public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	git-commits-head@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kmemleak: Fix scheduling-while-atomic bug
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:30:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090701093015.GA6862@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1246439937.8492.18.camel@pc1117.cambridge.arm.com>


* Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:

> > The minimal fix below removes scan_yield() and adds a 
> > cond_resched() to the outmost (safe) place of the scanning 
> > thread. This solves the regression.
> 
> With CONFIG_PREEMPT disabled it won't reschedule during the bss 
> scanning but I don't see this as a real issue (task stacks 
> scanning probably takes longer anyway).

Yeah. I suspect one more cond_resched() could be added - i just 
didnt see an obvious place for it, given that scan_block() is being 
called with asymetric held-locks contexts.

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-01  9:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200907010300.n6130rRf026194@hera.kernel.org>
2009-07-01  7:53 ` [PATCH] kmemleak: Fix scheduling-while-atomic bug Ingo Molnar
2009-07-01  8:10   ` Pekka Enberg
2009-07-01  9:18   ` Catalin Marinas
2009-07-01  9:30     ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2009-07-01  9:46       ` Catalin Marinas
2009-07-01 11:04         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-07-02 12:48           ` Exiting with locks still held (was Re: [PATCH] kmemleak: Fix scheduling-while-atomic bug) Catalin Marinas
2009-07-02 12:54             ` Pekka Enberg
2009-07-02 13:06               ` Catalin Marinas
2009-07-02 14:13               ` Catalin Marinas
2009-07-02 17:39                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-07-03 10:18                   ` Catalin Marinas
2009-07-03  7:04             ` Ingo Molnar
2009-07-02  9:48       ` [PATCH] kmemleak: Fix scheduling-while-atomic bug Catalin Marinas
2009-07-03  7:00         ` [PATCH] kmemleak: Mark nice +10 Ingo Molnar
2009-07-03  8:09           ` Catalin Marinas
2009-07-08 13:33       ` [PATCH] kmemleak: Fix scheduling-while-atomic bug Catalin Marinas
2009-08-23  2:48         ` Ming Lei
2009-08-23 14:59           ` Catalin Marinas
2009-08-24  0:10             ` Ming Lei
2009-08-24 10:02               ` ACPI scheduling while atomic (was: Re: [PATCH] kmemleak: Fix scheduling-while-atomic bug) Catalin Marinas

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20090701093015.GA6862@elte.hu \
    --to=mingo@elte.hu \
    --cc=a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl \
    --cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --cc=catalin.marinas@arm.com \
    --cc=git-commits-head@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=torvalds@linux-foundation.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox