On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 03:20:58PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> void __unlock_page(struct page *page)
> {
>       struct wait_bit_key key = __WAIT_BIT_KEY_INITIALIZER(&page->flags, 
> PG_locked);
>       struct wait_queue_head_t *wqh = page_waitqueue(page);
>       wait_queue_t *curr;

        if (!PG_waiters && !waitqueue_active(wqh))
                return;

>       spin_lock_irq(&wqh->lock);
>       list_for_each_entry(curr, &wqh->task_list, task_list) {
>               unsigned int flags = curr->flags;
> 
>               if (curr->func(curr, TASK_NORMAL, 0, &key))
>                       goto unlock;
>       }
>       ClearPageWaiters(page);
> unlock:
>       spin_unlock_irq(&wqh->lock);
> }
> 
> Yes, the __unlock_page() will have the unconditional wqh->lock, but it
> should also call __unlock_page() a lot less, and it doesn't have that
> horrid timeout.
> 
> Now, the above is clearly sub-optimal when !extended_page_flags, but I
> suppose we could have two versions of __unlock_page() for that.

Or I suppose the above would fix it too.

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