[RFC,v2,2/9] eal: annotate spinlock and rwlock

Message ID 20220330134956.18927-3-david.marchand@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: David Marchand
Headers
Series vhost lock annotations |

Commit Message

David Marchand March 30, 2022, 1:49 p.m. UTC
  clang offers some thread safety checks, statically verifying that locks
are taken and released in the code.
To use those checks, the full code leading to taking or releasing locks
must be annotated with some attributes.

Wrap those attributes into our own set of macros.

Only rwlock and the "normal" spinlock are instrumented for now.

A component may enable this check by setting annotate_locks = true
in its meson.build.

Note: those checks might be of interest out of DPDK, but it
requires that the including application locks are annotated.
On the other hand, applications out there might have been using
those same checks.
To be on the safe side, keep this instrumentation under a
RTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS internal build flag.

Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/meson.build                    |  5 ++
 lib/eal/arm/include/rte_rwlock.h       |  4 ++
 lib/eal/arm/include/rte_spinlock.h     |  6 +++
 lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h   | 21 +++++---
 lib/eal/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h | 19 +++++---
 lib/eal/include/meson.build            |  1 +
 lib/eal/include/rte_lock_annotations.h | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_rwlock.h       |  4 ++
 lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_spinlock.h     |  9 ++++
 lib/eal/x86/include/rte_rwlock.h       |  4 ++
 lib/eal/x86/include/rte_spinlock.h     |  9 ++++
 lib/meson.build                        |  5 ++
 12 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/eal/include/rte_lock_annotations.h
  

Comments

David Marchand March 31, 2022, 9:22 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 3:50 PM David Marchand
<david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h b/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h
> index da9bc3e9c0..dabbac0131 100644
> --- a/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h
> +++ b/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h

[snip]

> @@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ rte_rwlock_read_lock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
>   */
>  __rte_experimental
>  static inline int
> -rte_rwlock_read_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
> +rte_rwlock_read_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_SHARED_LOCK_TRYLOCK(1, rwl)

Should be 0.

> +       RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
>  {
>         int32_t x;
>         int success = 0;
> @@ -114,7 +117,8 @@ rte_rwlock_read_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
>   *   A pointer to the rwlock structure.
>   */
>  static inline void
> -rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
> +rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_LOCK_RELEASES(rwl)
> +       RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
>  {
>         __atomic_fetch_sub(&rwl->cnt, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
>  }
> @@ -134,7 +138,8 @@ rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
>   */
>  __rte_experimental
>  static inline int
> -rte_rwlock_write_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
> +rte_rwlock_write_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_EXC_LOCK_TRYLOCK(1, rwl)

Should be 0.


> +       RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
>  {
>         int32_t x;
>
  
Stephen Hemminger April 4, 2022, 6:21 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:49:49 +0200
David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:

> +#ifdef RTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS
> +
> +#define RTE_ANNOTATED_LOCK \
> +	__attribute__((lockable))
> +
> +#define RTE_GUARDED_BY(...) \
> +	__attribute__((guarded_by(__VA_ARGS__)))
> +#define RTE_GUARDED_VAR \
> +	__attribute__((guarded_var))

Could we use attributes that match the existing syntax and lower case.
That is what was done for hot/cold and format attributes.

#define __rte_lockable
  
David Marchand April 7, 2022, 8:20 a.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 8:21 AM Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:49:49 +0200
> David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > +#ifdef RTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS
> > +
> > +#define RTE_ANNOTATED_LOCK \
> > +     __attribute__((lockable))
> > +
> > +#define RTE_GUARDED_BY(...) \
> > +     __attribute__((guarded_by(__VA_ARGS__)))
> > +#define RTE_GUARDED_VAR \
> > +     __attribute__((guarded_var))
>
> Could we use attributes that match the existing syntax and lower case.
> That is what was done for hot/cold and format attributes.

Yes, I reconsidered and I'll do that.
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
index 1d8123b00c..c81c8c0eff 100644
--- a/drivers/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/meson.build
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@  foreach subpath:subdirs
         build = true # set to false to disable, e.g. missing deps
         reason = '<unknown reason>' # set if build == false to explain
         name = drv
+        annotate_locks = false
         sources = []
         headers = []
         objs = []
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@  foreach subpath:subdirs
         enabled_drivers += name
         lib_name = '_'.join(['rte', class, name])
         cflags += '-DRTE_LOG_DEFAULT_LOGTYPE=' + '.'.join([log_prefix, name])
+        if annotate_locks and cc.has_argument('-Wthread-safety')
+            cflags += '-DRTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS'
+            cflags += '-Wthread-safety'
+        endif
         dpdk_conf.set(lib_name.to_upper(), 1)
 
         dpdk_extra_ldflags += pkgconfig_extra_libs
diff --git a/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_rwlock.h b/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_rwlock.h
index 18bb37b036..bea398b6f1 100644
--- a/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_rwlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_rwlock.h
@@ -13,24 +13,28 @@  extern "C" {
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_read_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_read_lock(rwl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_read_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rwl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_write_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_write_lock(rwl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_write_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_write_unlock(rwl);
 }
diff --git a/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_spinlock.h b/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_spinlock.h
index a973763c23..d47b13070b 100644
--- a/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_spinlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/arm/include/rte_spinlock.h
@@ -23,36 +23,42 @@  static inline int rte_tm_supported(void)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_lock(sl); /* fall-back */
 }
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	return rte_spinlock_trylock(sl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(sl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_recursive_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_recursive_lock(slr); /* fall-back */
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(slr);
 }
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	return rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock(slr);
 }
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h b/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h
index da9bc3e9c0..dabbac0131 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_rwlock.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@  extern "C" {
 
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_atomic.h>
+#include <rte_lock_annotations.h>
 #include <rte_pause.h>
 
 /**
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@  extern "C" {
  *
  * cnt is -1 when write lock is held, and > 0 when read locks are held.
  */
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct RTE_ANNOTATED_LOCK {
 	volatile int32_t cnt; /**< -1 when W lock held, > 0 when R locks held. */
 } rte_rwlock_t;
 
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@  rte_rwlock_init(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
  *   A pointer to a rwlock structure.
  */
 static inline void
-rte_rwlock_read_lock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+rte_rwlock_read_lock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_SHARED_LOCK_ACQUIRES(rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int32_t x;
 	int success = 0;
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@  rte_rwlock_read_lock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
  */
 __rte_experimental
 static inline int
-rte_rwlock_read_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+rte_rwlock_read_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_SHARED_LOCK_TRYLOCK(1, rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int32_t x;
 	int success = 0;
@@ -114,7 +117,8 @@  rte_rwlock_read_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
  *   A pointer to the rwlock structure.
  */
 static inline void
-rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_LOCK_RELEASES(rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	__atomic_fetch_sub(&rwl->cnt, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 }
@@ -134,7 +138,8 @@  rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
  */
 __rte_experimental
 static inline int
-rte_rwlock_write_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+rte_rwlock_write_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_EXC_LOCK_TRYLOCK(1, rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int32_t x;
 
@@ -153,7 +158,8 @@  rte_rwlock_write_trylock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
  *   A pointer to a rwlock structure.
  */
 static inline void
-rte_rwlock_write_lock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+rte_rwlock_write_lock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_EXC_LOCK_ACQUIRES(rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int32_t x;
 	int success = 0;
@@ -177,7 +183,8 @@  rte_rwlock_write_lock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
  *   A pointer to a rwlock structure.
  */
 static inline void
-rte_rwlock_write_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+rte_rwlock_write_unlock(rte_rwlock_t *rwl) RTE_LOCK_RELEASES(rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	__atomic_store_n(&rwl->cnt, 0, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 }
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h b/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h
index 40fe49d5ad..c54421f5d3 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/generic/rte_spinlock.h
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ 
 #ifdef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #endif
+#include <rte_lock_annotations.h>
 #include <rte_pause.h>
 
 /**
  * The rte_spinlock_t type.
  */
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct RTE_ANNOTATED_LOCK {
 	volatile int locked; /**< lock status 0 = unlocked, 1 = locked */
 } rte_spinlock_t;
 
@@ -55,11 +56,12 @@  rte_spinlock_init(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
  *   A pointer to the spinlock.
  */
 static inline void
-rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl);
+rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl) RTE_EXC_LOCK_ACQUIRES(sl);
 
 #ifdef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int exp = 0;
 
@@ -79,11 +81,12 @@  rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
  *   A pointer to the spinlock.
  */
 static inline void
-rte_spinlock_unlock (rte_spinlock_t *sl);
+rte_spinlock_unlock(rte_spinlock_t *sl) RTE_LOCK_RELEASES(sl);
 
 #ifdef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
 static inline void
-rte_spinlock_unlock (rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+rte_spinlock_unlock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	__atomic_store_n(&sl->locked, 0, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 }
@@ -98,11 +101,12 @@  rte_spinlock_unlock (rte_spinlock_t *sl)
  *   1 if the lock is successfully taken; 0 otherwise.
  */
 static inline int
-rte_spinlock_trylock (rte_spinlock_t *sl);
+rte_spinlock_trylock(rte_spinlock_t *sl) RTE_EXC_LOCK_TRYLOCK(1, sl);
 
 #ifdef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
 static inline int
-rte_spinlock_trylock (rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+rte_spinlock_trylock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int exp = 0;
 	return __atomic_compare_exchange_n(&sl->locked, &exp, 1,
@@ -211,6 +215,7 @@  static inline void rte_spinlock_recursive_init(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
  *   A pointer to the recursive spinlock.
  */
 static inline void rte_spinlock_recursive_lock(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int id = rte_gettid();
 
@@ -227,6 +232,7 @@  static inline void rte_spinlock_recursive_lock(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
  *   A pointer to the recursive spinlock.
  */
 static inline void rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (--(slr->count) == 0) {
 		slr->user = -1;
@@ -244,6 +250,7 @@  static inline void rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
  *   1 if the lock is successfully taken; 0 otherwise.
  */
 static inline int rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int id = rte_gettid();
 
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/meson.build b/lib/eal/include/meson.build
index 9700494816..a20b8d7e23 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eal/include/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@  headers += files(
         'rte_keepalive.h',
         'rte_launch.h',
         'rte_lcore.h',
+        'rte_lock_annotations.h',
         'rte_log.h',
         'rte_malloc.h',
         'rte_memory.h',
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_lock_annotations.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_lock_annotations.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..143087a56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_lock_annotations.h
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef RTE_LOCK_ANNOTATIONS_H
+#define RTE_LOCK_ANNOTATIONS_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifdef RTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS
+
+#define RTE_ANNOTATED_LOCK \
+	__attribute__((lockable))
+
+#define RTE_GUARDED_BY(...) \
+	__attribute__((guarded_by(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define RTE_GUARDED_VAR \
+	__attribute__((guarded_var))
+
+#define RTE_EXC_LOCK_REQUIRES(...) \
+	__attribute__((exclusive_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define RTE_EXC_LOCK_ACQUIRES(...) \
+	__attribute__((exclusive_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define RTE_EXC_LOCK_TRYLOCK(ret, ...) \
+	__attribute__((exclusive_trylock_function(ret, __VA_ARGS__)))
+
+#define RTE_SHARED_LOCK_REQUIRES(...) \
+	__attribute__((shared_locks_required(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define RTE_SHARED_LOCK_ACQUIRES(...) \
+	__attribute__((shared_lock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+#define RTE_SHARED_LOCK_TRYLOCK(ret, ...) \
+	__attribute__((shared_trylock_function(ret, __VA_ARGS__)))
+
+#define RTE_LOCK_RELEASES(...) \
+	__attribute__((unlock_function(__VA_ARGS__)))
+
+#define RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK \
+	__attribute__((no_thread_safety_analysis))
+
+#else /* ! RTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS */
+
+#define RTE_ANNOTATED_LOCK
+
+#define RTE_GUARDED_BY(...)
+#define RTE_GUARDED_VAR
+
+#define RTE_EXC_LOCK_REQUIRES(...)
+#define RTE_EXC_LOCK_ACQUIRES(...)
+#define RTE_EXC_LOCK_TRYLOCK(...)
+
+#define RTE_SHARED_LOCK_REQUIRES(...)
+#define RTE_SHARED_LOCK_ACQUIRES(...)
+#define RTE_SHARED_LOCK_TRYLOCK(...)
+
+#define RTE_LOCK_RELEASES(...)
+
+#define RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
+
+#endif /* RTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* RTE_LOCK_ANNOTATIONS_H */
diff --git a/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_rwlock.h b/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_rwlock.h
index 9fadc04076..9260a9f0a2 100644
--- a/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_rwlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_rwlock.h
@@ -11,24 +11,28 @@  extern "C" {
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_read_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_read_lock(rwl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_read_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rwl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_write_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_write_lock(rwl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_write_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_rwlock_write_unlock(rwl);
 }
diff --git a/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_spinlock.h b/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_spinlock.h
index 149ec245c7..1d64535ddd 100644
--- a/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_spinlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/ppc/include/rte_spinlock.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@  extern "C" {
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	while (__sync_lock_test_and_set(&sl->locked, 1))
 		while (sl->locked)
@@ -28,12 +29,14 @@  rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_unlock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	__sync_lock_release(&sl->locked);
 }
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_trylock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	return __sync_lock_test_and_set(&sl->locked, 1) == 0;
 }
@@ -47,36 +50,42 @@  static inline int rte_tm_supported(void)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_lock(sl); /* fall-back */
 }
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	return rte_spinlock_trylock(sl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(sl);
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_recursive_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_recursive_lock(slr); /* fall-back */
 }
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(slr);
 }
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	return rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock(slr);
 }
diff --git a/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_rwlock.h b/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_rwlock.h
index eec4c7123c..7857192d3e 100644
--- a/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_rwlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_rwlock.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@  extern "C" {
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_read_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (likely(rte_try_tm(&rwl->cnt)))
 		return;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@  rte_rwlock_read_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_read_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (unlikely(rwl->cnt))
 		rte_rwlock_read_unlock(rwl);
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@  rte_rwlock_read_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_write_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (likely(rte_try_tm(&rwl->cnt)))
 		return;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@  rte_rwlock_write_lock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
 
 static inline void
 rte_rwlock_write_unlock_tm(rte_rwlock_t *rwl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (unlikely(rwl->cnt))
 		rte_rwlock_write_unlock(rwl);
diff --git a/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_spinlock.h b/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_spinlock.h
index e2e2b2643c..a0be70570b 100644
--- a/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_spinlock.h
+++ b/lib/eal/x86/include/rte_spinlock.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@  extern "C" {
 #ifndef RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int lock_val = 1;
 	asm volatile (
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@  rte_spinlock_lock(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_unlock (rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int unlock_val = 0;
 	asm volatile (
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@  rte_spinlock_unlock (rte_spinlock_t *sl)
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_trylock (rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	int lockval = 1;
 
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@  rte_try_tm(volatile int *lock)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (likely(rte_try_tm(&sl->locked)))
 		return;
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@  rte_spinlock_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (likely(rte_try_tm(&sl->locked)))
 		return 1;
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@  rte_spinlock_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (unlikely(sl->locked))
 		rte_spinlock_unlock(sl);
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@  rte_spinlock_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_t *sl)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_recursive_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (likely(rte_try_tm(&slr->sl.locked)))
 		return;
@@ -157,6 +164,7 @@  rte_spinlock_recursive_lock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
 
 static inline void
 rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (unlikely(slr->sl.locked))
 		rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock(slr);
@@ -166,6 +174,7 @@  rte_spinlock_recursive_unlock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
 
 static inline int
 rte_spinlock_recursive_trylock_tm(rte_spinlock_recursive_t *slr)
+	RTE_NO_ANNOTATED_LOCK_CHECK
 {
 	if (likely(rte_try_tm(&slr->sl.locked)))
 		return 1;
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 24adbe44c9..909133ea64 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@  foreach l:libraries
     reason = '<unknown reason>' # set if build == false to explain why
     name = l
     use_function_versioning = false
+    annotate_locks = false
     sources = []
     headers = []
     indirect_headers = [] # public headers not directly included by apps
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@  foreach l:libraries
         cflags += '-DRTE_USE_FUNCTION_VERSIONING'
     endif
     cflags += '-DRTE_LOG_DEFAULT_LOGTYPE=lib.' + l
+    if annotate_locks and cc.has_argument('-Wthread-safety')
+        cflags += '-DRTE_ANNOTATE_LOCKS'
+        cflags += '-Wthread-safety'
+    endif
 
     # first build static lib
     static_lib = static_library(libname,