[S390] spinlock: check virtual cpu running status
authorGerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:37:40 +0000 (22:37 +0100)
committerMartin Schwidefsky <sky@mschwide.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:37:31 +0000 (22:37 +0100)
This patch introduces a new function that checks the running status
of a cpu in a hypervisor. This status is not virtualized, so the check
is only correct if running in an LPAR. On acquiring a spinlock, if the
cpu holding the lock is scheduled by the hypervisor, we do a busy wait
on the lock. If it is not scheduled, we yield over to that cpu.

Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

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