Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c
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RCS file: /home/kernel/cvs_master/linux/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.3 semaphore.c
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c	2000/11/16 19:58:26	1.3
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c	2000/11/17 23:12:48
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&semaphore_lock);
 	sem->sleepers++;
+
+	/*
+	 * Are there other people waiting for this?
+	 * They get to go first.
+	 */
+	if (sem->sleepers > 1)
+		goto inside;
+
 	for (;;) {
 		int sleepers = sem->sleepers;
 
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@
 			break;
 		}
 		sem->sleepers = 1;	/* us - see -1 above */
+inside:
 		spin_unlock_irq(&semaphore_lock);
 
 		schedule();