Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Apr 2020 19:16:31 +0200 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: initialize deferred pages with interrupts enabled |
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On Thu 02-04-20 11:13:49, Pavel Tatashin wrote: > > > I do wonder if this change is strictly required in this patch (IOW, if > > > we could keep calling touch_nmi_watchdog() also without holding a spinlock) > > > > Exactly. I would go with your patch on top. > > > > > Anyhow, it's the right thing to do. > > Michal, > > The reason I changed it here is because in the original patch that > this patch fixes we changed cond_sched() to touch_nmi_watchdog(): > $ git show 3a2d7fa8a3d5 | grep -E '(nmi|sched)' > - cond_resched(); > + touch_nmi_watchdog(); > - cond_resched(); > + touch_nmi_watchdog(); > > So, should I move it to a separate patch or is it OK to keep it here?
Having in a separate patch would be better IMO. If for nothing else, the RCU stall would be easier to see. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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