block: add cond_resched() to potentially long running ioctl discard loop
authorJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:34:01 +0000 (09:34 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:41:28 +0000 (12:41 -0800)
commit c8123f8c9cb517403b51aa41c3c46ff5e10b2c17 upstream.

When mkfs issues a full device discard and the device only
supports discards of a smallish size, we can loop in
blkdev_issue_discard() for a long time. If preempt isn't enabled,
this can turn into a softlock situation and the kernel will
start complaining.

Add an explicit cond_resched() at the end of the loop to avoid
that.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
block/blk-lib.c

index d6f50d572565ad41a730ec531ea4849a6ef042bb..9a32f5868fb9004dbf57802db688191d9b017f8f 100644 (file)
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 
                atomic_inc(&bb.done);
                submit_bio(type, bio);
+
+               /*
+                * We can loop for a long time in here, if someone does
+                * full device discards (like mkfs). Be nice and allow
+                * us to schedule out to avoid softlocking if preempt
+                * is disabled.
+                */
+               cond_resched();
        }
        blk_finish_plug(&plug);