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[DLM] fix softlockup in dlm_recv
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This patch stops the dlm_recv workqueue from busy-waiting when a node
disconnects. This can cause soft lockup errors on debug systems and bad
performance generally.

Signed-Off-By: Patrick Caulfield <pcaulfie@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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Patrick Caulfield authored and Steven Whitehouse committed Feb 5, 2007
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15 changes: 9 additions & 6 deletions fs/dlm/lowcomms-tcp.c
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*******************************************************************************
**
** Copyright (C) Sistina Software, Inc. 1997-2003 All rights reserved.
** Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
** Copyright (C) 2004-2007 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
**
** This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
** modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
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struct page *rx_page;
struct cbuf cb;
int retries;
atomic_t waiting_requests;
#define MAX_CONNECT_RETRIES 3
struct connection *othercon;
struct work_struct rwork; /* Receive workqueue */
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mutex_lock(&con->sock_mutex);

if (con->sock == NULL)
goto out;
if (con->sock == NULL) {
ret = -EAGAIN;
goto out_close;
}

if (con->rx_page == NULL) {
/*
* This doesn't need to be atomic, but I think it should
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con->rx_page = NULL;
}

out:
if (call_again_soon)
goto out_resched;
mutex_unlock(&con->sock_mutex);
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close_connection(con, false);
/* Reconnect when there is something to send */
}
/* Don't return success if we really got EOF */
if (ret == 0)
ret = -EAGAIN;

return ret;
}
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if (con) {
clean_one_writequeue(con);
close_connection(con, true);
atomic_set(&con->waiting_requests, 0);
}
return 0;

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