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-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
index dacc32142fc..c40c7d28661 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ static inline bool rwsem_try_write_lock_unqueued(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
static inline bool rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
struct task_struct *owner;
- bool on_cpu = true;
+ bool on_cpu = false;
if (need_resched())
- return 0;
+ return false;
rcu_read_lock();
owner = ACCESS_ONCE(sem->owner);
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ static inline bool rwsem_can_spin_on_owner(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
rcu_read_unlock();
/*
- * If sem->owner is not set, the rwsem owner may have
- * just acquired it and not set the owner yet or the rwsem
- * has been released.
+ * If sem->owner is not set, yet we have just recently entered the
+ * slowpath, then there is a possibility reader(s) may have the lock.
+ * To be safe, avoid spinning in these situations.
*/
return on_cpu;
}