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Re: [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING"

From Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING"
Date 2016-08-04 11:50 +0200
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On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 10:45:39AM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> > @@ -132,10 +133,13 @@ ssize_t iio_buffer_read_first_n_outer(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
> >  		to_wait = min_t(size_t, n / datum_size, rb->watermark);
> >  
> >  	do {
> > -		ret = wait_event_interruptible(rb->pollq,
> > -		      iio_buffer_ready(indio_dev, rb, to_wait, n / datum_size));
> > -		if (ret)
> > -			return ret;
> > +		add_wait_queue(&rb->pollq, &wait);
> > +		while (!iio_buffer_ready(indio_dev, rb, to_wait,
> > +					 n / datum_size)) {
> > +			wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
> > +				   MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
> 
> We loose the ability to break out from this loop by sending a signal to the
> task. This needs something like
> 
> 	if (signal_pending(current)) {
> 		ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
> 		break;
> 	}
> 
> before the wait_woken()

Sounds good.

> And as a minor improvement I'd also move the
> add_wait_queue()/remove_wait_queue() outside of the outer loop.

Sure.

> And then
> just if (!iio_buffer_ready(...)) continue; rather than having the inner
> loop. This should slightly simplify the flow.

Perhaps I'm not gathering your meaning here, but wouldn't that turn this
into a spin loop, waiting for iio_buffer_ready()? i.e.:

	do {
		if (!iio_buffer_ready(...))
			continue; // we shouldn't just hammer
				  // iio_buffer_ready(), should we?

		wait_woken(...);
		...
	};

> Just make sure to replace the
> returns in the loop with a break so remove_wait_queue() has a chance to run.
> 
> 
> > +		}
> > +		remove_wait_queue(&rb->pollq, &wait);
> >  
> >  		if (!indio_dev->info)
> >  			return -ENODEV;
> > 
> 

Brian

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iio: WARNING at kernel/sched/core.c:7630: do not call blocking ops  when !TASK_RUNNING Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-08-02 03:30 +0200
  Re: iio: WARNING at kernel/sched/core.c:7630: do not call blocking  ops when !TASK_RUNNING Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-08-02 15:50 +0200
    Re: iio: WARNING at kernel/sched/core.c:7630: do not call blocking  ops when !TASK_RUNNING Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-08-02 19:00 +0200
      Re: iio: WARNING at kernel/sched/core.c:7630: do not call blocking  ops when !TASK_RUNNING Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-08-02 19:10 +0200
        [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when  !TASK_RUNNING" Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-08-04 10:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when  !TASK_RUNNING" Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-08-04 10:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when  !TASK_RUNNING" Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-08-04 11:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when  !TASK_RUNNING" Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-08-04 13:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when  !TASK_RUNNING" Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-08-09 00:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when  !TASK_RUNNING" Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-08-09 10:30 +0200
          [PATCH v2] iio: fix sched WARNING "do not call blocking ops when  !TASK_RUNNING" Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> - 2016-08-09 02:20 +0200

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