# HG changeset patch
# User Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@qumranet.com>
# Date 1210115132 -7200
# Node ID 0621238970155f8ff2d60ca4996dcdd470f9c6ce
# Parent 20bc6a66a86ef6bd60919cc77ff51d4af741b057
rwsem contended
Add a function to rw_semaphores to check if there are any processes
waiting for the semaphore. Add rwsem_needbreak to sched.h that works
in the same way as spinlock_needbreak().
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@qumranet.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ extern void up_write(struct rw_semaphore
*/
extern void downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+extern int rwsem_is_contended(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
/*
* nested locking. NOTE: rwsems are not allowed to recurse
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2030,6 +2030,15 @@ static inline int spin_needbreak(spinloc
#endif
}
+static inline int rwsem_needbreak(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+ return rwsem_is_contended(sem);
+#else
+ return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
/*
* Reevaluate whether the task has signals pending delivery.
* Wake the task if so.
diff --git a/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c b/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c
--- a/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem-spinlock.c
@@ -305,6 +305,18 @@ void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semapho
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait_lock, flags);
}
+int rwsem_is_contended(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+ /*
+ * Racy check for an empty list. False positives or negatives
+ * would be okay. False positive may cause a useless dropping of
+ * locks. False negatives may cause locks to be held a bit
+ * longer until the next check.
+ */
+ return !list_empty(&sem->wait_list);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rwsem_is_contended);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__init_rwsem);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__down_read);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__down_read_trylock);
diff --git a/lib/rwsem.c b/lib/rwsem.c
--- a/lib/rwsem.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem.c
@@ -251,6 +251,18 @@ asmregparm struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_do
return sem;
}
+int rwsem_is_contended(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+ /*
+ * Racy check for an empty list. False positives or negatives
+ * would be okay. False positive may cause a useless dropping of
+ * locks. False negatives may cause locks to be held a bit
+ * longer until the next check.
+ */
+ return !list_empty(&sem->wait_list);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rwsem_is_contended);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rwsem_down_read_failed);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rwsem_down_write_failed);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rwsem_wake);
--
