Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758579AbaDVVJx (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:09:53 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:36244 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757428AbaDVUP3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:15:29 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Liu Hua , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 3.8 127/133] hung_task: check the value of "sysctl_hung_task_timeout_sec" Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:14:25 -0700 Message-Id: <1398197671-12786-128-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1398197671-12786-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1398197671-12786-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.8.13.22 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Liu Hua commit 80df28476505ed4e6701c3448c63c9229a50c655 upstream. As sysctl_hung_task_timeout_sec is unsigned long, when this value is larger then LONG_MAX/HZ, the function schedule_timeout_interruptible in watchdog will return immediately without sleep and with print : schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value ffffffffffffff83 and then the funtion watchdog will call schedule_timeout_interruptible again and again. The screen will be filled with "schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value ffffffffffffff83" This patch does some check and correction in sysctl, to let the function schedule_timeout_interruptible allways get the valid parameter. Signed-off-by: Liu Hua Tested-by: Satoru Takeuchi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- kernel/sysctl.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 585015f..e17ddf6 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ static int min_percpu_pagelist_fract = 8; static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX; static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP; +/*this is needed for proc_doulongvec_minmax of sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs */ +#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK +static unsigned long hung_task_timeout_max = (LONG_MAX/HZ); +#endif + #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER #include #endif @@ -950,6 +955,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = { .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs, + .extra2 = &hung_task_timeout_max, }, { .procname = "hung_task_warnings", -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/