Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:27:47 +0800 | From | Yuanhan Liu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] mutex: use spin_[un]lock instead of arch_spin_[un]lock |
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:14:50AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:58:07AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Use spin_[un]lock instead of arch_spin_[un]lock in mutex-debug.h so > > > > that we can collect the lock statistics of spin_lock_mutex from > > > > /proc/lock_stat. > > > > > > > > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> > > > > Signed-off-by: Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@linux.intel.com> > > > > --- > > > > kernel/mutex-debug.h | 4 ++-- > > > > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/kernel/mutex-debug.h b/kernel/mutex-debug.h > > > > index 0799fd3..556c0bc 100644 > > > > --- a/kernel/mutex-debug.h > > > > +++ b/kernel/mutex-debug.h > > > > @@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ static inline void mutex_clear_owner(struct mutex *lock) > > > > \ > > > > DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(in_interrupt()); \ > > > > local_irq_save(flags); \ > > > > - arch_spin_lock(&(lock)->rlock.raw_lock);\ > > > > + spin_lock(lock); \ > > > > > > But in that case it could probably use the spin_lock_irqsave() > > > primitive, right? > > > > Right, in that case I should use spin_lock_irqsave. > > > > But one question, why we use spin_lock at kernel/mutex.h, > > while use 'local_irq_save(); arch_spin_lock' at > > kernel/mutex-debug.h? > > > > Shouldn't we keep it consistent? Say use spin_lock_irqsave? > > I think we did it to increase performance with lockdep enabled - > this particular lockdep annotation, given the short codepaths, > is not that hard to verify - and if it breaks it will break a > thousand mutex locking places in the kernel.
Thanks for the explanation. > > So maybe it's better to leave it alone - maybe add a comment > that explains the reason.
Sorry, I may not get your point clearly. Should I make another patch to convert 'local_irq_save(..); arch_spin_lock(..);' at kernel/mutex-debug.h to spin_lock_irqsave() then?
Thanks.
--yliu
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