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authorRodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>2024-04-02 08:17:13 -0400
committerRodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>2024-04-02 08:17:13 -0400
commit5add703f6acad1c63f8a532b6de56e50d548e904 (patch)
treebe39a82716119cd8b7cf7e2734baf8cd9a80ceb7 /kernel/locking/rwsem.c
parent71cdfa8cad300caa7afcbba09776bbc8dcfa9e39 (diff)
parent39cd87c4eb2b893354f3b850f916353f2658ae6f (diff)
Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next
Catching up on 6.9-rc2 Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/locking/rwsem.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/rwsem.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
index 2340b6d90ec6..c6d17aee4209 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
/*
* The least significant 2 bits of the owner value has the following
* meanings when set.
- * - Bit 0: RWSEM_READER_OWNED - The rwsem is owned by readers
+ * - Bit 0: RWSEM_READER_OWNED - rwsem may be owned by readers (just a hint)
* - Bit 1: RWSEM_NONSPINNABLE - Cannot spin on a reader-owned lock
*
* When the rwsem is reader-owned and a spinning writer has timed out,
@@ -1002,8 +1002,8 @@ rwsem_down_read_slowpath(struct rw_semaphore *sem, long count, unsigned int stat
/*
* To prevent a constant stream of readers from starving a sleeping
- * waiter, don't attempt optimistic lock stealing if the lock is
- * currently owned by readers.
+ * writer, don't attempt optimistic lock stealing if the lock is
+ * very likely owned by readers.
*/
if ((atomic_long_read(&sem->owner) & RWSEM_READER_OWNED) &&
(rcnt > 1) && !(count & RWSEM_WRITER_LOCKED))