From: Sebastien Dugue In futex_requeue(), when the 2 futexes keys hash to the same bucket, there is no need to move the futex_q to the end of the bucket list. Signed-off-by: Sebastien Dugue Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/futex.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/futex.c~futex_requeue-optimization kernel/futex.c --- devel/kernel/futex.c~futex_requeue-optimization 2006-05-11 09:34:20.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/kernel/futex.c 2006-05-11 09:35:08.000000000 -0700 @@ -824,17 +824,20 @@ static int futex_requeue(u32 __user *uad if (++ret <= nr_wake) { wake_futex(this); } else { - list_move_tail(&this->list, &hb2->chain); - this->lock_ptr = &hb2->lock; + /* + * If key1 and key2 hash to the same bucket, no need to + * requeue. + */ + if (likely(head1 != &hb2->chain)) { + list_move_tail(&this->list, &hb2->chain); + this->lock_ptr = &hb2->lock; + } this->key = key2; get_key_refs(&key2); drop_count++; if (ret - nr_wake >= nr_requeue) break; - /* Make sure to stop if key1 == key2: */ - if (head1 == &hb2->chain && head1 != &next->list) - head1 = &this->list; } } _