From: Mark Lord Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:51:13 +0000 (-0400) Subject: block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4b1977698ceb4c4caa800d475127139da49966f9;p=mv-sheeva.git block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O During long I/O operations, the hang_check timer may fire, trigger stack dumps that unnecessarily alarm the user. Eg. hdparm --security-erase NULL /dev/sdb ## can take *hours* to complete So, if hang_check is armed, we should wake up periodically to prevent it from triggering. This patch uses a wake-up interval equal to half the hang_check timer period, which keeps overhead low enough. Signed-off-by: Mark Lord Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c index e1672f14840..cf1456a02ac 100644 --- a/block/blk-exec.c +++ b/block/blk-exec.c @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ int blk_execute_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk, DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait); char sense[SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE]; int err = 0; + unsigned long hang_check; /* * we need an extra reference to the request, so we can look at @@ -95,7 +96,13 @@ int blk_execute_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *bd_disk, rq->end_io_data = &wait; blk_execute_rq_nowait(q, bd_disk, rq, at_head, blk_end_sync_rq); - wait_for_completion(&wait); + + /* Prevent hang_check timer from firing at us during very long I/O */ + hang_check = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs; + if (hang_check) + while (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&wait, hang_check * (HZ/2))); + else + wait_for_completion(&wait); if (rq->errors) err = -EIO;