From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail202.messagelabs.com (mail202.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.227]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 581056007DB for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:15:12 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:15:05 +0000 From: Mel Gorman Subject: [PATCH] hugetlb: Abort a hugepage pool resize if a signal is pending Message-ID: <20091202141504.GE1457@csn.ul.ie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: Dave Hansen , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: If a user asks for a hugepage pool resize but specified a large number, the machine can begin trashing. In response, they might hit ctrl-c but signals are ignored and the pool resize continues until it fails an allocation. This can take a considerable amount of time so this patch aborts a pool resize if a signal is pending. [dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com: His idea] Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman --- mm/hugetlb.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c index af02ee8..a952cb8 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -1238,6 +1238,9 @@ static unsigned long set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count) if (!ret) goto out; + /* Bail for signals. Probably ctrl-c from user */ + if (signal_pending(current)) + goto out; } /* -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org