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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/rwsem.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c index 5768b90223c0..c055f4b28b23 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c @@ -1010,16 +1010,27 @@ rwsem_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem, unsigned long nonspinnable) static struct rw_semaphore __sched * rwsem_down_read_slowpath(struct rw_semaphore *sem, long count, int state) { - long adjustment = -RWSEM_READER_BIAS; + long owner, adjustment = -RWSEM_READER_BIAS; + long rcnt = (count >> RWSEM_READER_SHIFT); struct rwsem_waiter waiter; DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q); bool wake = false; /* + * To prevent a constant stream of readers from starving a sleeping + * waiter, don't attempt optimistic spinning if the lock is currently + * owned by readers. + */ + owner = atomic_long_read(&sem->owner); + if ((owner & RWSEM_READER_OWNED) && (rcnt > 1) && + !(count & RWSEM_WRITER_LOCKED)) + goto queue; + + /* * Save the current read-owner of rwsem, if available, and the * reader nonspinnable bit. */ - waiter.last_rowner = atomic_long_read(&sem->owner); + waiter.last_rowner = owner; if (!(waiter.last_rowner & RWSEM_READER_OWNED)) waiter.last_rowner &= RWSEM_RD_NONSPINNABLE; |