Subject: net: Use cpu_chill() instead of cpu_relax()
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:10:04 +0100
Git-repo: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git
Git-commit: da77ceac3d20f27310a07a7c346a4ee6b40d6c28
Patch-mainline: Queued in subsystem maintainer repository
References: SLE Realtime Extension

Retry loops on RT might loop forever when the modifying side was
preempted. Use cpu_chill() instead of cpu_relax() to let the system
make progress.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>
---
 net/packet/af_packet.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_packet.h>
 #include <linux/wireless.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ static void prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expi
 	if (BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(pbd)) {
 		while (atomic_read(&pkc->blk_fill_in_prog)) {
 			/* Waiting for skb_copy_bits to finish... */
-			cpu_relax();
+			cpu_chill();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -921,7 +922,7 @@ static void prb_retire_current_block(str
 		if (!(status & TP_STATUS_BLK_TMO)) {
 			while (atomic_read(&pkc->blk_fill_in_prog)) {
 				/* Waiting for skb_copy_bits to finish... */
-				cpu_relax();
+				cpu_chill();
 			}
 		}
 		prb_close_block(pkc, pbd, po, status);