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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cryptoapi: Fix sleeping
Matt Mackall wrote:
> We need in_atomic() so that we can call from regions where preempt is
> disabled, for instance when using per_cpu crypto tfms.
>
> diff -urN -X dontdiff orig/crypto/internal.h work/crypto/internal.h
> --- orig/crypto/internal.h 2003-07-13 22:29:11.000000000 -0500
> +++ work/crypto/internal.h 2003-08-12 14:38:54.000000000 -0500
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
>
> static inline void crypto_yield(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
> {
> - if (!in_softirq())
> + if (!in_atomic())
> cond_resched();


Do you really want to schedule inside preempt_disable() ?

As an aside, I think it would be nice if cond_resched could figure out
for itself whether it is ok to schedule(). Completely eliminate the
above test entirely, moving it into cond_resched().

Jeff



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