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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2016-11-30 21:04:42 +0000
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-12-02 11:13:26 +0100
commit1be5d4fa0af34fb7bafa205aeb59f5c7cc7a089d (patch)
treefc9508b47018bfd363d78fff07b2591d96d3c300 /lib
parentdbb26055defd03d59f678cb5f2c992abe05b064a (diff)
locking/rtmutex: Use READ_ONCE() in rt_mutex_owner()
While debugging the rtmutex unlock vs. dequeue race Will suggested to use READ_ONCE() in rt_mutex_owner() as it might race against the cmpxchg_release() in unlock_rt_mutex_safe(). Will: "It's a minor thing which will most likely not matter in practice" Careful search did not unearth an actual problem in todays code, but it's better to be safe than surprised. Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161130210030.431379999@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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