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[PATCH] md: fix potential memalloc deadlock in md
authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:35:34 +0000 (15:35 +1100)
committerChris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:31:43 +0000 (08:31 -0800)
commitec803d270172c7329be48faf49ff3095a54c4a56
tree2711ba33b1fc0cc13ab78d934100f2319d5be137
parent50c524829e518ca5a7e3e5423726e6bb24afaac4
[PATCH] md: fix potential memalloc deadlock in md

If a GFP_KERNEL allocation is attempted in md while the mddev_lock is
held, it is possible for a deadlock to eventuate.
This happens if the array was marked 'clean', and the memalloc triggers
a write-out to the md device.
For the writeout to succeed, the array must be marked 'dirty', and that
requires getting the mddev_lock.

So, before attempting a GFP_KERNEL alloction while holding the lock,
make sure the array is marked 'dirty' (unless it is currently read-only).

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
drivers/md/md.c
drivers/md/raid1.c
drivers/md/raid5.c
include/linux/raid/md.h