[PATCH 5.5 180/257] dm writecache: add cond_resched to avoid CPU hangs

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Apr 16 2020 - 11:37:59 EST


From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 1edaa447d958bec24c6a79685a5790d98976fd16 upstream.

Initializing a dm-writecache device can take a long time when the
persistent memory device is large. Add cond_resched() to a few loops
to avoid warnings that the CPU is stuck.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.18+
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/md/dm-writecache.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ static int writecache_alloc_entries(stru
struct wc_entry *e = &wc->entries[b];
e->index = b;
e->write_in_progress = false;
+ cond_resched();
}

return 0;
@@ -926,6 +927,7 @@ static void writecache_resume(struct dm_
e->original_sector = le64_to_cpu(wme.original_sector);
e->seq_count = le64_to_cpu(wme.seq_count);
}
+ cond_resched();
}
#endif
for (b = 0; b < wc->n_blocks; b++) {
@@ -1770,8 +1772,10 @@ static int init_memory(struct dm_writeca
pmem_assign(sb(wc)->n_blocks, cpu_to_le64(wc->n_blocks));
pmem_assign(sb(wc)->seq_count, cpu_to_le64(0));

- for (b = 0; b < wc->n_blocks; b++)
+ for (b = 0; b < wc->n_blocks; b++) {
write_original_sector_seq_count(wc, &wc->entries[b], -1, -1);
+ cond_resched();
+ }

writecache_flush_all_metadata(wc);
writecache_commit_flushed(wc, false);