内核中的信号量

自旋锁属于忙等待，信号量允许进程进入睡眠状态。

特点

• 允许任意数量的锁持有者，在信号量初始化时自定义，初始化信号量时，val > 1时，表示在同一时刻可以被val内核路径持有。
• 当val = 1时，叫做互斥信号量或者二进制信号量，同一时刻只能被一个内核路径持有。
• 适用于情况比较复杂，加锁时间比较长的场景。

信号量在内核中的数据结构

//include/linux/semaphore.h
/* Please don't access any members of this structure directly */
struct semaphore {
	raw_spinlock_t		lock;
	unsigned int		count;
	struct list_head	wait_list;
};

• lock 是自旋锁变量，保护结构体内count和wait_list成员。
• count 允许进入临界区内核执行路径的个数。
• wait_list 用于管理所有在该信号量上睡眠的进程，没有成功获取锁的进程会在这个链表上睡眠。

信号量的初始化

//include/linux/semaphore.h
#define __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, n)				\
{									\
	.lock		= __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED((name).lock),	\
	.count		= n,						\
	.wait_list	= LIST_HEAD_INIT((name).wait_list),		\
}

#define DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(name)	\
	struct semaphore name = __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(name, 1)

static inline void sema_init(struct semaphore *sem, int val)
{
	static struct lock_class_key __key;
	*sem = (struct semaphore) __SEMAPHORE_INITIALIZER(*sem, val);
	lockdep_init_map(&sem->lock.dep_map, "semaphore->lock", &__key, 0);
}

extern void down(struct semaphore *sem);
extern int __must_check down_interruptible(struct semaphore *sem);
extern int __must_check down_killable(struct semaphore *sem);
extern int __must_check down_trylock(struct semaphore *sem);
extern int __must_check down_timeout(struct semaphore *sem, long jiffies);
extern void up(struct semaphore *sem);

sema_init用于信号量的初始化，第一个参数为指向semaphore结构体指针，第二个参数为允许进入临界区的内核执行路径的个数。

获取信号量

/**
 * down - acquire the semaphore
 * @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
 *
 * Acquires the semaphore.  If no more tasks are allowed to acquire the
 * semaphore, calling this function will put the task to sleep until the
 * semaphore is released.
 *
 * Use of this function is deprecated, please use down_interruptible() or
 * down_killable() instead.
 */
void down(struct semaphore *sem)
{
	unsigned long flags;

	might_sleep();
	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->lock, flags);
	if (likely(sem->count > 0))
		sem->count--;
	else
		__down(sem);
	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->lock, flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(down);

• down 使用该函数使得争用该信号量的进程进入不可中断睡眠状态。
• down_interruptible 使用该函数使得争用该信号量的进程进入可中断睡眠状态。
• down_trylock 尝试获取锁，返回0表示成功获取锁，返回1表示获取锁失败。

释放信号量

/**
 * up - release the semaphore
 * @sem: the semaphore to release
 *
 * Release the semaphore.  Unlike mutexes, up() may be called from any
 * context and even by tasks which have never called down().
 */
void up(struct semaphore *sem)
{
	unsigned long flags;

	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->lock, flags);
	if (likely(list_empty(&sem->wait_list)))
		sem->count++;
	else
		__up(sem);
	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->lock, flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(up);

其他函数说明

/**
 * down_timeout - acquire the semaphore within a specified time
 * @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
 * @timeout: how long to wait before failing
 *
 * Attempts to acquire the semaphore.  If no more tasks are allowed to
 * acquire the semaphore, calling this function will put the task to sleep.
 * If the semaphore is not released within the specified number of jiffies,
 * this function returns -ETIME.  It returns 0 if the semaphore was acquired.
 */
int down_timeout(struct semaphore *sem, long timeout)
{
	unsigned long flags;
	int result = 0;

	might_sleep();
	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->lock, flags);
	if (likely(sem->count > 0))
		sem->count--;
	else
		result = __down_timeout(sem, timeout);
	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->lock, flags);

	return result;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_timeout);

/**
 * down_killable - acquire the semaphore unless killed
 * @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
 *
 * Attempts to acquire the semaphore.  If no more tasks are allowed to
 * acquire the semaphore, calling this function will put the task to sleep.
 * If the sleep is interrupted by a fatal signal, this function will return
 * -EINTR.  If the semaphore is successfully acquired, this function returns
 * 0.
 */
int down_killable(struct semaphore *sem)
{
	unsigned long flags;
	int result = 0;

	might_sleep();
	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->lock, flags);
	if (likely(sem->count > 0))
		sem->count--;
	else
		result = __down_killable(sem);
	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->lock, flags);

	return result;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_killable);

• down_killable 一直尝试获取锁，除非进程Kill掉。
• down_timeout 在设定的时间内一直尝试获取锁。