[2.6.28-rc1 regression] wmifinfo dockapp takes 100% of cpu(bisected)

[Carlos R. Mafra]

Hi,

I have just tested 2.6.28-rc1 and I bisected a particular regression
which I faced to 8ff3e8e85fa6c312051134b3953e397feb639f51 ("select: 
switch select() and poll() over to hrtimers") from Arjan (added to Cc:).

The symptom is that one little Window Maker dockapp I use, called wmifinfo,
starts to use 100% of the cpu. I have to kill it to avoid staying at the
maximum 2000 MHz.

The dockapp apparently enters an infinite loop, because I used strace
for a few moments and the log file had more than 1 million lines.
The block of commands which kept repeating itself in the strace log
was:

open("/proc/net/dev", O_RDONLY)         = 9
fstat(9, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7fa374ccb000
read(9, "Inter-|   Receive               "..., 1024) = 694
read(9, "", 1024)                       = 0
close(9)                                = 0
munmap(0x7fa374ccb000, 4096)            = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFCONF, {0, {}})          = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFFLAGS, {ifr_name="eth0", ifr_flags=IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_MULTICAST}) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFHWADDR, {ifr_name="eth0", ifr_hwaddr=00:1a:80:4a:7f:37}) = 0
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFADDR, {ifr_name="eth0", ???}) = -1 EADDRNOTAVAIL (Cannot assign requested address)
ioctl(5, SIOCGIFNETMASK, {ifr_name="eth0", ???}) = -1 EADDRNOTAVAIL (Cannot assign requested address)
lseek(6, 0, SEEK_SET)                   = 0
read(6, "Iface\tDestination\tGateway \tFlags"..., 1024) = 128
read(6, "", 1024)                       = 0
lseek(7, 0, SEEK_SET)                   = 0
read(7, "Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |"..., 1024) = 238
read(7, "", 1024)                       = 0
lseek(8, 0, SEEK_SET)                   = 0
read(8, "Inter-|   Receive               "..., 1024) = 694
read(8, "", 1024)                       = 0
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL)         = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{">\0\7\0\1\0`\0\1\0`\0\7\0`\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0@\0>\0\7\0"..., 616}], 1) = 616
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL)         = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{">\0\7\0\1\0`\0\6\0`\0\7\0`\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\206\0Z\0", 28}], 1) = 28
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, {0, 5000000}) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL)         = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{">\0\7\0\1\0`\0\5\0`\0\7\0`\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\206\0Z\0", 28}], 1) = 28
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, {0, 5000000}) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, {0, 5000000}) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, {0, 5000000}) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
read(3, 0x228ff54, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)


I got to that commit by git bisect, but I could not revert it cleanly to really 
prove it is the cause of the problem. So I apologize in advance if this commit
is not the true culprit.

I can test any patches.
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