CC linux-kernel
Original thread:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.virtualization/22775
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 06:48:46PM +0200, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> 2014-09-14 10:25+0800, Amos Kong:
> > On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 09:12:08AM +0800, Amos Kong wrote:
> >
> > ...
> > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> > > > > > b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> > > > > > index c591d7e..b5d1b6f 100644
> > > > > > --- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
> > > > > > @@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ static ssize_t rng_dev_read(struct file *filp,
> > > > > > char __user *buf,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - if (need_resched())
> > > > > > - schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
> > > > > > + schedule_timeout_interruptible(10);
>
> If cond_resched() does not work, it is a bug elsewehere.
Thanks for your reply, Jason also told me the TIF_NEED_RESCHED should
be set in this case, then need_resched() returns true.
I will investigate the issue and reply you later.
> > Problem only occurred in non-smp guest, we can improve it to:
> >
> > if(!is_smp())
> > schedule_timeout_interruptible(10);
> >
> > is_smp() is only available for arm arch, we need a general one.
>
> (It is num_online_cpus() > 1.)
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Amos.
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