[PATCH v1 2/3] perf rwsem: Add thread-safety annotations

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Mon May 19 2025 - 18:47:09 EST


Add annotations used by clang's -Wthread-safety. Fix dsos compilation
errors caused by a lock of annotations.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/dsos.c | 3 +++
tools/perf/util/mutex.h | 11 +++++++++++
tools/perf/util/rwsem.c | 4 ++++
tools/perf/util/rwsem.h | 10 +++++-----
4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dsos.c b/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
index e0998e2a7c4e..4d213017d202 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dsos.c
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ static struct dso *__dsos__find_by_longname_id(struct dsos *dsos,
const char *name,
const struct dso_id *id,
bool write_locked)
+ SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(dsos->lock)
{
struct dsos__key key = {
.long_name = name,
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ static int dsos__find_id_cb(struct dso *dso, void *data)

static struct dso *__dsos__find_id(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name, const struct dso_id *id,
bool cmp_short, bool write_locked)
+ SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(dsos->lock)
{
struct dso *res;

@@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ static struct dso *__dsos__addnew_id(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name, const
}

static struct dso *__dsos__findnew_id(struct dsos *dsos, const char *name, const struct dso_id *id)
+ SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(dsos->lock)
{
struct dso *dso = __dsos__find_id(dsos, name, id, false, /*write_locked=*/true);

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mutex.h b/tools/perf/util/mutex.h
index 62d258c71ded..38458f00846f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mutex.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mutex.h
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
/* Documents functions that acquire a lock in the body of a function, and do not release it. */
#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION(...) __attribute__((exclusive_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))

+/*
+ * Documents functions that acquire a shared (reader) lock in the body of a
+ * function, and do not release it.
+ */
+#define SHARED_LOCK_FUNCTION(...) __attribute__((shared_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+
/*
* Documents functions that expect a lock to be held on entry to the function,
* and release it in the body of the function.
@@ -55,6 +61,9 @@
/* Documents a function that expects a mutex to be held prior to entry. */
#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...) __attribute__((exclusive_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__)))

+/* Documents a function that expects a shared (reader) lock to be held prior to entry. */
+#define SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...) __attribute__((shared_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__)))
+
/* Turns off thread safety checking within the body of a particular function. */
#define NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS __attribute__((no_thread_safety_analysis))

@@ -66,9 +75,11 @@
#define LOCKS_EXCLUDED(...)
#define LOCK_RETURNED(x)
#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION(...)
+#define SHARED_LOCK_FUNCTION(...)
#define UNLOCK_FUNCTION(...)
#define EXCLUSIVE_TRYLOCK_FUNCTION(...)
#define EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...)
+#define SHARED_LOCKS_REQUIRED(...)
#define NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS

#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rwsem.c b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.c
index 5109167f27f7..9d26832398db 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/rwsem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int exit_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
}

int down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+ NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS
{
#if RWS_ERRORCHECK
mutex_lock(&sem->mtx);
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ int down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
}

int up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+ NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS
{
#if RWS_ERRORCHECK
mutex_unlock(&sem->mtx);
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ int up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
}

int down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+ NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS
{
#if RWS_ERRORCHECK
mutex_lock(&sem->mtx);
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ int down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
}

int up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+ NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS
{
#if RWS_ERRORCHECK
mutex_unlock(&sem->mtx);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rwsem.h b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.h
index ef5cbc31d967..b102d8143181 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/rwsem.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rwsem.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
*/
#define RWS_ERRORCHECK 0

-struct rw_semaphore {
+struct LOCKABLE rw_semaphore {
#if RWS_ERRORCHECK
struct mutex mtx;
#else
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ struct rw_semaphore {
int init_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
int exit_rwsem(struct rw_semaphore *sem);

-int down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
-int up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+int down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem) SHARED_LOCK_FUNCTION(sem);
+int up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem) UNLOCK_FUNCTION(sem);

-int down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
-int up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+int down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem) EXCLUSIVE_LOCK_FUNCTION(sem);
+int up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem) UNLOCK_FUNCTION(sem);

#endif /* _PERF_RWSEM_H */
--
2.49.0.1101.gccaa498523-goog