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

From: Google
Date: Mon Jun 23 2025 - 20:19:01 EST


On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:19:24 +0800
Lance Yang <ioworker0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> 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
> --
> 2.49.0
>


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>