[PATCH 3/7] mtd: Don't use PF_MEMALLOC

KOSAKI Motohiro kosaki.motohiro at jp.fujitsu.com
Tue Nov 17 02:18:41 EST 2009


Non MM subsystem must not use PF_MEMALLOC. Memory reclaim need few
memory, anyone must not prevent it. Otherwise the system cause
mysterious hang-up and/or OOM Killer invokation.

Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org>
Cc: linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro at jp.fujitsu.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 8ca17a3..7be5ac3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ static int mtd_blktrans_thread(void *arg)
 	struct request_queue *rq = tr->blkcore_priv->rq;
 	struct request *req = NULL;
 
-	/* we might get involved when memory gets low, so use PF_MEMALLOC */
-	current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
-
 	spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-- 
1.6.2.5






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