netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix soft lockups/OOM issues w/ unix garbage collector

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Message-Id: <20081125.211913.114802735.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:19:13 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dannf@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eteo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix soft lockups/OOM issues w/ unix garbage collector

From: dann frazier <dannf@...com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:17:13 -0700

> -void unix_gc(void)
> +void wait_for_unix_gc(void)
>  {
> -	static bool gc_in_progress = false;
> +	int error;
> +
> +	do {
> +		error = wait_event_interruptible(unix_gc_wait,
> +						 gc_in_progress == false);
> +	} while(error);
> +}

If you want a truly uninterruptible wait, simply use wait_event().

Could you make this change and resubmit your patch?

Thanks Dann!
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