers) to force it to be inlined
so a more useful blocking function will be listed (via wchan).

This mirrors commit 92cc5d00a431 ("locking/rwsem: Add
__always_inline annotation to __down_read_common() and inlined
callers") which did the same for __down_read_common.

I sort of worry that I'm playing wack-a-mole here, and talking
with compiler people, they tell me inline means nothing, which
makes me want to cry a little. So I'm wondering if we need to
replace all the inlines with __always_inline, or remove them
because either we mean something by it, or not.

Cc: Tim Murray <timmurray@google.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel-team@android.com
Fixes: c995e638ccbb ("locking/rwsem: Fold __down_{read,write}*()")
Reported-by: Tim Murray <timmurray@google.com>
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
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v2:
* Add ack tags & minor tweaks to commit message
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 kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index c6d17aee4209..33cac79e3994 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static inline int __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 /*
  * lock for writing
  */
-static inline int __down_write_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int state)
+static __always_inline int __down_write_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int state)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1310,12 +1310,12 @@ static inline int __down_write_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int state)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline void __down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+static __always_inline void __down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
 	__down_write_common(sem, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
-static inline int __down_write_killable(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+static __always_inline int __down_write_killable(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
 	return __down_write_common(sem, TASK_KILLABLE);
 }
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