From 2cac4318fb22db2692ed48dcd869ee933404c66a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 21:10:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: Use cpu_chill() instead of cpu_relax() Retry loops on RT might loop forever when the modifying side was preempted. Use cpu_chill() instead of cpu_relax() to let the system make progress. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- net/packet/af_packet.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c index a2696acbcd9d..009e2ef36ce9 100644 --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ static void prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expired(struct timer_list *t) if (BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(pbd)) { while (atomic_read(&pkc->blk_fill_in_prog)) { /* Waiting for skb_copy_bits to finish... */ - cpu_relax(); + cpu_chill(); } } @@ -922,7 +923,7 @@ static void prb_retire_current_block(struct tpacket_kbdq_core *pkc, if (!(status & TP_STATUS_BLK_TMO)) { while (atomic_read(&pkc->blk_fill_in_prog)) { /* Waiting for skb_copy_bits to finish... */ - cpu_relax(); + cpu_chill(); } } prb_close_block(pkc, pbd, po, status);