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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-05-31 05:46:45 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-05-31 05:46:45 -0700 |
| commit | 64960848abd18d0bcde3f53ffa7ed0b631e6b25d (patch) | |
| tree | 8424a1c550a98ce09f127425fde9b7b5f2f5027a /kernel/mutex.c | |
| parent | 2903037400a26e7c0cc93ab75a7d62abfacdf485 (diff) | |
| parent | 67a3e12b05e055c0415c556a315a3d3eb637e29e (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/mutex.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/mutex.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c index 632f04c57d82..4c0b7b3e6d2e 100644 --- a/kernel/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/mutex.c @@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass, struct thread_info *owner; /* + * If we own the BKL, then don't spin. The owner of + * the mutex might be waiting on us to release the BKL. + */ + if (unlikely(current->lock_depth >= 0)) + break; + + /* * If there's an owner, wait for it to either * release the lock or go to sleep. */ |