4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Timur Celik mail@timurcelik.de
[ Upstream commit 71828b2240692cec0e68b8d867bc00e1745e7fae ]
This patch moves setting of the current state into the loop. Otherwise the task may end up in a busy wait loop if none of the break conditions are met.
Signed-off-by: Timur Celik mail@timurcelik.de Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- drivers/net/tun.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -1471,9 +1471,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_ring_recv(str }
add_wait_queue(&tfile->wq.wait, &wait); - current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
while (1) { + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); skb = skb_array_consume(&tfile->tx_array); if (skb) break; @@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_ring_recv(str schedule(); }
- current->state = TASK_RUNNING; + set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); remove_wait_queue(&tfile->wq.wait, &wait);
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