@@ -2380,10 +2380,22 @@ retry:
}
/*
- * Since we just failed the trylock; there must be an owner.
+ * The trylock just failed, so either there is an owner or
+ * there is a higher priority waiter than this one.
*/
newowner = rt_mutex_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
- BUG_ON(!newowner);
+ /*
+ * If the higher priority waiter has not yet taken over the
+ * rtmutex then newowner is NULL. We can't return here with
+ * that state because it's inconsistent vs. the user space
+ * state. So drop the locks and try again. It's a valid
+ * situation and not any different from the other retry
+ * conditions.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!newowner)) {
+ ret = -EAGAIN;
+ goto handle_err;
+ }
} else {
WARN_ON_ONCE(argowner != current);
if (oldowner == current) {