Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull locking fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Two fixes to address shortcomings of the rwsem/percpu-rwsem lock
  debugging code which emits false positive warnings when the rwsem is
  anonymously locked and unlocked"

* 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  locking/percpu-rwsem: Annotate rwsem ownership transfer by setting RWSEM_OWNER_UNKNOWN
  locking/rwsem: Add a new RWSEM_ANONYMOUSLY_OWNED flag

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.h b/kernel/locking/rwsem.h
index a17cba8d94bb..b9d0e72aa80f 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.h
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * The owner field of the rw_semaphore structure will be set to
- * RWSEM_READ_OWNED when a reader grabs the lock. A writer will clear
+ * RWSEM_READER_OWNED when a reader grabs the lock. A writer will clear
  * the owner field when it unlocks. A reader, on the other hand, will
  * not touch the owner field when it unlocks.
  *
- * In essence, the owner field now has the following 3 states:
+ * In essence, the owner field now has the following 4 states:
  *  1) 0
  *     - lock is free or the owner hasn't set the field yet
  *  2) RWSEM_READER_OWNED
  *     - lock is currently or previously owned by readers (lock is free
  *       or not set by owner yet)
- *  3) Other non-zero value
- *     - a writer owns the lock
+ *  3) RWSEM_ANONYMOUSLY_OWNED bit set with some other bits set as well
+ *     - lock is owned by an anonymous writer, so spinning on the lock
+ *       owner should be disabled.
+ *  4) Other non-zero value
+ *     - a writer owns the lock and other writers can spin on the lock owner.
  */
-#define RWSEM_READER_OWNED	((struct task_struct *)1UL)
+#define RWSEM_ANONYMOUSLY_OWNED	(1UL << 0)
+#define RWSEM_READER_OWNED	((struct task_struct *)RWSEM_ANONYMOUSLY_OWNED)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS
 # define DEBUG_RWSEMS_WARN_ON(c)	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(c)
@@ -51,14 +55,22 @@ static inline void rwsem_set_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 		WRITE_ONCE(sem->owner, RWSEM_READER_OWNED);
 }
 
-static inline bool rwsem_owner_is_writer(struct task_struct *owner)
+/*
+ * Return true if the a rwsem waiter can spin on the rwsem's owner
+ * and steal the lock, i.e. the lock is not anonymously owned.
+ * N.B. !owner is considered spinnable.
+ */
+static inline bool is_rwsem_owner_spinnable(struct task_struct *owner)
 {
-	return owner && owner != RWSEM_READER_OWNED;
+	return !((unsigned long)owner & RWSEM_ANONYMOUSLY_OWNED);
 }
 
-static inline bool rwsem_owner_is_reader(struct task_struct *owner)
+/*
+ * Return true if rwsem is owned by an anonymous writer or readers.
+ */
+static inline bool rwsem_has_anonymous_owner(struct task_struct *owner)
 {
-	return owner == RWSEM_READER_OWNED;
+	return (unsigned long)owner & RWSEM_ANONYMOUSLY_OWNED;
 }
 #else
 static inline void rwsem_set_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)