Without yielding while loading kimage segments, a large initrd will
block all other work on the CPU performing the load until it is
completed. For example loading an initrd of 200MB on a low power single
core system will lock up the system for a few seconds.
To increase system responsiveness to other tasks at that time, call
cond_resched() in both the crash kernel and normal kernel segment
loading loops.
I did run into a practical problem. Hardware watchdogs on embedded
systems can have short timers on the order of seconds. If the system is
locked up for a few seconds with only a single core available, the
watchdog may not be pet in a timely fashion. If this happens, the
hardware watchdog will fire and reset the system.
This really only becomes a problem when you are working with a single
core, a decently sized initrd, and have a constrained hardware watchdog.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1528738546-3328-1-git-send-email-jmf@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Jarrett Farnitano <jmf@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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