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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/eventpoll.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/eventpoll.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c index 1e0030cb805b..9efb553b2b2b 100644 --- a/fs/eventpoll.c +++ b/fs/eventpoll.c @@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ static inline struct timespec64 ep_set_mstimeout(long ms) static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events, int maxevents, long timeout) { - int res, eavail = 0, timed_out = 0; + int res, eavail, timed_out = 0; u64 slack = 0; wait_queue_entry_t wait; ktime_t expires, *to = NULL; @@ -1759,18 +1759,21 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events, } else if (timeout == 0) { /* * Avoid the unnecessary trip to the wait queue loop, if the - * caller specified a non blocking operation. We still need - * lock because we could race and not see an epi being added - * to the ready list while in irq callback. Thus incorrectly - * returning 0 back to userspace. + * caller specified a non blocking operation. */ timed_out = 1; - - write_lock_irq(&ep->lock); - eavail = ep_events_available(ep); - write_unlock_irq(&ep->lock); } + /* + * This call is racy: We may or may not see events that are being added + * to the ready list under the lock (e.g., in IRQ callbacks). For, cases + * with a non-zero timeout, this thread will check the ready list under + * lock and will added to the wait queue. For, cases with a zero + * timeout, the user by definition should not care and will have to + * recheck again. + */ + eavail = ep_events_available(ep); + while (1) { if (eavail) { /* @@ -1786,10 +1789,6 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events, if (timed_out) return 0; - eavail = ep_events_available(ep); - if (eavail) - continue; - eavail = ep_busy_loop(ep, timed_out); if (eavail) continue; |