Re: [PATCH] Input: uinput - add a schedule point in uinput_inject_events()

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Oct 05 2018 - 00:10:26 EST


On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 05:54:32PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Large writes to uinput interface may cause rcu stalls. Let's add
> cond_resched() to the loop to avoid this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/input/misc/uinput.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
> index eb14ddf69346..8ec483e8688b 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
> @@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ static ssize_t uinput_inject_events(struct uinput_device *udev,
>
> input_event(udev->dev, ev.type, ev.code, ev.value);
> bytes += input_event_size();
> + cond_resched();
> }
>
> return bytes;
> --
> 2.19.0.605.g01d371f741-goog
>
>
> --
> Dmitry
>