[PATCH AUTOSEL 3.18 2/4] Input: evdev - add a schedule point in evdev_write()
From: Sasha Levin
Date: Mon Oct 22 2018 - 06:23:11 EST
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 36d2582ff235b4e01ad64a734c877a52dc762d9c ]
Large writes to evdev interface may cause rcu stalls. Let's add
cond_resched() to the loop to avoid this.
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/evdev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index 928dec311c2b..6e054aae1f50 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ static ssize_t evdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
input_inject_event(&evdev->handle,
event.type, event.code, event.value);
+ cond_resched();
}
out:
--
2.17.1