futex: Revert "futex: Wake up waiter outside the hb->lock section"
This reverts commit 928686b7. The patch was an optimization of the old futex wake code where we woke the waiter and then set q->lock_ptr to NULL. When the waiter preempted the waker then we run into lock contention on q->lock_ptr aka. hb->lock. commit f1a11e (futex: remove the wait queue) changes the wakeup logic by setting q->lock_ptr to NULL _before_ waking the task. It keeps a reference on the task struct of the to be woken task to avoid an exit race. The combination of both patches resulted in different race on -RT: A is blocked on futex B calls futex_wake B sets q(A)->lock_ptr to NULL and puts A on the wake list B is preempted ... A wakes up (e.g. timer, signal) A detects q->lock_ptr = NULL and returns A waits on a different futex B is scheduled back in B wakes A A sees a spurious wake up Reported-by: Blaise Gassend <blaise@willowgarage.com> Debugged-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
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