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authorDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2019-11-14 05:53:10 +1000
committerDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2019-11-14 05:53:10 +1000
commit77e0723bd27f830d0903225372aa778fe2975648 (patch)
tree4c035783e014b3a0ac9174390f88dc75150533e4 /lib/dump_stack.c
parent3ca3a9eab7085b3c938b5d088c3020269cfecdc8 (diff)
parent31f4f5b495a62c9a8b15b1c3581acd5efeb9af8c (diff)
downloadlinux-77e0723bd27f830d0903225372aa778fe2975648.tar.bz2
Merge v5.4-rc7 into drm-next
We have the i915 security fixes to backmerge, but first let's clear the decks for other drivers to avoid a bigger mess. Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/dump_stack.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/dump_stack.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dump_stack.c b/lib/dump_stack.c
index 5cff72f18c4a..33ffbf308853 100644
--- a/lib/dump_stack.c
+++ b/lib/dump_stack.c
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ retry:
was_locked = 1;
} else {
local_irq_restore(flags);
- cpu_relax();
+ /*
+ * Wait for the lock to release before jumping to
+ * atomic_cmpxchg() in order to mitigate the thundering herd
+ * problem.
+ */
+ do { cpu_relax(); } while (atomic_read(&dump_lock) != -1);
goto retry;
}