2013/1/5 Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2013 at 06:21:01PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> 2013/1/5 Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
>> > From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com>
>> >
>> > The wait_event() at the head of the rcu_nocb_kthread() can result in
>> > soft-lockup complaints if the CPU in question does not register RCU
>> > callbacks for an extended period. This commit therefore changes
>> > the wait_event() to a wait_event_interruptible().
>> >
>> > Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweis...@gmail.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> > ---
>> > kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 3 ++-
>> > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
>> > index f6e5ec2..43dba2d 100644
>> > --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
>> > +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
>> > @@ -2366,10 +2366,11 @@ static int rcu_nocb_kthread(void *arg)
>> > for (;;) {
>> > /* If not polling, wait for next batch of callbacks. */
>> > if (!rcu_nocb_poll)
>> > - wait_event(rdp->nocb_wq, rdp->nocb_head);
>> > + wait_event_interruptible(rdp->nocb_wq,
>> > rdp->nocb_head);
>> > list = ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_head);
>> > if (!list) {
>> > schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
>> > + flush_signals(current);
>>
>> Why is that needed?
>
> To satisfy my paranoia. ;-) And in case someone ever figures out some
> way to send a signal to a kthread.
Ok. I don't want to cause any insomnia to anyone, so I won't insist ;)
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