kernel/kthread.c: kthread_worker: don't hog the cpu
authorShaohua Li <[email protected]>
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:15:23 +0000 (16:15 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:33:15 +0000 (16:33 -0700)
commit22cf8bc6cb0d48c6d31da8eccbd4201ab9b0c4c6
treed6378366b52388c6e473af901cb82be7903bd577
parente746bf730a76fe53b82c9e6b6da72d58e9ae3565
kernel/kthread.c: kthread_worker: don't hog the cpu

If the worker thread continues getting work, it will hog the cpu and rcu
stall complains.  Make it a good citizen.  This is triggered in a loop
block device test.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5de0a179b3184e1a2183fc503448b0269f24d75b.1503697127.git.shli@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <[email protected]>
Cc: Petr Mladek <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
kernel/kthread.c