linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] workqueue: debug possible endless loop in cancel_rearming_delayed

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Message-ID: <20070419073222.GA438@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:32:22 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] workqueue: debug possible endless loop in cancel_rearming_delayed_work


* Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl> wrote:

> +		int i = 1000;
>  
> -		while (!cancel_delayed_work(dwork))
> +		while (!cancel_delayed_work(dwork)) {
>  			flush_workqueue(wq);
> +			BUG_ON(!i--);
> +		}

if then make it a WARN_ON(). But ... dont we have the softlockup 
detector for such cases? Does CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP=y give you enough 
information?

	Ingo
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