On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:44:05 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> wrote:

> There is no point to keep the task ref across the check for lock
> owner. Drop the ref before that, so the protection context is clear.

You mean you deobfuscated the code ;-)

(No, patch #3 could have been called "deobfuscate the code")

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org>

-- Steve

> 
> Found while documenting the chain walk.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
> ---
>  kernel/locking/rtmutex.c |    5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: tip/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
> ===================================================================
> --- tip.orig/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
> +++ tip/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
> @@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(st
>  
>       /* Release the task */
>       raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->pi_lock, flags);
> +     put_task_struct(task);
> +
>       if (!rt_mutex_owner(lock)) {
>               /*
>                * If the requeue above changed the top waiter, then we need
> @@ -472,9 +474,8 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(st
>               if (top_waiter != rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock))
>                       wake_up_process(rt_mutex_top_waiter(lock)->task);
>               raw_spin_unlock(&lock->wait_lock);
> -             goto out_put_task;
> +             return 0;
>       }
> -     put_task_struct(task);
>  
>       /* Grab the next task */
>       task = rt_mutex_owner(lock);
> 

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