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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c index 2555ae15ec14..3a5048572065 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-spinlock.c @@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ __rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int wakewrite) list_del(&waiter->list); tsk = waiter->task; + /* + * Make sure we do not wakeup the next reader before + * setting the nil condition to grant the next reader; + * otherwise we could miss the wakeup on the other + * side and end up sleeping again. See the pairing + * in rwsem_down_read_failed(). + */ smp_mb(); waiter->task = NULL; wake_up_process(tsk); |