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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/bitmap.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c index da3604e73e8a..1695ee5f3ffc 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c +++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c @@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ __acquires(bitmap->lock) /* this page has not been allocated yet */ spin_unlock_irq(&bitmap->lock); + /* It is possible that this is being called inside a + * prepare_to_wait/finish_wait loop from raid5c:make_request(). + * In general it is not permitted to sleep in that context as it + * can cause the loop to spin freely. + * That doesn't apply here as we can only reach this point + * once with any loop. + * When this function completes, either bp[page].map or + * bp[page].hijacked. In either case, this function will + * abort before getting to this point again. So there is + * no risk of a free-spin, and so it is safe to assert + * that sleeping here is allowed. + */ + sched_annotate_sleep(); mappage = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOIO); spin_lock_irq(&bitmap->lock); |