On 22 Aug 2006 13:11:30 +0200
Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > proc_pid_readdir() by list_token.
> >
> > Remember 'where we are reading' by inserting a token in the list.
> > It seems a bit complicated because of RCU but what we do is very simple.
> >
>
> What happens when you have multiple readers at the same time? Can't
> the tokens then be mixed up?
>
multiple readers will insert their own token to a list. And list_next_rcu_skiptoken()
skips all token (not-data). it's used by next_task().
> >+ /* this small kmalloc() can fail in rare case, but readdir()
> >+ * is not allowed to return ENOMEM. retrying is reasonable. */
>
> Who disallows this? Such retry loops are normally discouraged
> because they can lead to deadlocks in OOM situations.
> I think it would be better to just return ENOMEM.
>
Hmm, to be honest, not disallowed. but not allowed. The apps don't expect
readdir(3) failed with -ENOMEM.
But yes, ps command or ls /proc may be caught in the kernel for some time.
-Kame
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