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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>,
	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
	"mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>, Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>,
	Michael Shaver <jmshaver@gmail.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Avoid that __wait_on_bit_lock() hangs
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:03:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160810110357.GL30192@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160810105724.GA9389@redhat.com>

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:57:25PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> This condition is fine, and the trace is clear. This means that lock_page_killable()
> was interrupted and wake_bit_function() was not called. We do not need another wakeup
> in this case but somehow it helps. Again, I think because the necessary wakeup was
> already lost/missed.

I suspect the same. Removing that else generates 'spurious' wakeups,
which can unstick the situation, hiding the real source of the problem.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-08-10 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-03 16:35 [PATCH] sched: Avoid that __wait_on_bit_lock() hangs Bart Van Assche
2016-08-03 18:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-08-03 18:56   ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-03 21:30     ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-03 21:51       ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-04 14:09         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-08-04 14:31           ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-05 17:41           ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-08 10:22             ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-08-08 14:38               ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-08 16:20                 ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-08 18:31                   ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-09 17:14                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-09 18:48                       ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-09 23:10                         ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-10 10:45                         ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-10 16:01                           ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-10 16:27                             ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-10 19:58                           ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-11 17:36                             ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-12 16:16                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-12 16:27                                 ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-12 22:47                                 ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-13 16:32                                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-15 23:39                                     ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-16 13:06                                       ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-16 16:54                                         ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-17 17:30                                           ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-13 17:07                                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-09 23:56                   ` Bart Van Assche
2016-08-10 10:57                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2016-08-10 11:03                       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2016-08-04  0:05       ` Bart Van Assche

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