Resolves, BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context cc1(29651) at kernel/rtmutex.c:636 in_atomic():1 [00000001], irqs_disabled():0 [<c0119f50>] __might_sleep+0xf3/0xf9 [<c031600e>] __rt_spin_lock+0x21/0x3c [<c014102c>] get_zone_pcp+0x20/0x29 [<c0141a40>] free_hot_cold_page+0xdc/0x167 [<c013a3f4>] add_preempt_count+0x12/0xcc [<c0110d92>] pgd_dtor+0x0/0x1 [<c015d865>] quicklist_trim+0xb7/0xe3 [<c0111025>] check_pgt_cache+0x19/0x1c [<c0148df5>] free_pgtables+0x54/0x12c [<c013a3f4>] add_preempt_count+0x12/0xcc [<c014e5be>] unmap_region+0xeb/0x13b It looks like the quicklist isn't used after a few variables are evaluated. So no need to keep preemption disabled over the whole function. Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/quicklist.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.22.1/mm/quicklist.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22.1.orig/mm/quicklist.c +++ linux-2.6.22.1/mm/quicklist.c @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void quicklist_trim(int nr, void (*dtor) q = &get_cpu_var(quicklist)[nr]; if (q->nr_pages > min_pages) { pages_to_free = min_pages_to_free(q, min_pages, max_free); + put_cpu_var(quicklist); while (pages_to_free > 0) { /* @@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ void quicklist_trim(int nr, void (*dtor) free_page((unsigned long)p); pages_to_free--; } - } - put_cpu_var(quicklist); + } else + put_cpu_var(quicklist); } unsigned long quicklist_total_size(void) -- -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html