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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2026-05-12 02:56:17 +0000
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2026-06-02 12:26:07 +0200
commit1628b25248d0742b2ce9c7cfa59cd183e35f37e1 (patch)
tree6f204daf3a4dcc54e962e2fba54fa8bc18211068 /kernel/fork.c
parent4c2a20413d7fb3fc3dd7adf233a4f82bb203fb58 (diff)
sched: Add blocked_donor link to task for smarter mutex handoffs
Add link to the task this task is proxying for, and use it so the mutex owner can do an intelligent hand-off of the mutex to the task that the owner is running on behalf. [jstultz: This patch was split out from larger proxy patch] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Connor O'Brien <connoro@google.com> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260512025635.2840817-8-jstultz@google.com
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diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index a679b2448234..6fcca1db0af3 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2224,6 +2224,7 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
lockdep_init_task(p);
p->blocked_on = NULL; /* not blocked yet */
+ p->blocked_donor = NULL; /* nobody is boosting p yet */
#ifdef CONFIG_BCACHE
p->sequential_io = 0;