From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>,
Roger Tseng <rogerable@realtek.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] rtsx_usb_ms: Use msleep_interruptible() in polling loop
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:10:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1443438600.2517.33.camel@decadent.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150928103444.GP27197@x1>
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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@decadent.org.uk>
>
> How was this patch made? Where's the diff etc?
With quilt.
> 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.
Ben.
> > ---
> > --- 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);
>
--
Ben Hutchings
All extremists should be taken out and shot.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-28 11:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-28 0:34 Ben Hutchings
2015-09-28 10:34 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-28 11:10 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2015-09-28 11:23 ` Lee Jones
2015-10-08 3:37 ` Roger Tseng
2015-10-08 7:19 ` Lee Jones
2015-10-08 19:35 ` Ben Hutchings
2015-10-09 7:18 ` Lee Jones
2016-05-02 20:17 Oleksandr Natalenko
2016-05-02 20:56 ` Andrew Morton
2016-05-03 13:40 ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-05-03 15:22 ` Ben Hutchings
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