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authorLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>2010-08-26 15:11:25 -0500
committerLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>2010-08-26 15:11:25 -0500
commit0a2f38193d60edd22f9e06e31ea8db791d42b3e0 (patch)
tree9734f14a4ef5b3e620c68eee1028ac5bee032671 /kernel
parentMerge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 (diff)
parentMerge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c10
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched_fair.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_stack.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c3
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 41541d79e3c8..09b574e7f4df 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3865,8 +3865,16 @@ int mutex_spin_on_owner(struct mutex *lock, struct thread_info *owner)
/*
* Owner changed, break to re-assess state.
*/
- if (lock->owner != owner)
+ if (lock->owner != owner) {
+ /*
+ * If the lock has switched to a different owner,
+ * we likely have heavy contention. Return 0 to quit
+ * optimistic spinning and not contend further:
+ */
+ if (lock->owner)
+ return 0;
break;
+ }
/*
* Is that owner really running on that cpu?
diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 806d1b227a21..ab661ebc4895 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -3752,6 +3752,8 @@ static void task_fork_fair(struct task_struct *p)
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
+ update_rq_clock(rq);
+
if (unlikely(task_cpu(p) != this_cpu))
__set_task_cpu(p, this_cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index 056468eae7cf..a6b7e0e0f3eb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int trace_lookup_stack(struct seq_file *m, long i)
{
unsigned long addr = stack_dump_trace[i];
- return seq_printf(m, "%pF\n", (void *)addr);
+ return seq_printf(m, "%pS\n", (void *)addr);
}
static void print_disabled(struct seq_file *m)
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 613bc1f04610..0d53c8e853b1 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ void watchdog_overflow_callback(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
struct perf_sample_data *data,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
+ /* Ensure the watchdog never gets throttled */
+ event->hw.interrupts = 0;
+
if (__get_cpu_var(watchdog_nmi_touch) == true) {
__get_cpu_var(watchdog_nmi_touch) = false;
return;