From: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ksm: react on changing "sleep_millisecs" parameter faster ksm thread unconditionally sleeps in ksm_scan_thread() after each iteration: schedule_timeout_interruptible( msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs)) The timeout is configured in /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/sleep_millisecs. In case of user writes a big value by a mistake, and the thread enters into schedule_timeout_interruptible(), it's not possible to cancel the sleep by writing a new smaler value; the thread is just sleeping till timeout expires. The patch fixes the problem by waking the thread each time after the value is updated. This also may be useful for debug purposes; and also for userspace daemons, which change sleep_millisecs value in dependence of system load. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/154454107680.3258.3558002210423531566.stgit@localhost.localdomain Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-react-on-changing-sleep_millisecs-parameter-faster +++ a/mm/ksm.c @@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ static unsigned long ksm_run = KSM_RUN_S static void wait_while_offlining(void); static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(ksm_thread_wait); +static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(ksm_iter_wait); static DEFINE_MUTEX(ksm_thread_mutex); static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ksm_mmlist_lock); @@ -2388,6 +2389,8 @@ static int ksmd_should_run(void) static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing) { + unsigned int sleep_ms; + set_freezable(); set_user_nice(current, 5); @@ -2401,8 +2404,10 @@ static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing try_to_freeze(); if (ksmd_should_run()) { - schedule_timeout_interruptible( - msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs)); + sleep_ms = READ_ONCE(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs); + wait_event_interruptible_timeout(ksm_iter_wait, + sleep_ms != READ_ONCE(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs), + msecs_to_jiffies(sleep_ms)); } else { wait_event_freezable(ksm_thread_wait, ksmd_should_run() || kthread_should_stop()); @@ -2821,6 +2826,7 @@ static ssize_t sleep_millisecs_store(str return -EINVAL; ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = msecs; + wake_up_interruptible(&ksm_iter_wait); return count; } _
