On 12/9/18 3:02 AM, Benny Halevy wrote: >> +static int __aio_iopoll_check(struct kioctx *ctx, struct io_event __user *event, >> + unsigned int *nr_events, long min_nr, long max_nr) >> +{ >> + int ret = 0; >> + >> + while (!*nr_events || !need_resched()) { > > Hmm, it doesn't make sense to spin in this loop > if the user got _all_ the events he requested, even > if !need_resched(). How about: > > while (!*nr_events || (!need_resched() && *nr_events < max_nr)) { That checking is done io aio_iopoll_getevents(), there are other conditions where we don't want to spin, like nr_events >= min_nr for instance. But all that logic is in aio_iopoll_getevents(), from here we just know that we probably need to continue if nr_events == 0. I don't think there's an issue here, and no spinning when we don't need it. -- Jens Axboe