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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/watchdog.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 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/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; |