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- Lemma 1:
- If ps_tq is scheduled, ps_tq_active is 1. ps_tq_int() can be called
- only when ps_tq_active is 1.
- Proof: All assignments to ps_tq_active and all scheduling of ps_tq happen
- under ps_spinlock. There are three places where that can happen:
- one in ps_set_intr() (A) and two in ps_tq_int() (B and C).
- Consider the sequnce of these events. A can not be preceded by
- anything except B, since it is under if (!ps_tq_active) under
- ps_spinlock. C is always preceded by B, since we can't reach it
- other than through B and we don't drop ps_spinlock between them.
- IOW, the sequence is A?(BA|BC|B)*. OTOH, number of B can not exceed
- the sum of numbers of A and C, since each call of ps_tq_int() is
- the result of ps_tq execution. Therefore, the sequence starts with
- A and each B is preceded by either A or C. Moments when we enter
- ps_tq_int() are sandwiched between {A,C} and B in that sequence,
- since at any time number of B can not exceed the number of these
- moments which, in turn, can not exceed the number of A and C.
- In other words, the sequence of events is (A or C set ps_tq_active to
- 1 and schedule ps_tq, ps_tq is executed, ps_tq_int() is entered,
- B resets ps_tq_active)*.
- consider the following area:
- * in do_pd_request1(): to calls of pi_do_claimed() and return in
- case when pd_req is NULL.
- * in next_request(): to call of do_pd_request1()
- * in do_pd_read(): to call of ps_set_intr()
- * in do_pd_read_start(): to calls of pi_do_claimed(), next_request()
- and ps_set_intr()
- * in do_pd_read_drq(): to calls of pi_do_claimed() and next_request()
- * in do_pd_write(): to call of ps_set_intr()
- * in do_pd_write_start(): to calls of pi_do_claimed(), next_request()
- and ps_set_intr()
- * in do_pd_write_done(): to calls of pi_do_claimed() and next_request()
- * in ps_set_intr(): to check for ps_tq_active and to scheduling
- ps_tq if ps_tq_active was 0.
- * in ps_tq_int(): from the moment when we get ps_spinlock() to the
- return, call of con() or scheduling ps_tq.
- * in pi_schedule_claimed() when called from pi_do_claimed() called from
- pd.c, everything until returning 1 or setting or setting ->claim_cont
- on the path that returns 0
- * in pi_do_claimed() when called from pd.c, everything until the call
- of pi_do_claimed() plus the everything until the call of cont() if
- pi_do_claimed() has returned 1.
- * in pi_wake_up() called for PIA that belongs to pd.c, everything from
- the moment when pi_spinlock has been acquired.
- Lemma 2:
- 1) at any time at most one thread of execution can be in that area or
- be preempted there.
- 2) When there is such a thread, pd_busy is set or pd_lock is held by
- that thread.
- 3) When there is such a thread, ps_tq_active is 0 or ps_spinlock is
- held by that thread.
- 4) When there is such a thread, all PIA belonging to pd.c have NULL
- ->claim_cont or pi_spinlock is held by thread in question.
- Proof: consider the first moment when the above is not true.
- (1) can become not true if some thread enters that area while another is there.
- a) do_pd_request1() can be called from next_request() or do_pd_request()
- In the first case the thread was already in the area. In the second,
- the thread was holding pd_lock and found pd_busy not set, which would
- mean that (2) was already not true.
- b) ps_set_intr() and pi_schedule_claimed() can be called only from the
- area.
- c) pi_do_claimed() is called by pd.c only from the area.
- d) ps_tq_int() can enter the area only when the thread is holding
- ps_spinlock and ps_tq_active is 1 (due to Lemma 1). It means that
- (3) was already not true.
- e) do_pd_{read,write}* could be called only from the area. The only
- case that needs consideration is call from pi_wake_up() and there
- we would have to be called for the PIA that got ->claimed_cont
- from pd.c. That could happen only if pi_do_claimed() had been
- called from pd.c for that PIA, which happens only for PIA belonging
- to pd.c.
- f) pi_wake_up() can enter the area only when the thread is holding
- pi_spinlock and ->claimed_cont is non-NULL for PIA belonging to
- pd.c. It means that (4) was already not true.
- (2) can become not true only when pd_lock is released by the thread in question.
- Indeed, pd_busy is reset only in the area and thread that resets
- it is holding pd_lock. The only place within the area where we
- release pd_lock is in pd_next_buf() (called from within the area).
- But that code does not reset pd_busy, so pd_busy would have to be
- 0 when pd_next_buf() had acquired pd_lock. If it become 0 while
- we were acquiring the lock, (1) would be already false, since
- the thread that had reset it would be in the area simulateously.
- If it was 0 before we tried to acquire pd_lock, (2) would be
- already false.
- For similar reasons, (3) can become not true only when ps_spinlock is released
- by the thread in question. However, all such places within the area are right
- after resetting ps_tq_active to 0.
- (4) is done the same way - all places where we release pi_spinlock within
- the area are either after resetting ->claimed_cont to NULL while holding
- pi_spinlock, or after not tocuhing ->claimed_cont since acquiring pi_spinlock
- also in the area. The only place where ->claimed_cont is made non-NULL is
- in the area, under pi_spinlock and we do not release it until after leaving
- the area.
- QED.
- Corollary 1: ps_tq_active can be killed. Indeed, the only place where we
- check its value is in ps_set_intr() and if it had been non-zero at that
- point, we would have violated either (2.1) (if it was set while ps_set_intr()
- was acquiring ps_spinlock) or (2.3) (if it was set when we started to
- acquire ps_spinlock).
- Corollary 2: ps_spinlock can be killed. Indeed, Lemma 1 and Lemma 2 show
- that the only possible contention is between scheduling ps_tq followed by
- immediate release of spinlock and beginning of execution of ps_tq on
- another CPU.
- Corollary 3: assignment to pd_busy in do_pd_read_start() and do_pd_write_start()
- can be killed. Indeed, we are not holding pd_lock and thus pd_busy is already
- 1 here.
- Corollary 4: in ps_tq_int() uses of con can be replaced with uses of
- ps_continuation, since the latter is changed only from the area.
- We don't need to reset it to NULL, since we are guaranteed that there
- will be a call of ps_set_intr() before we look at ps_continuation again.
- We can remove the check for ps_continuation being NULL for the same
- reason - the value is guaranteed to be set by the last ps_set_intr() and
- we never pass it NULL. Assignements in the beginning of ps_set_intr()
- can be taken to callers as long as they remain within the area.