Usable for lock-breaks and such. Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mutex.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mutex.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mutex.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mutex.h @@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ static inline int mutex_is_locked(struct return atomic_read(&lock->count) != 1; } +static inline int mutex_is_contended(struct mutex *lock) +{ + return atomic_read(&lock->count) < 0; +} + /* * See kernel/mutex.c for detailed documentation of these APIs. * Also see Documentation/mutex-design.txt. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>