Introduce and use sleeplocks instead of BUSY flags

Remove I_BUSY, B_BUSY, and intrans defs and usages
One spinlock per buf to avoid ugly loop in bget
fix race in filewrite (don't update f->off after releasing lock)

bio.c

@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 // * Only one process at a time can use a buffer,
 //     so do not keep them longer than necessary.
 // 
-// The implementation uses three state flags internally:
-// * B_BUSY: the block has been returned from bread
-//     and has not been passed back to brelse.  
+// The implementation uses two state flags internally:
 // * B_VALID: the buffer data has been initialized
 //     with the associated disk block contents.
 // * B_DIRTY: the buffer data has been modified
@@ -51,6 +49,8 @@ binit(void)
     b->next = bcache.head.next;
     b->prev = &bcache.head;
     b->dev = -1;
+    initlock(&b->lock, "buf");
+    initsleeplock(&b->sleeplock);
     bcache.head.next->prev = b;
     bcache.head.next = b;
   }
@@ -58,42 +58,43 @@ binit(void)
 
 // Look through buffer cache for sector on device dev.
 // If not found, allocate fresh block.
-// In either case, return locked buffer.
+// In either case, return sleep-locked buffer.
 static struct buf*
 bget(uint dev, uint sector)
 {
   struct buf *b;
 
   acquire(&bcache.lock);
-
- loop:
   // Try for cached block.
   for(b = bcache.head.next; b != &bcache.head; b = b->next){
+    acquire(&b->lock);
     if(b->dev == dev && b->sector == sector){
-      if(!(b->flags & B_BUSY)){
-        b->flags |= B_BUSY;
       release(&bcache.lock);
+      acquire_sleeplock(&b->sleeplock, &b->lock);
+      release(&b->lock);
       return b;
     }
-      sleep(b, &bcache.lock);
-      goto loop;
-    }
+    release(&b->lock);
   }
 
   // Allocate fresh block.
   for(b = bcache.head.prev; b != &bcache.head; b = b->prev){
-    if((b->flags & B_BUSY) == 0){
+    acquire(&b->lock);
+    if (!acquired_sleeplock(&b->sleeplock)) {
+      release(&bcache.lock);
       b->dev = dev;
       b->sector = sector;
-      b->flags = B_BUSY;
-      release(&bcache.lock);
+      b->flags = 0;
+      acquire_sleeplock(&b->sleeplock, &b->lock);
+      release(&b->lock);
       return b;
     }
+    release(&b->lock);
   }
   panic("bget: no buffers");
 }
 
-// Return a B_BUSY buf with the contents of the indicated disk sector.
+// Return a locked buf with the contents of the indicated disk sector.
 struct buf*
 bread(uint dev, uint sector)
 {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ bread(uint dev, uint sector)
 void
 bwrite(struct buf *b)
 {
-  if((b->flags & B_BUSY) == 0)
+  if(!acquired_sleeplock(&b->sleeplock))
     panic("bwrite");
   b->flags |= B_DIRTY;
   iderw(b);
@@ -119,11 +120,11 @@ bwrite(struct buf *b)
 void
 brelse(struct buf *b)
 {
-  if((b->flags & B_BUSY) == 0)
+  if(!acquired_sleeplock(&b->sleeplock))
     panic("brelse");
 
   acquire(&bcache.lock);
-
+  acquire(&b->lock);
   b->next->prev = b->prev;
   b->prev->next = b->next;
   b->next = bcache.head.next;
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ brelse(struct buf *b)
   bcache.head.next->prev = b;
   bcache.head.next = b;
 
-  b->flags &= ~B_BUSY;
-  wakeup(b);
+  release_sleeplock(&b->sleeplock);
+  release(&b->lock);
 
   release(&bcache.lock);
 }

buf.h

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ struct buf {
   int flags;
   uint dev;
   uint sector;
+  struct spinlock lock;
+  struct sleeplock sleeplock;
   struct buf *prev; // LRU cache list
   struct buf *next;
   struct buf *qnext; // disk queue
   uchar data[512];
 };
-#define B_BUSY  0x1  // buffer is locked by some process
-#define B_VALID 0x2  // buffer has been read from disk
-#define B_DIRTY 0x4  // buffer needs to be written to disk
+#define B_VALID 0x1  // buffer has been read from disk
+#define B_DIRTY 0x2  // buffer needs to be written to disk
 

defs.h

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ struct inode;
 struct pipe;
 struct proc;
 struct spinlock;
+struct sleeplock;
 struct stat;
 struct superblock;
 
@@ -129,6 +130,10 @@ void            initlock(struct spinlock*, char*);
 void            release(struct spinlock*);
 void            pushcli(void);
 void            popcli(void);
+void            initsleeplock(struct sleeplock*);
+void            acquire_sleeplock(struct sleeplock*,struct spinlock*);
+void            release_sleeplock(struct sleeplock*);
+int             acquired_sleeplock(struct sleeplock*);
 
 // string.c
 int             memcmp(const void*, const void*, uint);

file.c

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "param.h"
 #include "fs.h"
-#include "file.h"
 #include "spinlock.h"
+#include "file.h"
 
 struct devsw devsw[NDEV];
 struct {
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ filewrite(struct file *f, char *addr, int n)
 
       begin_trans();
       ilock(f->ip);
-      r = writei(f->ip, addr + i, f->off, n1);
+      if ((r = writei(f->ip, addr + i, f->off, n1)) > 0)
+	f->off += r;
       iunlock(f->ip);
       commit_trans();
 
@@ -141,7 +142,6 @@ filewrite(struct file *f, char *addr, int n)
         break;
       if(r != n1)
         panic("short filewrite");
-      f->off += r;
       i += r;
     }
     return i == n ? n : -1;

file.h

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ struct inode {
   uint dev;           // Device number
   uint inum;          // Inode number
   int ref;            // Reference count
-  int flags;          // I_BUSY, I_VALID
+  int flags;          // I_VALID
+  struct spinlock lock;
+  struct sleeplock sleeplock;
 
   short type;         // copy of disk inode
   short major;
@@ -25,10 +27,8 @@ struct inode {
   uint addrs[NDIRECT+1];
 };
 
-#define I_BUSY 0x1
 #define I_VALID 0x2
 
-
 // device implementations
 
 struct devsw {

fs.c

@@ -113,11 +113,8 @@ bfree(int dev, uint b)
 // It is an error to use an inode without holding a reference to it.
 //
 // Processes are only allowed to read and write inode
-// metadata and contents when holding the inode's lock,
-// represented by the I_BUSY flag in the in-memory copy.
-// Because inode locks are held during disk accesses, 
-// they are implemented using a flag rather than with
-// spin locks.  Callers are responsible for locking
+// metadata and contents when holding the inode's sleeplock.
+// Callers are responsible for locking
 // inodes before passing them to routines in this file; leaving
 // this responsibility with the caller makes it possible for them
 // to create arbitrarily-sized atomic operations.
@@ -216,6 +213,7 @@ iget(uint dev, uint inum)
   ip->inum = inum;
   ip->ref = 1;
   ip->flags = 0;
+  initsleeplock(&ip->sleeplock);
   release(&icache.lock);
 
   return ip;
@@ -232,7 +230,7 @@ idup(struct inode *ip)
   return ip;
 }
 
-// Lock the given inode.
+// Acquire the sleeplock for a given inode.
 void
 ilock(struct inode *ip)
 {
@@ -243,9 +241,7 @@ ilock(struct inode *ip)
     panic("ilock");
 
   acquire(&icache.lock);
-  while(ip->flags & I_BUSY)
-    sleep(ip, &icache.lock);
-  ip->flags |= I_BUSY;
+  acquire_sleeplock(&ip->sleeplock, &icache.lock);
   release(&icache.lock);
 
   if(!(ip->flags & I_VALID)){
@@ -268,12 +264,11 @@ ilock(struct inode *ip)
 void
 iunlock(struct inode *ip)
 {
-  if(ip == 0 || !(ip->flags & I_BUSY) || ip->ref < 1)
+  if(ip == 0 || !acquired_sleeplock(&ip->sleeplock) || ip->ref < 1)
     panic("iunlock");
 
   acquire(&icache.lock);
-  ip->flags &= ~I_BUSY;
-  wakeup(ip);
+  release_sleeplock(&ip->sleeplock);
   release(&icache.lock);
 }
 
@@ -284,14 +279,15 @@ iput(struct inode *ip)
   acquire(&icache.lock);
   if(ip->ref == 1 && (ip->flags & I_VALID) && ip->nlink == 0){
     // inode is no longer used: truncate and free inode.
-    if(ip->flags & I_BUSY)
+    if(acquired_sleeplock(&ip->sleeplock))
       panic("iput busy");
-    ip->flags |= I_BUSY;
+    acquire_sleeplock(&ip->sleeplock, &icache.lock);
     release(&icache.lock);
     itrunc(ip);
     ip->type = 0;
     iupdate(ip);
     acquire(&icache.lock);
+    release_sleeplock(&ip->sleeplock);
     ip->flags = 0;
     wakeup(ip);
   }
@@ -433,10 +429,14 @@ writei(struct inode *ip, char *src, uint off, uint n)
     return devsw[ip->major].write(ip, src, n);
   }
 
-  if(off > ip->size || off + n < off)
+  if(off > ip->size || off + n < off) {
+    panic("writei1");
     return -1;
-  if(off + n > MAXFILE*BSIZE)
+  }
+  if(off + n > MAXFILE*BSIZE) {
+    panic("writei2");
     return -1;
+  }
 
   for(tot=0; tot<n; tot+=m, off+=m, src+=m){
     bp = bread(ip->dev, bmap(ip, off/BSIZE));

ide.c

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ iderw(struct buf *b)
 {
   struct buf **pp;
 
-  if(!(b->flags & B_BUSY))
+  if(!acquired_sleeplock(&b->sleeplock))
     panic("iderw: buf not busy");
   if((b->flags & (B_VALID|B_DIRTY)) == B_VALID)
     panic("iderw: nothing to do");

log.c

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ struct logheader {
 
 struct {
   struct spinlock lock;
+  struct sleeplock sleeplock;
   int start;
   int size;
-  int intrans;
   int dev;
   struct logheader lh;
 } log;
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ initlog(void)
 
   struct superblock sb;
   initlock(&log.lock, "log");
+  initsleeplock(&log.sleeplock);
   readsb(ROOTDEV, &sb);
   log.start = sb.size - sb.nlog;
   log.size = sb.nlog;
@@ -133,10 +134,7 @@ void
 begin_trans(void)
 {
   acquire(&log.lock);
-  while (log.intrans) {
-    sleep(&log, &log.lock);
-  }
-  log.intrans = 1;
+  acquire_sleeplock(&log.sleeplock, &log.lock);
   release(&log.lock);
 }
 
@@ -149,10 +147,8 @@ commit_trans(void)
     log.lh.n = 0; 
     write_head();        // Reclaim log
   }
-  
   acquire(&log.lock);
-  log.intrans = 0;
-  wakeup(&log);
+  release_sleeplock(&log.sleeplock);
   release(&log.lock);
 }
 
@@ -171,7 +167,7 @@ log_write(struct buf *b)
 
   if (log.lh.n >= LOGSIZE || log.lh.n >= log.size - 1)
     panic("too big a transaction");
-  if (!log.intrans)
+  if (!acquired_sleeplock(&log.sleeplock))
     panic("write outside of trans");
 
   // cprintf("log_write: %d %d\n", b->sector, log.lh.n);

pipe.c

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include "mmu.h"
 #include "proc.h"
 #include "fs.h"
-#include "file.h"
 #include "spinlock.h"
+#include "file.h"
 
 #define PIPESIZE 512
 

spinlock.c

@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ initlock(struct spinlock *lk, char *name)
   lk->cpu = 0;
 }
 
-// Acquire the lock.
-// Loops (spins) until the lock is acquired.
-// Holding a lock for a long time may cause
-// other CPUs to waste time spinning to acquire it.
+// Acquire a spin lock. Loops (spins) until the lock is acquired.
+// Holding a lock for a long time may cause other CPUs to waste time spinning to acquire it.
+// Spinlocks shouldn't be held across sleep(); for those cases, use sleeplocks.
 void
 acquire(struct spinlock *lk)
 {
@@ -115,3 +114,38 @@ popcli(void)
     sti();
 }
 
+void
+initsleeplock(struct sleeplock *l)
+{
+  l->locked = 0;
+}
+
+// Grab the sleeplock that is protected by spinl. Sleeplocks allow a process to lock
+// a data structure for long times, including across sleeps.  Other processes that try
+// to acquire a sleeplock will be put to sleep when another process hold the sleeplock.
+// To update status of the sleeplock atomically, the caller must hold spinl
+void
+acquire_sleeplock(struct sleeplock *sleepl, struct spinlock *spinl)
+{
+  while (sleepl->locked) {
+    sleep(sleepl, spinl);
+  }
+  sleepl->locked = 1;
+}
+
+// Release the sleeplock that is protected by a spin lock
+// Caller must hold the spinlock that protects the sleeplock
+void
+release_sleeplock(struct sleeplock *sleepl)
+{
+  sleepl->locked = 0;
+  wakeup(sleepl);
+}
+
+// Is the sleeplock acquired?
+// Caller must hold the spinlock that protects the sleeplock
+int
+acquired_sleeplock(struct sleeplock *sleepl)
+{
+  return sleepl->locked;
+}

spinlock.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Mutual exclusion lock.
+// Mutual exclusion lock for short code fragments
 struct spinlock {
   uint locked;       // Is the lock held?
   
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ struct spinlock {
                      // that locked the lock.
 };
 
+// Lock that maybe held across sleeps
+struct sleeplock {
+  uint locked;       // Is the lock held?
+};
+

sysfile.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "mmu.h"
 #include "proc.h"
 #include "fs.h"
+#include "spinlock.h"
 #include "file.h"
 #include "fcntl.h"