Disambiguate condvar API contract

On Illumos callers of cv_timedwait and cv_timedwait_hires
can't distinguish between whether or not the cv was signaled
or the call timed out. Illumos handles this (for some definition
of handles) by calling cv_signal in the return path if we were
signaled but the return value indicates instead that we timed
out. This would make sense if it were possible to query the the
cv for its net signal disposition. However, this isn't possible
and, in spite of the fact that there are places in the code that
clearly take a different and incompatible path if a timeout value
is indicated, this distinction appears to be rather subtle to most
developers. This problem is further compounded by the fact that on
Linux, calling cv_signal in the return path wouldn't even do the
right thing unless there are other waiters.

Since it is possible for the caller to independently determine how
much time is remaining but it is not possible to query if the cv
was in fact signaled, prioritizing signalling over timeout seems
like a cleaner solution. In addition, judging from usage patterns
within the code itself, it is also less error prone.

Reviewed-by: Jorgen Lundman <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Motin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Matt Macy <[email protected]>
Closes #10471 

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/condvar.h b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/condvar.h
index f1438c4e2..22408824f 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/condvar.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/condvar.h
@@ -33,6 +33,32 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
 /*
+ * cv_timedwait() is similar to cv_wait() except that it additionally expects
+ * a timeout value specified in ticks.  When woken by cv_signal() or
+ * cv_broadcast() it returns 1, otherwise when the timeout is reached -1 is
+ * returned.
+ *
+ * cv_timedwait_sig() behaves the same as cv_timedwait() but blocks
+ * interruptibly and can be woken by a signal (EINTR, ERESTART).  When
+ * this occurs 0 is returned.
+ *
+ * cv_timedwait_io() and cv_timedwait_sig_io() are variants of cv_timedwait()
+ * and cv_timedwait_sig() which should be used when waiting for outstanding
+ * IO to complete.  They are responsible for updating the iowait accounting
+ * when this is supported by the platform.
+ *
+ * cv_timedwait_hires() and cv_timedwait_sig_hires() are high resolution
+ * versions of cv_timedwait() and cv_timedwait_sig().  They expect the timeout
+ * to be specified as a hrtime_t allowing for timeouts of less than a tick.
+ *
+ * N.B. The return values differ slightly from the illumos implementation
+ * which returns the time remaining, instead of 1, when woken.  They both
+ * return -1 on timeout. Consumers which need to know the time remaining
+ * are responsible for tracking it themselves.
+ */
+
+
+/*
  * The kcondvar_t struct is protected by mutex taken externally before
  * calling any of the wait/signal funs, and passed into the wait funs.
  */
@@ -56,12 +82,12 @@ extern void __cv_wait(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *);
 extern void __cv_wait_io(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *);
 extern int __cv_wait_io_sig(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *);
 extern int __cv_wait_sig(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *);
-extern clock_t __cv_timedwait(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, clock_t);
-extern clock_t __cv_timedwait_io(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, clock_t);
-extern clock_t __cv_timedwait_sig(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, clock_t);
-extern clock_t cv_timedwait_hires(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, hrtime_t,
+extern int __cv_timedwait(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, clock_t);
+extern int __cv_timedwait_io(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, clock_t);
+extern int __cv_timedwait_sig(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, clock_t);
+extern int cv_timedwait_hires(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, hrtime_t,
     hrtime_t res, int flag);
-extern clock_t cv_timedwait_sig_hires(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, hrtime_t,
+extern int cv_timedwait_sig_hires(kcondvar_t *, kmutex_t *, hrtime_t,
     hrtime_t res, int flag);
 extern void __cv_signal(kcondvar_t *);
 extern void __cv_broadcast(kcondvar_t *c);
@@ -72,12 +98,16 @@ extern void __cv_broadcast(kcondvar_t *c);
 #define	cv_wait_io(cvp, mp)			__cv_wait_io(cvp, mp)
 #define	cv_wait_io_sig(cvp, mp)			__cv_wait_io_sig(cvp, mp)
 #define	cv_wait_sig(cvp, mp)			__cv_wait_sig(cvp, mp)
-#define	cv_wait_interruptible(cvp, mp)		cv_wait_sig(cvp, mp)
+#define	cv_signal(cvp)				__cv_signal(cvp)
+#define	cv_broadcast(cvp)			__cv_broadcast(cvp)
+
+/*
+ * NB: There is no way to reliably distinguish between having been signalled
+ * and having timed out on Linux. If the client code needs to reliably
+ * distinguish between the two it should use the hires variant.
+ */
 #define	cv_timedwait(cvp, mp, t)		__cv_timedwait(cvp, mp, t)
 #define	cv_timedwait_io(cvp, mp, t)		__cv_timedwait_io(cvp, mp, t)
 #define	cv_timedwait_sig(cvp, mp, t)		__cv_timedwait_sig(cvp, mp, t)
-#define	cv_timedwait_interruptible(cvp, mp, t)	cv_timedwait_sig(cvp, mp, t)
-#define	cv_signal(cvp)				__cv_signal(cvp)
-#define	cv_broadcast(cvp)			__cv_broadcast(cvp)
 
 #endif /* _SPL_CONDVAR_H */