From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262483AbVDLSSW (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:18:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262149AbVDLKbj (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:31:39 -0400 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:54983 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262106AbVDLKa4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:30:56 -0400 Message-Id: <200504121030.j3CAUeUO005113@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> Subject: [patch 002/198] Avoid deadlock in sync_page_io by using GFP_NOIO To: torvalds@osdl.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au From: akpm@osdl.org Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:30:34 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Neil Brown ..as sync_page_io can be called on the write-out path. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/drivers/md/md.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/md/md.c~avoid-deadlock-in-sync_page_io-by-using-gfp_noio drivers/md/md.c --- 25/drivers/md/md.c~avoid-deadlock-in-sync_page_io-by-using-gfp_noio 2005-04-12 03:21:04.115511248 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/drivers/md/md.c 2005-04-12 03:21:04.121510336 -0700 @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static int bi_complete(struct bio *bio, static int sync_page_io(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, int size, struct page *page, int rw) { - struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 1); + struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1); struct completion event; int ret; _