1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 5ec2473a3497..a0514e01c3eb 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2861,35 +2861,39 @@ retry_private:
 	 * and BUG when futex_unlock_pi() interleaves with this.
 	 *
 	 * Therefore acquire wait_lock while holding hb->lock, but drop the
-	 * latter before calling rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(). This still fully
-	 * serializes against futex_unlock_pi() as that does the exact same
-	 * lock handoff sequence.
+	 * latter before calling __rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(). This
+	 * interleaves with futex_unlock_pi() -- which does a similar lock
+	 * handoff -- such that the latter can observe the futex_q::pi_state
+	 * before __rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() is done.
 	 */
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&q.pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 	spin_unlock(q.lock_ptr);
+	/*
+	 * __rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock() unconditionally enqueues the @rt_waiter
+	 * such that futex_unlock_pi() is guaranteed to observe the waiter when
+	 * it sees the futex_q::pi_state.
+	 */
 	ret = __rt_mutex_start_proxy_lock(&q.pi_state->pi_mutex, &rt_waiter, current);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&q.pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		if (ret == 1)
 			ret = 0;
-
-		spin_lock(q.lock_ptr);
-		goto no_block;
+		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-
 	if (unlikely(to))
 		hrtimer_start_expires(&to->timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 
 	ret = rt_mutex_wait_proxy_lock(&q.pi_state->pi_mutex, to, &rt_waiter);
 
+cleanup:
 	spin_lock(q.lock_ptr);
 	/*
-	 * If we failed to acquire the lock (signal/timeout), we must
+	 * If we failed to acquire the lock (deadlock/signal/timeout), we must
 	 * first acquire the hb->lock before removing the lock from the
-	 * rt_mutex waitqueue, such that we can keep the hb and rt_mutex
-	 * wait lists consistent.
+	 * rt_mutex waitqueue, such that we can keep the hb and rt_mutex wait
+	 * lists consistent.
 	 *
 	 * In particular; it is important that futex_unlock_pi() can not
 	 * observe this inconsistency.
@@ -3013,6 +3017,10 @@ retry:
 		 * there is no point where we hold neither; and therefore
 		 * wake_futex_pi() must observe a state consistent with what we
 		 * observed.
+		 *
+		 * In particular; this forces __rt_mutex_start_proxy() to
+		 * complete such that we're guaranteed to observe the
+		 * rt_waiter. Also see the WARN in wake_futex_pi().
 		 */
 		raw_spin_lock_irq(&pi_state->pi_mutex.wait_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&hb->lock);