Re: [PATCH 6/6] sched, wait: Make the __wait_event*() interface more friendly

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On 10/01, Julian Anastasov wrote:
>
> 	Hello,
>
> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 06:15:07PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
> > > @@ -1637,12 +1637,9 @@ static int sync_thread_master(void *data
> > >                     continue;
> > >             }
> > >             while (ip_vs_send_sync_msg(tinfo->sock, sb->mesg) < 0) {
> > > -                   int ret = 0;
> > > -
> > > -                   __wait_event_interruptible(*sk_sleep(sk),
> > > +                   int ret =
> __wait_event_interruptible(*sk_sleep(sk),
> > >                                                sock_writeable(sk) ||
> > > -                                              kthread_should_stop(),
> > > -                                              ret);
> > > +                                              kthread_should_stop());
> > >                     if (unlikely(kthread_should_stop()))
> > >                             goto done;
> > >             }
> >
> > That site seems to be ignoring the interruptible state... seems wrong.
>
> 	This is a kthread which ignores signals by default.
> It terminates only with kthread_stop.

This only means that (with or without this change)
__wait_event_interruptible() generates the dead code but this
thread doesn't contribute to load_avg.

Anyway this patch should not makes any difference.

Oleg.

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