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authorMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2013-10-11 21:39:26 -0300
committerGleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>2013-11-06 09:49:02 +0200
commit8b414521bc5375ae8ba18c083af95d44b8da0d04 (patch)
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parentd63285e94af3ade4fa8b10b0d9a22bcf72baf2f9 (diff)
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hung_task: add method to reset detector
In certain occasions it is possible for a hung task detector positive to be false: continuation from a paused VM, for example. Add a method to reset detection, similar as is done with other kernel watchdogs. Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/hung_task.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
index 3e97fb1..dfdf515 100644
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return ret;
}
+static atomic_t reset_hung_task = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+void reset_hung_task_detector(void)
+{
+ atomic_set(&reset_hung_task, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(reset_hung_task_detector);
+
/*
* kthread which checks for tasks stuck in D state
*/
@@ -216,6 +224,9 @@ static int watchdog(void *dummy)
while (schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout_jiffies(timeout)))
timeout = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
+ if (atomic_xchg(&reset_hung_task, 0))
+ continue;
+
check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(timeout);
}
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