On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 09:38:07AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 02:30:05PM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 01:32:50PM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> 
> > >   /*
> > >    * DEP_*_BIT in lock_list::dep
> > >    *
> > >    * For dependency @prev -> @next:
> > >    *
> > >    *   RR: both @prev and @next are recursive read locks, i.e. ->read == 
> > > 2.
> > >    *   RN: @prev is recursive and @next is non-recursive.
> > >    *   NR: @prev is a not recursive and @next is recursive.
> > >    *   NN: both @prev and @next are non-recursive.
> > >    * 
> > >    * Note that we define the value of DEP_*_BITs so that:
> > >    *      bit0 is prev->read != 2
> > >    *      bit1 is next->read != 2
> > >    */
> > >   #define DEP_RR_BIT 0
> > >   #define DEP_RN_BIT 1
> > >   #define DEP_NR_BIT 2
> > >   #define DEP_NN_BIT 3
> > > 
> > >   #define DEP_RR_MASK (1U << (DEP_RR_BIT))
> > >   #define DEP_RN_MASK (1U << (DEP_RN_BIT))
> > >   #define DEP_NR_MASK (1U << (DEP_NR_BIT))
> > >   #define DEP_NN_MASK (1U << (DEP_NN_BIT))
> > > 
> > >   static inline unsigned int
> > >   __calc_dep_bit(struct held_lock *prev, struct held_lock *next)
> > >   {
> > >           return (prev->read != 2) + ((next->read != 2) << 1)
> > >   }
> > > 
> > >   static inline u8 calc_dep(struct held_lock *prev, struct held_lock 
> > > *next)
> > >   {
> > >           return 1U << __calc_dep_bit(prev, next);
> > >   }
> > > 
> > >   static inline bool only_rx(u8 dep)
> > >   {
> > >           return !(dep & (DEP_NR_MASK | DEP_NN_MASK));
> > >   }
> > > 
> > >   static inline bool only_xr(u8 dep)
> > >   {
> > >           return !(dep & (DEP_NR_MASK | DEP_NN_MASK));
> > >   }
> > > 
> 
> > > > >       if (have_xr && is_rx(entry->dep))
> > > > >               continue;
> > > > > 
> > > > >       entry->have_xr = is_xr(entry->dep);
> > > > > 
> > 
> > Hmm.. I think this part also needs some tweak:
> > 
> >     /* if -> prev is *R, and we only have R* for prev -> this, * skip*/
> >     if (have_xr && only_rx(entry->dep))
> >             continue;
> >     
> >     /*
> >      * we pick a *R for prev -> this only if:
> >      *     prev -> this dependencies are all *R 
> >      * or
> >      *     -> prev is *R, and we don't have NN for prev -> this
> >      */
> >     entry->have_xr = only_xr(entry->dep) || (have_xr && !is_nn(entry->dep));
> > 
> > otherwise, we will wrongly set entry->have_xr to false if have_xr is
> > true and we have RN for prev -> this.
> 
> OK, so its saturday morning and such, but what? Why should we set
> have_xr true when we have RN? Note that if we only had RN we'd already
> have bailed on the continue due to only_rx().
> 

But what if we have RN and NR? only_rx() will return false, but due to
have_xr is true, we can not pick RN, so entry->have_xr should be set to
true (due to we have to pick NR), however only_xr() is false becuase we
have RN, so if we set entry->have_xr to only_xr(), we set it as false.

This is for case like:

        TASK1:
                read_lock(A);
                read_lock(B);
        
        TASK2:
                write_lock(B);
                read_lock(C);
        
        TASK3:
                read_lock(B);
                write_lock(C);

        TASK4:
                read_lock(C);
                write_lock(A);

, which is not a deadlock.

Am I missing something sublte?
                

Regards,
Boqun

> So can you elaborate a bit?

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