linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 08/27] Input: evdev - add a schedule point in evdev

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Date:   Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:49:08 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 08/27] Input: evdev - add a schedule point
 in evdev_write()

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:02:44AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>Hi Sasha,
>
>On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 06:19:05AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 36d2582ff235b4e01ad64a734c877a52dc762d9c ]
>>
>> Large writes to evdev interface may cause rcu stalls. Let's add
>> cond_resched() to the loop to avoid this.
>
>This is not needed in stable:
>
>- the interfaces are not accessible for unprivileged users so there is
>  no DOS concerns
>- the issue can only happen on non-preemptible kernels
>- the issue only showed up with synthetic test and not real life use
>  cases
>- this is not a regression
>
>The same goes to similar patches to mousedev, joydev and uinput that you
>autoselected.

Dropped, thanks!

--
Thanks,
Sasha