locking/qspinlock: Rework some comments

Peter Zijlstra · Ingo Molnar · commit 756b1df4c2c8 · 2018-10-16T17:33:54.000+02:00
While working my way through the code again; I felt the comments could use help. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com Cc: longman@redhat.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181003130257.156322446@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -326,16 +326,23 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
 	/*
 	 * trylock || pending
 	 *
-	 * 0,0,0 -> 0,0,1 ; trylock
-	 * 0,0,1 -> 0,1,1 ; pending
+	 * 0,0,* -> 0,1,* -> 0,0,1 pending, trylock
 	 */
 	val = atomic_fetch_or_acquire(_Q_PENDING_VAL, &lock->val);
+
 	/*
-	 * If we observe any contention; undo and queue.
+	 * If we observe contention, there is a concurrent locker.
+	 *
+	 * Undo and queue; our setting of PENDING might have made the
+	 * n,0,0 -> 0,0,0 transition fail and it will now be waiting
+	 * on @next to become !NULL.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(val & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK)) {
+
+		/* Undo PENDING if we set it. */
 		if (!(val & _Q_PENDING_MASK))
 			clear_pending(lock);
+
 		goto queue;
 	}
 
@@ -474,16 +481,25 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
 	 */
 
 	/*
-	 * In the PV case we might already have _Q_LOCKED_VAL set.
+	 * In the PV case we might already have _Q_LOCKED_VAL set, because
+	 * of lock stealing; therefore we must also allow:
 	 *
-	 * The atomic_cond_read_acquire() call above has provided the
-	 * necessary acquire semantics required for locking.
+	 * n,0,1 -> 0,0,1
+	 *
+	 * Note: at this point: (val & _Q_PENDING_MASK) == 0, because of the
+	 *       above wait condition, therefore any concurrent setting of
+	 *       PENDING will make the uncontended transition fail.
 	 */
-	if (((val & _Q_TAIL_MASK) == tail) &&
-	    atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(&lock->val, &val, _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
-		goto release; /* No contention */
+	if ((val & _Q_TAIL_MASK) == tail) {
+		if (atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(&lock->val, &val, _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
+			goto release; /* No contention */
+	}
 
-	/* Either somebody is queued behind us or _Q_PENDING_VAL is set */
+	/*
+	 * Either somebody is queued behind us or _Q_PENDING_VAL got set
+	 * which will then detect the remaining tail and queue behind us
+	 * ensuring we'll see a @next.
+	 */
 	set_locked(lock);
 
 	/*
