From 3f186d974826847a07bc7964d79ec4eded475ad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 22:55:44 +0100 Subject: futex: Add mutex around futex exit The mutex will be used in subsequent changes to replace the busy looping of a waiter when the futex owner is currently executing the exit cleanup to prevent a potential live lock. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191106224556.845798895@linutronix.de --- include/linux/futex.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux/futex.h') diff --git a/include/linux/futex.h b/include/linux/futex.h index 9f2792427d64..5cc3fed27d4c 100644 --- a/include/linux/futex.h +++ b/include/linux/futex.h @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static inline void futex_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tsk->pi_state_list); tsk->pi_state_cache = NULL; tsk->futex_state = FUTEX_STATE_OK; + mutex_init(&tsk->futex_exit_mutex); } void futex_exit_recursive(struct task_struct *tsk); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2