dummy: fix rcu_sched self-detected stalls
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:11:57 +0000 (21:11 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:32:14 +0000 (04:32 +0100)
commita4b58f97eb86a82393d6dce799c265db93a99a50
treeedd282f2aacb0fee9ed8cbe38829403f80f1a4ca
parent14be92503e6e67bce5c2c8259036b88f66cafc46
dummy: fix rcu_sched self-detected stalls

[ Upstream commit 16b0dc29c1af9df341428f4c49ada4f626258082 ]

Trying to "modprobe dummy numdummies=30000" triggers :

INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU { 8} (t=60000 jiffies)

After this splat, RTNL is locked and reboot is needed.

We must call cond_resched() to avoid this, even holding RTNL.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drivers/net/dummy.c