Re: [PATCH 1/1] perf,tools: add time out to force stop endless mmap processing

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Jun 11 2015 - 14:47:49 EST


> Can you elaborate on an example? I don't see how this can happen
> reading a maps file. And it does not read maps for all threads only
> thread group leaders.

This is with a stress test case that generates lots of small mappings
at very high speed and frees them again. So the maps file keeps changing
faster than the proc reader can keep it and it can end up with
a live lock.

-Andi
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