linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] rtsx_usb_ms: Use msleep

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:23:22 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	Roger Tseng <rogerable@...ltek.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] rtsx_usb_ms: Use msleep_interruptible() in
 polling loop

On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 11:34 +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > The subsystem is missing from the subject line.
> > 
> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > rtsx_usb_ms creates a task that mostly sleeps, but tasks in
> > > uninterruptible sleep still contribute to the load average (for
> > > bug-compatibility with Unix).  A load average of ~1 on a system
> > > that
> > > should be idle is somewhat alarming.
> > > 
> > > Change the sleep to be interruptible, but still ignore signals.
> > > 
> > > A better fix might be to replace this loop with a delayed work
> > > item.
> > > 
> > > References: https://bugs.debian.org/765717
> > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> > 
> > How was this patch made?  Where's the diff etc?
> 
> With quilt.

Old Skool! ;)

> > Why was this patch sent to me?
> 
> I think I must have added you previously as MFD maintainer, but as this
> doesn't touch rtsx_pcr or rtsx_usb it's not really in your area.  Sorry
> to bother you.

No worries.

> > > ---
> > > --- a/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
> > > @@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ poll_again:
> > >  		if (host->eject)
> > >  			break;
> > >  
> > > -		msleep(1000);
> > > +		if (msleep_interruptible(1000))
> > > +			flush_signals(current);
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > >  	complete(&host->detect_ms_exit);
> > 



-- 
Lee Jones
Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead
Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs
Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/