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authorSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2018-05-24 18:58:16 -0400
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2018-07-12 15:39:21 -0700
commitcd23ac8ddb7be993f88bee893b89a8b4971c3651 (patch)
tree5dd316bd3b508a0c1261772425a2520330dee7ca /kernel/rcu
parentc03be752d39dc64dcfda0ac8ce87fb10b1ee5621 (diff)
rcu: Add comment to the last sleep in the rcu tasks loop
At the end of rcu_tasks_kthread() there's a lonely schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() call with no apparent rationale for its existence. But there is. It is to keep the thread from going into a tight loop if there's some anomaly. That really needs a comment. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180524223839.GU3803@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/update.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 4c7c49c106ee..39cb23d22109 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
list = next;
cond_resched();
}
+ /* Paranoid sleep to keep this from entering a tight loop */
schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ/10);
}
}