linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/4] xen/balloon: make the balloon wait interruptible

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Message-ID: <20200724124241.48208-3-roger.pau@citrix.com>
Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:42:39 +0200
From:   Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@...rix.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@...rix.com>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Boris Ostrovsky" <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/4] xen/balloon: make the balloon wait interruptible

So it can be killed, or else processes can get hung indefinitely
waiting for balloon pages.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
---
 drivers/xen/balloon.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/balloon.c b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
index 3cb10ed32557..292413b27575 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/balloon.c
@@ -568,11 +568,13 @@ static int add_ballooned_pages(int nr_pages)
 	if (xen_hotplug_unpopulated) {
 		st = reserve_additional_memory();
 		if (st != BP_ECANCELED) {
+			int rc;
+
 			mutex_unlock(&balloon_mutex);
-			wait_event(balloon_wq,
+			rc = wait_event_interruptible(balloon_wq,
 				   !list_empty(&ballooned_pages));
 			mutex_lock(&balloon_mutex);
-			return 0;
+			return rc ? -ENOMEM : 0;
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
2.27.0