Re: [tip:core/locking] mutex: Fix optimistic spinning vs. BKL

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 18 May 2010, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Tony, mind sending a version of this patch that does not 
> include a jiffies based spinning loop?

I think it should just be the two-liner

	if (current->lock_depth >= 0)
		break;

in that loop. Plus comment.

		Linus
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