> -----Original Message----- > From: NeilBrown [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 8:36 AM > To: Chao Yu > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] md: avoid potential long delay under pers_lock > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:28:34 +0800 Chao Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > printk may cause long time lapse if value of printk_delay in sysctl is > > configured large by user. If register_md_personality takes long time to > > print in > > spinlock pers_lock, we may encounter high CPU usage rate when there are > > other > > pers_lock competitors who may be blocked to spin. > > We can avoid this condition by moving printk out of coverage of pers_lock > > spinlock. > > > > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <[email protected]> > > --- > > drivers/md/md.c | 3 ++- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c > > index e02de05..5fcf215 100644 > > --- a/drivers/md/md.c > > +++ b/drivers/md/md.c > > @@ -7200,9 +7200,10 @@ static const struct file_operations md_seq_fops = { > > > > int register_md_personality(struct md_personality *p) > > { > > + printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s personality registered for level %d\n", > > + p->name, p->level); > > spin_lock(&pers_lock); > > list_add_tail(&p->list, &pers_list); > > - printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s personality registered for level %d\n", > > p->name, p->level); > > spin_unlock(&pers_lock); > > return 0; > > } > > I'm not sure I see the pressing need for this - have you noticed actual > problems?
Haven't, I found this by code review. Thanks, Yu > However it seems to make sense so I've applied it. > > Thanks, > NeilBrown -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
