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-rw-r--r--kernel/softirq.c17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index ed567babe789..47cb991c6ba4 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -195,21 +195,21 @@ void local_bh_enable_ip(unsigned long ip)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(local_bh_enable_ip);
/*
- * We restart softirq processing MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART times,
- * and we fall back to softirqd after that.
+ * We restart softirq processing for at most 2 ms,
+ * and if need_resched() is not set.
*
- * This number has been established via experimentation.
+ * These limits have been established via experimentation.
* The two things to balance is latency against fairness -
* we want to handle softirqs as soon as possible, but they
* should not be able to lock up the box.
*/
-#define MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART 10
+#define MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME msecs_to_jiffies(2)
asmlinkage void __do_softirq(void)
{
struct softirq_action *h;
__u32 pending;
- int max_restart = MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART;
+ unsigned long end = jiffies + MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME;
int cpu;
unsigned long old_flags = current->flags;
@@ -264,11 +264,12 @@ restart:
local_irq_disable();
pending = local_softirq_pending();
- if (pending && --max_restart)
- goto restart;
+ if (pending) {
+ if (time_before(jiffies, end) && !need_resched())
+ goto restart;
- if (pending)
wakeup_softirqd();
+ }
lockdep_softirq_exit();