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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/mutex.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c index 16b2d3cc88b0..4cccea6b8934 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c @@ -224,20 +224,14 @@ ww_mutex_set_context_slowpath(struct ww_mutex *lock, static noinline bool mutex_spin_on_owner(struct mutex *lock, struct task_struct *owner) { - bool ret; + bool ret = true; rcu_read_lock(); - while (true) { - /* Return success when the lock owner changed */ - if (lock->owner != owner) { - ret = true; - break; - } - + while (lock->owner == owner) { /* * Ensure we emit the owner->on_cpu, dereference _after_ - * checking lock->owner still matches owner, if that fails, - * owner might point to free()d memory, if it still matches, + * checking lock->owner still matches owner. If that fails, + * owner might point to freed memory. If it still matches, * the rcu_read_lock() ensures the memory stays valid. */ barrier(); |