[PATCH][V2] nommu: yield CPU while disposing VM

From: Steven J. Magnani
Date: Tue Nov 16 2010 - 08:07:03 EST


Depending on processor speed, page size, and the amount of memory a process
is allowed to amass, cleanup of a large VM may freeze the system for many
seconds. This can result in a watchdog timeout.

Make sure other tasks receive some service when cleaning up large VMs.

Signed-off-by: Steven J. Magnani <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff -uprN a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
--- a/mm/nommu.c 2010-11-15 07:53:45.000000000 -0600
+++ b/mm/nommu.c 2010-11-15 07:57:13.000000000 -0600
@@ -1668,6 +1668,7 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
mm->mmap = vma->vm_next;
delete_vma_from_mm(vma);
delete_vma(mm, vma);
+ cond_resched();
}

kleave("");

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