linux-kernel - Re: [patch] fix ptrace slowness

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Message-ID: <20090323151954.GC21267@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:19:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oleg@...hat.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, roland@...hat.com, efault@....de,
	rjw@...k.pl, jdike@...toit.com,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] fix ptrace slowness


* Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:

> This one incorporates comments from Oleg and Ingo.  Please apply 
> to 2.6.29 and 2.6.2[78]-stable trees.

The fix first needs to go upstream. There's an alternative patch 
below. Would you mind to give it a test? Chances are that it will 
make UML even faster than your fix.

	Ingo

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 3e827b8..2d60f23 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2119,7 +2119,8 @@ unsigned long wait_task_inactive(struct task_struct *p, long match_state)
 		 * yield - it could be a while.
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(on_rq)) {
-			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+			cpu_relax();
+			cond_resched();
 			continue;
 		}
 
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