[PATCH] locking/rwsem: use OWNER_NONSPINNABLE directly instead of OWNER_SPINNABLE

From: alexjlzheng
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 09:09:22 EST


From: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>

After commit 7d43f1ce9dd0 ("locking/rwsem: Enable time-based spinning on
reader-owned rwsem"), OWNER_SPINNABLE contains all possible values except
OWNER_NONSPINNABLE, namely OWNER_NULL | OWNER_WRITER | OWNER_READER.

Therefore, it is better to use OWNER_NONSPINNABLE directly to determine
whether to exit optimistic spin.

And, remove useless OWNER_SPINNABLE to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index 2ddb827e3bea..8572dba95af4 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -727,8 +727,6 @@ static inline bool rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
return ret;
}

-#define OWNER_SPINNABLE (OWNER_NULL | OWNER_WRITER | OWNER_READER)
-
static inline enum owner_state
rwsem_owner_state(struct task_struct *owner, unsigned long flags)
{
@@ -835,7 +833,7 @@ static bool rwsem_optimistic_spin(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
enum owner_state owner_state;

owner_state = rwsem_spin_on_owner(sem);
- if (!(owner_state & OWNER_SPINNABLE))
+ if (owner_state == OWNER_NONSPINNABLE)
break;

/*
--
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