Re: [PATCH] epoll: add a reschedule point in ep_free()

[Eric Wong]

Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ep_free() might iterate on a huge set of epitems and hold
> cpu too long. Add two cond_resched() in order to yield cpu
> to other tasks. This is safe as we only hold mutexes in
> this function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>

Seems reasonable.  This isn't a remotely hot path and f_op->release
runs in a workqueue nowadays (right?).

Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx>
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