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From: Roger Tseng <rogerable@realtek.com>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] rtsx_usb_ms: Use msleep_interruptible() in polling loop
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 03:37:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1444275452.27426.3.camel@debian-rtk5880> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1443400461.2517.22.camel@decadent.org.uk>

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On Mon, 2015-09-28 at 01:34 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> rtsx_usb_ms creates a task that mostly sleeps, but tasks in
> uninterruptible sleep still contribute to the load average (for
> bug-compatibility with Unix).  A load average of ~1 on a system that
> should be idle is somewhat alarming.
> 
> Change the sleep to be interruptible, but still ignore signals.
> 
> A better fix might be to replace this loop with a delayed work item.
The change should be OK providing it does the same delay. You can add my
ack.

> References: https://bugs.debian.org/765717
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> ---
> --- a/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
> +++ b/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
> @@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ poll_again:
>  		if (host->eject)
>  			break;
>  
> -		msleep(1000);
> +		if (msleep_interruptible(1000))
> +			flush_signals(current);
>  	}
>  
>  	complete(&host->detect_ms_exit);

-- 
Best regards,
Roger Tseng
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-10-08  3:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-28  0:34 [PATCH RESEND] rtsx_usb_ms: Use msleep_interruptible() in polling loop Ben Hutchings
2015-09-28 10:34 ` Lee Jones
2015-09-28 11:10   ` Ben Hutchings
2015-09-28 11:23     ` Lee Jones
2015-10-08  3:37 ` Roger Tseng [this message]
2015-10-08  7:19 ` Lee Jones
2015-10-08 19:35   ` Ben Hutchings
2015-10-09  7:18     ` Lee Jones
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2016-05-02 20:17 Oleksandr Natalenko
2016-05-02 20:56 ` Andrew Morton
2016-05-03 13:40   ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-05-03 15:22     ` Ben Hutchings

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