The patch titled Subject: ksm: add cond_resched() to the rmap_walks has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ksm: add cond_resched() to the rmap_walks While at it add it to the file and anon walks too. Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Petr Holasek <pholasek@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/ksm.c | 2 ++ mm/rmap.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff -puN mm/ksm.c~ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks mm/ksm.c --- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks +++ a/mm/ksm.c @@ -1961,9 +1961,11 @@ again: struct anon_vma_chain *vmac; struct vm_area_struct *vma; + cond_resched(); anon_vma_lock_read(anon_vma); anon_vma_interval_tree_foreach(vmac, &anon_vma->rb_root, 0, ULONG_MAX) { + cond_resched(); vma = vmac->vma; if (rmap_item->address < vma->vm_start || rmap_item->address >= vma->vm_end) diff -puN mm/rmap.c~ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks mm/rmap.c --- a/mm/rmap.c~ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks +++ a/mm/rmap.c @@ -1609,6 +1609,8 @@ static int rmap_walk_anon(struct page *p struct vm_area_struct *vma = avc->vma; unsigned long address = vma_address(page, vma); + cond_resched(); + if (rwc->invalid_vma && rwc->invalid_vma(vma, rwc->arg)) continue; @@ -1658,6 +1660,8 @@ static int rmap_walk_file(struct page *p vma_interval_tree_foreach(vma, &mapping->i_mmap, pgoff, pgoff) { unsigned long address = vma_address(page, vma); + cond_resched(); + if (rwc->invalid_vma && rwc->invalid_vma(vma, rwc->arg)) continue; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx are ksm-fix-rmap_item-anon_vma-memory-corruption-and-vma-user-after-free.patch ksm-add-cond_resched-to-the-rmap_walks.patch ksm-dont-fail-stable-tree-lookups-if-walking-over-stale-stable_nodes.patch ksm-use-the-helper-method-to-do-the-hlist_empty-check.patch ksm-use-find_mergeable_vma-in-try_to_merge_with_ksm_page.patch ksm-unstable_tree_search_insert-error-checking-cleanup.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html