[RFC][PATCH 5/8] rtmutex: Clean up

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

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Previous patches changed the meaning of the return value of
rt_mutex_slowunlock(); update comments and code to reflect this.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/futex.c                  |   12 ++++++------
 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c        |   20 +++++++++-----------
 kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uad
 	struct futex_pi_state *pi_state = this->pi_state;
 	u32 uninitialized_var(curval), newval;
 	WAKE_Q(wake_q);
-	bool deboost;
+	bool postunlock;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!pi_state)
@@ -1327,17 +1327,17 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uad
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 
-	deboost = rt_mutex_futex_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex, &wake_q);
+	postunlock = rt_mutex_futex_unlock(&pi_state->pi_mutex, &wake_q);
 
 	/*
 	 * First unlock HB so the waiter does not spin on it once he got woken
-	 * up. Second wake up the waiter before the priority is adjusted. If we
-	 * deboost first (and lose our higher priority), then the task might get
-	 * scheduled away before the wake up can take place.
+	 * up. Then wakeup the waiter by calling rt_mutex_postunlock(). Priority
+	 * is already adjusted and preemption is disabled to avoid inversion.
 	 */
 	spin_unlock(&hb->lock);
 
-	rt_mutex_postunlock(&wake_q, deboost);
+	if (postunlock)
+		rt_mutex_postunlock(&wake_q);
 
 	return 0;
 }
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,8 @@ static inline int rt_mutex_slowtrylock(s
 
 /*
  * Slow path to release a rt-mutex.
- * Return whether the current task needs to undo a potential priority boosting.
+ *
+ * Return whether the current task needs to call rt_mutex_postunlock().
  */
 static bool __sched rt_mutex_slowunlock(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 					struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
@@ -1327,7 +1328,7 @@ static bool __sched rt_mutex_slowunlock(
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 
-	/* check PI boosting */
+	/* call rt_mutex_postunlock() */
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -1378,15 +1379,14 @@ rt_mutex_fasttrylock(struct rt_mutex *lo
 }
 
 /*
- * Undo pi boosting (if necessary) and wake top waiter.
+ * Performs the wakeup of the the top-waiter and re-enables preemption.
  */
-void rt_mutex_postunlock(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, bool deboost)
+void rt_mutex_postunlock(struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
 {
 	wake_up_q(wake_q);
 
 	/* Pairs with preempt_disable() in rt_mutex_slowunlock() */
-	if (deboost)
-		preempt_enable();
+	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1489,9 +1489,8 @@ void __sched rt_mutex_unlock(struct rt_m
 		rt_mutex_deadlock_account_unlock(current);
 
 	} else {
-		bool deboost = rt_mutex_slowunlock(lock, &wake_q);
-
-		rt_mutex_postunlock(&wake_q, deboost);
+		if (rt_mutex_slowunlock(lock, &wake_q))
+			rt_mutex_postunlock(&wake_q);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_unlock);
@@ -1500,8 +1499,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_unlock);
  * rt_mutex_futex_unlock - Futex variant of rt_mutex_unlock
  * @lock: the rt_mutex to be unlocked
  *
- * Returns: true/false indicating whether priority adjustment is
- * required or not.
+ * Returns: true/false indicating whether we should call rt_mutex_postunlock().
  */
 bool __sched rt_mutex_futex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 				   struct wake_q_head *wqh)
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ extern int rt_mutex_finish_proxy_lock(st
 extern int rt_mutex_timed_futex_lock(struct rt_mutex *l, struct hrtimer_sleeper *to);
 extern bool rt_mutex_futex_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 				  struct wake_q_head *wqh);
-extern void rt_mutex_postunlock(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, bool deboost);
+extern void rt_mutex_postunlock(struct wake_q_head *wake_q);
 extern void rt_mutex_adjust_prio(struct task_struct *task);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES