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Will Deacon d89c70356a locking/core: Remove break_lock field when CONFIG_GENERIC_LOCKBREAK=y 
When CONFIG_GENERIC_LOCKBEAK=y, locking structures grow an extra int ->break_lock
field which is used to implement raw_spin_is_contended() by setting the field
to 1 when waiting on a lock and clearing it to zero when holding a lock.
However, there are a few problems with this approach:

  - There is a write-write race between a CPU successfully taking the lock
    (and subsequently writing break_lock = 0) and a waiter waiting on
    the lock (and subsequently writing break_lock = 1). This could result
    in a contended lock being reported as uncontended and vice-versa.

  - On machines with store buffers, nothing guarantees that the writes
    to break_lock are visible to other CPUs at any particular time.

  - READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE are not used, so the field is potentially
    susceptible to harmful compiler optimisations,

Consequently, the usefulness of this field is unclear and we'd be better off
removing it and allowing architectures to implement raw_spin_is_contended() by
providing a definition of arch_spin_is_contended(), as they can when
CONFIG_GENERIC_LOCKBREAK=n.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1511894539-7988-3-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-12-12 11:24:01 +01:00
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bpf bpf: set maximum number of attached progs to 64 for a single perf tp 2017-12-01 02:56:10 +01:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-4.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2017-11-15 14:29:44 -08:00
configs ANDROID: binder: add hwbinder,vndbinder to BINDER_DEVICES. 2017-08-22 18:43:23 -07:00
debug kdb: Fix handling of kallsyms_symbol_next() return value 2017-12-06 16:12:43 -06:00
events Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-12-08 13:32:44 -08:00
gcov License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
irq genirq/matrix: Fix the precedence fix for real 2017-12-04 20:50:35 +01:00
livepatch Merge branch 'for-linus' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2017-11-15 10:21:58 -08:00
locking locking/core: Remove break_lock field when CONFIG_GENERIC_LOCKBREAK=y 2017-12-12 11:24:01 +01:00
power mm: remove __GFP_COLD 2017-11-15 18:21:06 -08:00
printk remove task and stack pointer printout from oops dump 2017-12-05 08:23:20 -08:00
rcu Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:56:58 -08:00
sched sched/fair: Update and fix the runnable propagation rule 2017-12-06 19:30:50 +01:00
time - final batch of "non trivial" timer conversions (multi-tree dependencies, 2017-11-23 16:29:05 +01:00
trace Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-12-04 11:14:46 -08:00
.gitignore
acct.c Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to resolve conflicts 2017-11-07 10:32:44 +01:00
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'fsnotify' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2017-11-14 14:08:20 -08:00
audit_watch.c audit/stable-4.13 PR 20170816 2017-08-16 16:48:34 -07:00
audit.c Audit: remove unused audit_log_secctx function 2017-11-10 16:08:47 -05:00
audit.h audit/stable-4.15 PR 20171113 2017-11-15 13:28:48 -08:00
auditfilter.c audit: filter PATH records keyed on filesystem magic 2017-11-10 16:08:56 -05:00
auditsc.c audit/stable-4.15 PR 20171113 2017-11-15 13:28:48 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
capability.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
compat.c sched_rr_get_interval(): move compat to native, get rid of set_fs() 2017-09-20 00:30:57 -04:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c PM / CPU: replace raw_notifier with atomic_notifier 2017-07-31 13:09:49 +02:00
cpu.c Merge branch 'smp-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-12-06 17:45:36 -08:00
crash_core.c kdump: print a message in case parse_crashkernel_mem resulted in zero bytes 2017-11-17 16:10:03 -08:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
elfcore.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
exec_domain.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
exit.c locking/atomics: COCCINELLE/treewide: Convert trivial ACCESS_ONCE() patterns to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2017-10-25 11:01:08 +02:00
extable.c kprobes, x86/alternatives: Use text_mutex to protect smp_alt_modules 2017-11-07 12:20:09 +01:00
fork.c pid: remove pidhash 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
futex.c futex: futex_wake_op, fix sign_extend32 sign bits 2017-12-10 12:50:57 -08:00
groups.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
hung_task.c
irq_work.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-11-13 17:33:11 -08:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Invoke jump_label_test() via early_initcall() 2017-11-14 08:41:41 +01:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: take advantage of the new '%px' format 2017-11-29 10:30:13 -08:00
kcmp.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: support comparison operands collection 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
kexec_core.c x86/mm, kexec: Allow kexec to be used with SME 2017-07-18 11:38:04 +02:00
kexec_file.c resource: Provide resource struct in resource walk callback 2017-11-07 15:35:57 +01:00
kexec_internal.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kexec.c
kmod.c kmod: move #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES wrapper to Makefile 2017-09-08 18:26:51 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Disable the jprobes APIs 2017-10-20 11:02:29 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
latencytop.c
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
memremap.c memremap: add scheduling point to devm_memremap_pages 2017-10-03 17:54:25 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c kallsyms: take advantage of the new '%px' format 2017-11-29 10:30:13 -08:00
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
panic.c kernel/panic.c: add TAINT_AUX 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
params.c kernel/params.c: improve STANDARD_PARAM_DEF readability 2017-10-03 17:54:26 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pid: remove pidhash 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
pid.c pid: remove pidhash 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
profile.c
ptrace.c signal: Remove kernel interal si_code magic 2017-07-24 14:30:28 -05:00
range.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: add devm_register_reboot_notifier() 2017-11-17 16:10:04 -08:00
relay.c
resource.c x86/mm, resource: Use PAGE_KERNEL protection for ioremap of memory pages 2017-11-07 15:35:58 +01:00
seccomp.c Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to resolve conflicts 2017-11-07 10:32:44 +01:00
signal.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-17 16:56:17 -08:00
smp.c smp/core: Use lockdep to assert IRQs are disabled/enabled 2017-11-08 11:13:50 +01:00
smpboot.c watchdog/core, powerpc: Lock cpus across reconfiguration 2017-10-04 10:53:54 +02:00
smpboot.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
softirq.c kmemcheck: rip it out 2017-11-15 18:21:05 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
sys.c arm64 updates for 4.15 2017-11-15 10:56:56 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
sysctl.c kernel/sysctl.c: code cleanups 2017-11-17 16:10:03 -08:00
task_work.c Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to resolve conflicts 2017-11-07 10:32:44 +01:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c kprobes: Disable the jprobes test code 2017-10-20 11:02:54 +02:00
torture.c torture: Fix typo suppressing CPU-hotplug statistics 2017-07-25 13:04:45 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c
uid16.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
umh.c kernel/umh.c: optimize 'proc_cap_handler()' 2017-11-17 16:10:01 -08:00
up.c smp: Avoid using two cache lines for struct call_single_data 2017-08-29 15:14:38 +02:00
user_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2017-11-16 12:20:15 -08:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c userns: use union in {g,u}idmap struct 2017-10-31 17:22:58 -05:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog_hld.c Merge branch 'linus' into core/urgent, to pick up dependent commits 2017-11-04 08:53:04 +01:00
watchdog.c Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core, to pick up fixes 2017-11-08 10:17:15 +01:00
workqueue_internal.h Merge branch 'for-4.14-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2017-11-06 12:26:49 -08:00
workqueue.c treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00