On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:56:12 +0100 Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This reminds me the current problem in close_files() > > code, where we trigger soft lockup quite regularly. > > > > Is there any chance/interest we can solve the issue Andrew had with > > this patch ? > > > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/5/2/273 > > yes - the -rt patch included the patch below for more than 2 years. > (note that this one is even more finegrained) > > Ingo > > Index: linux/kernel/exit.c > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/kernel/exit.c > +++ linux/kernel/exit.c > @@ -431,8 +433,10 @@ static void close_files(struct files_str > while (set) { > if (set & 1) { > struct file * file = xchg(&fdt->fd[i], NULL); > - if (file) > + if (file) { > filp_close(file, files); > + cond_resched(); > + } > } > i++; > set >>= 1; That doesn't hang like the other patch did on 2.6.17-rc3. Very mysterious. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
