[GIT PULL] core kernel fix

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

Linus,

Please pull the latest core-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git core-urgent-for-linus

   HEAD: 0bce9c46bf3b15f485d82d7e81dabed6ebcc24b1 mutex: Place lock in contended state after fastpath_lock failure

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Will Deacon (1):
      mutex: Place lock in contended state after fastpath_lock failure


 include/asm-generic/mutex-xchg.h | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/mutex-xchg.h b/include/asm-generic/mutex-xchg.h
index 580a6d3..c04e0db 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/mutex-xchg.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/mutex-xchg.h
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@ static inline void
 __mutex_fastpath_lock(atomic_t *count, void (*fail_fn)(atomic_t *))
 {
 	if (unlikely(atomic_xchg(count, 0) != 1))
-		fail_fn(count);
+		/*
+		 * We failed to acquire the lock, so mark it contended
+		 * to ensure that any waiting tasks are woken up by the
+		 * unlock slow path.
+		 */
+		if (likely(atomic_xchg(count, -1) != 1))
+			fail_fn(count);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -43,7 +49,8 @@ static inline int
 __mutex_fastpath_lock_retval(atomic_t *count, int (*fail_fn)(atomic_t *))
 {
 	if (unlikely(atomic_xchg(count, 0) != 1))
-		return fail_fn(count);
+		if (likely(atomic_xchg(count, -1) != 1))
+			return fail_fn(count);
 	return 0;
 }