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Jarrett Farnitano committed a8311f647e4
kexec: yield to scheduler when loading kimage segments 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>