Re: [RFC v4 2/2] x86/xen: allow privcmd hypercalls to be preempted

2015-01-22 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:40:27 -0800 Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > > > +/* > > + * CONFIG_PREEMPT=n kernels can end up triggering the softlock > > + * TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE hanger check (default 120 seconds) > > + * when certain multicalls are used [0] on large systems, in > > + * that case we need a w

Re: [RFC v4 2/2] x86/xen: allow privcmd hypercalls to be preempted

2015-01-22 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > Xen has support for splitting heavy work work into a series > of hypercalls, called multicalls, and preempting them through > what Xen calls continuation [0]. Despite this though without > CONFIG_PREEMPT pre