> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:01:53 +0800 "Wang Nan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
> I have a question regarding to select system call's code. In
> do_select() function, after check each fd in the set, do_select() call
> cond_resched(). That line, according to my view, is to reduce the
> system freeze time when do the busy querying. But before the call,
> when entering into the big loop, do_select call
> set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE). Then, if the reschedule really
> taken up, the current process will not return unless it catch a
> signal, or one of already registered fd send an event.
> I've tried in UML. If I replace the cond_resched() into schedule(),
> when sys_select() called, the process halt just like I've said.
> I don't think there is a bug because this code exist so long time and
> no really bad thing happened. I just want to know that, since no
> schedule() allowed here, can we delete the useless line?
It does look a bit odd. IIRC, cond_resched() is special, in that if it is
called in state TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE it will _not_ return in state
TASK_RUNNING after having called schedule().
Search for PREEMPT_ACTIVE in kernel/sched.c. See if you can work out what
this code:
if (prev->state && !(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE)) {
if (unlikely((prev->state & TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) &&
unlikely(signal_pending(prev)))) {
prev->state = TASK_RUNNING;
} else {
deactivate_task(rq, prev, 1);
}
switch_count = &prev->nvcsw;
}
is doing, then send a patch which adds the missing comment :)
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