rbd_obj_request_create() is called on the main I/O path, so we need to use GFP_NOIO to make sure allocation doesn't blow back on us. Not all callers need this, but I'm still hardcoding the flag inside rather than making it a parameter because a) this is going to stable, and b) those callers shouldn't really use rbd_obj_request_create() and will be fixed in the future. More memory allocation fixes will follow. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.10+ Signed-off-by: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/rbd.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c index b316ee48a30b..d94529d5c8e9 100644 --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c @@ -2022,11 +2022,11 @@ static struct rbd_obj_request *rbd_obj_request_create(const char *object_name, rbd_assert(obj_request_type_valid(type)); size = strlen(object_name) + 1; - name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); + name = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOIO); if (!name) return NULL; - obj_request = kmem_cache_zalloc(rbd_obj_request_cache, GFP_KERNEL); + obj_request = kmem_cache_zalloc(rbd_obj_request_cache, GFP_NOIO); if (!obj_request) { kfree(name); return NULL; -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html