From: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> commit 8f556a326c93213927e683fc32bbf5be1b62540a upstream. Optimistic spinning needs to be terminated when the spinning waiter is not longer the top waiter on the lock, but the condition is negated. It terminates if the waiter is the top waiter, which is defeating the whole purpose. Fixes: c3123c431447 ("locking/rtmutex: Dont dereference waiter lockless") Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211217074207.77425-1-qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c @@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static bool rtmutex_spin_on_owner(struct * - the VCPU on which owner runs is preempted */ if (!owner->on_cpu || need_resched() || - rt_mutex_waiter_is_top_waiter(lock, waiter) || + !rt_mutex_waiter_is_top_waiter(lock, waiter) || vcpu_is_preempted(task_cpu(owner))) { res = false; break;