2.6.24-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Oliver Neukum this function will run in the context of the scsi error handler thread. It must use GFP_NOIO instead of GFP_KERNEL to avoid a possible deadlock. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c @@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ static int config_descriptors_changed(st if (len < le16_to_cpu(udev->config[index].desc.wTotalLength)) len = le16_to_cpu(udev->config[index].desc.wTotalLength); } - buf = kmalloc (len, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOIO); if (buf == NULL) { dev_err(&udev->dev, "no mem to re-read configs after reset\n"); /* assume the worst */ -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/