From: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== [ Upstream commit 1c7518794a3647eb345d59ee52844e8a40405198 ] Allocate memory using GFP_NOIO when deleting a btree. dm_btree_del() can be called via an ioctl and we don't want to recurse into the FS or block layer. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c index 200ac12..fdd3793 100644 --- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c +++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree.c @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int dm_btree_del(struct dm_btree_info *info, dm_block_t root) int r; struct del_stack *s; - s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL); + s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_NOIO); if (!s) return -ENOMEM; s->info = info; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html