Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.18 08/27] Input: evdev - add a schedule point in evdev_write()

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Hi Sasha,

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 06:19:05AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> 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.

This is not needed in stable:

- the interfaces are not accessible for unprivileged users so there is
  no DOS concerns
- the issue can only happen on non-preemptible kernels
- the issue only showed up with synthetic test and not real life use
  cases
- this is not a regression

The same goes to similar patches to mousedev, joydev and uinput that you
autoselected.

Thanks.

> 
> 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 c81c79d01d93..718d5622267d 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
> @@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ 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
> 

-- 
Dmitry