Re: [PATCH] sched: correct testing need_resched inmutex_spin_on_owner()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 15:47 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Only if your above assumption holds, which it doesn't. It explicitly
> checks to see if _this_ cpu needs a resched while spinning, if so it
> bails the spinning and calls schedule in the lock slow path.
> 
> If the owner cpu reschedules, owner will leave the rq and

s/rq/cpu/

> owner_running() will return false, also breaking the loop. 
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