Commit-ID:  46af29e479cc0c1c63633007993af5292c2c3e75
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/46af29e479cc0c1c63633007993af5292c2c3e75
Author:     Jason Low <jason.l...@hp.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:13:12 -0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:14:52 +0100

locking/mutexes: Return false if task need_resched() in 
mutex_can_spin_on_owner()

The mutex_can_spin_on_owner() function should also return false if the
task needs to be rescheduled to avoid entering the MCS queue when it
needs to reschedule.

Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.l...@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Cc: waiman.l...@hp.com
Cc: torva...@linux-foundation.org
Cc: t...@linutronix.de
Cc: r...@redhat.com
Cc: a...@linux-foundation.org
Cc: davidl...@hp.com
Cc: h...@zytor.com
Cc: a...@firstfloor.org
Cc: as...@hp.com
Cc: scott.nor...@hp.com
Cc: chegu_vi...@hp.com
Cc: paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Link: 
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390936396-3962-2-git-send-email-jason.l...@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/locking/mutex.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 4f408be..e6d646b 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ static inline int mutex_can_spin_on_owner(struct mutex 
*lock)
        struct task_struct *owner;
        int retval = 1;
 
+       if (need_resched())
+               return 0;
+
        rcu_read_lock();
        owner = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->owner);
        if (owner)
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