linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Tree for Jun 28 [ BISECTED: rsyslog/imklog: High CPU usage ]

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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2013 16:17:07 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Imre Deak <imre.deak@...el.com>,
	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <samuel@...tiz.org>,
	Wensong Zhang <wensong@...ux-vs.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Jun 28 [ BISECTED: rsyslog/imklog: High CPU usage ]

On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:19:45 +0200, Oleg Nesterov said:
>
> Not only "__wait_no_timeout(tout) ?:" was wrong, I didn't bother
> to recheck this logic even after I got the "warning: the omitted
> middle operand in ?:" reports.
>
> Sedat, thanks you very much! Any chance you can try the patch below?

I'm not Sedat, but I had the same problem with rsyslog going nuts,
and I can confirm that the patch fixes the problem.  (Had to hand-apply
it, there was some difference of opinion regarding { } on an else)

Feel free to toss on a Tested-By: if this becomes a separate commit...


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