From: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx> This patch fix livelock by conditionally release cpu to let others has a chance to run. Tested on x86_64. Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/kasan/quarantine.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/kasan/quarantine.c b/mm/kasan/quarantine.c index 3a8ddf8..33eeff4 100644 --- a/mm/kasan/quarantine.c +++ b/mm/kasan/quarantine.c @@ -265,10 +265,13 @@ static void qlist_move_cache(struct qlist_head *from, struct kmem_cache *cache) { struct qlist_node *curr; + struct qlist_head tmp_head; + unsigned long flags; if (unlikely(qlist_empty(from))) return; + qlist_init(&tmp_head); curr = from->head; qlist_init(from); while (curr) { @@ -278,10 +281,17 @@ static void qlist_move_cache(struct qlist_head *from, if (obj_cache == cache) qlist_put(to, curr, obj_cache->size); else - qlist_put(from, curr, obj_cache->size); + qlist_put(&tmp_head, curr, obj_cache->size); curr = next; + + if (need_resched()) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&quarantine_lock, flags); + cond_resched(); + spin_lock_irqsave(&quarantine_lock, flags); + } } + qlist_move_all(&tmp_head, from); } static void per_cpu_remove_cache(void *arg) -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>