Pull a mutex fix from Ingo Molnar.
Fix the fastpath_lock failure contention flag for xchg-based mutexes.
* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
mutex: Place lock in contended state after fastpath_lock failure
__mutex_fastpath_lock(atomic_t *count, void (*fail_fn)(atomic_t *))
{
if (unlikely(atomic_xchg(count, 0) != 1))
- fail_fn(count);
+ /*
+ * We failed to acquire the lock, so mark it contended
+ * to ensure that any waiting tasks are woken up by the
+ * unlock slow path.
+ */
+ if (likely(atomic_xchg(count, -1) != 1))
+ fail_fn(count);
}
/**
__mutex_fastpath_lock_retval(atomic_t *count, int (*fail_fn)(atomic_t *))
{
if (unlikely(atomic_xchg(count, 0) != 1))
- return fail_fn(count);
+ if (likely(atomic_xchg(count, -1) != 1))
+ return fail_fn(count);
return 0;
}