On Thu, 07 Sep 2017, Prateek Sood wrote:
        /*
+       * __rwsem_down_write_failed_common(sem)
+       *   rwsem_optimistic_spin(sem)
+       *     osq_unlock(sem->osq)
+       *   ...
+       *   atomic_long_add_return(&sem->count)
+       *
+       *      - VS -
+       *
+       *              __up_write()
+       *                if (atomic_long_sub_return_release(&sem->count) < 0)
+       *                  rwsem_wake(sem)
+       *                    osq_is_locked(&sem->osq)
+       *
+       * And __up_write() must observe !osq_is_locked() when it observes the
+       * atomic_long_add_return() in order to not miss a wakeup.
+       *
+       * This boils down to:
+       *
+       * [S.rel] X = 1                [RmW] r0 = (Y += 0)
+       *         MB                         RMB
+       * [RmW]   Y += 1               [L]   r1 = X
+       *
+       * exists (r0=1 /\ r1=0)
+       */
+       smp_rmb();

Instead, how about just removing the release from 
atomic_long_sub_return_release()
such that the osq load is not hoisted over the atomic compound (along with 
Peter's
comment):

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h
index 6c6a2141f271..487ce31078ff 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static inline void __up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 */
static inline void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
-       if (unlikely(atomic_long_sub_return_release(RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS,
+       if (unlikely(atomic_long_sub_return(RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS,
                                                    &sem->count) < 0))
                rwsem_wake(sem);
}

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