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authorjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>2009-05-29 13:56:34 +0000
committerjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>2009-05-29 13:56:34 +0000
commitcdcee493a206829c1a3ccc94df157c9720285eb7 (patch)
tree778d8b116b84c956f481f3604b85ee7646ea031f /sys/kern/kern_mutex.c
parent9217f2901bf3eb4d8b3a4fd833f32c26cba41164 (diff)
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Tweak a few comments on adaptive spinning.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/kern/kern_mutex.c')
-rw-r--r--sys/kern/kern_mutex.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_mutex.c b/sys/kern/kern_mutex.c
index 49f9c59..17c72eb 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_mutex.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_mutex.c
@@ -399,8 +399,11 @@ _mtx_lock_sleep(struct mtx *m, uintptr_t tid, int opts, const char *file,
#ifdef ADAPTIVE_MUTEXES
/*
- * If the current owner of the lock is executing on another
- * CPU quit the hard path and try to spin.
+ * The current lock owner might have started executing
+ * on another CPU (or the lock could have changed
+ * owners) while we were waiting on the turnstile
+ * chain lock. If so, drop the turnstile lock and try
+ * again.
*/
owner = (struct thread *)(v & ~MTX_FLAGMASK);
if (TD_IS_RUNNING(owner)) {
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