Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] autofs4 deadlock during expire - kernel 2.6 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:09:23 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 15:01, Ian Kent wrote: > This is a corrected patch for the autofs4 daedlock problem I posted about > @@ -206,6 +207,11 @@ > > interruptible_sleep_on(&wq->queue); > > + if (waitqueue_active(&wq->queue) && current != wq->owner) { > + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); > + schedule_timeout(wq->wait_ctr * (HZ/10)); > + } > +
this really really looks like you're trying to pamper over a bug by changing the timing somewhere instead of fixing it...
also are you sure the deadlock isn't because of the racey use of interruptible_sleep_on ? [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |