+/*
+ * abort_exclusive_wait - abort exclusive waiting in a queue
+ * @q: waitqueue waited on
+ * @wait: wait descriptor
+ * @state: runstate of the waiter to be woken
+ * @key: key to identify a wait bit queue or %NULL
+ *
+ * Sets current thread back to running state and removes
+ * the wait descriptor from the given waitqueue if still
+ * queued.
+ *
+ * Wakes up the next waiter if the caller is concurrently
+ * woken up through the queue.
+ *
+ * This prevents waiter starvation where an exclusive waiter
+ * aborts and is woken up concurrently and noone wakes up
+ * the next waiter.
+ */
+void abort_exclusive_wait(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait,
+ unsigned int mode, void *key)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
+ if (!list_empty(&wait->task_list))
+ list_del_init(&wait->task_list);
+ else if (waitqueue_active(q))
+ __wake_up_common(q, mode, 1, 0, key);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(abort_exclusive_wait);
+