3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Liu Hua <sdu.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 80df28476505ed4e6701c3448c63c9229a50c655 upstream.
As sysctl_hung_task_timeout_sec is unsigned long, when this value is
larger then LONG_MAX/HZ, the function schedule_timeout_interruptible in
watchdog will return immediately without sleep and with print :
schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value ffffffffffffff83
and then the funtion watchdog will call schedule_timeout_interruptible
again and again. The screen will be filled with
"schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value ffffffffffffff83"
This patch does some check and correction in sysctl, to let the function
schedule_timeout_interruptible allways get the valid parameter.
Signed-off-by: Liu Hua <sdu.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Satoru Takeuchi <satoru.takeuchi@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ static int min_percpu_pagelist_fract = 8
static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
+/*this is needed for proc_doulongvec_minmax of sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
+static unsigned long hung_task_timeout_max = (LONG_MAX/HZ);
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
#include <linux/inotify.h>
#endif
@@ -897,6 +902,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs,
+ .extra2 = &hung_task_timeout_max,
},
{
.procname = "hung_task_warnings",
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