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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-15 18:28:30 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-03-15 18:28:30 -0700
commit0586bed3e8563c2eb89bc7256e30ce633ae06cfb (patch)
tree7a59610f45f7222f25b3212c53fa28636bb4427c /kernel/futex.c
parentb80cd62b7d4406bbe8c573fe4381dcc71a2850fd (diff)
parentdbebbfbb1605f0179e7c0d900d941cc9c45de569 (diff)
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Merge branch 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rtmutex: tester: Remove the remaining BKL leftovers lockdep/timers: Explain in detail the locking problems del_timer_sync() may cause rtmutex: Simplify PI algorithm and make highest prio task get lock rwsem: Remove redundant asmregparm annotation rwsem: Move duplicate function prototypes to linux/rwsem.h rwsem: Unify the duplicate rwsem_is_locked() inlines rwsem: Move duplicate init macros and functions to linux/rwsem.h rwsem: Move duplicate struct rwsem declaration to linux/rwsem.h x86: Cleanup rwsem_count_t typedef rwsem: Cleanup includes locking: Remove deprecated lock initializers cred: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization kthread: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization xtensa: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization um: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization sparc: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization mips: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization cris: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization alpha: Replace deprecated spinlock initialization rtmutex-tester: Remove BKL tests
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/futex.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/futex.c22
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index e9251d9..bda4157 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1555,10 +1555,10 @@ static int fixup_pi_state_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q,
/*
* We are here either because we stole the rtmutex from the
- * pending owner or we are the pending owner which failed to
- * get the rtmutex. We have to replace the pending owner TID
- * in the user space variable. This must be atomic as we have
- * to preserve the owner died bit here.
+ * previous highest priority waiter or we are the highest priority
+ * waiter but failed to get the rtmutex the first time.
+ * We have to replace the newowner TID in the user space variable.
+ * This must be atomic as we have to preserve the owner died bit here.
*
* Note: We write the user space value _before_ changing the pi_state
* because we can fault here. Imagine swapped out pages or a fork
@@ -1605,8 +1605,8 @@ retry:
/*
* To handle the page fault we need to drop the hash bucket
- * lock here. That gives the other task (either the pending
- * owner itself or the task which stole the rtmutex) the
+ * lock here. That gives the other task (either the highest priority
+ * waiter itself or the task which stole the rtmutex) the
* chance to try the fixup of the pi_state. So once we are
* back from handling the fault we need to check the pi_state
* after reacquiring the hash bucket lock and before trying to
@@ -1682,18 +1682,20 @@ static int fixup_owner(u32 __user *uaddr, struct futex_q *q, int locked)
/*
* pi_state is incorrect, some other task did a lock steal and
* we returned due to timeout or signal without taking the
- * rt_mutex. Too late. We can access the rt_mutex_owner without
- * locking, as the other task is now blocked on the hash bucket
- * lock. Fix the state up.
+ * rt_mutex. Too late.
*/
+ raw_spin_lock(&q->pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
owner = rt_mutex_owner(&q->pi_state->pi_mutex);
+ if (!owner)
+ owner = rt_mutex_next_owner(&q->pi_state->pi_mutex);
+ raw_spin_unlock(&q->pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
ret = fixup_pi_state_owner(uaddr, q, owner);
goto out;
}
/*
* Paranoia check. If we did not take the lock, then we should not be
- * the owner, nor the pending owner, of the rt_mutex.
+ * the owner of the rt_mutex.
*/
if (rt_mutex_owner(&q->pi_state->pi_mutex) == current)
printk(KERN_ERR "fixup_owner: ret = %d pi-mutex: %p "
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