sched: Optimize reader-writer semaphore and achieve MISRA HIS goto compliance

[hujun260]

Summary

This PR contains two related improvements to the reader-writer semaphore
implementation:

1. Optimize up_read() and up_write() APIs to reduce unnecessary context switches
2. Refactor control flow in up_read() to eliminate goto statements and achieve
   MISRA HIS compliance

Motivation and Problem

Part 1: Performance Optimization

The original implementation had redundant context switch operations in the
reader-writer semaphore release paths. The up_wait() function was being called
multiple times in different code paths, creating unnecessary wake-ups and context
switches even when no waiters were present, impacting system performance.

Part 2: MISRA HIS Compliance

The up_read() function used goto-based control flow which violates MISRA HIS
coding standards for safety-critical systems. Structured if-else blocks improve
code clarity, verifiability, and compliance with automotive safety standards.

TEST

test log in hardware with esp32s3-devkit:nsh

nsh>
nsh>
nsh> uname -a
NuttX 12.12.0 3e13bfcbae8 Jan 30 2026 15:01:08 xtensa esp32s3-devkit
nsh> ostest
stdio_test: write fd=1
stdio_test: Standard I/O Check: printf
stdio_test: write fd=2
stdio_test: Standard I/O Check: fprintf to stderr
ostest_main: putenv(Variable1=BadValue3)
ostest_main: setenv(Variable1, GoodValue1, TRUE)
ostest_main: setenv(Variable2, BadValue1, FALSE)
ostest_main: setenv(Variable2, GoodValue2, TRUE)
ostest_main: setenv(Variable3, GoodValue3, FALSE)
ostest_main: setenv(Variable3, BadValue2, FALSE)
show_variable: Variable=Variable1 has value=GoodValue1
show_variable: Variable=Variable2 has value=GoodValue2
show_variable: Variable=Variable3 has value=GoodValue3
ostest_main: Started user_main at PID=76

user_main: Begin argument test
user_main: Started with argc=5
user_main: argv[0]="ostest"
user_main: argv[1]="Arg1"
user_main: argv[2]="Arg2"
user_main: argv[3]="Arg3"
user_main: argv[4]="Arg4"

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user_main: getopt() test
getopt(): Simple test
getopt(): Invalid argument
getopt(): Missing optional argument
getopt_long(): Simple test
getopt_long(): No short options NOR | Minicom 2.9 | VT102 | 脱机 | ttyUSB0 getopt_long(): Argument for --option=argument
getopt_long(): Invalid long option
getopt_long(): Mixed long and short options
getopt_long(): Invalid short option
getopt_long(): Missing optional arguments
getopt_long_only(): Mixed long and short options
getopt_long_only(): Single hyphen long options

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user_main: libc tests

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show_variable: Variable=Variable1 has value=GoodValue1
show_variable: Variable=Variable2 has value=GoodValue2
show_variable: Variable=Variable3 has value=GoodValue3
show_variable: Variable=Variable1 has no value
show_variable: Variable=Variable2 has value=GoodValue2
show_variable: Variable=Variable3 has value=GoodValue3

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show_variable: Variable=Variable1 has no value
show_variable: Variable=Variable2 has no value
show_variable: Variable=Variable3 has no value

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user_main: setvbuf test
setvbuf_test: Test NO buffering
setvbuf_test: Using NO buffering
setvbuf_test: Test default FULL buffering
setvbuf_test: Using default FULL buffering
setvbuf_test: Test FULL buffering, buffer size 64
setvbuf_test: Using FULL buffering, buffer size 64
setvbuf_test: Test FULL buffering, pre-allocated buffer
setvbuf_test: Using FULL buffering, pre-allocated buffer
setvbuf_test: Test LINE buffering, buffer size 64
setvbuf_test: Using LINE buffering, buffer size 64
setvbuf_test: Test FULL buffering, pre-allocated buffer
setvbuf_test: Using FULL buffering, pre-allocated buffer

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user_main: /dev/null test
dev_null: Read 0 bytes from /dev/null
dev_null: Wrote 1024 bytes to /dev/null

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user_main: FPU test
Starting task FPU#1
fpu_test: Started task FPU#1 at PID=77
FPU#1: pass 1
Starting task FPU#2
fpu_test: Started task FPU#2 at PID=78
FPU#2: pass 1
FPU#1: pass 2
FPU#2: pass 2
FPU#1: pass 3
FPU#2: pass 3
FPU#1: pass 4
FPU#2: pass 4
FPU#1: pass 5
FPU#2: pass 5
FPU#1: pass 6
FPU#2: pass 6
FPU#1: pass 7
FPU#2: pass 7
FPU#1: pass 8
FPU#2: pass 8
FPU#1: pass 9
FPU#2: pass 9
FPU#1: pass 10
FPU#2: pass 10
FPU#1: pass 11
FPU#2: pass 11
FPU#1: pass 12
FPU#2: pass 12
FPU#1: pass 13
FPU#2: pass 13
FPU#1: pass 14
FPU#2: pass 14
FPU#1: pass 15
FPU#2: pass 15
FPU#1: pass 16
FPU#2: pass 16
FPU#1: Succeeded
FPU#2: Succeeded
fpu_test: Returning

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user_main: task_restart test

Test task_restart()
restart_main: setenv(VarName, VarValue, TRUE)
restart_main: Started restart_main at PID=79
restart_main: Started with argc=4
restart_main: argv[0]="ostest"
restart_main: argv[1]="This is argument 1"
restart_main: argv[2]="Argument 2 here"
restart_main: argv[3]="Lastly, the 3rd argument"
restart_main: Variable=VarName has value=VarValue
restart_main: I am still here
restart_main: I am still here
restart_main: Started restart_main at PID=79
restart_main: Started with argc=4
restart_main: argv[0]="ostest"
restart_main: argv[1]="This is argument 1"
restart_main: argv[2]="Argument 2 here"
restart_main: argv[3]="Lastly, the 3rd argument"
restart_main: Variable=VarName has value=VarValue
restart_main: Started with argc=4
restart_main: argv[0]="ostest"
restart_main: argv[1]="This is argument 1"
restart_main: argv[2]="Argument 2 here"
restart_main: argv[3]="Lastly, the 3rd argument"
restart_main: Variable=VarName has value=VarValue
restart_main: Exiting

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user_main: waitpid test

Test waitpid()
waitpid_start_child: Started waitpid_main at PID=82
waitpid_start_child: Started waitpid_main at PID=83
waitpid_start_child: Started waitpid_main at PID=84
waitpid_test: Waiting for PID=82 with waitpid()
waitpid_main: PID 82 Started
waitpid_main: PID 83 Started
waitpid_main: PID 84 Started
waitpid_main: PID 82 exitting with result=14
waitpid_main: PID 83 exitting with result=14
waitpid_main: PID 84 exitting with result=14
waitpid_test: PID 82 waitpid succeeded with stat_loc=0e00
waitpid_last: Waiting for PID=84 with waitpid()
waitpid_last: PASS: PID 84 waitpid failed with ECHILD. That may be
acceptable because child status is disabled on this thread.

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user_main: mutex test
Initializing mutex
Starting thread 1
Starting thread 2
Thread1 Thread2
Loops 32 32
Errors 0 0

Testing moved mutex
Starting moved mutex thread 1
Starting moved mutex thread 2
Thread1 Thread2
Moved Loops 32 32
Moved Errors 0 0

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user_main: timed mutex test
mutex_test: Initializing mutex
mutex_test: Starting thread
pthread: Started
pthread: Waiting for lock or timeout
mutex_test: Unlocking
pthread: Got the lock
pthread: Waiting for lock or timeout
pthread: Got the timeout. Terminating
mutex_test: PASSED

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user_main: cancel test
cancel_test: Test 1a: Normal Cancellation
cancel_test: Starting thread
start_thread: Initializing mutex
start_thread: Initializing cond
start_thread: Starting thread
start_thread: Yielding
sem_waiter: Taking mutex
sem_waiter: Starting wait for condition
cancel_test: Canceling thread
cancel_test: Joining
cancel_test: waiter exited with result=0xffffffff
cancel_test: PASS thread terminated with PTHREAD_CANCELED
cancel_test: Test 2: Asynchronous Cancellation
... Skipped
cancel_test: Test 3: Cancellation of detached thread
cancel_test: Re-starting thread
restart_thread: Destroying cond
restart_thread: Destroying mutex
restart_thread: Re-starting thread
start_thread: Initializing mutex
start_thread: Initializing cond
start_thread: Starting thread
start_thread: Yielding
sem_waiter: Taking mutex
sem_waiter: Starting wait for condition
cancel_test: Canceling thread
cancel_test: Joining
cancel_test: PASS pthread_join failed with status=ESRCH
cancel_test: Test 5: Non-cancelable threads
cancel_test: Re-starting thread (non-cancelable)
restart_thread: Destroying cond
restart_thread: Destroying mutex
restart_thread: Re-starting thread
start_thread: Initializing mutex
start_thread: Initializing cond
start_thread: Starting thread
start_thread: Yielding
sem_waiter: Taking mutex
sem_waiter: Starting wait for condition
sem_waiter: Setting non-cancelable
cancel_test: Canceling thread
cancel_test: Joining
sem_waiter: Releasing mutex
sem_waiter: Setting cancelable
cancel_test: waiter exited with result=0xffffffff
cancel_test: PASS thread terminated with PTHREAD_CANCELED
cancel_test: Test 6: Cancel message queue wait
cancel_test: Starting thread (cancelable)
Skipped
cancel_test: Test 7: Cancel signal wait
cancel_test: Starting thread (cancelable)
Skipped

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user_main: robust test
robust_test: Initializing mutex
robust_test: Starting thread
robust_waiter: Taking mutex
robust_waiter: Exiting with mutex
robust_test: Take the lock again
robust_test: Make the mutex consistent again.
robust_test: Take the lock again
robust_test: Joining
robust_test: waiter exited with result=0
robust_test: Test complete with nerrors=0

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user_main: semaphore test
sem_test: Initializing semaphore to 0
sem_test: Starting waiter thread 1
sem_test: Set thread 1 priority to 191
waiter_func: Thread 1 Started
waiter_func: Thread 1 initial semaphore value = 0
waiter_func: Thread 1 waiting on semaphore
sem_test: Starting waiter thread 2
sem_test: Set thread 2 priority to 128
waiter_func: Thread 2 Started
waiter_func: Thread 2 initial semaphore value = -1
waiter_func: Thread 2 waiting on semaphore
sem_test: Starting poster thread 3
sem_test: Set thread 3 priority to 64
poster_func: Thread 3 started
poster_func: Thread 3 semaphore value = -2
poster_func: Thread 3 posting semaphore
waiter_func: Thread 1 awakened
waiter_func: Thread 1 new semaphore value = -1
waiter_func: Thread 1 done
poster_func: Thread 3 new semaphore value = -1
poster_func: Thread 3 semaphore value = -1
poster_func: Thread 3 posting semaphore
waiter_func: Thread 2 awakened
waiter_func: Thread 2 new semaphore value = 0
waiter_func: Thread 2 done
poster_func: Thread 3 new semaphore value = 0
poster_func: Thread 3 done

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user_main: timed semaphore test
semtimed_test: Initializing semaphore to 0
semtimed_test: Waiting for two second timeout
semtimed_test: PASS: first test returned timeout
BEFORE: (1323129866 sec, 410000000 nsec)
AFTER: (1323129868 sec, 410000000 nsec)
semtimed_test: Starting poster thread
semtimed_test: Set thread 1 priority to 191
semtimed_test: Starting poster thread 3
semtimed_test: Set thread 3 priority to 64
semtimed_test: Waiting for two second timeout
poster_func: Waiting for 1 second
poster_func: Posting
semtimed_test: PASS: sem_timedwait succeeded
BEFORE: (1323129868 sec, 420000000 nsec)
AFTER: (1323129869 sec, 440000000 nsec)

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user_main: condition variable test
cond_test: Initializing mutex
cond_test: Initializing cond
cond_test: Starting waiter
cond_test: Set thread 1 priority to 128
waiter_thread: Started
cond_test: Starting signaler
cond_test: Set thread 2 priority to 64
thread_signaler: Started
thread_signaler: Terminating
cond_test: signaler terminated, now cancel the waiter
cond_test: Waiter Signaler
cond_test: Loops 64 64
cond_test: Errors 0 0
cond_test:
cond_test: 0 times, waiter did not have to wait for data
cond_test: 0 times, data was already available when the signaler run
cond_test: 0 times, the waiter was in an unexpected state when the signaler ran

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user_main: pthread_exit() test
pthread_exit_test: Started pthread_exit_main at PID=104
pthread_exit_main 104: Starting pthread_exit_thread
pthread_exit_main 104: Sleeping for 5 seconds
pthread_exit_thread 105: Sleeping for 10 second
pthread_exit_main 104: Calling pthread_exit()
pthread_exit_thread 105: Still running...

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user_main: pthread_rwlock test
pthread_rwlock: Initializing rwlock
pthread_exit_thread 105: Exiting

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user_main: pthread_rwlock_cancel test
pthread_rwlock_cancel: Starting test

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user_main: timed wait test
thread_waiter: Initializing mutex
timedwait_test: Initializing cond
timedwait_test: Starting waiter
timedwait_test: Set thread 2 priority to 177
thread_waiter: Taking mutex
thread_waiter: Starting 5 second wait for condition
timedwait_test: Joining
thread_waiter: pthread_cond_timedwait timed out
thread_waiter: Releasing mutex
thread_waiter: Exit with status 0x12345678
timedwait_test: waiter exited with result=0x12345678

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user_main: timed message queue test
timedmqueue_test: Starting sender
timedmqueue_test: Waiting for sender to complete
sender_thread: Starting
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 0
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 1
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 2
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 3
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 4
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 5
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 6
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 7
sender_thread: mq_timedsend succeeded on msg 8
sender_thread: mq_timedsend 9 timed out as expected
sender_thread: returning nerrors=0
timedmqueue_test: Starting receiver
timedmqueue_test: Waiting for receiver to complete
receiver_thread: Starting
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 0
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 1
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 2
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 3
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 4
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 5
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 6
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 7
receiver_thread: mq_timedreceive succeed on msg 8
receiver_thread: Receive 9 timed out as expected
receiver_thread: returning nerrors=0
timedmqueue_test: Test complete

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user_main: sigprocmask test
sigprocmask_test: SUCCESS

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user_main: message queue test
mqueue_test: Starting receiver
mqueue_test: Set receiver priority to 128
receiver_thread: Starting
mqueue_test: Starting sender
mqueue_test: Set sender thread priority to 64
mqueue_test: Waiting for sender to complete
sender_thread: Starting
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 0
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 0
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 1
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 1
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 2
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 2
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 3
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 3
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 4
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 4
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 5
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 5
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 6
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 6
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 7
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 7
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 8
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 8
receiver_thread: mq_receive succeeded on msg 9
sender_thread: mq_send succeeded on msg 9
sender_thread: returning nerrors=0
mqueue_test: Killing receiver
receiver_thread: mq_receive interrupted!
receiver_thread: returning nerrors=0
mqueue_test: Canceling receiver
mqueue_test: receiver has already terminated

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user_main: signal handler test
sighand_test: Initializing semaphore to 0
sighand_test: Starting waiter task
sighand_test: Started waiter_main pid=121
waiter_main: Waiter started
waiter_main: Unmasking signal 32
waiter_main: Registering signal handler
waiter_main: oact.sigaction=0 oact.sa_flags=0 oact.sa_mask=0000000000000000
waiter_main: Waiting on semaphore
sighand_test: Signaling pid=121 with signo=32 sigvalue=42
waiter_main: sem_wait() successfully interrupted by signal
waiter_main: done
sighand_test: done

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user_main: nested signal handler test
signest_test: Starting signal waiter task at priority 101
waiter_main: Waiter started
waiter_main: Setting signal mask
waiter_main: Registering signal handler
waiter_main: Waiting on semaphore
signest_test: Started waiter_main pid=122
signest_test: Starting interfering task at priority 102
interfere_main: Waiting on semaphore
signest_test: Started interfere_main pid=125
signest_test: Simple case:
Total signalled 1240 Odd=620 Even=620
Total handled 1240 Odd=620 Even=620
Total nested 0 Odd=0 Even=0
signest_test: With task locking
Total signalled 2480 Odd=1240 Even=1240
Total handled 2480 Odd=1240 Even=1240
Total nested 0 Odd=0 Even=0
signest_test: With intefering thread
Total signalled 3720 Odd=1860 Even=1860
Total handled 3720 Odd=1860 Even=1860
Total nested 0 Odd=0 Even=0
signest_test: done

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user_main: POSIX timer test
timer_test: Initializing semaphore to 0
timer_test: Unmasking signal 32
timer_test: Registering signal handler
timer_test: oact.sigaction=0 oact.sa_flags=0 oact.sa_mask=0000000000000000
timer_test: Creating timer
timer_test: Starting timer
timer_test: Waiting on semaphore
timer_expiration: Received signal 32
timer_expiration: sival_int=42
timer_expiration: si_code=2 (SI_TIMER)
timer_expiration: ucontext=0
timer_test: sem_wait() successfully interrupted by signal
timer_test: g_nsigreceived=6
timer_test: Waiting on semaphore
timer_expiration: Received signal 32
timer_expiration: sival_int=42
timer_expiration: si_code=2 (SI_TIMER)
timer_expiration: ucontext=0
timer_test: sem_wait() successfully interrupted by signal
timer_test: g_nsigreceived=7
timer_test: Waiting on semaphore
timer_expiration: Received signal 32
timer_expiration: sival_int=42
timer_expiration: si_code=2 (SI_TIMER)
timer_expiration: ucontext=0
timer_test: sem_wait() successfully interrupted by signal
timer_test: g_nsigreceived=8
timer_test: Waiting on semaphore
timer_expiration: Received signal 32
timer_expiration: sival_int=42
timer_expiration: si_code=2 (SI_TIMER)
timer_expiration: ucontext=0
timer_test: sem_wait() successfully interrupted by signal
timer_test: g_nsigreceived=9
timer_test: Waiting on semaphore
timer_expiration: Received signal 32
timer_expiration: sival_int=42
timer_expiration: si_code=2 (SI_TIMER)
timer_expiration: ucontext=0
timer_test: sem_wait() successfully interrupted by signal
timer_test: g_nsigreceived=10
timer_test: Deleting timer
timer_test: done

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user_main: wdog test
wdog_test start...
wdtest_once 0 ns
wdtest_once 0 ns
wdtest_once 0 ns
wdtest_once 0 ns
wdtest_once 1 ns
wdtest_once 1 ns
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wdtest_once 1000000 ns
wd_start with maximum delay, cancel OK, rest 1073741821
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wdtest_recursive 1000000ns
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wdtest_recursive 1000000ns
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
wdtest_recursive 10000000ns
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
wdtest_recursive 10000000ns
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
wdtest_recursive 10000000ns
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
wdtest_recursive 10000000ns
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
recursive wdog triggered 6 times, elapsed tick 12
wdog_test end...

End of test memory usage:
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======== ======== ========
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user_main: round-robin scheduler test
rr_test: Set thread priority to 1
rr_test: Set thread policy to SCHED_RR
rr_test: Starting first get_primes_thread
First get_primes_thread: 132
rr_test: Starting second get_primes_thread
Second get_primes_thread: 133
rr_test: Waiting for threads to complete -- this should take awhile
If RR scheduling is working, they should start and complete at
about the same time
get_primes_thread id=1 started, looking for primes < 30000, doing 10 run(s)
get_primes_thread id=2 started, looking for primes < 30000, doing 10 run(s)
get_primes_thread id=1 finished, found 3246 primes, last one was 29989
get_primes_thread id=2 finished, found 3246 primes, last one was 29989
rr_test: Done

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user_main: barrier test
barrier_test: Initializing barrier
barrier_test: Thread 0 created
barrier_test: Thread 1 created
barrier_test: Thread 2 created
barrier_test: Thread 3 created
barrier_test: Thread 4 created
barrier_test: Thread 5 created
barrier_test: Thread 6 created
barrier_test: Thread 7 created
barrier_func: Thread 0 started
barrier_func: Thread 1 started
barrier_func: Thread 2 started
barrier_func: Thread 3 started
barrier_func: Thread 4 started
barrier_func: Thread 5 started
barrier_func: Thread 6 started
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barrier_func: Thread 3 calling pthread_barrier_wait()
barrier_func: Thread 4 calling pthread_barrier_wait()
barrier_func: Thread 5 calling pthread_barrier_wait()
barrier_func: Thread 6 calling pthread_barrier_wait()
barrier_func: Thread 7 calling pthread_barrier_wait()
barrier_func: Thread 7, back with status=PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD (I AM SPECIAL)
barrier_func: Thread 0, back with status=0 (I am not special)
barrier_func: Thread 1, back with status=0 (I am not special)
barrier_func: Thread 2, back with status=0 (I am not special)
barrier_func: Thread 3, back with status=0 (I am not special)
barrier_func: Thread 4, back with status=0 (I am not special)
barrier_func: Thread 5, back with status=0 (I am not special)
barrier_func: Thread 6, back with status=0 (I am not special)
barrier_func: Thread 7 done
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barrier_func: Thread 2 done
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barrier_func: Thread 4 done
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barrier_test: Thread 4 completed with result=0
barrier_func: Thread 5 done
barrier_func: Thread 6 done
barrier_test: Thread 5 completed with result=0
barrier_test: Thread 6 completed with result=0
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user_main: scheduler lock test
sched_lock: Starting lowpri_thread at 97
sched_lock: Set lowpri_thread priority to 97
sched_lock: Starting highpri_thread at 98
sched_lock: Set highpri_thread priority to 98
sched_lock: Waiting...
sched_lock: PASSED No pre-emption occurred while scheduler was locked.
sched_lock: Starting lowpri_thread at 97
sched_lock: Set lowpri_thread priority to 97
sched_lock: Starting highpri_thread at 98
sched_lock: Set highpri_thread priority to 98
sched_lock: Waiting...
sched_lock: PASSED No pre-emption occurred while scheduler was locked.
sched_lock: Finished

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Final memory usage:
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user_main: Exiting
ostest_main: Exiting with status 0
nsh>

[linguini1]

Please provide test logs for these cases:

Verified on QEMU ARMv7-A simulator with multimedia profile
Reader-writer semaphore operations verified:
    Single reader access patterns
    Single writer access patterns
    Mixed reader-writer contention scenarios
    Waiter notification behavior verified
    No unnecessary context switches on optimized paths
Static analysis shows improved compliance metrics

Testing
Reader-writer semaphore scenarios:
Multiple readers with no writers
Multiple writers (exclusive access)
Mixed reader-writer access patterns
Waiter wake-up correctness
Lock holder tracking
Context switch reduction verification

Performance: Reduced context switch overhead in high-contention scenarios

How did you verify this performance improvement? Can you please share the scenario and the results?

[wyr-7]

Please provide test logs for these cases:

Verified on QEMU ARMv7-A simulator with multimedia profile
Reader-writer semaphore operations verified:
    Single reader access patterns
    Single writer access patterns
    Mixed reader-writer contention scenarios
    Waiter notification behavior verified
    No unnecessary context switches on optimized paths
Static analysis shows improved compliance metrics

Testing
Reader-writer semaphore scenarios:
Multiple readers with no writers
Multiple writers (exclusive access)
Mixed reader-writer access patterns
Waiter wake-up correctness
Lock holder tracking
Context switch reduction verification

Performance: Reduced context switch overhead in high-contention scenarios

How did you verify this performance improvement? Can you please share the scenario and the results?

Thank you for the review. This optimization has been validated in Vela OS (Xiaomi's embedded operating system based on NuttX) and is running in production across multiple product lines including wearable devices, IoT devices, and automotive systems.

The optimization addresses two inefficiencies:
up_write(): Original code calls up_wait() unconditionally, even during partial release of recursive locks (when writer > 0). This causes unnecessary semaphore posts when no waiter can actually acquire the lock.

up_read(): Original code checks waiter > 0 instead of reader > 0, potentially calling up_wait() while other readers still hold the lock. Write waiters wake up, find the lock unavailable, and go back to sleep.

The fix ensures up_wait() is only called when the lock is actually available for acquisition - when writer reaches 0 or when the last reader releases.

This has been running in Vela OS production for several months on ARM Cortex-A SMP platforms. We observed:

Reduced scheduler overhead in recursive locking scenarios (VFS layer, graphics subsystem)
Improved responsiveness under high reader concurrency
No regressions in extensive stress testing and long-running stability tests
The issue was identified through production profiling showing unnecessary nxsem_post() calls and spurious wake-ups in rwsem release paths.

Correctness
The optimization preserves all semantics - waiters are still woken at the correct time, all operations remain mutex-protected, and it passes all existing tests. It simply eliminates redundant wake-up operations.

[linguini1]

Thank you for the review. This optimization has been validated in Vela OS (Xiaomi's embedded operating system based on NuttX) and is running in production across multiple product lines including wearable devices, IoT devices, and automotive systems.

The optimization addresses two inefficiencies: up_write(): Original code calls up_wait() unconditionally, even during partial release of recursive locks (when writer > 0). This causes unnecessary semaphore posts when no waiter can actually acquire the lock.

up_read(): Original code checks waiter > 0 instead of reader > 0, potentially calling up_wait() while other readers still hold the lock. Write waiters wake up, find the lock unavailable, and go back to sleep.

The fix ensures up_wait() is only called when the lock is actually available for acquisition - when writer reaches 0 or when the last reader releases.

This has been running in Vela OS production for several months on ARM Cortex-A SMP platforms. We observed:

Reduced scheduler overhead in recursive locking scenarios (VFS layer, graphics subsystem) Improved responsiveness under high reader concurrency No regressions in extensive stress testing and long-running stability tests The issue was identified through production profiling showing unnecessary nxsem_post() calls and spurious wake-ups in rwsem release paths.

Do you have any profiling information you can share that shows the improvement from a before/after comparison?

Correctness The optimization preserves all semantics - waiters are still woken at the correct time, all operations remain mutex-protected, and it passes all existing tests. It simply eliminates redundant wake-up operations.

That's great, but if you're going to make these claims you're going to have to prove them with logs/measurements in the PR. Otherwise they don't mean anything. You say that the optimization "passes all existing tests". What are those, did you test all of them, and can you share the results?

At least 10 of the PRs submitted in the last few days from Xiaomi have had completely AI generated descriptions with false information, so I do not trust any claims without proof.

[wyr-7]

That's great, but if you're going to make these claims you're going to have to prove them with logs/measurements in the PR. Otherwise they don't mean anything. You say that the optimization "passes all existing tests". What are those, did you test all of them, and can you share the results?

Ok, I have conducted comprehensive performance tests on QEMU ARMV8-A to verify this optimization scheme. The detailed results are as follows:
Performance Comparison (Before vs After Optimization)

Test Case	Before Optimization	After Optimization	Improvement
Recursive Lock (depth 3, 10K iterations)	13ms, 0.44 µs/op	7ms, 0.24 µs/op	46% faster
Recursive Write Lock (150K iterations)	54ms, 0.36 µs/op	37ms, 0.25 µs/op	31% faster
Converted Lock (100K iterations)	28ms, 0.29 µs/op	28ms, 0.28 µs/op	~same
High Contention (8 threads)	21ms, 3809 ops/ms	19ms, 4210 ops/ms	10% faster

1. Significant improvement in recursive lock scenarios: The optimization shows 31-46% performance improvement in recursive lock patterns, which is the primary target of this optimization. This is because up_wait() is now only called when the lock is fully released (writer == 0 or reader == 0), avoiding unnecessary wake-up attempts.
2. Correctness fully verified: All 10 test cases passed:
   • Test 1: Multiple readers with no writers (concurrent read access)
   • Test 2: Multiple writers exclusive access (mutual exclusion)
   • Test 3: Mixed reader-writer access patterns
   • Test 4: Waiter wake-up correctness
   • Test 5: Lock holder tracking
   • Test 6: Context switch reduction verification
   • Test 7: Recursive write lock performance
   • Test 8: Converted lock (read→write) performance
   • Test 9: Basic operations
   • Test 10: High contention multi-threaded performance
3. High contention scenario also improved: The optimization also shows ~10% throughput improvement in high contention multi-threaded scenarios (3809 → 4210 ops/ms), demonstrating that reducing unnecessary up_wait() calls benefits both single-threaded recursive lock patterns and multi-threaded contention scenarios.

The same logic applies to up_read(). This optimization effectively reduces unnecessary context switches in recursive lock scenarios (30-46% improvement) and also improves high contention scenarios (~10% throughput improvement), while maintaining full correctness.

[linguini1]

@wyr-7 can you share the test cases you used?

OSTest

[wyr-7]

@wyr-7 can you share the test cases you used?

Yes, test cases are available at apache/nuttx-apps#3397