The patch titled mmput() might sleep has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mmput-might-sleep.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> exit_aio() and exit_mmap() can sleep. But it's easy to accidentally call mmput() from inside locks. Cc: Dave Peterson <dsp@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- kernel/fork.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN kernel/fork.c~mmput-might-sleep kernel/fork.c --- 25/kernel/fork.c~mmput-might-sleep Thu Apr 13 16:24:46 2006 +++ 25-akpm/kernel/fork.c Thu Apr 13 16:25:26 2006 @@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ void fastcall __mmdrop(struct mm_struct */ void mmput(struct mm_struct *mm) { + might_sleep(); /* really might_sleep_if(atomic_read(&mm->mm_users)) */ + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mm->mm_users)) { exit_aio(mm); exit_mmap(mm); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxx are origin.patch config_net=n-build-fix.patch git-acpi.patch acpi-update-asus_acpi-driver-registration-fix.patch acpi-memory-hotplug-cannot-manage-_crs-with-plural-resoureces.patch catch-notification-of-memory-add-event-of-acpi-via-container-driver-register-start-func-for-memory-device.patch catch-notification-of-memory-add-event-of-acpi-via-container-driveravoid-redundant-call-add_memory.patch sony_apci-resume.patch git-audit-master-fixup.patch powernow-k8-crash-workaround.patch git-drm.patch git-dvb.patch git-dvb-compat-build-fix.patch bt866-build-fix.patch connector-exports.patch git-klibc.patch pci-error-recovery-e1000-network-device-driver.patch git-pcmcia.patch git-scsi-misc.patch megaraid-unused-variable.patch git-sas-jg.patch git-sas-jg-build-hack.patch git-splice-fixup.patch git-watchdog.patch arm-add_memory-build-fix.patch pg_uncached-is-ia64-only.patch migration-remove-unnecessary-pageswapcache-checks-fix.patch wait_table-and-zonelist-initializing-for-memory-hotadd-wait_table-initialization-fixes.patch acx1xx-wireless-driver.patch prune_one_dentry-tweaks.patch fix-cdrom-being-confused-on-using-kdump-tweaks.patch tpm-use-clear_bit-fix.patch tpm-use-clear_bit-fix-fix.patch tpm-use-clear_bit-fix-fix-fix-fix.patch hangcheck-remove-monotomic_clock-on-x86.patch pi-futex-futex-code-cleanups-fix.patch reiser4.patch kgdb-core-lite-add-reboot-command.patch kgdb-8250-fix.patch nr_blockdev_pages-in_interrupt-warning.patch device-suspend-debug.patch revert-tty-buffering-comment-out-debug-code.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch x86-kmap_atomic-debugging.patch mmput-might-sleep.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html