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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. */ |