From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753624Ab0E3TbU (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2010 15:31:20 -0400 Received: from fallback.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.13]:47715 "EHLO fallback.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752611Ab0E3TbT (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 May 2010 15:31:19 -0400 Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 21:31:12 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton Subject: [GIT PULL] mutex fix Message-ID: <20100530193112.GA16206@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus, Please pull the latest core-fixes-for-linus git tree from: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git core-fixes-for-linus Thanks, Ingo ------------------> Tony Breeds (1): mutex: Fix optimistic spinning vs. BKL kernel/mutex.c | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c index 632f04c..4c0b7b3 100644 --- a/kernel/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/mutex.c @@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass, struct thread_info *owner; /* + * If we own the BKL, then don't spin. The owner of + * the mutex might be waiting on us to release the BKL. + */ + if (unlikely(current->lock_depth >= 0)) + break; + + /* * If there's an owner, wait for it to either * release the lock or go to sleep. */