From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> commit f77692d65d54665d81815349cc727baa85e8b71d upstream. Otherwise the while() loop in dm_wq_requeue_work() can result in a "dead loop" on systems that have preemption disabled. This is particularly problematic on single cpu systems. Fixes: 8b211aaccb915 ("dm: add two stage requeue mechanism") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/md/dm.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm.c @@ -1020,6 +1020,7 @@ static void dm_wq_requeue_work(struct wo io->next = NULL; __dm_io_complete(io, false); io = next; + cond_resched(); } }