locking/rtmutex: Explain locking rules for rt_mutex_proxy_unlock()/init_proxy_locked()

While debugging the unlock vs. dequeue race which resulted in state
corruption of futexes the lockless nature of rt_mutex_proxy_unlock()
caused some confusion.

Add commentry to explain why it is safe to do this lockless. Add matching
comments to rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked() for completeness sake.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161130210030.591941927@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 6e6cab7ac12f..2f443ed2320a 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1619,11 +1619,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rt_mutex_init);
  * rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked - initialize and lock a rt_mutex on behalf of a
  *                              proxy owner
  *
- * @lock:       the rt_mutex to be locked
+ * @lock:       the rt_mutex to be locked
  * @proxy_owner:the task to set as owner
  *
  * No locking. Caller has to do serializing itself
- * Special API call for PI-futex support
+ *
+ * Special API call for PI-futex support. This initializes the rtmutex and
+ * assigns it to @proxy_owner. Concurrent operations on the rtmutex are not
+ * possible at this point because the pi_state which contains the rtmutex
+ * is not yet visible to other tasks.
  */
 void rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(struct rt_mutex *lock,
                                 struct task_struct *proxy_owner)
@@ -1637,10 +1641,14 @@ void rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 /**
  * rt_mutex_proxy_unlock - release a lock on behalf of owner
  *
- * @lock:       the rt_mutex to be locked
+ * @lock:       the rt_mutex to be locked
  *
  * No locking. Caller has to do serializing itself
- * Special API call for PI-futex support
+ *
+ * Special API call for PI-futex support. This merrily cleans up the rtmutex
+ * (debugging) state. Concurrent operations on this rt_mutex are not
+ * possible because it belongs to the pi_state which is about to be freed
+ * and it is not longer visible to other tasks.
  */
 void rt_mutex_proxy_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock,
                            struct task_struct *proxy_owner)