On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 01:37:40PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 05:57:08PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > +static int __sched __mutex_lock_check_stamp(struct rt_mutex *lock,
> > + struct ww_acquire_ctx *ctx)
> > +{
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_WW_MUTEX_RTMUTEX
> > + struct ww_mutex *ww = container_of(lock, struct ww_mutex, base.lock);
> > + struct ww_acquire_ctx *hold_ctx = ACCESS_ONCE(ww->ctx);
> > +
> > + if (!hold_ctx)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(ctx == hold_ctx))
> > + return -EALREADY;
> > +
> > + if (ctx->stamp - hold_ctx->stamp <= LONG_MAX &&
> > + (ctx->stamp != hold_ctx->stamp || ctx > hold_ctx)) {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
> > + DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(ctx->contending_lock);
> > + ctx->contending_lock = ww;
> > +#endif
> > + return -EDEADLK;
> > + }
> > +#endif
> > + return 0;
> > +}
>
> So IIRC this is the function that checks who gets wounded (and gets to
> do the whole retry thing), right?
>
> So for the RT case, I think we should extend it to not (primarily) be a
> FIFO thing, but also consider the priority of the tasks involved.
>
> Maybe a little something like:
>
> if (hold_ctx->task->prio < ctx->task->prio)
> return -EDEADLOCK;
>
> before the timestamp check; although I suppose we should also add a
> deadline test in case both prios are -1.
Something like rt_mutex_waiter_less(), we should have the same ordering
as that.
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