linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] epoll: add a reschedule point in ep

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Date:	Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:33:00 +0000
From:	Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, edumazet@...gle.com,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] epoll: add a reschedule point in ep_free()

Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> ep_free() might iterate on a huge set of epitems and hold
> cpu too long. Add two cond_resched() in order to yield cpu
> to other tasks. This is safe as we only hold mutexes in
> this function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>

Seems reasonable.  This isn't a remotely hot path and f_op->release
runs in a workqueue nowadays (right?).

Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>
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