[Acked] [Vivid/Utopic][SRU][PATCH] UBUNTU: SAUCE: rtsx_usb_ms: Use msleep_interruptible() in polling loop
Andy Whitcroft
apw at canonical.com
Thu Jan 22 19:10:45 UTC 2015
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 09:24:00AM -0600, Chris J Arges wrote:
> From: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1413149
>
> rtsx_usb_ms creates a task that mostly sleeps, but tasks in
> uninterruptible sleep still contribute to the load average (for
> bug-compatibility with Unix). A load average of ~1 on a system that
> should be idle is somewhat alarming.
>
> Change the sleep to be interruptible, but still ignore signals.
>
> A better fix might be to replace this loop with a delayed work item.
>
> References: https://bugs.debian.org/765717
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges at canonical.com>
> ---
> drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c b/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
> index a7282b7..7356780 100644
> --- a/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
> +++ b/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
> @@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ poll_again:
> if (host->eject)
> break;
>
> - msleep(1000);
> + if (msleep_interruptible(1000))
> + flush_signals(current);
> }
>
> complete(&host->detect_ms_exit);
Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>
-apw
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