[PATCH RFC 1/3] locking/rwsem: make owner helpers globally available

From: Lance Yang
Date: Thu Jun 12 2025 - 00:20:52 EST


From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>

In preparation for extending blocker tracking to support rwsems, make the
rwsem_owner() and is_rwsem_reader_owned() helpers globally available for
determining if the blocker is a writer or one of the readers.

Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rwsem.h | 12 ++++++++++++
kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 8 +++++---
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
index c8b543d428b0..544853bed5b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -132,6 +132,18 @@ static inline int rwsem_is_contended(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
return !list_empty(&sem->wait_list);
}

+#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS) || defined(CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK_BLOCKER)
+/*
+ * Return just the real task structure pointer of the owner
+ */
+extern struct task_struct *rwsem_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+
+/*
+ * Return true if the rwsem is owned by a reader.
+ */
+extern bool is_rwsem_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+#endif
+
#else /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */

#include <linux/rwbase_rt.h>
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index 2ddb827e3bea..6cb29442d4fc 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ static inline void rwsem_set_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
__rwsem_set_reader_owned(sem, current);
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS
+#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS) || defined(CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK_BLOCKER)
/*
* Return just the real task structure pointer of the owner
*/
-static inline struct task_struct *rwsem_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+struct task_struct *rwsem_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
return (struct task_struct *)
(atomic_long_read(&sem->owner) & ~RWSEM_OWNER_FLAGS_MASK);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static inline struct task_struct *rwsem_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
/*
* Return true if the rwsem is owned by a reader.
*/
-static inline bool is_rwsem_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
+bool is_rwsem_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
/*
* Check the count to see if it is write-locked.
@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ static inline bool is_rwsem_reader_owned(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
return false;
return rwsem_test_oflags(sem, RWSEM_READER_OWNED);
}
+#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS
/*
* With CONFIG_DEBUG_RWSEMS configured, it will make sure that if there
* is a task pointer in owner of a reader-owned rwsem, it will be the
--
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