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Subject[patch 2.5.34] alpha rwsem fix
__down_read_trylock is utterly broken in a contention case,
as Richard pointed out. Here's a replacement.

Ivan.


--- 2.5.34/include/asm-alpha/rwsem.h Tue Sep 3 01:12:00 2002
+++ linux/include/asm-alpha/rwsem.h Fri Sep 13 03:31:20 2002
@@ -93,14 +93,16 @@ static inline void __down_read(struct rw
*/
static inline int __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
- long res, tmp;
+ long old, new, res;

res = sem->count;
do {
- tmp = res + RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
- if (tmp <= 0)
+ new = res + RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
+ if (new <= 0)
break;
- } while (cmpxchg(&sem->count, res, tmp) != res);
+ old = res;
+ res = cmpxchg(&sem->count, old, new);
+ } while (res != old);
return res >= 0 ? 1 : 0;
}

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