From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:21:09 +0000 (+0100) Subject: locking/mutexes: Add extra reschedule point X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=34c6bc2c919a55e5ad4e698510a2f35ee13ab900;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git locking/mutexes: Add extra reschedule point Add in an extra reschedule in an attempt to avoid getting reschedule the moment we've acquired the lock. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-zah5eyn9gu7qlgwh9r6n2anc@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c index 2670b84067d6..02c61a9c8906 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c @@ -468,6 +468,13 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass, } osq_unlock(&lock->osq); slowpath: + /* + * If we fell out of the spin path because of need_resched(), + * reschedule now, before we try-lock the mutex. This avoids getting + * scheduled out right after we obtained the mutex. + */ + if (need_resched()) + schedule_preempt_disabled(); #endif spin_lock_mutex(&lock->wait_lock, flags);