linux/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.c, branch v3.15Mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
https://git.shady.money/linux/atom?h=v3.152014-03-11T11:14:56Zlocking/mutexes: Introduce cancelable MCS lock for adaptive spinning2014-03-11T11:14:56ZPeter Zijlstrapeterz@infradead.org2014-01-29T11:51:42Zurn:sha1:fb0527bd5ea99bfeb2dd91e3c1433ecf745d6b99
Since we want a task waiting for a mutex_lock() to go to sleep and
reschedule on need_resched() we must be able to abort the
mcs_spin_lock() around the adaptive spin.
Therefore implement a cancelable mcs lock.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Cc: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-62hcl5wxydmjzd182zhvk89m@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>