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Message-ID: <47202548.6040100@garzik.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:10:32 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] napi: use non-interruptible sleep in napi_disable
Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 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);
> }
ACK
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