On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 11:17:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > >@@ -486,21 +487,39 @@ struct rw_semaphore __sched > > >*rwsem_down_write_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem) > > > > > > /* Block until there are no active lockers. */ > > > do { > > >+ if (signal_pending_state(state, current)) { > > > > ^^ unlikely()? > > The generated code is identical after I've added unlikely. I haven't > tried more gcc versions (mine is 5.3.1) but is this worth it?
Both signal_pending() and __fatal_signal_pending() already have an unlikely(), which is why adding it here is superfluous.