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Message-Id: <20071025035920.C2D39DDECE@ozlabs.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:59:08 +1000
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] napi: use non-interruptible sleep in napi_disable
The current napi_disable() uses msleep_interruptible() but doesn't
(and can't) exit in case there's a signal, thus ending up doing a
hot spin without a cpu_relax. Use uninterruptible sleep instead.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/include/linux/netdevice.h 2007-10-17 12:39:16.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/include/linux/netdevice.h 2007-10-17 12:45:00.000000000 +1000
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static inline void napi_complete(struct
static inline void napi_disable(struct napi_struct *n)
{
while (test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
- msleep_interruptible(1);
+ msleep(1);
}
/**
-
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