It is wrong to kmalloc in _add_entry() as it is inside spinlock. memory should be already allocated _add_entry() is called. Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <peng_tao@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/blocklayout/extents.c | 8 +------- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extents.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extents.c index f383524..d0f52ed 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extents.c +++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extents.c @@ -110,13 +110,7 @@ static int _add_entry(struct my_tree *tree, u64 s, int32_t tag, return 0; } else { struct pnfs_inval_tracking *new; - if (storage) - new = storage; - else { - new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_NOFS); - if (!new) - return -ENOMEM; - } + new = storage; new->it_sector = s; new->it_tags = (1 << tag); list_add(&new->it_link, &pos->it_link); -- 1.7.1.262.g5ef3d -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html