net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c: In function 'sync_thread_master':
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c:1640:8: warning: unused variable 'ret'
[-Wunused-variable]
Commit 35a2af94c7ce7130ca292c68b1d27fcfdb648f6b ("sched/wait: Make the
__wait_event*() interface more friendly") changed how the interruption
state is returned. However, sync_thread_master() ignores this state,
now causing a compile warning.
According to Julian Anastasov <j...@ssi.bg>, this behavior is OK:
"Yes, your patch looks ok to me. In the past we used ssleep() but IPVS
users were confused why IPVS threads increase the load average. So, we
switched to _interruptible calls and later the socket polling was
added."
Document this, as requested by Peter Zijlstra, to avoid precious developers
disappearing in this pitfall in the future.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <ge...@linux-m68k.org>
---
v2: Document that sync_thread_master() ignores the interruption state,
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index f63c2388f38d..db801263ee9f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -1637,7 +1637,10 @@ static int sync_thread_master(void *data)
continue;
}
while (ip_vs_send_sync_msg(tinfo->sock, sb->mesg) < 0) {
- int ret = __wait_event_interruptible(*sk_sleep(sk),
+ /* (Ab)use interruptible sleep to avoid increasing
+ * the load avg.
+ */
+ __wait_event_interruptible(*sk_sleep(sk),
sock_writeable(sk) ||
kthread_should_stop());
if (unlikely(kthread_should_stop()))
--
1.7.9.5
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