From: Neil Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ..as sync_page_io can be called on the write-out path.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- 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; _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/