Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 5/5] mutex: Give spinners a chance tospin_on_owner if need_resched() triggered while queued

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:01:37PM -0800, Jason Low wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I've downloaded AIM7 from sf.net and I hope I'm running it with 100+
> > loads but I'm not entirely sure I got this thing right, its not really
> > making progress with or without patch :/
> 
> Ingo's program http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/8/50 using the V option may
> be able to generate similar mutex contention.
> 
> Currently still getting soft lockups with the updated version.

Bugger.. ok clearly I need to think harder still. I'm fairly sure this
cancelation can work though, just seems tricky to get right :-)

I'll give that proglet from Ingo a go, although that might be Monday ere
I get to it.
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