locking/rtmutex: Prevent spurious EDEADLK return caused by ww_mutexes
rtmutex based ww_mutexes can legitimately create a cycle in the lock graph which can be observed by a blocker which didn't cause the problem: P1: A, ww_A, ww_B P2: ww_B, ww_A P3: A P3 might therefore be trapped in the ww_mutex induced cycle and run into the lock depth limitation of rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() which returns -EDEADLK to the caller. Disable the deadlock detection walk when the chain walk observes a ww_mutex to prevent this looping. [ tglx: Split it apart and added changelog ] Reported-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Fixes: add46132 ("locking/rtmutex: Extend the rtmutex core to support ww_mutex") Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YSeWjCHoK4v5OcOt@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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