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-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/qspinlock.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 365b2033f55e..986207887def 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ queue:
* p,*,* -> n,*,*
*/
old = xchg_tail(lock, tail);
+ next = NULL;
/*
* if there was a previous node; link it and wait until reaching the
@@ -463,10 +464,12 @@ queue:
}
/*
- * contended path; wait for next, release.
+ * contended path; wait for next if not observed yet, release.
*/
- while (!(next = READ_ONCE(node->next)))
- cpu_relax();
+ if (!next) {
+ while (!(next = READ_ONCE(node->next)))
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(&next->locked);
pv_kick_node(lock, next);