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fs/proc: fix softlockup in __read_vmcore
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While taking a kernel core dump with makedumpfile on a larger system,
softlockup messages often appear.

While softlockup warnings can be harmless, they can also interfere with
things like RCU freeing memory, which can be problematic when the kdump
kexec image is configured with as little memory as possible.

Avoid the softlockup, and give things like work items and RCU a chance to
do their thing during __read_vmcore by adding a cond_resched.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Baoquan He <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Young <[email protected]>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
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rikvanriel authored and akpm00 committed May 11, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ static ssize_t __read_vmcore(struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *fpos)
/* leave now if filled buffer already */
if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
return acc;

cond_resched();
}

list_for_each_entry(m, &vmcore_list, list) {
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