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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 47 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c index 9160f1ddc435..42e2f1fbbd5f 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c @@ -1833,9 +1833,39 @@ print_circular_bug_header(struct lock_list *entry, unsigned int depth, print_circular_bug_entry(entry, depth); } -static inline bool class_equal(struct lock_list *entry, void *data) +/* + * We are about to add A -> B into the dependency graph, and in __bfs() a + * strong dependency path A -> .. -> B is found: hlock_class equals + * entry->class. + * + * If A -> .. -> B can replace A -> B in any __bfs() search (means the former + * is _stronger_ than or equal to the latter), we consider A -> B as redundant. + * For example if A -> .. -> B is -(EN)-> (i.e. A -(E*)-> .. -(*N)-> B), and A + * -> B is -(ER)-> or -(EN)->, then we don't need to add A -> B into the + * dependency graph, as any strong path ..-> A -> B ->.. we can get with + * having dependency A -> B, we could already get a equivalent path ..-> A -> + * .. -> B -> .. with A -> .. -> B. Therefore A -> B is reduntant. + * + * We need to make sure both the start and the end of A -> .. -> B is not + * weaker than A -> B. For the start part, please see the comment in + * check_redundant(). For the end part, we need: + * + * Either + * + * a) A -> B is -(*R)-> (everything is not weaker than that) + * + * or + * + * b) A -> .. -> B is -(*N)-> (nothing is stronger than this) + * + */ +static inline bool hlock_equal(struct lock_list *entry, void *data) { - return entry->class == data; + struct held_lock *hlock = (struct held_lock *)data; + + return hlock_class(hlock) == entry->class && /* Found A -> .. -> B */ + (hlock->read == 2 || /* A -> B is -(*R)-> */ + !entry->only_xr); /* A -> .. -> B is -(*N)-> */ } /* @@ -2045,10 +2075,21 @@ check_redundant(struct held_lock *src, struct held_lock *target) struct lock_list src_entry; bfs_init_root(&src_entry, src); + /* + * Special setup for check_redundant(). + * + * To report redundant, we need to find a strong dependency path that + * is equal to or stronger than <src> -> <target>. So if <src> is E, + * we need to let __bfs() only search for a path starting at a -(E*)->, + * we achieve this by setting the initial node's ->only_xr to true in + * that case. And if <prev> is S, we set initial ->only_xr to false + * because both -(S*)-> (equal) and -(E*)-> (stronger) are redundant. + */ + src_entry.only_xr = src->read == 0; debug_atomic_inc(nr_redundant_checks); - ret = check_path(target, &src_entry, class_equal, &target_entry); + ret = check_path(target, &src_entry, hlock_equal, &target_entry); if (ret == BFS_RMATCH) debug_atomic_inc(nr_redundant); |