patches/net-use-cpu-chill.patch

Subject: net: Use cpu_chill() instead of cpu_relax()
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:10:04 +0100

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>

---
 net/packet/af_packet.c |    5 +++--
 net/rds/ib_rdma.c      |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #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>
@@ -702,7 +703,7 @@ 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();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -964,7 +965,7 @@ 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);
--- a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/llist.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #include "rds_single_path.h"
 #include "ib_mr.h"
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ static inline void wait_clean_list_grace
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		flag = &per_cpu(clean_list_grace, cpu);
 		while (test_bit(CLEAN_LIST_BUSY_BIT, flag))
-			cpu_relax();
+			cpu_chill();
 	}
 }