From: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@ilvokhin.com>
To: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>, Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@ilvokhin.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 3/3] locking: Wire up contended_release tracepoint
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:56:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8298e098d3418cb446ef396f119edac58a3414e9.1772642407.git.d@ilvokhin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1772642407.git.d@ilvokhin.com>
Add trace_contended_release() calls to the slowpath unlock paths of
sleepable locks: mutex, rtmutex, semaphore, rwsem, percpu-rwsem, and
RT-specific rwbase locks. Each call site fires only when there are
blocked waiters being woken, except percpu_up_write() which always wakes
via __wake_up().
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ilvokhin <d@ilvokhin.com>
---
kernel/locking/mutex.c | 1 +
kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c | 3 +++
kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 1 +
kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c | 8 +++++++-
kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 9 +++++++--
kernel/locking/semaphore.c | 4 +++-
6 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index c867f6c15530..54ca045987a2 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
next = waiter->task;
+ trace_contended_release(lock);
debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
__clear_task_blocked_on(next, lock);
wake_q_add(&wake_q, next);
diff --git a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
index 4190635458da..0f2e8e63d252 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ void percpu_up_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
{
rwsem_release(&sem->dep_map, _RET_IP_);
+ trace_contended_release(sem);
+
/*
* Signal the writer is done, no fast path yet.
*
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ void __percpu_up_read_slowpath(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
* writer.
*/
smp_mb(); /* B matches C */
+ trace_contended_release(sem);
/*
* In other words, if they see our decrement (presumably to
* aggregate zero, as that is the only time it matters) they
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index c80902eacd79..e0873f0ed982 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,7 @@ static void __sched rt_mutex_slowunlock(struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
}
+ trace_contended_release(lock);
/*
* The wakeup next waiter path does not suffer from the above
* race. See the comments there.
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c b/kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c
index 9f4322c07486..42f3658c0059 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ static void __sched __rwbase_read_unlock(struct rwbase_rt *rwb,
* worst case which can happen is a spurious wakeup.
*/
owner = rt_mutex_owner(rtm);
- if (owner)
+ if (owner) {
+ trace_contended_release(rwb);
rt_mutex_wake_q_add_task(&wqh, owner, state);
+ }
/* Pairs with the preempt_enable in rt_mutex_wake_up_q() */
preempt_disable();
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ static inline void rwbase_write_unlock(struct rwbase_rt *rwb)
unsigned long flags;
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rtm->wait_lock, flags);
+ if (rt_mutex_has_waiters(rtm))
+ trace_contended_release(rwb);
__rwbase_write_unlock(rwb, WRITER_BIAS, flags);
}
@@ -213,6 +217,8 @@ static inline void rwbase_write_downgrade(struct rwbase_rt *rwb)
unsigned long flags;
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rtm->wait_lock, flags);
+ if (rt_mutex_has_waiters(rtm))
+ trace_contended_release(rwb);
/* Release it and account current as reader */
__rwbase_write_unlock(rwb, WRITER_BIAS - 1, flags);
}
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index 24df4d98f7d2..4e61dc0bb045 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -1360,6 +1360,7 @@ static inline void __up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
if (unlikely((tmp & (RWSEM_LOCK_MASK|RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS)) ==
RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS)) {
clear_nonspinnable(sem);
+ trace_contended_release(sem);
rwsem_wake(sem);
}
preempt_enable();
@@ -1383,8 +1384,10 @@ static inline void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
preempt_disable();
rwsem_clear_owner(sem);
tmp = atomic_long_fetch_add_release(-RWSEM_WRITER_LOCKED, &sem->count);
- if (unlikely(tmp & RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS))
+ if (unlikely(tmp & RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS)) {
+ trace_contended_release(sem);
rwsem_wake(sem);
+ }
preempt_enable();
}
@@ -1407,8 +1410,10 @@ static inline void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
tmp = atomic_long_fetch_add_release(
-RWSEM_WRITER_LOCKED+RWSEM_READER_BIAS, &sem->count);
rwsem_set_reader_owned(sem);
- if (tmp & RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS)
+ if (tmp & RWSEM_FLAG_WAITERS) {
+ trace_contended_release(sem);
rwsem_downgrade_wake(sem);
+ }
preempt_enable();
}
diff --git a/kernel/locking/semaphore.c b/kernel/locking/semaphore.c
index 3ef032e22f7e..3cef5ba88f7e 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/semaphore.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/semaphore.c
@@ -231,8 +231,10 @@ void __sched up(struct semaphore *sem)
else
__up(sem, &wake_q);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->lock, flags);
- if (!wake_q_empty(&wake_q))
+ if (!wake_q_empty(&wake_q)) {
+ trace_contended_release(sem);
wake_up_q(&wake_q);
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(up);
--
2.47.3
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-04 16:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-04 16:56 [PATCH RFC 0/3] locking: contended_release tracepoint instrumentation Dmitry Ilvokhin
2026-03-04 16:56 ` [PATCH RFC 1/3] locking: Add contended_release tracepoint Dmitry Ilvokhin
2026-03-04 16:56 ` [PATCH RFC 2/3] locking/percpu-rwsem: Extract __percpu_up_read_slowpath() Dmitry Ilvokhin
2026-03-04 16:56 ` Dmitry Ilvokhin [this message]
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