On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 03:09:01PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > +static inline bool rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem) > +{ > + int retval; > + struct task_struct *owner; > + > + rcu_read_lock(); > + owner = ACCESS_ONCE(sem->owner); > + > + /* Spin only if active writer running */ > + if (owner) > + retval = owner->on_cpu; > + else { > + /* > + * When the owner is not set, the sem owner may have just > + * acquired it and not set the owner yet, or the sem has > + * been released, or reader active. > + */ > + retval = false; > + } > + rcu_read_unlock(); > + > + return retval; > +}
Also, the mutex case has a need_resched() test in there; any particular reason you didn't mirror that? See 46af29e479cc0 ("locking/mutexes: Return false if task need_resched() in mutex_can_spin_on_owner()") -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/