[PATCH] locking/mutex: Allow next waiter lockless wakeup

[Davidlohr Bueso]

Make use of wake_q and enable the wakeup to occur after
releasing the wait_lock. This is similar to what we do
with rtmutex top waiter, slightly shortening the critical
region and allow other waiters to acquire the wait_lock
sooner. In low contention cases it can also help the
recently woken waiter to find the wait_lock available
(fastpath) when it continues execution.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/locking/mutex.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 0551c21..e364b42 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ static inline void
 __mutex_unlock_common_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, int nested)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	WAKE_Q(wake_q);
 
 	/*
 	 * As a performance measurement, release the lock before doing other
@@ -743,11 +744,11 @@ __mutex_unlock_common_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, int nested)
 					   struct mutex_waiter, list);
 
 		debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
-
-		wake_up_process(waiter->task);
+		wake_q_add(&wake_q, waiter->task);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_mutex(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
+	wake_up_q(&wake_q);
 }
 
 /*
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