Re: [PATCH v3] eventpoll: Fix priority inversion problem

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On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 11:08:18AM +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> After upgrading my kernel to the recent mainline I've encountered some
> stability issue, like:
> 
> - When GDM started gnome-shell, the screen often froze and the only
> thing I could do was to switch into a VT and reboot.
> - Sometimes gnome-shell started "fine" but then starting an application
> (like gnome-console) needed to wait for about a minute.
> - Sometimes the system shutdown process hangs waiting for a service to
> stop.
> - Rarely the system boot process hangs for no obvious reason.
> 
> Most strangely in all the cases there are nothing alarming in dmesg or
> system journal.
> 
> I'm unsure if this is the culprit but I'm almost sure it's the trigger.
> Maybe there's some race condition in my userspace that the priority
> inversion had happened to hide...  but anyway reverting this patch
> seemed to "fix" the issue.
> 
> Any thoughts or pointers to diagnose further?

No immediate idea, sorry.

May I know your exact setup (distro version etc.)? I will attempt to
reproduce the issue.

Best regards,
Nam




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