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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c b/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c index 4950e0b622b1..cc19a3efea89 100644 --- a/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c +++ b/kernel/dma/map_benchmark.c @@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ static int map_benchmark_thread(void *data) atomic64_add(map_sq, &map->sum_sq_map); atomic64_add(unmap_sq, &map->sum_sq_unmap); atomic64_inc(&map->loops); + + /* + * We may test for a long time so periodically check whether + * we need to schedule to avoid starving the others. Otherwise + * we may hangup the kernel in a non-preemptible kernel when + * the test kthreads number >= CPU number, the test kthreads + * will run endless on every CPU since the thread resposible + * for notifying the kthread stop (in do_map_benchmark()) + * could not be scheduled. + * + * Note this may degrade the test concurrency since the test + * threads may need to share the CPU time with other load + * in the system. So it's recommended to run this benchmark + * on an idle system. + */ + cond_resched(); } out: |