[RFC][PATCH] rtsx_usb_ms: Use msleep_interruptible() in polling loop

From: Oleksandr Natalenko
Date: Tue Mar 15 2016 - 14:30:31 EST


This patch has already been posted to LKML by Ben Hutchings ~5 months ago, but AFAIK no further action were performed. However, this patch really fixes weird loadavg with RTS5129 card reader, so I would wonder if this could be merged. AFAIK, it has been applied to some distros' kernels, e.g., Ubuntu.

Original Ben's message goes below.

rtsx_usb_ms creates a task that mostly sleeps, but tasks in
uninterruptible sleep still contribute to the load average (for
bug-compatibility with Unix). A load average of ~1 on a system that
should be idle is somewhat alarming.

Change the sleep to be interruptible, but still ignore signals.

A better fix might be to replace this loop with a delayed work item.

References: https://bugs.debian.org/765717
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c b/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
index 1105db2..645dede 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c
@@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ poll_again:
if (host->eject)
break;

- msleep(1000);
+ if (msleep_interruptible(1000))
+ flush_signals(current);
}

complete(&host->detect_ms_exit);
--
2.7.3