locking/rwsem: Make rwsem_spin_on_owner() return owner state

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This patch modifies rwsem_spin_on_owner() to return four possible
values to better reflect the state of lock holder which enables us to
make a better decision of what to do next.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@gmail.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190520205918.22251-7-longman@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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Waiman Long 2019-05-20 16:59:05 -04:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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