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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2011-02-16 18:10:19 +0100
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2011-02-16 18:10:19 +0100
commit3233cdbd9fa347a6d6897a94cc6ed0302ae83c4f (patch)
tree053948a81cb40a37d3afbd0f6ca8f3a106523c73 /kernel/workqueue.c
parent58a69cb47ec6991bf006a3e5d202e8571b0327a4 (diff)
downloadlinux-3233cdbd9fa347a6d6897a94cc6ed0302ae83c4f.tar.gz
workqueue: make sure MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT is at least 2 jiffies long
MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT is defined as HZ / 100 and depending on
configuration may end up 0 or 1.  Even when it's 1, depending on when
the mayday timer is added in the current jiffy interval, it may expire
way before a jiffy has passed.

Make sure MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT is at least two to guarantee that at
least a full jiffy has passed before calling rescuers.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Ray Jui <rjui@broadcom.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/workqueue.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 88a3e34f51f6..ee6578b578ad 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ enum {
 	MAX_IDLE_WORKERS_RATIO	= 4,		/* 1/4 of busy can be idle */
 	IDLE_WORKER_TIMEOUT	= 300 * HZ,	/* keep idle ones for 5 mins */
 
-	MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT	= HZ / 100,	/* call for help after 10ms */
+	MAYDAY_INITIAL_TIMEOUT  = HZ / 100 >= 2 ? HZ / 100 : 2,
+						/* call for help after 10ms
+						   (min two ticks) */
 	MAYDAY_INTERVAL		= HZ / 10,	/* and then every 100ms */
 	CREATE_COOLDOWN		= HZ,		/* time to breath after fail */
 	TRUSTEE_COOLDOWN	= HZ / 10,	/* for trustee draining */