linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] timer_list: Correct the show function for timer

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Message-ID: <20130723071802.GA7966@xiaoyu.lan>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:18:02 +0200
From:	Holger Hans Peter Freyther <holger@...yther.de>
To:	Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] timer_list: Correct the show function for timer_list by
 using iter->now

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 04:18:31PM -0500, Nathan Zimmer wrote:
> This patch corrects the issue with /proc/timer_list reported by Holger.
> When reading from the proc file with a sufficently small buffer, 2k so not
> really that small, there was one could get hung trying to read the file a
> chunk at a time.

I think it makes sense to always use iter->now but it does not solve
the issue with dropbear/my test case. Or is this meant to be applied
on top of the previous patch?


holger

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