netdev - Re: [PATCH] dst: call cond_resched() in dst_gc

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Date:	Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:01:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	pstaszewski@...are.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dst: call cond_resched() in dst_gc_task()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:32:40 +0100

> [PATCH] dst: call cond_resched() in dst_gc_task()
> 
> On some workloads, it is quite possible to get a huge dst list to
> process in dst_gc_task(), and trigger soft lockup detection.
> 
> Fix is to call cond_resched(), as we run in process context.
> 
> Reported-by: Pawel Staszewski <pstaszewski@...are.pl>
> Tested-by: Pawel Staszewski <pstaszewski@...are.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied and queued up to -stable.

When fixing bugs with kernel bugzilla entries, please
mention them in the commit message.  I fixed this up for
you but please take care of it next time.

Thanks!
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