Re: [PATCH v3] kernel/module: Reschedule while waiting for modules to finish loading

[Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>]

+++ Prarit Bhargava [30/04/19 18:22 -0400]:
>On a s390 z14 LAR with 2 cpus about stalls about 3% of the time while
>loading the s390_trng.ko module.
>
>Add a reschedule point to the loop that waits for modules to complete
>loading.
>
>v3: cleanup Fixes line.

Thanks, this patch has been re-applied to modules-next.

Jessica

>Reported-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
>Fixes: f9a75c1d717f ("modules: Only return -EEXIST for modules that have finished loading")
>Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
>Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
>Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
>---
> kernel/module.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>index 410eeb7e4f1d..48748cfec991 100644
>--- a/kernel/module.c
>+++ b/kernel/module.c
>@@ -3585,6 +3585,7 @@ static int add_unformed_module(struct module *mod)
> 					       finished_loading(mod->name));
> 			if (err)
> 				goto out_unlocked;
>+			cond_resched();
> 			goto again;
> 		}
> 		err = -EEXIST;
>-- 
>2.18.1
>