[PATCH v13 04/17] preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub, add}_return()

[PATCH v13 04/17] preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub, add}_return()

[Lyude Paul]

From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>

In order to use preempt_count() to tracking the interrupt disable
nesting level, __preempt_count_{add,sub}_return() are introduced, as
their name suggest, these primitives return the new value of the
preempt_count() after changing it. The following example shows the usage
of it in local_interrupt_disable():

	// increase the HARDIRQ_DISABLE bit
	new_count = __preempt_count_add_return(HARDIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET);

	// if it's the first-time increment, then disable the interrupt
	// at hardware level.
	if (new_count & HARDIRQ_DISABLE_MASK == HARDIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET) {
		local_irq_save(flags);
		raw_cpu_write(local_interrupt_disable_state.flags, flags);
	}

Having these primitives will avoid a read of preempt_count() after
changing preempt_count() on certain architectures.

Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>

---
V10:
* Add commit message I forgot
* Rebase against latest pcpu_hot changes
V11:
* Remove CONFIG_PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES workaround from
  __preempt_count_add_return()

 arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h  | 10 ++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h   | 10 ++++++++++
 include/asm-generic/preempt.h    | 14 ++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 52 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h
index 932ea4b620428..0dd8221d1bef7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -55,6 +55,24 @@ static inline void __preempt_count_sub(int val)
 	WRITE_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count, pc);
 }
 
+static inline int __preempt_count_add_return(int val)
+{
+	u32 pc = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count);
+	pc += val;
+	WRITE_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count, pc);
+
+	return pc;
+}
+
+static inline int __preempt_count_sub_return(int val)
+{
+	u32 pc = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count);
+	pc -= val;
+	WRITE_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count, pc);
+
+	return pc;
+}
+
 static inline bool __preempt_count_dec_and_test(void)
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h
index 6ccd033acfe52..5ae366e26c57d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ static __always_inline bool should_resched(int preempt_offset)
 	return unlikely(READ_ONCE(get_lowcore()->preempt_count) == preempt_offset);
 }
 
+static __always_inline int __preempt_count_add_return(int val)
+{
+	return val + __atomic_add(val, &get_lowcore()->preempt_count);
+}
+
+static __always_inline int __preempt_count_sub_return(int val)
+{
+	return __preempt_count_add_return(-val);
+}
+
 #define init_task_preempt_count(p)	do { } while (0)
 /* Deferred to CPU bringup time */
 #define init_idle_preempt_count(p, cpu)	do { } while (0)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
index 578441db09f0b..1220656f3370b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ static __always_inline void __preempt_count_sub(int val)
 	raw_cpu_add_4(__preempt_count, -val);
 }
 
+static __always_inline int __preempt_count_add_return(int val)
+{
+	return raw_cpu_add_return_4(__preempt_count, val);
+}
+
+static __always_inline int __preempt_count_sub_return(int val)
+{
+	return raw_cpu_add_return_4(__preempt_count, -val);
+}
+
 /*
  * Because we keep PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED set when we do _not_ need to reschedule
  * a decrement which hits zero means we have no preempt_count and should
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/preempt.h b/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
index 51f8f3881523a..c8683c046615d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ static __always_inline void __preempt_count_sub(int val)
 	*preempt_count_ptr() -= val;
 }
 
+static __always_inline int __preempt_count_add_return(int val)
+{
+	*preempt_count_ptr() += val;
+
+	return *preempt_count_ptr();
+}
+
+static __always_inline int __preempt_count_sub_return(int val)
+{
+	*preempt_count_ptr() -= val;
+
+	return *preempt_count_ptr();
+}
+
 static __always_inline bool __preempt_count_dec_and_test(void)
 {
 	/*
-- 
2.51.0

Re: [PATCH v13 04/17] preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub, add}_return()

[Andreas Hindborg]

Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com> writes:

> From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
>
> In order to use preempt_count() to tracking the interrupt disable
> nesting level, __preempt_count_{add,sub}_return() are introduced, as
> their name suggest, these primitives return the new value of the
> preempt_count() after changing it. The following example shows the usage
> of it in local_interrupt_disable():
>
> 	// increase the HARDIRQ_DISABLE bit
> 	new_count = __preempt_count_add_return(HARDIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET);
>
> 	// if it's the first-time increment, then disable the interrupt
> 	// at hardware level.
> 	if (new_count & HARDIRQ_DISABLE_MASK == HARDIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET) {
> 		local_irq_save(flags);
> 		raw_cpu_write(local_interrupt_disable_state.flags, flags);
> 	}
>
> Having these primitives will avoid a read of preempt_count() after
> changing preempt_count() on certain architectures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
>
> ---
> V10:
> * Add commit message I forgot
> * Rebase against latest pcpu_hot changes
> V11:
> * Remove CONFIG_PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES workaround from
>   __preempt_count_add_return()
>
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h  | 10 ++++++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h   | 10 ++++++++++
>  include/asm-generic/preempt.h    | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h
> index 932ea4b620428..0dd8221d1bef7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h
> @@ -55,6 +55,24 @@ static inline void __preempt_count_sub(int val)
>  	WRITE_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count, pc);
>  }
>  
> +static inline int __preempt_count_add_return(int val)
> +{
> +	u32 pc = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count);
> +	pc += val;
> +	WRITE_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count, pc);
> +
> +	return pc;
> +}
> +
> +static inline int __preempt_count_sub_return(int val)
> +{
> +	u32 pc = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count);
> +	pc -= val;
> +	WRITE_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt.count, pc);
> +
> +	return pc;
> +}
> +

I am wondering how this works when preemption is enabled? Will the
kernel never preempt itself? I would think this would have to be atomic?
I can see the surrounding code is using the same pattern, so it is
probably fine. But I am curious as to why that is.


Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg